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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 Moderator
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Resolved! Recreating the master server

Hello All, We just had a disaster where in the master server crashed down completely and couldn't be recovered.  We do have the filesystem and catalog backups of the server.  Are these enough for the master server to be recreated? Thanks in advance f...

Jecintha by Level 4
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Resolved! Change retention period on backup

I am running Netbackup 7.1 on a Windows 2008 R2 machine. I reused an old VMware backup policy to take some full and (I thought) permanent backups of some old VMs. I loaded several new tapes and added them to the Special media volume pool that has an ...

Resolved! Netbackup 7.5 Operational Restore or Search & Hold ??????

I’ve been doing deep dive in NetBackup 7.5 and the benefits involved. One of the greatest enhancements with this release is Opscenter and the role it is going to play in the future restores   Netbackup Opscenter 7.5 comes for free and the comes with ...

Resolved! Status Code 196 - Backup window no longer open

Hello, I am a newbie to the world on Netbackup.  I have restored exchange mailboxes using Netbackup but am now on side of maintaining backups to tape library. We are currently using Netbackup  version 7.0.1.  I am trying to resolve all the partially ...

bprestore cli syntax for alternate location [NBU 656 WIN2003]

Hello, Who can tell me why I get error 5 when running this command ? g:\veritas\NetBackup\bin\bprestore.exe   -B -L c:\TEMP\progress_2012041819095077.log -R c:\TEMP\renamefile.txt -s 01/07/2012 02:55:23 -e 01/09/2012 17:55:23 -f c:\TEMP\restorefileli...

Resolved! Retention period not being respected

Hello All, As anyone saw a retention period not being respected? Netbackup is expiring images before it should. It’s a User_backup. CASE: Backup date 29.Mar.2012, retention period 2 Months, expire date 29.Apr.2012 Servers Win2008R2 Client Win2003   ...

Malak by Level 4
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Vault Eject issue

I have master running on Linux - NBU 7.0.1 - Media server windows 2003 - NBU6.5.5 I have a vault policy for a profile and the media's didnt get ejected. The policy is used only to eject tapes from a volumepool. The media's in the volume pool had vaul...

Deepak_G by Level 6
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Resolved! Netapp Plugin for NBU 7.5

Is anyone using this?  I just downloaded the plugin but it has alot of confusing requirments that dont think we have setup. I was under the impression that I just installed this on my master server and then viola i could control snapshots on the neta...

Resolved! sc=58 error.

Hello,        I have a client which is failing with sc=58 (it has not ever worked before). Versions are as folow: client 7.0.1 and Master server 7.1        Bp.conf seems ok.        Regarding ports, 1556 is open both ways        Bpcoverage throws sc=5...

Brais by Level 4
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Restoring Emails from tape after implementing de-duplication

We are unable to restore emails from tape in Netbackup 7.0.1 after implementing de-duplication.  We can restore from disk.  The emails we are trying to restore are from a backup in April 2011.  The expiration date on the tape is set for 4/22/12.  Can...

Resolved! File Read error on netbackup client 7.0

Hi,   Backup job on the netbackup client is failing with the error code 13.   Please find the details below. Apr 17, 2012 11:20:06 PM - Info bpbrm (pid=10420338) from client aapclientdrv-nb: TRV - /dev/SRC is a socket special file. Skipping. Apr 17,...

NDMP backup failing with Status 84

Hi All, My NDMP host backup fails with Status 84 after sometime while writing to a tape. Kindly note that when I backup this host through LAN the backup completes successfully. Set Up Details : - Netbackup master Server : - dakcmstnetbkp, Netbackup V...

Resolved! Netbackup IRM

Hi All (Specially Marianne, Martin and Mark Solutions) Can any one tell me about the Netbackup IRM (Intelligent Resouce Manager) and its functionality. Thanks and Regards, Titus

Resolved! Decommissioning a MediaServer

Hi, I have a Netbackup 6.5.6 Environment with a clustered Masterserver and 8 Mediaservers (All Windows 2003 x64). All backups are made to DataDomain OST Storage Units. Because we are migrating to Netbackup 7.5 (Reinstalling), we would like to decommi...

Resolved! Upgrading from Veritas Netbackup 6.5 to 7.0

Hello All, I want to upgrade my Veritas master server from 6.5 to 7.0 could you help me out in carrying out the said task.   I have master server running on linux 4.5, media server on windows 2003 server where as clients are also running the same ver...

koki by Not applicable
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Resolved! Download Netbackup 7.5

Hi,   Please let us know to download Netbackup 7.5 version. We have license already already of Netbackup 7.0

Upgrade to Netbackup 7.5

Hi,   currently we are using Nebackup 7.0 & want to upgrade to Netbackup 7.5. So let me know if i need to procure additional license or Netbackup 7.0 License will work.