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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 ...

Resolved! Inventory Failed: Robot hardware or communication error (225)

Hi , Master - Windows 2008 R2 with Netbackup 7.6.0.3 Appliances : 2 Appliances with 2.6.0.3 and 2.5.3. Tape Library : Tandberge T40 (supported and working fine since 2 months, new deployment) Just today we started receiving errors "Inventory Fa...

Facing an issue in 5230 Appliance upgrade - Failed to create the pre-upgrade checkpoint

Hi Friends, My name is Priyeranjan and today I am facing an upgrade issue with Netbackup Appliance 5230 media from version 2.6.0.1 to 2.6.0.4. I started upgrade from Manage / Software / Install pkg name Upgrade process was submittd properly wi...

Resolved! Unable to configure an Appliance - 5230

I have been involved in a task to move backups to Netbackup Appliances in our estate. For the first time I am seeing a very strange problem which is stopping me to configure a media server to a master server. The errors is : Appliance> Media x ...

Problema cambiando la contraseña de usuario de un appliance N5230 (2.6.0.2)

Buenos días, El dominio es un master N5230, en version 2.6.0.2. He creado una serie de usuarios desde el CLISH Manage>NetbackupCLI>Create He puesto que expire la password inmediatamente para que la proxima vez que inicien sesion los usuarios les ...

Resolved! Netbackup 5230: Can I use all of the network ports for backup?

Hi All, I have a Netbackup 5230 appliance 2.6.0.2 with 4x1Gb network port. I need to use eth0 for initial configuration. So I will bond rest of the network ports. Can I include eth0 to bond, after initial configuration? Regards

Backup jobs slow

Hello All, master win 2008, NBU 7.6.0.1, 2 NBU 5220 appliance version 2.5.3 - one in each data center, AIR enabled via SLP. nbapp1 in DC1 take backup(primary copy) and replicates to nbapp2 in DC2(copy2), then nbapp1 makes tape copy(copy 3) from pri...

MSDP consuming space faster after upgrade to 2.6.0.3

Hi All, We have had two appliances with 2.5.0.3 and it was working well. Now to fix some issues like slow hydration and dehydration we were asked by Symantec to upgrade to 2.6.0.2 after which we had nighmares where almost all backups started failing...

Resolved! API for NetBackup Appliance Report

Hello, I would like to get the access to the same deduplication (reports --> deduplication) reports through remote commands or API. Thanks, Boris

Resolved! NBU Appliance 5220 compatibility

Hi All, as we have requirement to attach Tape drive lto 6 of hp model “HPLTO-6-ULKTRIUM 6250 SAS EXTERNAL TAPE DRVIE ” with netbackup appliance 5220 interface 6Gb/s Dual Port SAS interface It can be attached and used with appliance 522...

Resolved! Migrating tape libraries to new appliance?

I have to decommission my old 5200 which has been hosting two tape libraries used only for monthly tape jobs. I'm moving the libraries to a new 5230 but was curouse what this means for the archived monthly tapes. If i try and do a restore from one...

Resolved! media server dedup pools?

Im trying to add in a new 5230 appliance as a media server to my 7.6.0.3 environment and im stuck at figuring out what type of storage pool to choose. i already have a 5200 in place that i have been using for almost 5 years and it setup as puredisk ...

Resolved! SAN Client doesn't use FC to backup to 5230 Appliance

Hello everybody, I wanted to thank you in advance for any help or clarification. We just zoned one SAN client to a new 5230 appliance. After zoning was done, we did the following: - Enable SAN Client Fibre Transport on the Media Server [use FT for ...

Resolved! Log location

I have a 5220 master running 7.6.0.3 What is the actual location of the Log share "NBU\Netbackup folder? I want to copy files in there so I can look at them on my windows desktop. thanks Pat

Resolved! NBU Appliance 5220, 2.6.0.3. How to get the nbdeployutil report

I am currently trying to get an up to date report on the capacity usage, I may have to initiate a purchase of additional licenses. I figured out that I can use the nbdeployutil tool to generate the report. I have created an NetBackup CLI user and gen...

Resolved! NBU Appliance 5220, Tape out, VMware integration, SAN transport mode, read-only LUNs, port usage

I am currently integrating a NetBackup Appliance 5220, and I am now detailing the SAN configuration. The intended use is to zone the the NBU appliance to the same LUNs as the ESX hosts and thus leveraging the SAN transport mode to pull the backups ov...

Resolved! Netbackup appliance setup

Hello Team, How Netbackup appliance setup is done mainly in terms of stgunit , can some body can define it and once defined what is the best practise in routing data in diff stg unit Regards Adivya Singh

Anyone upgraded 52xx appliance 2.6.0.2 to 2.6.0.4 ?

Hi, We need to update our 5220/5230 appliances from 2.6.0.2 to 2.6.0.4 (to fix a compatibility issue between NB and EV 11). I'm just gathering information before attempting the update, so -- has anyone done this update? Any issues/problems? Or did...

Resolved! Master Server cold stand-by on NetBackup Appliance

I need some advise please on the follow requirement guys; We bought two 5220 appliances from Symantec last year with an intention to use as active/stand-by Master servers by avoiding single point of failure for the NBU Master server. We call them Ap...

Resolved! rehydration is slow from msdp(5230) to sl500 RL

Hello Friends, I need yr help to fix the issue. I am having netbackup in guc cluster. ON Main site there are 3 media servers 1) Main media1 - windows vwware host 2)Main media 2 - 5220 appliance 3) Main media 3 - 5230 apliance The same setup on...

Resolved! Backing up Microsoft Exchange 2010 to Symantec Appliance with GRT

Hi all, In my previous post, I have asked how back up Microsoft Exchange into tape. Now, I need help how to configure a Microsoft Exchange 2010 to Symantec Appliance. Master server Windows Server 2012 standard R2 (clustered) Netbackup version: 7....

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