Hi,

Have u configured vaulting in netbackup? The vaulting changes the status
of offsite media to suspended til they expire

For tapes with infinite retention I do not think the tape status will change
from suspended ..

yogesh

LeeV" wrote:
>
>I am confused about suspended media and would appreciate if someone could
>shed some light on the subject. Is it normal to have lots of tapes in suspended
>mode? Also, if the retention is infinity and the tape is suspended will
it
>ever become unsuspended, or is that by design for infinity images?
>Thanks.

"LeeV" wrote:
>
>I am confused about suspended media and would appreciate if someone could
>shed some light on the subject. Is it normal to have lots of tapes in suspended
>mode? Also, if the retention is infinity and the tape is suspended will
it
>ever become unsuspended, or is that by design for infinity images?
>Thanks.

Lee,

No, it is not normal. I guess you'll have to start tracking the tapes
that get suspended and what jobs they were working on when it happened.

The status [suspended] and the retention [infinity] are independent of each
other. By way of explanation, if I have a FROZEN tape with images set to
expire on 12/31/06 and that date comes and goes, the images will still be
there until the tape is unfrozen. I suspect that it's the same with a suspended
tape.


Scott

"yogesh" wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>Have u configured vaulting in netbackup? The vaulting changes the status
>of offsite media to suspended til they expire

That's not what happens at my site: my vault tapes have a normal expiration
date and the status field is empty.

>
>For tapes with infinite retention I do not think the tape status will change
>from suspended ..
>
>yogesh
>
>LeeV" wrote:
>>
>>I am confused about suspended media and would appreciate if someone could
>>shed some light on the subject. Is it normal to have lots of tapes in suspended
>>mode? Also, if the retention is infinity and the tape is suspended will
>it
>>ever become unsuspended, or is that by design for infinity images?
>>Thanks.
>