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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! How to backup the master server ?

Hi, I'm in the middle of deploying a replacement NetBackup 7.0 server hosted on Windows 2008 64-bit. On our previous NetBackup 6.5.6  master server we were able to install a NetBackup client and backup the master server itself. Now that any attempt t...

Resolved! Error code 96

Hi ,     We are getting backup failure due to error code 96. With in last week more than 25 tapes has been fetched from scratch pool.     I have checked the volume pools which have been fetched these tapes and verified the data information in that vo...

Multiple libraries and Media servers in one storage unit

Hi! Long time caller, first time listener, or something. I've been tasked with setting up a new Netbackup environment (6.5.5) and as part of that we will be configuring two LTO4 libraries, one with 18 drives, one with 12, to be accessed by two identi...

Resolved! Tapes getting assigned to wrong volume pool

Hi all, We are using Netbackup 6.5.5 and the environment is a mix of Windows and Solaris servers.We have different volume pools designated for Windows and Solaris servers. The problem is sometimes Windows tapes get pulled up for Solaris backup and vi...

prats by Level 4
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app_cluster with OpenStorage Disk

With reference to https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/netbackup-7-client-hacmp-environment   Do you know if app_cluster supports/work SAN Media Servers in a application cluster using OpenStorage Disk ? If not then what is the best approach...

Resolved! Master NB Server 2003 and media server 2008 R2??

I am getting ready to replace a media server and I want to replace it with a Windows 2008 R2 system. The question I have is will this work with a Master Server that is running Windows 2003?  Both systems will have NB 7.0 on it.   Thanks

Resolved! System State restore

any tips on doing a complete system restore includeing the system state on a 2008 server? Never did one before, but am about too!

Oracle DR recovery test

We will be needing to test our Oracle RAC backup environment in the near future and I had some questions.  We are running NBU 7.0 on a WIndows 2008 server and Oracle is running on linux SUSE.  We are backing up our Oracle system to disk on the NBU se...

jwmcf1 by Level 4
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File permissions

I'm i the process of hardening my servers and I would like to know how low I can set the file permissions on the log files. The master server is installed on a Solaris 10 server. One media sever is also installed on Solaris 10. The clients are Solari...

Error While Recovering Catalog through Tape

Hi, I was restoring our catalog though tape, during first attempt we got Media Read Error after restoring around 30 GB of data, and the restoration failed. Again during the second attempt and through different tape, i got the below error Error bpbrm ...

Resolved! scheduler found no backups due to run(200)

Server: 2003 R2 Oracle Problem: This differential job has not run all week. It gets "scheduler found no backups due to run(200)" every time it tries to run. it takes it about 30-40Sec to fail. It does not matter if it is started by the schedule or ...

Netbackup, Puredisk and Compression- no one knows...

I’m trying to learn as much as I can about PD but even Symantec own documents and www pages contradict themselves. I’ve got to many examples to list but here’s a little gem I found last night. That page is also linked to by other “how to” docs… sad. ...

Resolved! hello, i have a backup

hello, i have a backup problem between 2 domains A & B i can ping each server from A to B an B from A with their DNS name. i just append DNS suffixes in the "Advanced TCP/IP Setting" in order to have the two domain joined. a backup launched from the ...

Resolved! Netbackup services stopping randomly - HELP!

we have had a lot of issues with our backups failing due to various Netbackup services randomly stopping over the last few months. We're currently running Netbackup 7.0.1 with one master/media server, Sepaton VTL and Adic Scalar 24 robot. The windows...

jagged by Level 2
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Resolved! Netbackup FlashBackup-Windows Failed with Error 13 and Error 11

Hi Guys, I've been troubleshooting this one problem since last week and found many road blocks, solving them, and another come up. And now I'm still facing another one. Back to the topic, I hope any expert here can help me in this. I have been trying...

Resolved! netbackup license keys

Hi, I have one small question! Are the Netbackup Enterprise Server and client keys downwards compatible? Is there somewhere a document with all the features explained regarding the License keys?   Example: Enterprise Server Key 7.0 For Master s...

loko32 by Level 5
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Resolved! Imported expired images worked, but now what?

Hi all, 1st of all let me give you details about my environment: Win server 2003 64 bit Netbackup 7.0.1   I had to restore a few images that were expired accidently.   so i ordered the tapes from offiste.. and followed this procedure: http://www.sym...

Yair by Level 4
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Resolved! upgrade from 6.5 to 6.5.4

hello   symantic had sent me a link to 6.5.4 but after i installed it i found the version is 6.5 only. is there any update to make it 6.5.4 or new installation is required? cat /usr/openv/netbackup/version HARDWARE LINUX_RH_X86 VERSION NetBackup ...

karmel by Level 4
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