There was a bug introduced with NetBackup 5.1 MP5. It is resolved with MP 6. Bpexpdate options other than recalculate should still work.This is from the release notes for MP6:Etrack Incident = ET703423Description: When the bpexpdate command was run...
Another possibility is that you could be reaching the timeout on the query (default of 10 minutes.) See this technote for further information and how to adjust the timeout.http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/245644.htm
Check the available media script which list all tapes and their status./usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/available_mediaIf you our using NetBackup 4.5 or earlier, see this technote for a fix in the script: http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/199300.h...
The Status of Backup Reports uses the error logs so it is independent of the backup retention. These logs are located in /Netbackup/db/error. The length of time these logs are kept is set by the global attribute, KEEP LOGS. Here is the command line e...