why is my monthly backup policy using daily pool?

[manatee]

NBU 7.7.3

you will notice that my monthly backup policy uses the SLP monthly. please take note of the "Volumne Pool" column. it says "Daily".

below is the SLP definition for the above "Oracle_Monthly_Policy". it correctly shows to use the "Monthly" pool.

question now is, why my monthly backup policy shows volume pool "Daily"?

regards,

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

This has been a known issue for a long time. 
If the client exists in more than one policy, the wrong policy can be selected by the child jobs.
The policy name should be included in the script.

See: https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH31742

[manatee]

two follow up questions:

1. we are already using option 2 as specified in the link:
   1. SEND 'NB_ORA_CLIENT=avs0021f600005f,NB_ORA_POLICY=Monthly_avs0021f600005f,NB_ORA_SERV=ovmmanager';
2. and will there be a fix if this is a known issue?

[Marianne]

Check that all parts of the script contains the backup policy variable:
BACKUP .... DATABASE
BACKUP .... ARCHIVELOG
BACKUP  ....  CURRENT CONTROLFILE

If all checks out, best to log a Support call. 
Ask them at the same time if this will be fixed.

[manatee · Accepted solution]

fixed!

it's a bug in the Java GUI. the simple solution is a bit.. simple but the actual solution is to never make copies of existing backup policies. better create a fresh one to avoid this Java bug.

long term solution is to avoid Java entirely :)

[Marianne]

Another known issue for which there is a downloadable hotfix:

https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000109333