Netbackup 6.5.6 Catalog Backup Errors

Might be worth doing a database validation:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH126758

See attached.

Everything looks OK.

You will notice that both commands actually checked nbdb only, not bmrdb.

Both commands checked the same list of tables and ended with:

Database [NBDB] validation successful.

So, there seems to be no utility to check bmrdb.

Are you using BMR?

The problem with running software that is EOSL is that it leaves you vulnerable. Without support...

As your NBDB backup isn;t working, for steps 'nbdb_backup' - I'd stop the services and just copy the DB files to a safe location

1) Shutdown the netbackup processes. PBX may stay running.
2) Once all services have stopped, start only the ASA Service
# bpup -e SQLANYs_VERITAS_NB
3) While only ASA server is started, perform the following:
# nbdb_admin NBDB -validate
# nbdb_admin NBDB -validate -full 
4) Restart NetBackup processes 
a. # nbdb_backup -dbn NBDB -online <directory, i.e. c:\tmpdbsym> -truncate_tlog (create dir first)
b. # nbdb_unload -rebuild -verbose 
c. # nbdb_admin -reorganize
d. # nbdb_unload -rebuild -verbose
5) Shutdown the netbackup processes. PBX may stay running.
6) Once all the services have stopped, start only the ASA Server
a. # bpup -e SQLANYs_VERITAS_NB
7) While only ASA server is started, perform the following:
nbdb_admin NBDB -validate -full

8) Shutdown NBU processes. Follow normal upgrade procedure to 7.1
9) After upgrading, ensure NetBackup processes are down.
10) Once all services have stopped, start only the ASA Service.
a. # bpup -e SQLANYs_VERITAS_NB
b. # nbdb_admin NBDB -validate -full

I dont belwive we are using BMR so i have hashed that out of the vxdbms.conf file. Now getting this when trying a catalog backup -

10/10/2014 09:29:08 - Info bpdbm(pid=5744) staging relational database files for catalog backup      
10/10/2014 09:29:08 - Info bpdbm(pid=5744) staging NBDB backup to C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackupDB\staging       
10/10/2014 09:29:15 - Info bpdbm(pid=5744) done staging NBDB backup to C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackupDB\staging      
10/10/2014 09:29:35 - Info bpdbm(pid=5744) validating NBDB backup in C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackupDB\staging       
10/10/2014 09:29:35 - Error bpdbm(pid=5744) error validating NBDB backup in C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackupDB\staging      
none of the requested files were backed up(2)

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Make a tmp dir eg c:\sym

Run nbdb_backup -online c:\sym

This will in theory fail with the same issue. Look in the server.log - any clues in there.

I tried that but it doesn't run

C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin>nbdb_backup -online c:\sym
Online backup of database to c:\sym failed.

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Not sure about the NBDB validation failed part without more info - Persoanlly I'd try and rebuild the DB and see if that fixs it

What info do you need?

Is this what you mean when you say rebuild - http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH162344

If so, i have done this and it has not worked.

Any other suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,

Chris

Any other suggestions?

"Is this what you mean when you say rebuild - http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?pag..."

No, the DB rebuild are the steps I posted above.

1) Shutdown the netbackup processes. PBX may stay running.
2) Once all services have stopped, start only the ASA Service
# bpup -e SQLANYs_VERITAS_NB
3) While only ASA server is started, perform the following:
# nbdb_admin NBDB -validate
# nbdb_admin NBDB -validate -full 
4) Restart NetBackup processes 
a. # nbdb_backup -dbn NBDB -online <directory, i.e. c:\tmpdbsym> -truncate_tlog (create dir first)
b. # nbdb_unload -rebuild -verbose 
c. # nbdb_admin -reorganize
d. # nbdb_unload -rebuild -verbose
5) Shutdown the netbackup processes. PBX may stay running.
6) Once all the services have stopped, start only the ASA Server
a. # bpup -e SQLANYs_VERITAS_NB
7) While only ASA server is started, perform the following:
nbdb_admin NBDB -validate -full

8) Shutdown NBU processes. Follow normal upgrade procedure to 7.1
9) After upgrading, ensure NetBackup processes are down.
10) Once all services have stopped, start only the ASA Service.
a. # bpup -e SQLANYs_VERITAS_NB
b. # nbdb_admin NBDB -validate -full

Hi,

I will get a chance to perform this today although i am not sure what i need to do in step 8. I don't want to have to upgrade anything.

Thanks,

Sorry, step 8  - ignore the 7.1 upgrade bit ...

Make sure you have first stopped everything and copy/ pasted the DB files somewhere safe.

Before you do this:

The following might be advisable (sorry, took me some time to find the details for this touch file:

Create empty file

<install path>\veritas\netbackupdb\VRTS_NBDB_DBVALID_LOGS

This creates dbvalid.log under <install path>\veritas\netbackupdb\log

+ Win event logs

Catalog backup should then create the log when it next runs.