expiring or deleting images using the Catalog

[manatee]

NBU 7.7.3

@Marianneis right. no point in finishing all the pending duplications if the image retention have already passed.

so, i'm going to expire/delete those images using the catalog as guide. but i have a question, what does the "Date" column signifies? is it the image date was created?

 so if i have a one week retention for a backup, does the above says that more than one week has passed and i can delete that still pending image?

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

If the backup done on 16 October has not been duplicated yet, it has a retention of infinity.
This image is therefore still under SLP control and can therefore not be expired using the Catalog GUI or bpexpdate.

You need to cancel the outstanding SLP job. (command in SLP cheatsheet)
This will make the configured expiration dates kick in.

[manatee]

yes. cancelled first using "./nbstlutil cancel -backupid avs0021f600005f_1508176821" and then via the catalog expire.

my oldest backup id is 1508263212 so they're still valid (supposed to be) up to today and can't delete it yet.