Hi.
Yes, this is the behavior ob bpexpdate with 5.x too
smpt
> ---Original Message---
> From: Wayne Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] FROZEN acts like SUSPEND in 6.0 MP3 with bpexpdate
> command?
> Sent: 05 Sep '06 17:56
>
I think it's just the way NetBackup (and "frozen") works. While we're quoting, here's a snippet from the v5.1 Commands for Unix manual:If the date is set to zero, bpexpdate immediately expires backups from the image catalog or media from the media catalog. When a media ID is removed from the NetBa
NetBackup 6.0 MP3. I had a frozen tape that I ran
bpexpdate -m V01504 -d 0
I found the tape was placed into the scratch pool for re-use.
The question is why is it acting like a suspended tape instead of a frozen tape?
FROZEN = remains unwritable and in the frozen condition until manually unfro