Date - 02/2011
Affected Product & Version - NetVault: Backup 8.5.2
Affected Module & Version - NetVault: SmartDisk v1.2.1
OS Version - all
Application Information - n/a
Description:
Backup savesets in SmartDisk are deleted from NVBU Media Database at the time of NVDB compaction.
Symptoms:
Backup information stored in SmartDisk get deleted from NVBU Media Database when both of below conditions are met.
* Only SmartDisk is available on the Backup Server.
* NVDB backup ran with "Compact database tables after backup"
At the time of the NVDB backup with the compact option enabled, following messages are logged in NetVault Logs.
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Media Manager Segment Check: X segments examined, X segments with no media, X orphaned segments, X discarded segments
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Saveset index files found for X deleted backups
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Upgrade NVBU server to 8.5.3.
Or work it around by either one of the methods below for pre-8.5.3 users.
* Add a temporary virtual library or standalone drive and label a virtual tape.
Or
* Don't enable the compact option for the NVDB backup.
