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In case you are not aware - you can subscribe to NBU notifications over here: https://sort.veritas.com/spec_doc Hopefully NBU 9 will be added to the list soon.

Marianne by Level 6
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"cannot connect to nbstserv" when trying to activate SLP

So I have been intermittently running into the issue where my SLPs are not being started by a cron job that is supposed to enable them at 03:00 in the morning.  So today I tried running the activate command by hand during the day: /opt/openv/netbacku...

elanmbx by Level 6
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Resolved! Catalog Backups Status Code 1

Netbackup Enterprise Server 7.1.04, with 4 Media Servers at the same level. Entirely Windows environment, w/ Server 2003 Master Server. For some time now, my Catalog backups end in a Status Code 1. It's basically always the 3rd backup of the 3 that r...

Resolved! Find the drive and status of Media

Hi,   I was trying a restore from a Media. But my restore job is saying that "Required Media" is in use. I believe this media should be free. How can I check if this media is currently mounted? Below are the questions I have based on this scenario.  ...

raj08 by Level 4
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Resolved! Eject tapes that expire in 2038

  Hi all,   I want to write a script to eject the tapes that expire in 2038.   How can I put the Data Expiration in the script instead of MediaID?   vmchange -res -multi_eject -w -verbose -rn <robot number> -rt <robot type> -rh <robot control host> -...

magteix by Level 3
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NetBackup Storage Server - VxSS Access Denied(117)

Hello All,   I have a strange problem with creating the Storage Server on AIX media server. I am getting the message: "VxSS Access Denied(117)". I have checked that the space on filesystems is enough. The user which is doing this is root with all ...

mrmadej by Level 4
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Resolved! NBU features

Hi all, I would like to know please if there is any ability that NBU can backup specific number of subfolders inside a parent folder. i.e. I have a windows 2008 NBU master server, if i have a folder in a windows client that contains 700 subfolder an...

grigori by Level 5
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Buffer Question

Version 7.5.3 (Windows) Hello friends,  I am having very slow backup speeds for some of my backup jobs. Activity monitor tells - info bphbd (pid=35416) wrote first buffer (size=4068) info bphbd (pid=35416) wrote first buffer (size=3988) info bphbd (p...

bpdown by Level 4
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backup of VMs on NAS storage using VADP

Hi, I am looking into an agentless image level and file level backup solution for the virtual machines in my vSphere 5.1 environment and I understand that the VMware's vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP)allows for 3rd party vendors to do this (wh...

ccw by Not applicable
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Reserve Drive for backups

  Hi Folk, There are total 10 drives configured in my NetBackup Media server (8 shared + 2 not shared). I've configured the NetBackup Vault to duplicate data from one tape library to 2nd tape library. Duplication is time consuming task so I want to...

Resolved! NBU 7.1 client push failed - access denied.

Pushing NBU 7.1 client software to server. Access denied after about 2 minutes of install. User Id has access, No fire wall, can ping to client. Log shows something os Backup Exec, why? Deleting registry key: -2147483646, SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exe...

Willie_SA by Level 6
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Resolved! NBU 7.1 with Exchange DAG 2010 - host names

Master and Media server        Windows 2008       NetBackup                            7.1 Exchange                              DAG 2010 Phyusical host names            PRASAGPPMBX01  and PRASAGPPMBX02 Virtual hyost name                 PRASAGPPDAG0...

Willie_SA by Level 6
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Netbackup using SAN / Filer snapshot to backup VMWare VM

Hello, I'm trying to find a way to use my Filer (NetApp) snapshots to do VMWare VM backup instead of VMWare snaps. The idea is to use netbackup default features (like VRay) to do a regular granular VM backup, but instead of using VMWare default Copy-...

Resolved! Hardware upgrade problem

Hi, I'm in the process of upgrading our old NetBackup Enterprise environment from 6.5.6 to 7.5.0.4. Because our old server is an x86 one, I did set up a new server on x86_64 hardware with SLES 11 SP2 installed. The hardware upgrade guide says, I sho...

mbodsch by Level 3
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Resolved! Right order to upgrade & migrate Netbackup in clustered enviroment

Hi, We are going to upgrade Netbackup 7.1 to 7.5 and then to 7.5.0.4 but which is correct order to perform upgrade and migration in clustered enviroment as manuals instructions differs from other We have two node, hot and cold...   * Cluster guide: B...

mturbo by Level 2
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Resolved! import

when i import my tapes from site 1 to site 2.As i inventory them,they go to scratch pool .And i manually have to move them to somw other pool to avoid overwritten. Why this is happening? What settings can be set to avoid this?

mikenew by Level 3
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Resolved! Netbackup7 - Client support list

Hi there, Just check from the Netbackup7 client compatibility list, number of my current client seen not supported but NBU v7. Would be someone able provide the most update list especially for following client install with above OS version, many than...

NBU 7.1 and backup of solaris 10 of 20 gb taking 24 hours

Hi, I have a NBU 7.1 in windows 2008 and I am trying to make a backup of a solaris 10 client. This has 20 gb in content and is standard policy. I have to suspend because it takes 20 hours up to now. I provide log from run Any help will be appreciated...

GEDEN by Level 3
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BMR is failling on dis similar disk solaris 9 client

Hi All, I am doing restoration for for differnet disk on same server.I have done below process. 1)Removed root & mirrored disk(Its with VXVm) 2)Disimiler disk restore has been initiated and complete. 3)PTR is started and its creating file system and ...