02-17-2023 05:39 AM - edited 02-17-2023 05:40 AM
We are moving to a colo and I need to get off of our physical tape library before the move. To do that, I need to get our offsite data to another storage unit in the cloud. I was going to use bpduplicate but I'm getting confused. With what understanding I have this is the command line I came up with.
bpduplicate -npc -backupid <backup_id> -dstunit <storage unit in the cloud> -dp <pool name>
I'm not sure if I can use -npc with -dstunit so I can take the -npc out.
Would this line do what I want?
Thanks,
Dan
02-17-2023 05:54 AM
02-17-2023 05:57 AM - edited 02-17-2023 06:00 AM
Thanks for the reply. I did know that and that is what I wanted, but will this syntax work?
02-17-2023 06:19 AM
Not always is my experience
If the backups in your tape lib are all copy 1, then it should work, but if tape contains backup that are copy >1 then I have experienced -npc not working.
Remember you can specify -p (preview) option for bpduplicate.
Even thru bpduplicate maybe won't accept -npc you can always promote a copy to the primary copy with the bpimage command.
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/123533878-127136857-0/v123538436-127136857
02-17-2023 06:22 AM
Thank you, but the syntax will work without -npc?