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NetBackup Appliance 3.3.0.1 Maintenance Release 1 (MR1) is now available

NetBackup Appliance 3.3.0.1 Maintenance Release 1 (MR1) is now available in the Download Center. https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/downloads/update.UPD236988 Please install it *before* installing any other EEB/HotFix. If you install it af...

Late Breaking News and Important Updates about NetBackup Appliances Page

Please note the the following link: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/article.100038989 This is the *only* page that will provide Late Breaking News and Important Updates about NetBackup Appliances. Every effort will be made to keep this ...

interfaces not balancing in bonding mode.

Hi,Few weeks ago a initialize and configure bonding in the netbackup appliance using the web console.Today I realized, after running "ifconfig" command, and doing some math the balancing is like this:eth1: 4%eth2: 8%eth3: 88%does anyone have any idea...

Check Storage Shelve Serial number

**** Move to new post from https://vox.veritas.com/t5/NetBackup-Appliance/Check-the-Serial-No-of-storage-shelf-remotely/m-p/687402 This is great, thanks. Info in above-mentined post works for Storage shelves that were purchased with the appliance,...

Resolved! When MSDP size will update?

I have NetBackup appliance 5230. Suppose if we have available MSDP space is 4 TB and we run a full backup whose size is approx 3 TB. When this space will update in MSDP available size?I mean if the backup of 3 completed then MSDP Available size will ...

Resolved! AIR between 5230 & 5240 Appliances (2 domains)

Hello,I have Appliance 5230 at my production site and there is no DR yet.we got new 5240 appliance for DR & its setup already with new master server in DR.Can anyone suggestion nice article or procedure to create AIR between above appliances??...i ha...

Resolved! Netbackup Patching

I am set to patch our appliances for the first time. I need to run the data collect prior to doing the upgrade. Does Netbackup or the appliance need to be in a quiest state before I run the data collect ?

5230 Appliances - SSL self signed certificates

I have recently upgraded two NBU 5230 Appliances to version 3.0. After the successful upgrade, I performed a Nessus scan against the appliances and received 3 Medium level alerts consisting of a total of 6 vulnerabilities. They are all related to c...

Resolved! 5240 new remote installation

Hi all,I need to install the 2.7.3 Netbackup software on 2 new appliance 5240 on remote site. In my previous experience I used an usb key connected on machine, please could you suggest me alternative way to upload the software on the machine without ...

BMR P2V conversion in NetBackup 7.6

I would like to know whether we can use BMR P2V conversion for Microsoft HyperV. We have a Microsoft HyperV infrastructure and would like to use BMR P2V conversion to restore.

SLOW ORACLE SAN BACKUPS - BEST PRACTICES

Hi Guys,I´m facing some performance problems with oracle san backups, sometimes the rate is 120000 Kb/s and sometimes is very slow like 50000 Kb/s. I´m attaching the oracle tab so you guys can give advice about configuration.The oracle database is ab...

5240 - Any experience with driving tape from these new models?

Does anyone have any real-world experience driving tape drives from these new appliances? Presumably with the additional horsepower they *should* be able to drive more concurrent tape-out?I'm trying to determine a reasonable number of tape drives fo...

Resolved! Replacing 5220 appliance with windows Lenovo server

I have been trying to find anything showing what is the best windows hardware configuration to replace 5220 appliances. we have appliances , master (with 51Tb) and a media server (51tb) on 2.7.3 version.1.my question is there any documentation showi...

How to Resize Netbackup Catalog Partition : NBU Appliance 5230 ?!!

HiI have new NBU Appliance Expantion with new Shelf Storage when i tried to expand Netbackup Catalog Partitioni got this error as NBCatalog Partition depending on base disk that is aleardy used while all my unallocated space at the new shelf expanti...

Resolved! Veritas Storage Shelf Graceful Shutdown

Hi All,Recently, my clients asking is there an official document or proper procedure on how to graceful shutdown Veritas Storage Shelf after shutting down the Veritas NetBackup Appliance.I myself have gone through the documents several time based on ...

FIXED: [Error] Process '/opt/NBUAppliance/db/bin/nbappdbsrv' is not running.

Issue: Selftest (test software) fails with below errorappliance01.Support> Test Software Running Validation tests on Media Server Appliance appliance01. Checking whether serial number is present ... [OK] Checking whether i...

Resolved! Can't Re-Image Appliance 5240 with factory USB

Hi Experts!! I'm stuck with re-image my new appliance 5240 I'm trying to boot from several iso file but the message are alway the same Any advice??

Resolved! How can I get a list of fragmented images waiting to be deleted?

Hi all,I have an Appliance with role of Master/media server, and I need to delete one MSDP on one Media server that are part of this Master. When I try to delete the MSDP, the error 134 appears and say that it´s contains fragments waiting to be delet...

Activity monitor failed job report

Hi,I am trying to make a auto email from netbackup appliance daily basis which should contain the activity monitor output with all failed backup jobs.Please help me to accomplish this. ThanksShin

Netbackup Copilot

I am testing copilot in a test environment and I dont have knowledge about DB. i have a nbu appliance 5230 on which i created a share as per the instruction which i can see in the appliance GUI the second step is to mount th...

KB about increasing frequency of "processqueue"?

I can't seem to find anything about this so it probably doesn't exist publicly...but I thought I'd ask.Are there any KB's out there that describe the settings to change on a 5220 running 2.7.3 to increase the "processqueue" from twice a day to four t...

Migration from 5220 to 5240 Master/Media Appliance

I have a customer who currently has a Primary and DR site - each with a 5220 Appliance acting as a Master/Media server.We are looking to replace the Primary Site 5220 with a 5240 Appliance - and I am planning the migration process. All images are re...

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