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NetBackup VMware workloads vs Custom Attribute
Hey guys, I'm attempting to migrate my environments over to the Workloads/Protection plans, as that's needed for Nutanix, and i'd rather not point users to two different UI's depending on whats needed. For our VMware backups we use CustomAttributes to define the backup policies a VM might need to be in. Then we use the intelligent query policy to run each backup at night. This works well, and really lessens the load on the admin. However when trying to make the VMware workload and using the Intelligent VM query, it doesn't have Custom Attributes included at all. I'm on 10.5, so i know its not been added yet. The manual really only mentions CustomAttributes for excluding disks. Am i missing something, or has this just been missed?
sqlany temporary file exceed gigabytes in /usr/openv/tmp/sqlany/nb_/tmp/
we are facing issue with the temp file which is growing very fastly in /usr/openv/tmp/sqlany/nb_/tmp/ we tried with database rebuild but still we are facing the same issue and also tried with AUDIT="ENABLED" AUDIT_RETENTION_PERIOD="14" but no luck
Netbackup disaster recovery
Hi Guys, Hi, we have lost the Netbackup primary server which was installed on a Windows server, so next Saturday we will perform a disaster recovery procedure. This primary server was installed by default but after a while the images folder was moved from drive C to drive E. I´m trying to find documentation about this specific situation but is very confusing, I´m following article: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/15179611-148872028-0/v95648579-148872028 in the article I see "Specify the default workgroup. Do not restore the domain", there is no information about rejoinig the new server to the domain. If I recover the catalog to the default location, is it going to work? The idea is recover everything to the C drive (default) and then move to drive E:Failed to recover catalog (83)
Hi Friends, I have issue to recover my Netbackup Catalog when restoring catalog using bprecover wizard. Short description/introduction of issue: One of my colleague apparently moving the /usr/openv directory to another directory within the server whereby the directory is SAN disk mount to the server. Reason due to root directory using local disk has run out of space. As such moving caused we unable to launch console. We try move back to original location but apparently it caused more damage. Later we try reinstall netbackup without choosing the DR option. Installation completed and boot from console success. Problem now when we try to restore catalog we got error : Failed to recover catalog (83) Below detail output: root@bkrhqpiitvbk02:/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd# ./bprecover -wizard Welcome to the NetBackup Catalog Recovery Wizard! Please make sure the devices and media that contain catalog disaster recovery data are available Are you ready to continue?(Y/N) y Please specify the full pathname to the catalog disaster recovery file: /root/Catalog_Backup/Backup_Catalog_1705593894_FULL bkrhqpiitvbk02_1705593894 All media resources were located Do you want to recover the entire NetBackup catalog? (Y/N) y Do you want to startup the NetBackup relational database (NBDB) after the recovery?(Y/N) y Catalog recovery is in progress. Please wait... ERR - Failed to execute command /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpdm -restoretir -jobid 3088079 -cn 1 -b bkrhqpiitvbk02_1705593894 -c bkrhqpiitvbk02 on host bkrhqpiitvbk02 (83) Failed to recover catalog (83) ************ Detail setup: OS Master Server : Unix Solaris 11 Nbu Master Server : version 8.1.2 (Master server also media server) *********** Really hope someone can assist me to solve this issue. Have been trying all KB from vox, blogs etc (1 week) but still unable to solve it. Please please.... Thank you !Netbackup 7.6.1 failed to remove trusted master server
Dear fellows, We are still using a legacy Netbackup version 7.6 in Windows server. Recently we noticed failure of SLP replication to remote server. We did some research and tried to re-setup the trusted relationship between the two master servers. But with no luck. error message is below. I got a password error message if I use a wrong password. And the two servers have the same version. Did someone experience the same? and can share some thoughts. ThanksDecrease in volume backup
I am contacting you regarding a subject wich concerns a decrease in backed up volume of 20% for all client VMs since the upgrade of master and media from netbackup version 10.1.1 to 10.3.0.1 on 03/12/2024. The concerned environment only contains VMware backups (85 VMs), and 15 filer policies for which most of them there is no decrease observed. If I take the example of the VM X, before the upgrade, the full had a volume of 409GB, and after the upgrade, the volume decreased to 368GB, a decrease of 40GB was noted, for the same number of files and no client side modification was made. Another example, VM Y, before the upgrade the volume was 404GB, and after the upgrade it went to 364GB. Are you aware of this behavior for version 10.3.0.1 ? (no information in the release note) Is there a way to conduct an analysis for this topic ? especially since the 40GB drop is the same for all VMs. FYI: the upgrade from netbackup 10.1.1 to 10.3.0.1 was made just for the master and media, no modification for client servers. Master and media are under NBU 10.3.0.1 and RHEL 8.9
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. BC
NBU 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.
Backup 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.
