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NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Last Published: 2023-03-31

Product(s): NetBackup (10.2)

About searching for backup images

Use the Catalog utility to search for a backup image to perform the following actions:

Verify the backup contents with what is recorded in the NetBackup catalog.
Duplicate the backup image to create up to 10 copies.
Promote a copy of a backup to be the primary backup copy.
Expire backup images.
Import expired backup images or images from another NetBackup server.

NetBackup uses the specific search criteria to build a list of backups from which you can make your selections.

When you search for specific kinds of images, note the following:

Verification image
Backups that have fragments on another volume are included, as they exist in part on the specified volume.
Import image
The backup is not imported if it begins on a media ID that the initiating backup procedure did not process.
The backup is incomplete if it ends on a media ID that the initiating backup procedure did not process.
See About importing backup images.

Table: Catalog utility search properties lists the search criteria for backup images.

Table: Catalog utility search properties

	Property	Description
Action		Specifies the action that was used to create the image: Verify, Duplicate, Import. See Verifying backup images. See Duplicating backup images. See Expiring backup images.
Media
	Media ID	Specifies the media ID for the volume. Enter a media ID in the box or select one from the scroll-down list. To search on all media, select <All>.
	Media host	Specifies the host name of the media server that produced the originals. Enter a host name in the box or select one from the scroll-down list. To search through all hosts, select All media hosts.
	Disk type	Specifies the type of the disk storage unit on which to search for backup images.
	Disk pool	Specifies the name of the disk pool on which to search for backup images. Not enabled if the disk type is BasicDisk.
	Media server	Specifies the name of the media server that produced the originals. Enter a media server name in the box or select one from the scroll-down list. To search through all media servers, select All media hosts.
	Volume	Specifies the ID of the disk volume in the disk pool on which to search for backup images. Enabled if the disk type is not BasicDisk.
	Path	Searches for an image on a disk storage unit, if the path is entered. Or, searches all of the disk storage on the specified server, if All was selected. Enabled if the disk type is BasicDisk.
Date/time range		Specifies the range of dates and times that includes all the backups for which you want to search. The Global attributes property Policy update interval determines the default range.
Copies, policies, and clients
	Copies	Specifies the source you want to search. From the scroll-down list, select either Primary or the copy number.
	Policy name	Specifies the policy under which the selected backups were performed. Enter a policy name in the box or select one from the scroll-down list. To search through all policies, select All Policies.
	Policy type	Determines the purpose of the policy.
	Type of backup	Specifies the type of schedule that created the backup. Enter a schedule type in the box or select one from the scroll-down list. To search through all schedule types, select All Backup Types. Enabled if you select a specific Policy type.
	Client (host name)	Specifies the host name of the client that produced the originals. Enter a client name in the box or select one from the scroll-down list. To search through all hosts, select All clients.
Job priority
	Override default job priority	Selects the job priority for verify, duplicate, and import actions. To change the default for the selected action, enable Override default priority. Then, select a value for the Job priority. Changes that you make affect the priority for the selected job only. If this option is not enabled, the job runs using the default priority as specified in the Default job priorities host property. See Default Job Priorities properties.
	Job priority
Search tab		The Search area lists information about matching backup images based on the defined search criteria.
Activity tab		The Activity tab displays the progress of the request to verify, duplicate, expire, or import an image.