lengthen the expiry date on tape

[Blazer_2]

Dear All,

Any command can be used to lengthen the expiry date on tape to "never expiry" or even longer in which the tape contains image.

Regards,

Blazer

[Roobix_Cube]

DOCUMENTATION: Ways to change expiration date (retention levels) of media and backup IDs

http://support.veritas.com/docs/237159

install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\bpexpdate -recalculate
[-backupid backup_id] [-copy number] -d date |0|infinity]
[-client name] [-policy name] [-ret retention_level]
[-sched type] [-M master_server[,...,]]

[J_H_Is_gone]

are you talking about the expriation of a physical tape ( meaning the age of the physical tape that you want to stop using it).

or are you talking about the expriation date of a image on the tape.

these are two differnt things.

[Blazer_2]

Dear all,

The situation is I forgot to select the retention period into "infinity" at the time when i duplicated my image on another tape. The duplicated copy at present is nearly to be expired and i just want to lengthen its expiry date to infinity so that i can use it for restoration at any time. Hope to find out the ultimate solution.

Regards,

Blazer

[Stumpr2]

$INSTALL_DIR/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate -d infinity -m <media id>

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[Blazer_2]

Dear Bob,

Then what is the difference between for the following ? Would it be the same result if I use it instead ?

install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\bpexpdate -recalculate

Blazer

[Stumpr2 · Accepted solution]

You can use either.

I prefer the simpler way, especially when doing a large number of tapes.

There is a -force option whch does the command without prompting for a y/n answer.

[Blazer_2]

Dear Bob,

Thanks for your help.

Blazer