05-20-2014 09:58 AM
Hi Everyone,
I am looking to see if anyone else is having issues using Failover Storage Unit groups with MSDP? I am running Windows 2008 R2 on my Master server and two media servers with Netbackup 7.6.0.1.
Instead of the jobs queuing when I hit the Maxium concurrent jobs it just moves to the second media server which I do not want unless my primary media server fails or goes offline. I understand that storage unit groups does not work with optimized duplication but I am not using this in my step up.
Has anyone else seen this?
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08-17-2014 04:33 AM
Working as expected if you have maximum concurrent jobs set I am afraid. From the documentation:
The following are some reasons why a storage unit can be considered unavailable:
■ The storage unit is busy.
■ The storage unit is down.
■ The storage unit is out of media.
■ The storage unit has no available space.
■ The storage unit has reached the Maximum concurrent jobs setting.
Check the last item in the list ...
This is the reason it's almost impossible to use failover storage unit group with OST devices or other disk based STUs as you should have set maximum concurrent jobs to not overload the disk/box/device :(
05-20-2014 03:41 PM
Failover mode shouldn't send jobs to secondary STUs unless the primary STU is down, not simply "unavailable". See p. 571 of the 7.6 Admin Guide .
If the Failover option is selected, when a job must queue for a storage unit, the job queues rather than try another storage unit in the group.
Please reply with the policy and STU configs.
05-21-2014 04:10 AM
Here is a sample of a policy I am working with:
Policy Name: ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES
Policy Type: MS-Windows
Active: yes
Effective date: 11/15/2007 10:32:33
Backup network drvs: no
Collect TIR info: yes, with move detection
Mult. Data Streams: no
Client Encrypt: no
Checkpoint: no
Policy Priority: 30
Max Jobs/Policy: Unlimited
Disaster Recovery: 0
Collect BMR info: yes
Residence: (specific storage unit not required)
Volume Pool: NetBackup
Server Group: *ANY*
Keyword: (none specified)
Data Classification: -
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: no
Application Discovery: no
Discovery Lifetime: 0 seconds
ASC Application and attributes: (none defined)
Granular Restore Info: no
Ignore Client Direct: yes
Enable Metadata Indexing: no
Index server name: NULL
Use Accelerator: no
Optimized Backup: no
HW/OS/Client:
Include: ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES
Schedule: Manual
Type: Full Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
SPECIFIC DATE 0 - 06/08/2013
No days of week entered
Excluded Dates----------
EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 06/15/2013
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
Checksum Change Detection: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: STORE_GRP_USER_BACKUPS
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 0
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Schedule: Monthly_Full_Schedule
Type: Full Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
SPECIFIC DATE 0 - 06/15/2013
Saturday, Week 2
Excluded Dates----------
EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 06/08/2013
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
Checksum Change Detection: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: HQ_MONTHLY
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 1
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Saturday 02:00:00 --> Monday 09:00:00
Schedule: Weekly_Full_Schedule
Type: Full Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
SPECIFIC DATE 0 - 06/08/2013
Saturday, Week 1
Saturday, Week 3
Saturday, Week 4
Saturday, Week 5
Excluded Dates----------
EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 06/15/2013
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
Checksum Change Detection: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: HQ_WEEKLY
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 1
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Saturday 02:00:00 --> Monday 08:00:00
Schedule: Daily_Cumulative_Schedule
Type: Cumulative Incremental Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
Tuesday, Week 1
Wednesday, Week 1
Thursday, Week 1
Friday, Week 1
Tuesday, Week 2
Wednesday, Week 2
Thursday, Week 2
Friday, Week 2
Tuesday, Week 3
Wednesday, Week 3
Thursday, Week 3
Friday, Week 3
Tuesday, Week 4
Wednesday, Week 4
Thursday, Week 4
Friday, Week 4
Tuesday, Week 5
Wednesday, Week 5
Thursday, Week 5
Friday, Week 5
Excluded Dates----------
No specific exclude dates entered
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: HQ_DAILY
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 1
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Tuesday 02:00:00 --> Tuesday 08:00:00
Wednesday 02:00:00 --> Wednesday 08:00:00
Thursday 02:00:00 --> Thursday 08:00:00
Friday 02:00:00 --> Friday 08:00:00
Schedule: USER_BACKUPS
Type: User Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
No days of week entered
Excluded Dates----------
No specific exclude dates entered
No exclude days of week entered
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: STORE_GRP_USER_BACKUPS
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 0
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Sunday 00:00:00 --> Sunday 24:00:00
Monday 00:00:00 --> Monday 24:00:00
Tuesday 06:00:00 --> Tuesday 23:00:00
Wednesday 06:00:00 --> Wednesday 23:00:00
Thursday 06:00:00 --> Thursday 23:00:00
Friday 06:00:00 --> Friday 23:00:00
And my Storage config is as follows:
STORE_DEDUP_LOCAL 3 PUREDISK_LOCAL_BK2 PUREDISK_LOCAL_BK3
05-21-2014 04:42 AM
My Storage unit group config:
STORE_DEDUP_LOCAL 3 PUREDISK_LOCAL_BK2 PUREDISK_LOCAL_BK3
Policy Config:
Policy Name: ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES
Policy Type: MS-Windows
Active: yes
Effective date: 11/15/2007 10:32:33
Backup network drvs: no
Collect TIR info: yes, with move detection
Mult. Data Streams: no
Client Encrypt: no
Checkpoint: no
Policy Priority: 30
Max Jobs/Policy: Unlimited
Disaster Recovery: 0
Collect BMR info: yes
Residence: (specific storage unit not required)
Volume Pool: NetBackup
Server Group: *ANY*
Keyword: (none specified)
Data Classification: -
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: no
Application Discovery: no
Discovery Lifetime: 0 seconds
ASC Application and attributes: (none defined)
Granular Restore Info: no
Ignore Client Direct: yes
Enable Metadata Indexing: no
Index server name: NULL
Use Accelerator: no
Optimized Backup: no
HW/OS/Client:
Include: ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES
Schedule: Manual
Type: Full Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
SPECIFIC DATE 0 - 06/08/2013
No days of week entered
Excluded Dates----------
EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 06/15/2013
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
Checksum Change Detection: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: STORE_GRP_USER_BACKUPS
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 0
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Schedule: Monthly_Full_Schedule
Type: Full Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
SPECIFIC DATE 0 - 06/15/2013
Saturday, Week 2
Excluded Dates----------
EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 06/08/2013
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
Checksum Change Detection: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: HQ_MONTHLY
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 1
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Saturday 02:00:00 --> Monday 09:00:00
Schedule: Weekly_Full_Schedule
Type: Full Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
SPECIFIC DATE 0 - 06/08/2013
Saturday, Week 1
Saturday, Week 3
Saturday, Week 4
Saturday, Week 5
Excluded Dates----------
EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 06/15/2013
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
Checksum Change Detection: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: HQ_WEEKLY
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 1
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Saturday 02:00:00 --> Monday 08:00:00
Schedule: Daily_Cumulative_Schedule
Type: Cumulative Incremental Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
Tuesday, Week 1
Wednesday, Week 1
Thursday, Week 1
Friday, Week 1
Tuesday, Week 2
Wednesday, Week 2
Thursday, Week 2
Friday, Week 2
Tuesday, Week 3
Wednesday, Week 3
Thursday, Week 3
Friday, Week 3
Tuesday, Week 4
Wednesday, Week 4
Thursday, Week 4
Friday, Week 4
Tuesday, Week 5
Wednesday, Week 5
Thursday, Week 5
Friday, Week 5
Excluded Dates----------
No specific exclude dates entered
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: HQ_DAILY
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 1
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Tuesday 02:00:00 --> Tuesday 08:00:00
Wednesday 02:00:00 --> Wednesday 08:00:00
Thursday 02:00:00 --> Thursday 08:00:00
Friday 02:00:00 --> Friday 08:00:00
Schedule: USER_BACKUPS
Type: User Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
No days of week entered
Excluded Dates----------
No specific exclude dates entered
No exclude days of week entered
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: STORE_GRP_USER_BACKUPS
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 0
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Sunday 00:00:00 --> Sunday 24:00:00
Monday 00:00:00 --> Monday 24:00:00
Tuesday 06:00:00 --> Tuesday 23:00:00
Wednesday 06:00:00 --> Wednesday 23:00:00
Thursday 06:00:00 --> Thursday 23:00:00
Friday 06:00:00 --> Friday 23:00:00
------------------------------------------------------------
Policy Name: ACO_EXCHG_FS_E2K10
Policy Type: MS-Windows
Active: yes
Effective date: 11/15/2007 10:32:33
Backup network drvs: no
Collect TIR info: yes, with move detection
Mult. Data Streams: no
Client Encrypt: no
Checkpoint: no
Policy Priority: 150
Max Jobs/Policy: 3
Disaster Recovery: 0
Collect BMR info: yes
Residence: (specific storage unit not required)
Volume Pool: NetBackup
Server Group: *ANY*
Keyword: (none specified)
Data Classification: Silver
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: no
Application Discovery: no
Discovery Lifetime: 0 seconds
ASC Application and attributes: (none defined)
Granular Restore Info: no
Ignore Client Direct: no
Enable Metadata Indexing: no
Index server name: NULL
Use Accelerator: no
Optimized Backup: no
HW/OS/Client: Windows-x64 Windows2008 EXCHG-D1-MBX1
Windows-x64 Windows2008 EXCHG-HUB1
Windows-x64 Windows2008 EXCHG-CAS1
Windows-x64 Windows2008 EXCHG-D1-MBX2
Windows-x64 Windows2008 EXCHG-D1-MBX3
Include: ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES
Schedule: Monthly_Full_Schedule
Type: Full Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
SPECIFIC DATE 0 - 06/15/2013
Saturday, Week 2
Excluded Dates----------
EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 06/08/2013
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
Checksum Change Detection: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: HQ_MONTHLY
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 1
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Saturday 02:00:00 --> Monday 09:00:00
Schedule: Weekly_Full_Schedule
Type: Full Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
SPECIFIC DATE 0 - 06/08/2013
Saturday, Week 1
Saturday, Week 3
Saturday, Week 4
Saturday, Week 5
Excluded Dates----------
EXCLUDE DATE 0 - 06/15/2013
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
Checksum Change Detection: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: HQ_WEEKLY
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 1
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Saturday 02:00:00 --> Monday 08:00:00
Schedule: Daily_Cumulative_Schedule
Type: Cumulative Incremental Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
Tuesday, Week 1
Wednesday, Week 1
Thursday, Week 1
Friday, Week 1
Tuesday, Week 2
Wednesday, Week 2
Thursday, Week 2
Friday, Week 2
Tuesday, Week 3
Wednesday, Week 3
Thursday, Week 3
Friday, Week 3
Tuesday, Week 4
Wednesday, Week 4
Thursday, Week 4
Friday, Week 4
Tuesday, Week 5
Wednesday, Week 5
Thursday, Week 5
Friday, Week 5
Excluded Dates----------
No specific exclude dates entered
No exclude days of week entered
Synthetic: 0
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: HQ_DAILY
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 1
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Tuesday 02:00:00 --> Tuesday 09:00:00
Wednesday 02:00:00 --> Wednesday 09:00:00
Thursday 02:00:00 --> Thursday 09:00:00
Friday 02:00:00 --> Friday 09:00:00
Schedule: USER_BACKUPS
Type: User Backup
Calendar sched: Enabled
Included Dates-----------
No days of week entered
Excluded Dates----------
No specific exclude dates entered
No exclude days of week entered
PFI Recovery: 0
Maximum MPX: 1
Retention Level: 0 (1 week)
Number Copies: 1
Fail on Error: 0
Residence: STORE_GRP_USER_BACKUPS
Volume Pool: (same as policy volume pool)
Server Group: (same as specified for policy)
Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: 0
Schedule indexing: 0
Daily Windows:
Sunday 00:00:00 --> Sunday 24:00:00
Monday 00:00:00 --> Monday 24:00:00
Tuesday 06:00:00 --> Tuesday 23:00:00
Wednesday 06:00:00 --> Wednesday 23:00:00
Thursday 06:00:00 --> Thursday 23:00:00
Friday 06:00:00 --> Friday 23:00:00
06-01-2014 12:15 PM
08-14-2014 10:06 PM
More than 2 months later....
You showed us STUG config for STORE_DEDUP_LOCAL
but the policies specify these STUG/STU's: HQ_MONTHLY, HQ_WEEKLY, HQ_DAILY, STORE_GRP_USER_BACKUPS
08-17-2014 04:33 AM
Working as expected if you have maximum concurrent jobs set I am afraid. From the documentation:
The following are some reasons why a storage unit can be considered unavailable:
■ The storage unit is busy.
■ The storage unit is down.
■ The storage unit is out of media.
■ The storage unit has no available space.
■ The storage unit has reached the Maximum concurrent jobs setting.
Check the last item in the list ...
This is the reason it's almost impossible to use failover storage unit group with OST devices or other disk based STUs as you should have set maximum concurrent jobs to not overload the disk/box/device :(