Disk Storage Unit having .ds files

[funkypj]

I'm having a Basic Disk Storage Unit and it appears that the NetBackup upgradation was performed without emptying the Disk Storage Unit. There are plenty of Old Images and .ds files in the Disk Storage Unit.

I'm getting lot of 190 & 191 errors.

How do I clear them?

My NBU version is 6.5.5 in a Windows NetBackup Server environment.

[Marianne]

The following seems to be applicable to 6.5 as well:

Run  install_path\netbackup\bin\goodies\nb_updatedssu

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO34562

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH87410

[funkypj]

Hi,

Thanks for replying.

I've been searching for the right TECHNOTE for a while now and had gone through both of them too. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the nb_updatedssu in the mentioned path.

May you let me know what exactly does the script do or the equivalent command for that?

[Marianne]

Conflicting info in the documentation - one doc says the path is  <install-path>\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nb_updatedssu.exe and another one says <install_path>\netbackup\bin\goodies\nb_updatedssu.

Please have a look in goodies and admincmd - I don't have access to a 6.5 master to double-check.

Extract from 6.5 Release Notes:

Upon NetBackup installation or upgrade, the nb_updatedssu command
runs. The command deletes .ds files that were used in previous releases as
pointers to relocated data. Relocated data is tracked differently in the
current release and the .ds files, while no longer necessary, are converted to
the new tracking mechanism. Under some circumstances, a .ds file may not
be deleted upon installation or upgrade. If this occurs, Symantec strongly
recommends that you run the command again to ensure that all .ds files are
removed:
install_path\netbackup\bin\goodies\nb_updatedssu
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/nb_updatedssu

[funkypj]

I could find the nb_updatedssu script inside the "admincmd" directory.

I'm waiting for some duplication jobs to complete and after that I shall run the script and let you know the status.

Thanks a lot.