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Netbackup Database Extension SQL GUI
Hi,I've a failover cluster composed by two node, and on each phisycal server there is a sql instance.Server A > Instance1ServerB > Instance2If i open the Netbackup SQL gui on server A there is this situation:Instance1 > i see databases and on right p...
Proxmox backup with netbackup
Hi,I'm an proxmox user and I would like to know if it's possible to make m'y backups with netbackup
installing the NetBackup Kubernetes Operator failing
Hello Guys , I am getting below error while installing the NetBackup Kubernetes Operator. Image of the error is attched also.error :path "./netbackup kops-helm-chart" not found
Dedup variable length segments: which apps/file types profit?
Hi folks, the question came up whether there are any guidelines on what type of files and which applications profit from a better dedup ratio using variable length segments or is it purely trial and error by evaluating the job details etc? Any commen...
BMR Restore won't start "Failed to verify backup--rc(1002)
Hi,We are running NBU 8.0 (both clients, medias, master), and these days I'm trying to perform a BMR restore on a W2008r2 client using NBU 8.0. We're not encountering any errors with the backup operations, but when we start a BMR Restore (USB Key Boo...
NetBackup 10.4 Gives AWS Users MORE Security Options with STS Support!
Hi Friends, AWS provides AWS Security Token Service (STS) as a web service that enables customers to request temporary, limited-privilege credentials for users to provide authentication in Cloud Object Protection for public and private cloud provider...
Resolved! High CPU load on primary server - java process
Hi All,The primary server is heavily loaded. CPU is utilized up to 70 percent by a java process. Both Java GUI and WebUI is unavailable.Stopping and starting NetBackup has not helped.The issue started 4 hours ago. We are not aware of any changes.NetB...
Resolved! S3 bucket deleting Access 3350
Hello, I've provided in the past a 25TB S3 bucket from a 3350 Access appliance, and it's no more needed. I'd like to remove it but I can't find any documentation about this procedure, anyone can help me? Am I missing anything?Thank you!
Setconfig path is not working
Hi, When I try to set the config path to a client from the Master/media server, the server got hung for a long time and does not result anything.Could anyone tell what is the problem behind it ?
NBU 10x tape 2 tape copy (inline copy) clarification.
Hi people:We have a 4 drive LTO9 library, Master/media server is Windows2022 and NBU 10.1.2. I have some policies that do a two tape copy of data to different pools. For example, mydata policy have two schedulesforeverfull schedule make a backup to M...
DFS servers backup
Hello,I'd like to ask you if it's totally enough to back-up several DFS servers via one Policy, using just 'ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES' option in its Backup Selection?I'm curious about the recovery operations if such congifuration is sufficient (so far I haven...
How Do I Backup and Restore My AI Database? A Look Into ChromaDB and AI/LLM Databases
Hi Friends,With the rising popularity of AI databases you KNOW that one is going to end up in your datacenter and you KNOW that one is going to become production before you have a backup and restore plan. How do I know this? I was a System Administ...
Resolved! Oracle to Netbackup Copilot
Hello,I'm trying to implement Copilot for Oracle. I've set up the SLPs and registered the test instance, but NBU is unable to perform a backup with the error:Unable to perform a manual backup with policy "test". The policy does not have a list of fil...
Resolved! Duplicating tapes fails: INF - Cannot obtain resources for this job : error [167]
Netbackup 9.1.0.1 on Linux master server. There are no other media servers in the environment.We are replacing our old LTO5 tape library with a new LTO8 library.Most of our backups for this account are short term so we will just let them age out. B...
Attention DBAs! New with NetBackup 10.4, PostgreSQL Recovery to PIT in Hours/Minutes/Seconds!!
Hi Friends, Veritas realizes that as a Database Administrator Point In Time (PIT) recoveries to the second are required when vital data needs to be restored. Manual recovery can introduce errors and adds times to critical business applications. New...
MS SQL VADP Application State Capture (ASC) Backups are Fully Recoverable in NetBackup 10.4
Starting with NetBackup 10.4, VMware VADP Microsoft SQL full backups can be configured for complete application restoration. Before this release, users had just copy-only full backups combined with differential and incremental transaction log backups...
Disk storage unit is full, but it's not full (netbackup 10.1.1)
Hello,I have failed backups due to disk storage unit is full, but the problem is that there is enough space in diskpool and disk volume.Diskpool is full at 80%, high water mark is set to 96%, in other FS there is enough space.Netbackup services has b...
Netbackup PIPE_ORPHANED
Hi,by few days i looked for all FT SAN client connection orphaned and backups stuck in order to switch in Lan, on primary server./usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbrbutil -listOrphanedPipesPipe ID Pipe State Media Server=============================...
Image Duplication Backlog
Hello everyone!I've only recently started working with NetBackup and I've been dealing with it a few weeks now. Now, onto my question regarding duplication and its backlog.Over the weekend, many duplications piled up due to errors or due to the closi...
New Critical MSDP Security Functions Get Multi-Person Authorization (MPA) in NetBackup 10.4 API
Let’s face it, you’re far more likely to be hacked through an OS shell than a GUI, so NetBackup 10.4 safeguards MSDP shell WORM functions with MPA. This is part of our continual hardening of NetBackup as the nightmare of malware and ransomware contin...
