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Netbackup for Azure Cloud backups?

Is Veritas going to make a future release of Netbackup able to credential itself up to Azure Cloud? It currently has no way of doing VM snapshots in Azure at all for backups. The new product Veritas is coming out called Cloudpoint is a confusing asso...

netbackup: how to backup to cloud using proxy

netbackup: how to backup to cloud using proxy  We are planning to decom the tapes and use AWS cloud s3Do you have any idea on how we can backup to cloud if we are using proxy.Also how nbu limit the connectivity ? thanks

migrating off 7.7.x

Greetings,Brainstroming an idea of migrating the masters server and the media servers off 7.7.x on windows to Solaris 11.Do we know if Solaris 11 is deemed to be a product that Veritas is actively supporting, developing and have a roadmap/EOL date fo...

Rescan Inventory in the robotic library

Hi all,I my job I have a HPE MSL6480 robotic library.Every day I need insert scratch tapes in this library.When I insert scratch tapes, I need press a button named "Rescan Inventory" in this libraryand then issue the NBU Inventory robot (by the GUI o...

netbackp upgrade from 7.7.2 to 8.1

I want to upgrade my symantec netbackup version from 7.7.2 to 8,1.Current version of netbackup is running on windows server 2008 standard which i think does not support the latest version (8.1) of netbackup. I think i have to change the windows serve...

Dynamically adjust policy's backup selection to match modified file name before run

Every time we have to manually change the files name  in the backup selection list before run. is there a way to do it dynamiclly with script?the file name appended with some new numbers every week. 

Need command to know Netbackup client connected to which media server

I need command to execute on NetBackup Master server. To identify the Media server name for particualr NetBackup client server.

BE backing to NBU appliance- is this an option?

How to project or forecast how many tapes we will require in an year?

Hi,Would like to know if there is any standard procedure to calculate the tapes required in a year?Any formula?

NBSTSERV (SLP manager process) keeps crashing

I have a situation at one of my customers where periodically (a few times a week) the nbstsserv process crashes.They have a clustered master server (with VCS) and this then causes the nbu_group resource to fail its monitoring process, which in turn b...

[NBU 8.1.2.0] - Silent install failed.

Hello team,we try to deploy Netbackup client 8.1.2.0 silently with Bladelogic automation.We have always this :+ 01-09-2019,19:38:25 : Action ended 19:38:25: INSTALL. Return value 8. 01-09-2019,19:38:25 : The following processes are currently running ...

AIR image imports on target NBU lag behind

We have 2 NetBackup master servers (8.0 on Solaris 11, ddboost version 3.3) and 2 data domains (DDOS 6.1.x) in 2 data centers. They are using SLP and AIR to replicate backup images. The backups and replications from source NBU are running fine. The i...

Failed to get host security certificate, BMR 8.1.2

Hello,My env:NBU Server: 8.1.2 on windows 2k8Source Client: 8.1.2 on windows 2k8Des Client: 8.1.2i am getting "Failed to get host security certificate" at the startup screen when host PXE boots.Here is what i did:Added new host name ,IP in hosts file...