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Backing up data using 2 tapes drives at the same time
Hello We are on NBU 10.0.0.1 - windows (one server as master/media). We have a backup job containing like 30TB of data. The data are MS SQL *.bak files. We want to put this to tape. On the backup policy what is the best way to utilize 2 tape drives. I dont think we want to send multiple streams to the same tape drive correct? So the data needing backed up is on the network and its laid out like this: \\xxx-xxxxx.com\xxx\xxx_Backups\FULL\xxx123\Prod1\ \\xxx-xxxxx.com\xxx\xxx_Backups\FULL\xxx123\Prod2\ \\xxx-xxxxx.com\xxx\xxx_Backups\FULL\xxx123\Prod3\ \\xxx-xxxxx.com\xxx\xxx_Backups\FULL\xxx123\Prod4\ \\xxx-xxxxx.com\xxx\xxx_Backups\FULL\xxx123\Prod5\ \\xxx-xxxxx.com\xxx\xxx_Backups\FULL\xxx123\Prod6\ \\xxx-xxxxx.com\xxx\xxx_Backups\FULL\xxx123\Prod7\ \\xxx-xxxxx.com\xxx\xxx_Backups\FULL\xxx123\Prod8\ I thought about splitting the 8 paths into two different policies - this I know will use two separate tape drives. What is the protocol or the correct attributes on a Netbackup policy (MS Windows) to set it up to use 2 tape drives instead creating 2 seperate policies?. If I just use one policy and have 2 streams going to one tape drive thats bad news for wear and tear on the tape drive correct? Is there a way to have a policy where their are multiple streams going to 2 different tape drives. Hopefully Im saying this correctly. BCbc141017 minutes agoLevel 61View0likes0CommentsCorrupted images
Hello, This is the third time I have corrupted images for the same server. I had a corrupted X server image a few weeks ago, I expired the corrupted image and reran the backup which completed successfully and was duplicated successfully, I had a second the same thing again after a few weeks, and there, again the same corruption. An msdp check has already been done but it only brought up the corrupted image (which I already know). I need to know the cause of the corruption of the image of this server knowing that the other backups are successful. There is a possibility of doing a metadata analysis but the media will remain unavailable for the duration of the analysis since it takes 1 hour for each Tera of data, and I have 120TB so 120 hours of unavailability. This is my client, so I do not have access to the client server, however, I have control over the master and the media. Note that this is a VMware type backup which has a datastore and a shared vcenter, so the other backups are successful Master Linux RHEL 8.9, and Netbackup 10.0.0.1 Media Linux RHEL 8.9, and Netbackup 10.0.0.1 Client server Windows 2016, and Netbackup 10.0.0.1Solved60Views0likes7CommentsNBU client System requirements
Hello, I want to configure a FS backup in a windows client with a mount point configured. This mount point contains thousand of files and I want to use a client-side-deduplication. Does someone know where could I check the system requirements (CPU, RAM, disk) to have a good performance in the client? Thanks.Sandra4Bck15 hours agoLevel 329Views0likes2CommentsBackup Host SSL issue in Flex Appliance
Hi Folks, We got a Flex Appliance in which we set up 1 Primary and 1 Media, as want to back up some Nutanix VMs through the Cluster. We decided to go with the MediaServer instance as our backup host. The issue is when trying to add the Nutanix Cluster through the NBU Web UI, below the displayed error : "Credential validation failed. Provide correct AHV credentials, ensure that the backup host has Linux/Windows OS, verify that the backup host can access the AHV cluster, or the external CA is configured correctly." After some troubleshooting, we found the "nb_nutanix-ahv.conf" in the Media instance with the parameter "enable_ssl_validations" which is enabled by default. When disabling it, the Cluster is added successfully. Enabling it back, the integration of the Cluster failed again. So, we confirmed that the issue is related to SSL certificate. We tried to set the SSL communication following the NBU documentation, but it did not work, maybe we missed something (Below doc link) : https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/doc/150073865-163074231-0/v147708883-163074231 Any idea how to fix this SSL issue with Nutanix ? Flex v 5.0 and NBU v 10.5. Regards.207Views0likes3Commentsbackup path different letters windows
I have several policies with the same folder on different windows paths (letter). example: D:\backup E:\backup F:\backup Is there a special character or way to put all these paths in one policy? example: *\backup Thanksmarconimis4 days agoLevel 372Views0likes3CommentsWORM Instance in Flex Appliance
Hi guys, We are about to deploy a Flex Appliance WORM instance, and we have some concerns regarding its usage : Do we still need a MediaServer instance when using the WORM instance? Is the WORM instance considered as WORM storage that still requires a MediaServer instance to write to it, or is it an all-in-one instance (MediaServer + WORM storage)? In summary, when creating the WORM instance, does NBU recognize it as a MediaServer or not? When working with WORM, is deduplication still utilized? Typically, we create MSDP volumes within MediaServer instances. Wondering if WORM uses also Dedup. Does enabling WORM impact the appliance's capacity consumption? Some other vendors claim that enabling WORM can double or even triple capacity usage when using Dedup with WORM, which raises concerns about its practicality in our case, because the capacity of our Flex system is already low, and if that's the case, we'll have to avoid using WORM. Thanks in advance for any feedback given. Regards.Solved114Views0likes5CommentsNBU v10 retention
Hi folks, What is the right way to set the retention in NBU 10 ? Policy Schedules or SLPs ? It is a bit confusing, what's the point of having both two ? If I set a specific retention in a Policy Schedule and then assign the ''Policy storage'' to my SLP. Which one is taken into consideration ? Kind regards.Solved69Views0likes4CommentsNetbackup WEBUI does not have "Schedule edit" & "VM based backup selection"
version = 10.5 I noticed following two points 1- Netbackup webui does not have an option to modify the schedule of existing Protection Plan 2- At Netbackup Java Console when we take VM based backup, we have an option to select VM display name or IP address. Selection of IP address is a good strategy so in case VM display name changed, we are still able to take backup. But I am not able to see this option in Netbackup web uiZahid_Haseeb6 days agoModerator61Views0likes2CommentsRestricting access to Netbackup Administration Console
Hi all, It is necessary to introduce a restriction on access to the Netbackup Administration Console Java in addition to those defined in auth.conf. Namely, access from certain IP addresses. If you have experience, please share. AndriiAndriiPushkarov6 days agoLevel 585Views0likes4Comments