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Windows client - Netbackup effectively always does a full backup
Hi, We've one Windows 2003 32 bit client (running NBU 6.5.3 on the client and 6.5.4 on the master) that despite its backup policy quoting differential incremental in its schedule, the backup always backs up the entire server (which is ~700GB) i.e. t...
H E L P those in Haiti. Please.
Please consider donating your connect reward points to help those in need in Haiti. Here is a link to Leslie Miller's post that explains how to do it. It's easy. I just did it. https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/help-those-haiti-your-rewa...
Resolved! Pushing 6.5.5 upgrades to win2008 servers
I know there are many different ways people do upgrades. This is mine and I have an issue. So I need to figure out what is wrong or a different way to do it. The netbackup upgrade files are on a server share. From my pc I map to that server share....
Resolved! Image Cleanup, don't like me
Hello, Someone Knows how do i restores images expired, after ran the image cleanup process?
Resolved! Error/Status code 13 on VMware clients
Just posting this in case anyone has this issue... Been working on an open case with sporadic error code 13 on several vmware clients. Went through that "in depth troubleshooting status code 13" doc (yes...including checking all NIC cards). Turns ou...
Resolved! Netbackup - exclude hidden files from client backups
Hi, Does anyone know how to exclude hidden files from a Netbackup backup for a Windows 2008 64 bit client? Cheers. G
Resolved! What kind of storage unit can I use in a storage lifecycle policy?
Hi all, is there any limitiation about type of storage units I can use in a storage lifecycle policy? I have configured 2 robots, 2 Pure Disk servers and 2 basic disks but when I try to create a new storage lifecycle policy in the drop down menu of n...
Resolved! Need info and guidence on migrating Netbackup 6.0 MP7 to Netbackup 6.5
Hi Every, I am not so expert in netbackup just know few things. Due to some circumtances I have to migrate my current infrastructure from 6.0 MP7 to 6.5. Can any one share any docuement or experience which will help me in order to do smooth upgrad...
Resolved! Regarding backup is failed with error code 58
Hi All, We are using the Netbackup 6.5.4 Backup enviorment in our master and clinet server.The client is Windows Box hosted on ESX server and Master is a SUN box .All the configartion is fine from Client side the BPCLNTCMD -pn command gives the des...
Resolved! Need Info on Upgrading from NBU 6.5.0 to 6.5.5
Hi All, I just recently inherited a Netbackup 6.5 infrastructure and one of the tasks I've been given is to upgrade it from 6.5 to 6.5.5. The current environment consists of one Solaris 10 master, 10 Windows 2003 x64 media servers, and about 120 mix...
Vault outbound media not getting ejected
Hi all, I'm pretty new to Netbackup vaulting and inherited an environment where the vault processing seems to me broken. I have two vault profiles, one to duplicate and run a catalog backup, another to eject tapes and run reports. I'm deferring ej...
Create excusion for specific files
How would I go about excludeing old groupwise archive scatterd through out the home directories. We no longer use groupwise but we still have Gigs worth of old groupwise archives that no longer need to be backedup. I am trying to find a way to exlu...
Resolved! Scripting VCB backup policy in NetBackup 6.5.4
Hi all, I'm trying to finish off the automation of a load of backup policies I'm creating using the bppl commands. I've all but one of my scripts working to create the policies. We've NetBackup 6.5.4 running on Windows Server 2008 64bit. We have a V...
Resolved! Available media storage for backups
Hello Running Netbackup 6.5 Enterprise, Windows 2003. All our backup policies are configured to use a VTL as the backup device which has around 80 terabytes of storage. This has been configured as LT03 tapes, all of which have been assigned ...
Change copy 2 to be the primary.
I am wanting to know how you can change tape copy 2 to the primary copy on the "Configure Multiple Copies" tab for a netbackup policy? I know how to change it after the fact, but I am wanting to change it before the backup is made. I am currently ru...
How find schedule information for all policies
Hi I have 80 policies in our master server. Our requirement is, i would like to know how grab what time each policy starts and ends using command line. I understood bpplschedule, but it needs policyname too. I donot want to give any policy name, ...
Any way to reduce the master to clients polling ?
Hi ! Thanks to inetd logs, we have seen that the master contacts all clients every 10 minutes or less via vnetd. Is there a way to reduce the frequency of this useless polling ? Thanks, Lu.
Resolved! Discovering T9840C drives with sgscan
Good Morning, I hope I'm in the right place. First time in the forums. I have added 2 T9840C tape drives to a powderhorn 9310. I am able to see and bring them online in acsls. I am trying to make sense of the Device configuration guide. Maybe ...
Resolved! Changes in bplist.exe from version 6.5.3 to version 6.5.4
Hi! Does anyone know what changes where brought to bplist.exe in the 6.5.4 version? I can't find any documentet anywhere, but yet the output of the command in 6.5.4 and 6.5.4 is different. Output in 6.5.3: C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>bpl...
Netbackup/Sybase compression
Is there anyone using Netbackup's Sybase ASE database agent with compression? Currently we backup our ASE databases to disk using the standard ASE backup commands with the "compress::" prefix then carry out disk backups. For us, Sybase compression r...
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