02-12-2018 11:00 PM
02-12-2018 11:15 PM - edited 02-12-2018 11:16 PM
The images are imported with original retention level.
The period that matches the level is then applied to the images.
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH43584
Once the Phase 2 import is complete, the image has the same retention level as the original backup and a new expiration date calculated as the import date plus the retention period defined currently in Host Properties for the original backup's retention level.
Both 3 year and 5 year retentions are custom levels. The defaults are as per this doc: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/123533878-127136857-0/v123544048-127136857
This means that retention level was probably changed in Host Properties in the meantime.
02-13-2018 12:13 AM
Thank you for answering my question Marianne now I know something more about the import.
But I see the custome retention has the same definition on our old NetBackup server and the new one.
The old one:
# bpretlevel -s
Retention Retention Equivalent
Level Period Days
--------- ----------- ----------
0 1 week 7
1 3 weeks 21
2 1 day 1
3 1 month 31
4 5 weeks 35
5 3 months 93
6 2 weeks 14
7 7 years 2555
8 1 year 365
9 infinity
10 expires immediately
11 5 years 1825
12 infinity
13 infinity
14 infinity
15 infinity
...
The new one:
# bpretlevel -s
Retention Retention Equivalent
Level Period Days
--------- ----------- ----------
0 1 week 7
1 3 weeks 21
2 1 day 1
3 1 month 31
4 5 weeks 35
5 3 months 93
6 2 weeks 14
7 7 years 2555
8 1 year 365
9 infinity
10 expires immediately
11 5 years 1825
12 infinity
13 infinity
14 infinity
15 infinity
...
02-13-2018 12:22 AM
You will notice that there is no retention level with 3 year expiration.
The only logical explanation is that level 11 was set to 3 years when the backup was made 2 years ago.
In the meantime, level 11 was changed to 5 years.
The old backup was imported with level 11.
That is why the imported backup now has 5 year retention/expiration.