Catalog size is increasing

Team

we have installed Netbackup Master server in D drive which has 207 GB of capacity of local disk

But now the issue is /netbackup/db/images folder is occupied 170 GB out of 207 GB and it is increasing day by day very quickly

how to proceed for the above issue because now very low space 30 GB is free now

Regards,

Kumar

7.1.x and Earlier

Backup and Recovery

NetBackup

PhaniKumar82
13 years ago
Team

when i raised call with symantec they have given the following solution

can i proceed with the below ?

1. Perform catalog backup

2. Shut down Netbackup.

Make sure all processes have stopped by running command:

D:\veritas\netbackup\bin\bpps

3. Copy all files/folders from D:\ drive to E:\ drive

4. Copy all files/folders from E:\ drive to D:\ drive

5. Rename D:\veritas folder to D:\veritas_original

6. Change drive letters. i.e D:\ to E:\ and E:\ to D:\

7. Reboot master

8. Stop Netbackup scheduler from starting any netbackup jobs:

D:\veritas\netbackup\bin\admincmd\nbpemreq -suspend_scheduling

9. Verify main services are running:

D:\veritas\netbackup\bin\bpps

nbemm,

bpdbm,

10. Verify EMM database is responding:

D:\veritas\netbackup\bin\nbdb_ping

11. Open Netbackup console and check following:

policies

storage units

media .. check time assigned column - any media with valid backups should have date in this column

tape drives

disk pools

- open BAR gui and check you can view files for restore.

If any data is lost, you need to shut down Netbackup and call Symantec Support.

12. If everything is ok, you can resume Netbackup scheduler and test backups:

D:\veritas\netbackup\bin\admincmd\nbpemreq -resume_scheduling

Regards,

Phani Kumar

revarooo
Level 6
13 years ago
1) Increase Disk Space

2) Review Retention periods in your backup policies, see if you can lower the retentions of any.

3) Look at catalog archiving

4) Look at catalog compression

Voila

Have a read of this:

Recommendation for sizing the catalog

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO56093
Nicolai
Moderator
13 years ago
How to move NetBackup database from C drive (C:\) to D drive (D:\) on a windows master server

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH135546

Personally I go for a disk space increase.
PhaniKumar82
Level 5
13 years ago
Do we need to create ALTPATH file each and every client ? or can we create single file for all the clients which are under /images folder ?

Regards,

Kumar
PhaniKumar82
Level 5
13 years ago
first two options wont be possible because existing disk is local disk so even if we increate it also future again it will be occupied and second option also not possible because its customer recommended retention policies

can you explain me about catalog archiving and catalog compression

will there any impact if we doing catalog compression or archiving ?

Regards,

Kumar
sksujeet
Level 6
13 years ago
Yes, you have to create it for each and every client.
PhaniKumar82
Level 5
13 years ago
Then it is very difficult to crate ALTPATH for each and every client becuase in my environment almost 500 + clients are there and it is very difficult to create 500 + ALTPATH files in every client ...
Marianne
Level 6
13 years ago
For 500 clients your catalog is still fairly small. Seems calculations were not done upfront to ensure sufficient catalog space.

On Windows Master server you need to relocate clients one-by-one and create ALTPATH file in original folder. Start with clients that occupy most space - normally File servers.

On Unix Master servers all images can be relocated as a whole and symbolic link created to point to new location.

Moving images to new drive seems like your best option.
mph999
Level 6
13 years ago
Catalog compression will only give you some more time, it will still fill up eventually.

The best option would be to design the system correctly in the first place, with enough capacity to run for xx time before needing more space. It is also recommended to install NBU on a different drive than C:\

The next best option would to increase disk space, but I understand this is not possible.

Therefore your best option is to archive the catalog - this copies the .f files (the big part of the catalog) to tape, and then deletes them. The downside is that to restore a clients files, you first have to restore the .f files. This is not a big issue, but is another complecation. The trick is only to archive the catalog for say xx months back, that way, as you probably usually restore from backups in the the past weeke or two, you will hopefully not have to restore the archived catalog too frequently.

The steps to archive are in the Netackup Admin Guide - although quite simple, it is easier to read the manual as opposed to typing out the steps here.

martin
Sebastian_Baszc
Level 5
13 years ago
Hey Mate,

You can also add a new disk/storage to your Windows Master Server, create the folder with all images on that disk (let's say: e:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\db\images); take a full backup of your catalog, stop all NetBackup services; copy all images from c:\Program Files.... \images to e:\...images; remove or rename the images folder in the original location; run the following command:

mklink /d images e:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\db\images

The command above will create a link to a new location. From the perspective of the Operating System and NetBackup it the images folder under c:\ will access directly images stored under e:\.

Hope it helps

Sebastian
PhaniKumar82
Level 5
13 years ago
Are you sure about this because there should not be any issue in future when we got any restore for old clients and also please let me know how to reverted back if it is not working ....

Regards,

Kumar