Netbackup 6.5.5 offline catalog backup relatively slow

[margoe]

Hi 

I'm running Netbackup 6.5.5 on my Sun M3000, Solaris 10 server.
Some weeks ago I noticed that my cold (offline) catalog backup (about 45 GB) takes "too much time" by comparsion with earlier time.
The catalog backup time was 11-15 minutes, but now it takes 30 to 40 minutes.
And there is no difference, if the destination media is disk or tape.

If I run backup from '/usr/openv/netbackup/db'  directly (via some test policy) to tape or disk media, it takes about 10-11 minutes

Can someone explain me, what can cause so big difference? 

Best Regards,

margo

[Andy_Welburn]

Anything changed recently?

You may already be aware of this, but Hot Catalog is recommended for 6.5.x & cold will be (is) removed from NetBackup 7.

[demo4119]

Hi

As mentioned by symantec support version 6.0 onward dont required a offline catalog backup .
You can configure a Online hot catalog .