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Expiring the image with DSSU

Updated: 21 May 2010 | 4 comments
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Is it possible to expire the backup image immediately ater copying it to the tape post staging using DSSU ? If so how. 

I am aware of changing the water-mark settings. Any other direct method to achieve the same ?

Thanks,
Ash

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Deepak W's picture
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2009
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as far as I know you can

as far as I know you can achieve this by configuring Storage LifeCycle Policy.

below mentioned details are from the NBU Admin Guide I - page #258


Retention type: Expire after duplication

The Expire after duplication retention applies only to backup destinations, not duplication destinations. When data is staged to a tape device, two retention options are available:

■ Staged capacity managed
■ Expire after duplication

for more information, refer to the Storage units, unit groups, and lifecycle policies chapter from NBU Admin Guide I

-- Deepak W (Kindly close the thread if your query is resolved)

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2009
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/usr/local/bin/ls -1 *ds* |

/usr/local/bin/ls -1 *ds* | sed -e "s/\([^_]*_[^_]*\)\(.*\)/\1/" | uniq >> /tmp/worklist--DSSU
for I in `cat /tmp/worklist--DSSU` ; do echo $I ; /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimage -deletecopy 1 -backupid $I ; done

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2009
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do you need to expire the images?

It shouldn't be necessary to manually expire the images. NetBackup will do that for you and you can benefit by having the images readily available for restores from disk.

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2009
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SLP

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