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Subscribe to NBU notifications

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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Run bpexpdate from a file that containts of tapes

Hi, I'm not a script expert so this would be a two part question.  I want to Run a script to capture just the old Tapes (has barcode) L1xxxx Then, I would like to expire just those tapes and then delete them. I know i can run /usr/openv/netbackup/bin...

gleano by Level 3
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Resolved! Changing retention level for an existing backup

I want to modify de rl of this backup IMAGE AC000769 0 0 8 AC000769_1298685065 policy_unix_fs_client 0 *NULL* root unix_fs_full 0 3 1298685065 25959 1301363465 0 0 135164049 654638 1 9 0 policy_unix_fs_client_1298685065_FULL.f *NULL* *NULL* 0 1 0 ...

yasoto by Level 4
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BMR recovery fails with "ERROR: Failed to retrieve /tmp/<*>.conf"

Configuration: Master/Media Server: Windows 2008 SP2, NBU 7.0.1 BMR Boot Server:      HP-UX 11.11, NBU 7.0.1 Client:                       HP-UX 11.11, NBU 7.0.1 Symptom:                 Client boots and mounts SRT but then fails with the following m...

DougOakes by Level 2
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Resolved! tape shelf and data longevity whitepaper

Please provide a link to a decent whitepaper about tape media shelf and data life for various make/types/technology of cartridges.. I would like to see information on media used from present to 20 years ago. I started a search with google but got bog...

Stumpr2 by Level 6
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Disk storage unit full in a group

Hello all,   Here is my issue. I have a Disk Storage unit group which contains 6  Disk storage units. The first DSU is 100% full, but Netbackup saw "66% Full" on the Storage Units view ... and all next jobs are trying to write on this full disk ... e...

Tulkas by Level 2
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Resolved! MEDIUM MAGAZINE NOT ACCESSIBLE

Recently, tape drive is encountered with below error: Feb 28 13:46:30 backup-1 tldcd[20634]: [ID 150976 daemon.error] TLD(0) key = 0x2, asc = 0x3b, ascq = 0x11, MEDIUM MAGAZINE NOT ACCESSIBLE Feb 28 13:46:30 backup-1 tldcd[20634]: [ID 719803 daemon....

Resolved! NBPEM is behaving abnormally

Hello All,   Noticed in last couple of days that policy managment is behaving abnormally. Lots of policy Storage units have gone to "any". lots of policy types are changed from oracle to standard, or windows to SQL, etc etc..vice versa.   Any idea wh...

ajiwww by Level 4
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Resolved! Restore files from deleted backup client

Hi, We're using Netbackup 7.0.1 on Solaris 10 to backup a Netapp Appliance with NDMP and some other hosts (Solaris, Linux and Windows). Recently we migrated all data on one of our Netapp filers to a new one with a different name and IP address. I cre...

AdN by Level 4
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Resolved! Oracle Archive logs issue...

Hi, We have client having NBU 6.5 ove HP Unix 11.5 with a Robotic tape librery. We have a policy to take hot backup of Oracle. The problem is when we were taking backup(Scheduled), it some time able to take backup some time it fails to take backup wi...

Resolved! nbpem is getting DOWN again & again

Hi,   I am running 6.5.5 on HP-UX & I am facing a strange issue for past 2 days. My backups are not coming up in Activity monitor even after recycling NetBackup. I did some research & found nbpem service is gettting down again & again even after maki...

Compressed catalog on Windows platform

In an installation of NBU, the catalog was compressed after 90 days, but as the disk space was extended, the need for compression was removed. We set away to run bpimage -decompress -allclients. As this is on the Windows platform, NBU only clear the...

AAlmroth by Level 6
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Resolved! NetBackup 6.5.6 Oracle Agent on HP UX 11iv3

Hello Everyone, Can someone share the required patches for HP UX 11iv3 for NetBackup 6.5.6 Oracle agent installation ? Release Notes contain a list of patches, but only for older versions of HP UX. There have been similar questions in the past like h...

Yajith by Level 4
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Resolved! shadow copy components failing with 128

Hi All,   need help on one of my client server on 2k3 configured with NBU version 6.5.6. its shadow copy components backup failing with 128. Master server is also windows 2k3 and is at 6.5.6. I am not getting any clue about this error. Though its wit...

Pinku by Level 5
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Resolved! Patch Upgrade help !

Guys, Need help & support .   I have to upgrade the NBU patch of one of my solaris 10 media server from 6.5.4 to 6.5.6.   Could you pls tell me the following :   1.Pre-requisites 2.Method for doing this 3.Any Risk involved on this server or my enviro...

nbuno by Level 6
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Frozen Media in NBU6.5.5

I have approx 4000 frozen media in my NBU6.5.5 environment running on SUN-OS. is there any way to differenctiate which media are actually damage and which are done by drive and could be of use. vikasmohila@gmail.com

Resolved! bpend notify script is throwing 127

Hello All, Created bpend notify script to start one vault soon after the backup. Below are the details; -rwxrwxrwx    1 root     system          126 Feb 21 11:47 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpend_notify.1_time_Memphis_Unix   bash-3.00# more /usr/openv/n...

ajiwww by Level 4
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bprestore question

Hey there, I am new to Veritas and was wondering if someone could help me out with the syntax for a bprestore. I am trying to restore an image on the same server to another drive. I have my image being backed up to the h: drive. Other stuff is being ...

gmazza by Not applicable
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Resolved! NBU 6.5.6: SLP duplication failed with exit code 190

Hi all, i've a problem with Storage lifecycle Policy. The master server is a w2k3 machine with nbu 6.5.6; i have some different Slp, configured like this: 1st step: backup on disk by the master server (expire after duplication) 2nd step: duplication ...

Attax by Level 3
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Resolved! Linux client software

I am trying to find the backup client for Linux Suse software fora Z10.   I found the Media/Master software but were is the client.  Some time it is truly a pain in the rear to find things here.   Any help would be great.   Thank you.