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Backup Exec server crash - only dedup folder left

kamtym
Level 3

Hi,

Our Backup Sever just crashed. I have only access to partition where BackupExecDeduplicationStorageFolder is.  What are my options to restore files from this folder? File list attached.

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Steve-Young
Level 6
Employee

You can rebuild the media server and then import the Dedupe folder - inventory- catalog.

Can I do it on Backup Exec 15? Where can I download installation file for this version?

Backup Exec 15 media is End of Standard Support.  If you have active maintenance give Veritas Customer Care a call to find out if you can access the BE 15 or 16 install media.

 

Ok, I managed to do a clean install of Backup Exec on another server. What can i do to get access to backups in dedup folder.

Hi, I am trying to Import existing deduplication disk storage device from antoher server. I copied whole dedup folder to new server. I got following error: 2019-08-25 1:23:53,13 Starting PDDE configuration 2019-08-25 1:23:53,36 Validating parameters... 2019-08-25 1:23:53,39 Parameters used: 2019-08-25 1:23:53,39 STORAGE = "E:\BackupExecDeduplicationStorageFolder" 2019-08-25 1:23:53,39 SPAID = 641 2019-08-25 1:23:53,39 SPALOGIN = bededup 2019-08-25 1:23:53,39 SPALOGPATH = "E:\BackupExecDeduplicationStorageFolder\log" 2019-08-25 1:23:53,39 SPALOGRETENTION = 30 2019-08-25 1:23:53,39 VERBOSELEVEL = "long",thread"" 2019-08-25 1:23:53,39 INSTPATH = "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec" 2019-08-25 1:23:53,39 DBPATH = "E:\BackupExecDeduplicationStorageFolder" 2019-08-25 1:23:53,40 HOSTNAME = SEDNA 2019-08-25 1:23:53,61 Configuring pdregistry.cfg... The operation completed successfully. 2019-08-25 1:23:53,71 pdregistry.cfg configuration completed. 2019-08-25 1:23:53,71 Deleting NBU marker... 2019-08-25 1:23:53,71 "E:\BackupExecDeduplicationStorageFolder"\databases\catalog\2\NBU_PD_MARKER doesn't exist. 2019-08-25 1:23:53,71 "E:\BackupExecDeduplicationStorageFolder"\databases\catalog\2\NBU_PD_MARKER doesn't exist. 1 file(s) copied. 2019-08-25 1:23:53,87 Hostname and Ip are updated. 2019-08-25 1:23:53,89 Original SPA id is 31. The operation completed successfully. E:\BackupExecDeduplicationStorageFolder\etc\puredisk\contentrouter.cfg and E:\BackupExecDeduplicationStorageFolder\etc\puredisk\agent.cfg: verified OK 2019-08-25 1:23:54,10 Executing spad self test... E:\BackupExecDeduplicationStorageFolder\etc\puredisk\spa.cfg: verified OK Error: 25012: Authentication failed, No such user bededup ! 2019-08-25 1:23:54,68 ERR: "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\spad.exe" --check_creds encountered an error. The operation completed successfully. 2019-08-25 1:23:54,69 An error has occured while attempting to configure. Aborting... 2019-08-25 1:23:54,69 Stopping services... 2019-08-25 1:23:54,69 Stopping spad service... Stopping service spad: done 2019-08-25 1:23:54,83 Stopping spoold service... Warning: 22: _dctPathGetEtcA: Could not read value. Defaulting to '' Error: 22: _dctPathAddA: invalid NULL parameter Warning: 22: _dctPathGetEtcA: Could not read value. Defaulting to '' Error: 22: _dctPathAddA: invalid NULL parameter Warning: 22: _dctPathGetEtcA: Could not read value. Defaulting to '' Error: 22: _dctPathAddA: invalid NULL parameter Warning: 22: _dctPathGetEtcA: Could not read value. Defaulting to '' Error: 22: _dctPathAddA: invalid NULL parameter Warning: 2: __openReaderA: could not open file C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\ Error: 2: BadValue : (none) File : C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\ Section : Symantec\PureDisk\ContentRouter Entry : ConfigFilePath Reason : Empty or missing configuration directive, file not found or access denied.

Hi, I am trying to Import existing deduplication disk storage device from old server to a new one. I copied whole dedup folder to new server. Backup Exec give me an error that it cant do this. Logs attached.

Gurvinder
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the log shows you are using the bededup user and check creds is failing.
Make sure you are using the correct username and password to import the dedupe