backup copy expiration date

[virtualeverythi]

hello, how do I tell a particular backup copy's expiration date? In my case I'm looking for copy 3's expiration date. If there something in the GUI or commandline?

7.5.0.4

[RamNagalla · Accepted solution]

you need to use the bpimagelist -backupid <backupid> -L , it willl list all copies that are avalible for the image... just go through that list and you will find the expire dates for each and every copy of the image.

[bills]

You can also do it in the gui - search the catalog for your image, specify the copy you want, and it will list it's expiration time.

Bill

[virtualeverythi]

When I search the catalog I don't have expiration column and I don't see it when trying to add it. I'm on version 7.5.0.4 on Windows 2008 R2.

[bills]

I don't have access right now, but it seems that one of the tabs - verify, expire, duplicate - shows the image expiration.  I may be able to check in the morning.

[mph999]

Easiest way is bpimage output. The lines showing FRAG show the copy number and the 'highest;' ctime on the line is the expiration date. Use bpdbm -ctime to convert. The 2 columns after the word frag are the 'copy number' and 'fragment number' - I can never remember which way round they are, but it's fairly obvious when you look at it. M

[Mark_Solutions]

A quick way is to run the Images on Media report from the Admin Console

This shows Copy number and expiry date

You can save it out to a text file which imports straight into excel so that you can sort and clear out the rubbish to give you a clear list

Hope this helps