About avoiding vaulting partial images
Figure: Original backup media shows how original backup tapes often begin and end with partial images.
If you eject and vault original backup media, that media may contain partial images.
To avoid vaulting partial images, use one of the following methods:
Stop backup activity long enough to run Vault.
If backup jobs are running, use the option on the profile Eject tab to suspend all media on which backups were written within the last day and then vault only those backups that are older than one day. No more backup images are written to that media, and that media is ready to be ejected.
Figure: Suspending original backup media shows what occurs during NetBackup and Vault operations when is used.
Only use the option if you eject original backup media and want to avoid vaulting partial images. You should carefully consider whether to use the option. It uses extra CPU cycles because it queries all of the databases again and applies all of the Choose Backups filters again, prolonging the length of time that is required to suspend the media. Therefore, some partial images on vaulted media may be acceptable. If you use this option, it is possible that the original backup media vaulted will not be full.
This option does not suspend media that is in use, such as media to which NetBackup is writing backup images.
Note:
Vault only suspends media in off-site volume pools that are specified on the profile Eject tab.