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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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tape drives not detected

Hi I have Solaris version 10 installed on SunFire v240 server. Quantum M1500 tape library connected with server . The problem is Solaris OS has not detected tape drives. “probe-scsi-all” command is showing tape drives and robot but Solaris is not d...

Job skip after Netbackup upgrade from 6.0 to 6.5.3

Hi there., We meet a strange problem after our Netbackup upgrade from 6.0 to 6.5.3(windows 2003 R2), i have updated to veritas support, but they do not meet such issue before and is doing research. I wonder if anybody meet the same issue before. We...

Tom_Qin by Level 3
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nbu client 'push' backup - ala Time Machine

hey guys, we have a ton of macs that are configured to be backed up nightly.  a lot of these are laptops that people take home sometime, and therefore we end up with a ton of failed backups in the activity monitor.   this 'pull' mechanism for lapt...

RE:Catlogue Backups

Hi All ,   I have configured Catlogue Cold Backups.And i can see it happen everytime after the job is executed.But when i look at the tape which i have assigned it doesnot show anything it shows (0KB)  written ,I have only 15 policies currently worki...

Resolved! (Error 25) Can't connect to server. When trying to restore?

I am running NetBackup 6.5.3 in a test environment.  I have a Red Hat 5 Master Server and a Windows 2008 Media Server.  I am running some test backup policies from two different clients that go to disk (stored on the Media Server).  The backups are w...

Jeff_K_ by Level 4
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Netbackup LiveUpdate 6.5.3

Hi - I have read several pages of the PDF on LiveUpdate. I'd like to know if its worth installing/paying for (extra hardware, software, etc.)? I want to be able to install 6.5.3.1 patches soon. (Most of my clients are still on 5.1 MP7 but my master a...

Jay_Son by Level 5
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Resolved! Status 24 when running a backup

I am having an issue with a Oracle Backup running the rman script it gives us status 24.  The parent jobs says that it is active but every child job gives us status 24.  In the Netbackup console it tells us  “Unable to write progress log </xxxxxx/167...

kproehl by Level 5
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Moving catalog from old media server

Right now, when I have to do a restore on anything older than two years, I have to power on our old media server and connect the tape library to it, and then move the equipment back over to our new server.  I have been asked to move the catalog from ...

install silently a NBU client (win2008 64bit)

I try to do a silent installation on a test client. I have the "silentclient.cmd" editing and I started the script.... but don't work. Here the silentclient.cmd example: ****************************************************************************...

MariusD by Level 6
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SAN Backup......

Hi All, I have a netbackup media Server on Windows Server 2003 I have Dell ML6010 library connected through SAN. I have one HP UX Server which I want to backup through SAN. How do I configure HP UX backup to run through the SAN. How I will come to k...

abhishek by Level 4
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Resolved! status code 2 with netbackup catalog backup

HI,           I got this error once i ran the netbackup catalog backup . NBU: 6.5 running in solaris 10 Error log: error validating NBDB backup in /usr/openv/db/staging Regards S.Sankara Narayanan

2 Master Server in the same backup netwrok

Hi All, Let me explain you all the scenario before i ask the questions: I have a huge backup network with 5 switches (24 port) interconnected, i have 2 Master servers which is connected  with 2 LTO 4 (SAS Interface), which are connected on the same...

MOIMOI by Level 4
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How to force NetBackup read the status of the media?

I've already expired all the images from the media, but the tape status is still FULL. It can't be reused by NetBackup. Is there any way to change the status from FULL to available instead of running bpexpdate to expire the media? 

Resolved! Which tape hold a SQL DB Backup?

Hi all Does anyone know how to find out which tape an SQL database is sitting on without actually starting up a restore? For some reason I can't find an easier way to determine this. 1. If you look BAR console on the master server you can't check ...

Dion by Level 6
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How to find backups that backed up a directory

Lets say I have a directory " /_/_/_/dir01" Is there a way in NetBackup (command line, I assume) to find out what policies backed up that directory? I'm basically looking for a listing of say "/_/_/_/dir01" was backed up in policy A,B, and C. Tha...

dukbtr by Level 4
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Resolved! NetBackup Operantion Manager for 64 bit clients

Hi all, I'm new with NOM and I don't know how work. I have install a new server 2003 32bit with Autentification, Authorization, NBU client and NOM soft. The web console start but how can I add  all server in server list??? NOM don't work for 64bit s...

MariusD by Level 6
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