The moral of the story here is that if you want to be sure that your backup data is good....do a restore test. Don't trust the bpverify function.
________________________________________________________ Stuart Liddle | Senior Consultant GlassHouse Technologies, Inc. C: +1 805 822 9273 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] l www.glasshouse.com Infrastructure :: Optimized -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curtis Preston Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:21 PM To: Justin Piszcz; VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup verify at write time Bpverify "verifies" far less than you think it does. The more I learned about it, the less interested I was in it. Curtis Preston | VP Data Protection GlassHouse Technologies, Inc. T: +1 760 710 2004 | C: +1 760 419 5838 | F: F: +1 760 710 2009 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.glasshouse.com Infrastructure :: Optimized -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin Piszcz Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:18 AM To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup verify at write time If you use bpverify, it reads the media and compares the contents of the media to the catalog. It does not verify the data itself, only the contents of the catalog as you said. I have seen restores fail and bpverify says the tape is ok. Justin. On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Jim H wrote: > > If you use bpverify, it reads the media and compares the contents of the > media to the catalog. > > It is faster than a restore but Ed is right, it will not tell you if you are > backing up the right things. > > It should not be affected by changing files on the client though. > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu > _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
