Revaulting unexpired media

When you inject unexpired media from off-site storage back into a robot (for example, to perform a restore), you should revault the media. If you have to revault many tapes, you should create a new profile to revault them. If only a few tapes are to be revaulted, revaulting them manually may be the easiest and fastest option.

To revault unexpired media by creating a new profile

  1. Copy the original Vault profile that was used to eject the media.

  2. In this new profile, change the Choose Backups time window to shift it far enough back in time so that it selects the images on the volumes that you want to revault.

  3. Start a session using this new vault profile.

    Vault recognizes that copies of images eligible to be vaulted exist and does not duplicate the images even if the duplication step is configured. The profile ejects the volumes to be revaulted.

  4. If you are vaulting containers, logically add the volumes to containers. The container ID field is cleared when media vaulted in containers is injected back into the robot, so you must add the media to containers.

    If you are vaulting media in slots, Vault assumes that the media are returned to the same slots in off-site storage from which they were recalled.

  5. Delete the new profile you created to do the revaulting.

  6. If you froze your media during the data restore process, use the bpmedia command to unfreeze it.

    If you froze the media, you have to unfreeze it so it is recalled and returned to volume pool rotation when it expires. Vaulted media that are suspended are unsuspended automatically when they expire and are recalled.

  7. Return the media to your vault vendor so that all backups on that media will be available for future disaster recovery.

  8. Run the Recovery Report to ensure that media are available in off-site storage for future use.

    See the NetBackup Commands manual for information about the bpmedia command.

    See also, "Using NetBackup Commands" in the NetBackup Administration Console help.

To revault media manually

  1. Manually eject the media, using one of the following methods:

    • Use the vmchange command.

    • In the NetBackup Administration Console, select the media ID and then select the Eject Volumes from Robot.... operation on the Actions menu.

    vlteject and vltopmenu do not work for this purpose.

  2. Manually transfer the media to the off-site volume group, using one of the following methods:

    • Use the vmchange command.

    • In the NetBackup Administration Console, select the media ID and then select the Change Volume Group.... operation on the Actions menu.

  3. If you are vaulting containers, logically add the volumes to containers. The container ID field is cleared when media vaulted in containers is injected back into the robot, so you must add the media to containers.

    If you are vaulting media in slots, Vault assumes that the media are returned to the same slots in off-site storage from which they were recalled.

  4. If you froze your media during the data restore process, use the bpmedia command to unfreeze it.

    If you froze the media, you have to unfreeze the it so that it is recalled and returned to volume pool rotation when it expires. Vaulted media that are suspended are unsuspended automatically when they expire and are recalled.

  5. Return the media to your vault vendor so that all backups on that media are available for future disaster recovery.

  6. Run the Recovery report to ensure that the media are available for future disaster recovery operations.

    See the NetBackup Commands manual for information about the vmchange command.

    See also, "Using NetBackup Commands" in the NetBackup Administration Console help.

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