Backup Policy not running

[arthur_castro]

Hi,

I just created a new policy and created a schedule (full and incremental). I just wondering why
these policy is not running on the specified schedule. But all the other policies are running without a problem.

When I take a look at the problem log, there's no error or no log for that particular policy. So I am curious
if there is someting wrong with the netbackup or the Server that I am backing up. I do a manual backup
and it is working fine.

I do this in the command line but didn't help.
./nbpemreq -updatepolicies


Any help or suggestion will be highly appreciated.

Thanks,

Arthur

[jim_dalton]

What version of the software are you running?Earlier versions of 6.5 were...dodgy and a series of fixes to nbpem were relelased.

[arthur_castro]

HI,

The version is Vertias Netbackup 6.5.5

The here are the details of the policy that is not running:

Policy Name:       sentry_dbaseinc

  Policy Type:         Standard
  Active:              yes
  Effective date:      06/08/2010 12:32:20
  Client Compress:     no
  Follow NFS Mounts:   no
  Cross Mount Points:  no
  Collect TIR info:    no
  Block Incremental:   no
  Mult. Data Streams:  no
  Client Encrypt:      no
  Checkpoint:          no
  Policy Priority:     0
  Max Jobs/Policy:     Unlimited
  Disaster Recovery:   0
  Collect BMR info:    no
  Residence:           nbu_disk
  Volume Pool:         NetBackup
  Server Group:        *ANY*
  Keyword:             (none specified)
  Data Classification:       -
  Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy:    no

Granular Restore Info:  no
  HW/OS/Client:  Linux         RedHat2.6     sentry.domain.ie

  Include:  /var/lib/mysql/sentry

  Schedule:          Incremental
    Type:            Differential Incremental Backup
    Frequency:       every 7 days
    Maximum MPX:     1
    Synthetic:       0
    PFI Recovery:    0
    Retention Level: 1 (2 weeks)
    Number Copies:   1
    Fail on Error:   0
    Residence:       (specific storage unit not required)
    Volume Pool:     (same as policy volume pool)
    Server Group:    (same as specified for policy)
    Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy:     0
    Daily Windows:
          Sunday     12:45:00  -->  Sunday     13:45:00
          Monday     12:45:00  -->  Monday     13:45:00
          Tuesday    12:45:00  -->  Tuesday    13:45:00
          Wednesday  12:45:00  -->  Wednesday  13:45:00
          Thursday   12:45:00  -->  Thursday   13:45:00
          Friday     12:45:00  -->  Friday     13:45:00
          Saturday   12:45:00  -->  Saturday   13:45:00

THanks again.

Arthur

[Andy_Welburn]

- drop your frequency (probably to less than 24 hours)

With it set at 7 days, it will not run again until 7 days have elapsed and a backup window is open.

***EDIT***
From the context sensitive help in the GUI:
"...
Use the Frequency attribute to specify how much time must elapse between the successful completion of a scheduled task and the next attempt.
For example, assume that a schedule is set up for a full backup with a frequency of one week. If NetBackup successfully completes a full backup for all clients on Monday, it does not attempt another backup for this schedule until the following Monday.
..."

[arthur_castro]

Hi Andy,

Ok will try that, but It's strange that I just copied this policy to an existing policy called "proxybackup" and this policy is working without a problem.

Thanks,

Arthur