Importing expired images

The expiration date for the imported items is the current date plus the retention period. For example, if a backup is imported on November 14, 2009, and its retention period is one week, the new expiration date is November 21, 2009.

Consider the following items when importing backup images:

NetBackup can import the disk images that NetBackup version 6.0 (or later) writes.
You cannot import a backup if an unexpired copy of it already exists on the server.
NetBackup does not direct backups to imported volumes.
If you import an online, hot catalog backup, import all the child jobs that were used to create the catalog backup. All jobs must be imported to import the catalog backup.
To import a volume with the same media ID as an existing volume on a server, use the following example where you want to import a volume with media ID A00001. (A volume with media ID A00001 already exists on the server.)
- Duplicate the existing volume on the server to another media ID (for example, B00001).
- Remove information about media ID A00001 from the NetBackup catalog by running the following command:
  
  Install_path \VERITAS\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\bpexpdate
  
  -d 0 -m mediaID
- Delete media ID A00001 from Media Manager on the server.
- Add the other A00001 to Media Manager on the server.
To avoid this problem in the future, use unique prefix characters for media IDs on all servers.