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turguns
Level 5
11 years ago

Cant add media server

Hello all Environment Netbackup 7.1 OS: Redhat 2.6 Hi dear friends We are trying  to add media server to the master server.. As per guide we installed the netbackup software to new media ...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    11 years ago

    Check mark "Allow multiple retentions per media" in master server host properties.

    NO, NO, NO!!!!!! 

    This resolves problem in the short term but creates major issues in the long run.
    A tape with some daily backups and short retention (e.g. 2 weeks) that is mixed with long term (e.g. 5 year) retention cannot be re-used when daily backups expire - only after ALL backups have expired can tapes be re-used.

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Marianne
Level 6
11 years ago

Sounds like comms problem betweem master and new media server.

Have you verified forward and reverse name lookup between master and media?

Have you verified that port 1556 is open in both direction between master and media?
Have you checked that OS firewall (iptables) is disabled on media server?

Please show us output of the following commands on the master server:

nbemmcmd -listhosts -verbose

nbemmcmd -getemmserver

Point out in above command outputs which one is the new media server.