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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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NetBackup 7.01 Vault - Optimized Deduplication

I am setting up an office with NBU7.01 w/ deduplication to disk only.  I would like to use the Vault to schedule the optimized deduplication but since I do not have a robot/tape, I do not see a way to setup a vault and profiles.  Is there a way to us...

Resolved! SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS in NBU 6.5.4

OK I am back again :)   I am now trying to change the block size written the the tape drive to 256 KB from the default of 64. I found the following article:   http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH140338&actp=search&viewl...

I want to make script that check my ACSLS status

I want to make a script that is going to check my ACSLS status after every hour. If the status of ACSLS is online then the query runs after hour again to check the status, this goes on for ever. If the status of ACSLS goes offline it should send em...

RMAN catalog issue

Got the following error yesterday from one of the Oracle DBA's I work with. He is trying to expire some backup images from the Netbackup catalog and the Oracle recovery catalog. I've never come across this issue before so was wondering if anyone on S...

j083418 by • Level 5
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Archive a VM using a bpbackup script

Hello, I would like to create a script to archive a VM. It will be run from a windows machine. Actually we uses Netbackup 7.0.1 (one master and 2 media server), Vsphère 4.1 and a Vmware Backup Host.   Does anyone know, if it's possible to run a bpbac...

jeffh_ann by • Not applicable
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Resolved! NOM 6.5.4 for WIN2K8 x64

Hello,   I would like to know if NOM 6.5.4 can support WIN2K8 x64 platform.   Thanks

njba123 by • Level 3
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Error occurred handling an SQL object name

I'm running into a very twitchy SQL Server Agent bug.  I don't have the time to spend pinning it down perfectly, but here's my best guess as to the scenario under which it occurs and two proposed workarounds that appear to work. Scenario: You have ba...

TROE by • Level 4
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How to fix accidentally running bpnbaz -SetupClient against master

I just had a situation where I accidentally ran bpnbaz -SetupClient masterservername when I meant to run bpnbaz -SetupClient clientname.  Ooops.  It failed, but it still caused me instant pain.  I had to set USE_VXSS to PROHIBITED in the registry to ...

TROE by • Level 4
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Resolved! Netbackup and MOSS 2007 Exit status 1

I've recently upgraded both my clients and server to Netbackup 6.5.6 from version 6.5.3.  Support for sharepoint backups has changed significantly between these versions.  I've had to install the NFS client on the sql server, apply a MS hotfix, and c...

drsmith by • Level 2
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Restoring very old backups

We have requirements to backup data for 7 years. My concern is when we get a request to restore a file or database from 4 or 5 years ago, how do we know what to restore? The request is usually “restore all files for project XYZ from Feb 2006……” Chanc...

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NetBackup Screencast Demo Videos

The NetBackup Screencast Demo Videos are a group of short 5-10 minute videos designed to demonstrate specific functions and procedures within NetBackup. Utilizing both SymWISE and Symantec TV technologies, the series provides a framework to assist ou...

Resolved! Way to see backup speed of old backups...

Hi GUYS.. i have a question,is there a way we can see by how much speed the backup ran without looking at activity monitor's detailed status ?   Actually,i have a requirement where i need to compare the speed trend of a particular client. Recent back...

nbuno by • Level 6
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Snapshot Error Encountered (156)

We have a cluster we're trying to backup using NetBackup Ent. 6.5.6 and we've been repeatedly getting this error. Our team has not been able to resolve this issue and I'm new to this product, so I was hoping to get some feedback to point me in the ri...

XJP5 by • Level 3
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Solaris to Windows Migration

Hello All, We currently run NetBackup 6.5 on Solaris, on Sun hardware, and achieve very good performance. However, our organisation is considering moving away from Solaris so I'm investigating what hardware I'll need to achieve the same performance u...

Resolved! Upgrading 6.5.5 to 7.01 clients

I'm trying to upgrade unix clients from netbackup 6.5.X to 7.01.   I run the update_clients and I'm seeing the following message:   Will not update client <client> <client> is defined as a client type from an earlier release of NetBackup.     I was u...

Clustered Master Server High Availability?

Hi All, Is it possible to have a Master server in High availability mode? This is the scenario: We have 2 data centres, one data centre is hosting a Master server and a media server, the other data centre is hosting a media server. When data centre o...

Resolved! netbackup Vault for duplication

Hello i have installed netbackup vault 6, i went through the documentations to install and configure the vault option. now some confused points attacked me. What i have: 1 robot with 2 drives What I want to accomplish. 1- Take 3 copies of the image. ...

karmel by • Level 4
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