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Expiring a media

Created: 29 Jun 2009 | 7 comments
V.Dinesh's picture
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 HI,

   It could be better if the netbackup media can be expired by just right click on the media like free,unfreeze options.

Thanks
Dinesh

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Marianne van den Berg's picture
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Jul
2009
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WAY too dangerous!! Operators

WAY too dangerous!! Operators will start expiring media with valid backups just because they're running out of media... It has to remain a manual process with confirmation required.

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Andy Welburn's picture
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Jul
2009
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You mean ...

... you wouldn't trust them to do the right thing? ;)

Regards Andy

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V.Dinesh's picture
02
Jul
2009
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Expiring a media

A Netbackup administrator should know about which media should be expired and which should not.. So i am very sure that , we would not face any problems in future.....

Andy Welburn's picture
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Jul
2009
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True.

As an administrator you should know about what should be expired or not. But an operator, whose responsibility it is to make sure that there are enough tapes available for the next run of scheduled jobs, may not be so wise! ;-)

[[ It's a bit like that "Cancel All Jobs" button that's freely available to all users of the Admin Console!! ]]

Regards Andy

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2009
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Agree with Marianne

Can't recommend it.

Assumption is the mother of all mess ups.

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V.Dinesh's picture
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Jul
2009
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Thanks

Thanks guys for your views...... Though u r not agree to enable this option, this would win many netbackup admins heart if activated.......

Looking for that change...

Regards,
Dinesh

rjrumfelt's picture
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Mar
2010
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Even as administrators

mistakes can be made.  Its a pretty dangerous option if you ask me.