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scheduled policy and manually triggered won't show on activity monitor
Hi Pros,Good Day.We are encountering an issue on NetBackup particularly on nbpem (Policy Execution Manager). Scheduled backup jobs won't run and also we try to run manual triggered backup jobs but unfortunately, it also doesn't display on activity mo...
Resolved! database system error
Hi,Whenever I want to restore a mailbox that was backed up with granular recovery, I encounter this error, I tried all these steps carefully but again I get the same error.https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100009306
Resolved! How generating bch for SQL restore retrieves database informations
Hi,I'm trying to make a Powershell script to automate the restore process of the SQL Server databasesIt's clear for me how to do it, but the only things I can't get are the SQL path informations (TO directive) and SQL logical name informations (MOVE ...
Resolved! VM backup failing with status 23 and status 6
I had encountered the below error for nbu v8.1.223 Oct, 2019 2:27:46 PM - begin writing23 Oct, 2019 2:27:46 PM - Info bptm (pid=980) start23 Oct, 2019 2:28:01 PM - Error bpbrm (pid=4804) from client WINSERVER01: ERR - Error opening the snapshot disks...
Change master server role to media server.
Hi guys,I had a 2008 windows server with both roles master/media called server1. I perform a disaster recovery operation so my new master is still server1 but in another hardware. The original server1 now called server2 and is only a media server (un...
bpplclients -allunique command includes vxupdate clients?
So, I use the bpplclients -allunique -noheader command to get a list of all clients on my backup domain to perform an audit. There have been a few clients I would manually rename or do some other change but never got anything extra in the list. Howev...
Resolved! Recorded media id versus External media id
What are the differences between these two columns ?
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Resolved! how to use tape drives with VMWARE/Hyper-V guest running Redhat OS
Hi,we are planning a solution with netbackup 8.2, Rhel 7or 8, running on VMware/Hyper-V.Client want media server to run on VM and use tape library to it. Is it now possible with NetBackup. ?I saw it is possible with Backup exec.Please suggest.
Migration of Windows Server 2008 R2 Netbackup 7.1.1 Catalog to another 2008 R2 Netbackup 7.1.1
HelloI need to migrate a Networker 7.1.1 Windows Server 2008R2 catalog to another Windows Server 2008 R2 Server with a differnt name. I have found plenty of instructions for Unix and Linux but not much for Windows. Any suggestions would be apprecia...
Resolved! exchange granular restore may not work
Hi everybody,Here is what I have done to solve this issue, but still doesn't work.1- I have Installed NFS on my Media Server.2- I have Installed NFS on Exchange 2013 (no DAG is configured)3- Security department has temporally stopped the firewall ru...
Resolved! MSDP Sizing and LUN Allocation Advice needed
We have New Media Server, I need to create a MSDP pool inorder to Duplicate some of our Backup's from other Media Server.From Storage i can create Small lun's of capacity (5-10 TB) each, Our Requirement for MSDP is around 40 TB, All i need to do is t...
Cisco OS and MSE-VA OS platform backup and restore by netbackup
Hello, Is it possible to backup and restore the CISCO OS and MSE-VA OS in netbackup.Those OS are some of VM platform by nutanix.
Resolved! Error 636, multiple attempts and extra images
Seeing some backups with multiple attempts, failing with error 636, then retrying and completeing successfully. All are VM backups with accelerator - here is the weird bit. The initial backups create a catalog image and are also processed by SLP. Thi...
Resolved! problem tape drive , control = TLD , Ready = NO
I have a NetBackup 7.7.1 master server with a tape library that has 4 tape drives. From the NetBackup Console I see 3 tape drives are active and 3 is ready and has a tape in, the other one drive is NO ready and Control=TLD. There're a couple of backu...
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Led by a panel of Veritas subject matter experts, our upcoming Hey, AVA session on VOX will provide you the opportunity to Ask Veritas Anything. The Hey, AVA session will take place between 9:00 a.m. PDT on October 22nd and 5:00 p.m. PDT on October 3...
2 tape drives and I do not seem to get proper writing speed
Okay thank you, I have 2 tape drives and I do not seem to get proper writing speed (1:1 backup advanceddisk to tapes lto5) 120MB/sec, this is what speeds are, this is linux appliance, can you please advise ? [24787] <4> write_backup: successfully wro...
Rogue entries bpjobd (frames received on socket)
Hi VOX,.I get the below reported by the appliance while it writes duplications to tapes (LTO5), can you please advise me with more details regarding this as I think it may indicate an issue?I have already had a look and can not find anything like thi...
Some Tapes not getting utlised on certain volume pools
Hello,Am really new in netbackup, we are currently running verita netbackup on redhat 6.5, with LTO3 tapes, over time have made an obsevertion in some volume pools:Active media status not getting full for over a year, yet when a new tapes are utili...
Resize xfs FS /mnt/netbackup/msdp on media server
Hi,Storage team 5 years ago, assigned 5 LUN for /mnt/netbackup/msdp on media server (Not Appliance). Linux Sys admin created volume group and xfs for this. Now the Storage team with sys admin want delete 1 LUN and resize the FS.Linux Admin added info...
