Creating a hold
You can create a hold on one or more backup images by using the nbholdutil -create command.
Caution:
Creating a hold on backup images may disrupt new backups from completing. Storage may fill up if previous backups are not automatically expired.
Note:
When you retry a failed Hold creation, an empty hold is created if the backup images have expired between the initial hold and the retry.
The nbholdutil -create command lets you create a hold for a backup image.
On a command prompt on the NetBackup master server, enter nbholdutil -create with appropriate options and elements. For example:
nbholdutil.exe -create -holdname legal_case1 -backupid win81.sky.com_1307425938 -allcopy
This command creates a hold called legal_case1. The backup image ID is win81.sky.com_1307425938. You must provide either the - allcopy option or the - primarycopy option. The - allcopy operation indicates that the hold includes all copies of the selected backup image. The - primarycopy option indicates that the hold includes only the primary copy of the selected backup image.
For more information about related command options, see the Veritas NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.
To display help information about the command and its options, enter nbholdutil -help [-option]