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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 Moderator
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Error labeling tape catridge

I have problem while performing media label in Netbackup media server at branch office, The message indicates that media write error, detail error message as follow:   10/28/2009 9:11:31 AM - Error bplabel(pid=2492) error occurred verifying label    ...

rdhnt by Level 2
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Storage Unit - Restore (NDMP)

Can someone tell me why/how my NDMP restore coming from and to my filer (FILER2) be abot to utilize my FILER4 tape drives? I'm sure the "restore" applies a whole different set of rules that I can't see (compared to "backups" w/ stu groups). I'm runn...

Jay_Son by Level 5
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Storage Unit - Restore (NDMP)

Can someone tell me why/how my NDMP restore coming from and to my filer (FILER2) be abot to utilize my FILER4 tape drives? I'm sure the "restore" applies a whole different set of rules that I can't see (compared to "backups" w/ stu groups). I'm runn...

Jay_Son by Level 5
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Netbackup Backup of VM

 Issue:  Some VM's will backup (3) the rest are erroring out with error 156.   The following has not resolved the issue: 1) Reboot of backup 2) Reboot of VMWare Controller 3) Rescanned Disks on backup 4) Restarted VMOUNT2 Service on backup 5) Re...

Comparing Netbackup to CommVault

So I just found out today that my company is considering a move to comm vault.  I have had some limited exposure to the software in the past and was anything but impressed.  I have looked at their website for some data but I still didn't see anything...

pmcjury by Level 3
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Error 84 with SSO drives in NDMP backups

Hello Netbackup Gurus, I have NBU 6.5.4 on Solaris 10 with SSO licenses to share the tape drives amoung 20+ netapp filers. The filers may have different versions of Ontap ranging from 7.0 to 7.3. Now, the problem is that every now and then, some or...

NetBackup 6.5 HP-UX 11.31 Bug: Etrack 1668477

I just wanted to post this in the forum in case anybody else has this problem and is searching for a solution/work-a-around. I was getting status 13, and ioctl timeouts and what not ...  This is what I found out: On HP-UX IA64 11.31 clients with Vx...

Resolved! NetBackup, ACSLS, and cleaning tapes: A love triangle

I've checked the ACSLS admin guide, and I've searched around for some older threads that might point me in the right direction, but I couldnt seem to find anything. Currently, we have ACSLS "supposedly" set up for automatic cleanings, but I dont bel...

SharePoint 2007 & NBU - please share your stories.

Hi, I would like to know if anyone can share their experience in backing up SharePoint 2007 using NetBackup 6.5.4.  I would really like to know what time frames have been encountered in backing up large (over 1TB) SQL databases in the SharePoint env...

stu52 by Level 5
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Tapes at an interval are getting freezed

I have noticed two tapes one on 23rd Oct and other on 25th Oct,09 getting freezed due to the same reason in bptm log file: grep -i 539L3 /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bptm/log.102309 | tail -15 08:28:38.357 [25148] <2> io_position_for_write: position me...

Resolved! Win 2003 server Backup error

Hello  I´m having a little problem w/ a server, I start the job, everything goes fine, but the problem is the job keeps writting and no kb goes to the tape, no error, I have to cancel the job. Netbackup 6.5.3  over solaris 10 the policy is a BMR bac...

DCs Upgraded to Server 2003 R2, and now backups fail.

Recently updated 3 Domain Controllers to Server 2033 R2. Previously they were just standard 2003 SP2. Was able to backup this machines with no problems prior to upgrade, now they fail with a "socket read failed", "socket operation failed", and "unabl...

Resolved! Reinstall NetBackup Master Server to Different Drive

Our NetBackup environment consists of a single Master/Media Server running on 2003 Server.  Symantec Document http://support.veritas.com/docs/301049 requires installing NetBackup "to the same location" when recovering a standalone Master Server and t...

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Resolved! Report-Status of backup

HI All For NBU reports i usually use the reporting section in admin console of NBU server(6.5.2 -Win2k3) while i try to run report for past week  on status of backup , i am getting error "no entity was found". upto 11th oct the reports are visible. ...

Rithesh by Level 4
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Resolved! NetBackup Agent for VCS 5.0MP3 Issue

I've just done an install of NBU 6.5.4 as per the NetBackup High Availability Administrator's Guide on RHEL 5 and I've run into an issue regarding the NetBackup VCS Agent on the second node. I forgot that RHEL has iptables on by default and this caus...

Domino 8.5 and Netbackup 6.5.x compatibility

Getting ready to upgrade Domino to 8.5 on a 32-bit Windows Server 2003 Enterprise edition (SP2).  Currently Netbackup 6.5.1A is installed.  And currently Domino 7.0.2 (FP2) is installed.  Will NBU and Domino be compatible?  Shall I upgrade NBU to 6.5...

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Resolved! 2008 32 bit client

We are starting to get more servers that are running 2008 32 bit and we do not have a client for it. I have a couple of questions. I understand 2008 64 bit was having problems running the regular 64 bit client which is why we have the updated client ...

Resolved! Missing BP.conf ?

Hello, We receive an error 39 when trying to expand "Media" on in the NetBackup Admin Console on our master server. I believe this issue has come due to some a media server being introduced. I ran accross this article: http://seer.entsupport.syman...