Netbackup script Needed

[tapeadmin1]

Hi,

I need to change the image experation for about 160 backup_id 's using bpexpdate. can any one please provide the script for this ?

Thank You !

[Andy_Welburn · Accepted solution]

You're basically going to need a list of the affected backupids & feed that into the bpexpdate command as best as you see fit!

e.g. (there are probably much more streamlined methods, but...)

cat backupid.lis |

while read BACKUPID

do

bpexpdate -backupid $BACKUPID -d [your new expiration date] -force

done

[tapeadmin1]

What is cat backupid.list from above ?

[Andy_Welburn]

I take it that as you are asking this question you're not interested in a UNIX resolution to your question?

Basically cat backupid.lis will print out to the screen the contents of the file backupid.lis (i.e. the list of backup ids that you've already prepared!). The | (pipe) sends the output from this into the following command(s). So essentially it will read each entry of that file (i.e. your backup ids) & run the bpexpdate command on each one.

So endeth UNIX 101!

Windows commands will be lesson 102!

[tapeadmin1]

I am getting the following error:

$ cat backupid.lis |
> while read BACKUPID
> sudo ./usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate -backupid $BACKUPID -d 11/03/2017 -force
> done
ksh: syntax error: `done' unexpected
$
 

[Andy_Welburn]

while read ....

do

......

done

***EDIT***

I would be tempted to only have one backup id in your list also, just in case you get your date wrong!

[tapeadmin1]

$ cat backupid.lis |
> while read BACKUPID
> do
> sudo ./usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate -backupid $BACKUPID -d 11/03/2017 -force
> done
Password:
sudo: ./usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate: command not found
 

[RiaanBadenhorst]

remove the . before /usr

[Andy_Welburn]

Are you running this on the master?

[Andy_Welburn]

[tapeadmin1]

After removing . before /usr it went fine

[Andy_Welburn]

& I'll give Riaan an additional thumbs up for having younger eyes than me!

[RiaanBadenhorst]

Nah, I'm just correcting grammar, lol

[RiaanBadenhorst]

Hi,

Please mark Andy's post as the solution, not mine, he gave you the script, i just corrected your error with the .

Thanks

R