bpexpdate command in NBU 5.1
Updated: 21 May 2010 | 4 comments
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Hi,
I have been using the bpexpdate -ev <mediaid> -d 0 command to expire tapes right away so I can use them for scratch but I see most people on the forum are using bpexpdate -m in the command. What I'm trying to figure out is what the -ev stands for? I have googled, searched books and looking in the man pages but nothing have the -ev in it. And of course my old boss that was having me run the commands no longer works for the company so I can't ask him what it means. Can anyone help??
Thanks,
Helen
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Not in the Command Reference Guide.
I don't see that switch in the 5.1 reference guide: seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/268116.htm
I think your boss needs to lay off what ever he's got, if he's not willing to, at least, share a little bit with you.
If it's not in the command reference I would disregard what your boss is telling you..
"I’m an early bird and a night owl. So I’m wise and I have worms."
- Michael Scott
One for the archives
I went back to some very old documentation (well, not THAT old - the DataCenter 3.4 Sysadmin Guide) to try to figure this out.
I believe -ev stands for "external volume" and it was derived from EVSN, which stood for "external volume serial number." I'm also fairly certain it was a holdover from the very early days of Backup*Plus and now expect an old-timer or two to now chime in and let me know I'm totally wrong....or totally correct. ;-)
"-m" (which I am positive stands for "mediaID!") was introduced as the command line switch of record with DataCenter/BusinesServer 4.5, but "-ev" would still work if you used it (even though it was dropped from most of the documentation - I can still find a stray "-ev" here and there, though!) and I believe it STILL worked in Server/Enterprise Server 5.x. I think it was finally removed in 6.x.
In short, folks who use "-ev" tend to have been using NetBackup for a long time and old habits die hard. (Bonus points if they refuse to say "policy," opting instead for "class" ;-) )
Reference:
VERITAS NetBackup DataCenter 3.4, System Administrator's Guide. UNIX.
http://support.veritas.com/docs/232348
CRZ - Thanks for looking this
CRZ - Thanks for looking this up. That's is totally awesome. I think we'll start using the -m as we are planning to go to 6.5 sometime eventually.
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