VERITAS NetBackupTM 5.0, User Manual And Product Specifications

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Changing the Attributes for a Volume
142 NetBackup Media Manager System Administrator’s Guide for Windows
If you use this command to expire the volume, NetBackup stops tracking the backups that
are on it and deassigns it. This makes the volume available to be reused, deleted, or its
volume pool to be changed. You can manually expire the backups regardless of the
volume’s prior state (frozen, suspended, and so on).
Expiring the volume does not change anything on the volume itself. When a media is
expired, however, you must use the NetBackup import feature before restoring the
backups it contains (a restore is possible only if the volume has not been overwritten).
Deassigning NetBackup Catalog Backup Volumes
Volumes used for backing up the NetBackup catalogs are tracked separately from regular
backup volumes.
To deassign these volumes (assuming they do not contain any important data), specify
None or a different media ID for catalog backups. Then the media is available to be
reassigned or deleted, or its volume pool can be changed.
See the NetBackup system administrator’s guide for UNIX or the guide for Windows
servers for more information.
Deassigning Storage Migrator Volumes
If a volume is assigned to Storage Migrator, you must wait for Storage Migrator to
deassign them. Storage Migrator deassigns a volume when the images are no longer
required. Attempting to manually deassign Storage Migrator volumes could result in loss
of data. For more information on how Storage Migrator manages its volumes, see the
Storage Migrator system administrator’s guide for UNIX.
Changing the Attributes for a Volume
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To change volume attributes
1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, click Media and Device Management >
Media
.
2. In the volumes pane, select a volume or volumes.
3. Click Edit > Change.