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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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Resolved! NetBackup cluster node add failed

Hi all   NetBackup 7.1 Win Clustered Master server Win2k8r2 std sp1 NODE1  = Passive node NODE2 = Active Node VN (Virtual Name)   Recently due to hardware issue on node 1 we had to reinstall OS and all the patch. When tried to add node 1 to existing ...

V4 by Level 6
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How do we know the backup is running or not

Hi Team,   I have a doubt , How do we know the backup is running or hung state. offcourse, to see on console whether byte counts increase or not. I cann't believe my NBU console some time. I want know from command line, how to check the backup is run...

Baski by Level 5
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Trying to install Netbackup 7.1 client on Ubuntu 11.04

1. I downloaded the tar ball install from fileconnect and extracted it. 2. cd /Netbackup_7.1_CLIENTS ./install Choose Debian 2.6 and all other Linux options to no avail. 3. Script did not install, got a "Detected an attempt to install incorrect platf...

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"hotadd" transport mode needs some VMWare License

We cannot use use "hotadd" transport mode on some VMWare environements, we have the following error: Error bpbrm(pid=14933) from client gfowin33.e2v.com: ERR - Error opening the snapshot disks using given transport mode: Status 23. Info bpbkar(pid=0)...

Gdd by Level 6
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Resolved! Exchange / SQL Log truncation

Hi All, Need few clarifications on log truncation. Correct me if i'm wrong here. Transaction logs are getting generated as database (Exch/SQL) would be busy with other task , as soon as it gets free logs get commited and DB size is increased (i.e. Pr...

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Can Oracle provide an "Estimated Kilobytes" to NetBackup?

I have Oracle databases running on Sun Solaris servers and I use NetBackup to schedule the execution of an RMAN script to send backups to NetBackup.  When performing other types of backups such as Windows file server backups, the Activity Monitor sec...

Resolved! NetBackup SharePoint Individual Document Restore

We have SharePoint 2007 and NB 7.01 Backup Policy is GRT. NFS is on media servers and SQL database server for SharePoint When I try to restore an individual item, I can see the document and I check it for restore, then I perfrom 'folder redirection' ...

Kwinter by Level 5
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Resolved! What is the different between Image expiry and delete?

Hi All, In Netbackup what is the difference between Image expiry and Image delete? i.e. bpexpdate and nbdelete? Is there a chance that even after expiry of image it still exists in the database and we should delete it from database using nbdelete?   ...

Resolved! How do I know what my backup retention really is?

Hello everyone, I have a question about backup retention of my Oracle database backups but first, let me give you some background:  I have Oracle 10gR2 DBs running on Sun (now Oracle) Solaris servers.  My NetBackup server is a Windows box running Net...

Resolved! media ID not unique in database (34)

Processing new media added to the robotic library by logically adding media with new media IDs as follows...  Media ID Slot  ======== ====   Update failed: could not add new media ID 'V410L3' into slot 2 Insert media failed: media ID not uniq...

Resolved! Bare Metal Restore Failed to import Config file

Hi everybody   I have an environment with a Master Server 7.1.0.2 in a HP-UX 11.31 and I'm trying to perform a Bare Metal Backup and keeping getting this error: BMRERR: Received BMR error: Failed to import Config File. (1) BMRERR: Received BMR error:...

Andre_Torres by Level 5
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Cannot expire a tape

I tried to expire a tape without success, Our environment is Netbackup 7.1 Master and media servers I rant the command below,  however it states that I had an invalid command paramter, I then ran a second command against that media, however nothing j...

Resolved! odmget not displaying smc0 scsi_id

Hello, i'm traying to create ovpass device file of IBM 3100 tape library. Atape.driver is installed and lsdev -C -s scsi shows smc0 as IBM Library mediume changer. Now to create ovpass i need scsi_id and lun_id, but when i execute the command odmget ...

Use of nbcatsync

Data Domain storage appliance allows to take a full copy of an OST storage space (= LSU). I wish to use this feature to duplicate one Disk Pool for test purpose. If I use this disk pool instead of the original one in my test environment, how can I up...

Gdd by Level 6
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Cannot restart one VM backup job

I have an automatic backup selection in a VSphere 4.1 environment (BLIB backup and Mapped Full VM Backup). Sometimes, one VM backup fails (VM stopped, Cannot take snapshot,...). If I try to restart only this backup, the backup fails with error 1001.....

Gdd by Level 6
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Download Unix/Linux client

Hi, Must I download over 2Gb just for a patch for Unix/Linux clients? I know that the download includes all possible platforms, I only need Suse! /Joe

vltopmenu issues with Windows 2008

I just moved my NBU 6.5.6 installation to new x64 hardware running Windows 2008 R2 standard. Since the move whenever I run VLTOPMENU for vaulting I am having problems. The menu will load and can I enter container names and tape IDs, but when I enter ...

Liveupdate - LU_Registration.exe

I understand the following... LiveUpdate server configuration is stored in a local file on each host that runs a LiveUpdate agent. <INSTALL_DRIVE>\Program Files\NetBackup\LiveUpdateHost.hst This file cannot be read or edited in a text editor. My ...

all4one by Level 3
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