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Storage options for OS upgrade
Hello, we have a NetBackup 10.4 server that we need to upgrade the OS from rhel 7 to rhel 9. Currently the MSDP is on the same disk that the OS will target (/dev/sda) so I need to copy/relocate the backup images during the upgrade. I opened a case with support and they suggested mounting SAN storage. Is this the only option to duplicate the backup data, or can we use DAS/NFS for setting up a new AdvDisk? This particular host has no other drives in it to relocate the data to, so it will need to be off the host during upgrade. Thank you
Install snapshot manager failed
Hi everyone i New in the snapshot manager and i cant install a sm, in the process fail with the following error Waiting for Snapshot Manager configuration to complete (0/21) ... Configuration Failed. Error Details: EXIT STATUS 8500: Connection with the web service was not established. please your help
Windows server 2025 client support?
I had a look in the most recent OS support matrix from the 4th of march and I can't find any information that Netbackup 10.5.0.1 supports Windows server 2025 as a client. I mean, the 2025 version has been around a while, when can we expect a version that supports it? /Per
Alta Reovery Vault as AIR target
Hi Can we use Alta recovery vault as AIR target for on-perm Netbackup domain we have a scenario like wants to do to AIR in Azure NetBackup domain with Alta recovery vault configured for long term retention. is it supported configuration? if not what about replication to Azure Blob store and duplicated to Veritas Alta recovery vault what will be the requirement valuable insight is much appreciated ThanksAlta Recovery Vault - Which Documents Should I Use???
Hi Friends, I noticed I've created a bunch of documents to help educate and direct folks on how to use Alta Recovery Vault, but there are a lot of them and I thought it would be good to do a flow of what documents to use, when and what they're all about. So let's begin! After you've had your introduction to Alta Recovery Vault and want to start finding out more about the product and service, take a look here: Start With: Veritas Alta Recovery Vault: Setting up Immutable Storage Part 1 of 2 https://youtu.be/r0emXtBHKMM?si=uBaP6AzEnqmO-IVi Veritas Alta Recovery Vault: Backup, Recovery, and Expiring Immutable Storage Part 2 of 2 https://youtu.be/DaVvfo8qlKs?si=IF2oJlMFoaMTKgGd Alta Recovery Vault Short Lived Token Based Authentication Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oj_Dk5hsF4 1.Overview of Alta Recovery Vault. 2.How to setup your storage. 3.Perform a backup. 4.Attempt to expire the immutable backup that fails. 5.Successful recovery using the offsite storage. 6.How Veritas uses token-based authentication. 7.Creating a credential with the new token. Now comes the security questions that you and your Network team will have. Alta Recovery Vault Security Guide https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/white-papers/WP_veritas_alta_recovery_vault_security_V1537.pdf 1.Overview of Alta Recovery Vault security. 2.What are tokens and why we use them. 3.NetBackup security fundamentals as they pertain to ARV. 4.Data Deletion. 5.Proxies and using connection methods other than HTTPS. After your security questions have been answered, you might want to use something other than HTTPS to connect to your offsite storage so. Alta Recovery Vault Azure ExpressRoute Overview https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/white-papers/WP_recovery_vault_expressroute_overview_guide_V1925.pdf Alta Recovery Vault AWS Direct Connect https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/white-papers/WP_veritas_alta_recovery_vault_aws_direct_connect_overview_guide_V1984.pdf 1.Overview of what the Azure and AWS private connection solutions are. 2.Recommended setup guidelines to reproduce Veritas certification testing. 3.Overview of the Veritas architectures used to connect to the Cloud Service Provider’s private connections. 4.Veritas Alta Recovery Vault backup and test results. Now that you've educated yourself on how Alta Recovery Vault works and your Network and Security team have the answers they need it's time to move to the Deployment Guide. Alta Recovery Vault Pre-Install Checklist https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/technical-documents/TD_alta_recovery_vault_pre-install_checklist_V2120.pdf 1.Questionnaire to prepare for Alta Recovery Vault. 2.Pre-Requisites like patches, ports, etc. Alta Recovery Vault Deployment Guide https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/VeritasAltaRecoveryVaultGuide 1.Overview of what Alta Recovery Vault is. 2.Pre-Requisites. 3.Patches required. 4.Where to download the software. 5.Covers all supported versions of NetBackup. 6.How to: 1.Create a credential. 2.Connect to the storage. 3.Create a storage unit. 4.Create a policy. 5.Backup data. 6.Restore data. 7.Migrate from access key to token support. 8.Storage reporting on Alta Recovery Vault from Alta View. Alta Recovery Vault is great, but you want to use it for disaster recovery so you can restore your backups from anywhere! Alta Recovery Vault Image Sharing and Disaster Recovery https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/technical-documents/TD_netBackup_recovery_vault_data_recovery_V1573.pdf 1.What is Image Sharing and a Cloud Recovery Server(CRS)? 2.How to setup Image Sharing with Alta Recovery Vault. 1.Using a newly created Primary or CRS. 2.Create a new credential to access the offsite storage. 3.Import the storage. 4.Restore the backup image from the offsite storage. And sometimes things just don't go like they're supposed to and that's when it's time for you to look at the Alta Recovery Vault Troubleshooting Guide: Alta Recovery Vault Troubleshooting Guide https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/technical-documents/TB_alta_recovery_vault_troubleshooting_guide_V2111.pdf 1.Ensure all pre-requisites for connectivity have been met. 1.Ports opened? 2.EEBs applied? 3.Communication to storage and Veritas confirmed? 4.Common errors and where to find logs. And just to make things easier. Here are all of the Alta Recovery Vault Guides: Alta Recovery Vault Deployment Guide https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/VeritasAltaRecoveryVaultGuide Alta Recovery Vault Security Guide https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/white-papers/WP_veritas_alta_recovery_vault_security_V1537.pdf Alta Recovery Vault Image Sharing and Disaster Recovery https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/technical-documents/TD_netBackup_recovery_vault_data_recovery_V1573.pdf Alta Recovery Vault Azure ExpressRoute Overview https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/white-papers/WP_recovery_vault_expressroute_overview_guide_V1925.pdf Alta Recovery Vault AWS Direct Connect https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/white-papers/WP_veritas_alta_recovery_vault_aws_direct_connect_overview_guide_V1984.pdf Alta Recovery Vault Troubleshooting Guide https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/technical-documents/TB_alta_recovery_vault_troubleshooting_guide_V2111.pdf And here are all of the Alta Recovery Vault videos: Veritas Alta Recovery Vault: Setting up Immutable Storage Part 1 of 2 https://youtu.be/r0emXtBHKMM?si=uBaP6AzEnqmO-IVi Veritas Alta Recovery Vault: Backup, Recovery, and Expiring Immutable Storage Part 2 of 2 https://youtu.be/DaVvfo8qlKs?si=IF2oJlMFoaMTKgGd Alta Recovery Vault Deployment Demo Azure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_cR89y7Drk Alta Recovery Vault Deployment Demo AWS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxMoS1E2xKI Creating an Alta Recovery Vault Storage Bucket on Azure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eRy7f1p6qc Creating an Alta Recovery Vault Storage Bucket on AWS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNr9uWOfRU4 Alta Recovery Vault Short Lived Token Based Authentication Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oj_Dk5hsF4
NetBackup Occupancy per Object
Hello everyone, i have a question, I’m searching for a REST-API endpoint, where I can get the occupancy of backup objects. In the Netbackup Dashboard, I get the current used size group by type (VMWare, Microsoft SQL, Postgres) but I want the information pro vm or database. So i can see the vm docker01 used 4.57GB, file01 use 67GB or the database “app” on sql server sql01 use 4.2GB. Currently i use the Endpoint /catalog/images where i get the information for every backup task, with the expiration of the backup. But if I summarize all images in the expiration date I get different results as if I use the Netbackup dashboard. Thanks
NBU over FLEX network configuration
Hi Folks, I apologize in advance for the length of the text, as there are many details we wanted to share in order to expose our use case. Description: We have some questions regarding the network configuration of our NetBackup (NBU) infrastructure and its impact on Primary Server availability, WebUI access, and MSDPs replication. We would appreciate your guidance on the feasibility and best practices for our planned setup. Current Setup: DC1: Subnet 1: Contains all database (DB) and application servers, and is isolated from all other Subnets, even DC2's Subnet 1). Subnet 2: Used for virtualization management (vCenter) and inter-site communication (Routed with Subnet 3). Primary Server in DC1: Currently has a single interface in Subnet 1. Media Server in DC1: Configured in Subnet 1. DC2: Subnet 1: Contains DB and application servers (isolated from DC1’s Subnet 1). Subnet 3: Used for virtualization management (vCenter) and inter-site communication (Routed with Subnet 2). Primary Server (planned replication using Primary Server Availability from DC1): Intended to retain Subnet 1 IP but will need a new IP in Subnet 3. Media Server in DC2: Configured in Subnet 1 while the subnet was not yet isolated. Questions: Q1 Adding an Interface to the Primary Server in DC1 Our Primary Server in DC1 currently has an interface in Subnet 1. We want to add another interface in Subnet 2 to allow communication with nodes in that subnet and subnet 3 (Media Server from DC2). Is it feasible to add an interface to a Primary Server? Would this impact the accessibility of the NBU WebUI? If so, will the WebUI be accessible from both subnets or only from Subnet 1 IP that is already configured? Q2 Primary Server Availability Feature and IP Configuration in DC2 We intend to purchase the "Primary Server Availability" feature to replicate the Primary Server from DC1 to DC2. Since Subnet 1 exists in both DCs, we plan to keep the same IP for Subnet 1 in DC2. However, the second subnet does not exist in DC2—instead, we have Subnet 3. Can we configure the replication without impact, keeping the same Subnet 1 IP and assigning a new IP from Subnet 3 in DC2 in case of a Failover? Q3 Media Server Replication and Deduplication We plan to replicate backed-up data from DC1 to DC2 using deduplication. Initially, our Media Servers in both DCs were configured in Subnet 1 while inter-site communication was open. Now that Subnet 1 will be isolated, we must add an interface for each Media Server to allow communication between them: Subnet 2 for the Media Server in DC1, Subnet 3 for the Media Server in DC2 Does NetBackup require additional configuration to recognize and use the new interfaces for replication? Can we change the configured IPs (Subnet 1 of each Media Server) and set both for Subnets 2 and 3, while keeping Subnet 1 dedicated for DB and application backup? Sorry again for the length, we appreciate your advice on these points. Regards,intelligent policy query not sync
Hi all I added some custom attributes to my vcenter VMs and I want use them in "intelligent policy query". My new custom attribute not update in intelligent policy query fields but the old custom attributes exists. good to mention all backups are successful and there is not any problem in vCenter connectivity. the only problem is not showing the custom attribute fields. My vCenter is 8.0.2 and my netbackup version is 10.1.1. Any idea to force sync or any other way to show the new custom attributes? thanks
