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Resolved! Tape library errors
I have a tape library in my enviroment and i am facing these errors in the event viewer which i would like to share....i have 2 heads in my tape library and one is working perfectly while the 2nd is giving the below errors in the EVENT VIEWER (when i...
Resolved! SSO configurations
Hi, I have a SL500 library with 2 drives currently connected to a master server. Assuming that I have another media server to share these 2 drives, do I need to zone the robot and 2 drives to the new media server? Or just the drives will suffice? Tha...
Dedicating tape drives to specific clients
We have a few particular servers which require their jobs to receive a tape drive immediately whenever they require a backup or restore to be executed. The timing of these backup and restore jobs is fairly consistent on a daily basis. Given we have a...
Poll: Backup frequency, SLA's, and retention policies
I'd like to hear from others what their backup frequency and retention policies are. This is obviously dependent on industry, regulatations, and other factors but am still curious. Please answer the following questions. Feel free to not answer them a...
Question about NBU architecture for remote offices
I am curious what the best practices are and what others are doing when deploying NetBackup in remote offices. Specifically, what drives your decision to deploy a net new NBU domain in a remote office vs deploying only a media server which is a membe...
Vault speed/throughput
Planning to deploy a VTL from a TBD vendor and am curious what speed/throughput (TB/hr for example) people are achieving using NBU Vault to make image copies to vault physical tapes offsite daily from a VTL. Some vendors VTL's have the ability to cre...
Job Scheduling (bpsched vs pem vs cron vs other)
I am interested if anyone is currently using or has used a different method of scheduling NetBackup jobs other than bpsched or pem? For example cron. If so, what are you reasons for doing so and limitations that caused you to move away from bpsched o...
Backuping up a SAN with 2 LTO4 drives
This is not a problem, just an general knowledge quesiton. I have a NetApp with many CFIS shares on it. One of which has 3 TB worth of client data. I backup shares with Netbackup 6.5.2A that has 2 LTO 4 tape libary attached. I'm seeing that netba...
Resolved! FW: Backup Failed on serverxxx with status 57
I am a new administrator and am attempting to learn how to resolve some of the errors that I see on a daily basis, can anyone direct me to a fix for the issue outlined below? 1/23/2009 11:10:17 PM - started process bpbrm (4216)1/23/2009 11:10:17 PM -...
HOW TO HARD RESET THE DRIVE
HI EVERYONE, ON WINDOW MASTER SERVER 6.0 VERSION NETBACKUP INSTALL AND AROUND 40 CLIENTS CONFIGURE , 1 DRIVE IS DOWN WHICH COMMAND IS USED FOR HARD RESET THE DRIVE ANY OTHER WAY TO UP THE DRIVE (VIA GUI HAVE DONE) AND ANY EFFECT ON RUNNING BACKUP. ...
Typical LTO 3 and 4 Speed ?
Hi, I just want to compare mine with others. What is the norm you can expect from them. Typically I get 10-30 MB/s writing for LTO 3 Drives. Of course it depends on the content as well. Just wondering what others typically get.Message Edited by Puffy...
NBU 6.5 exit code 800: Corrupt policies?
How does one identify corrupt policies? We have a NBU master/media server on a single box that we upgraded from v4.5 to v5.1MP7 in sep 2008 and from v5.1 to v6.5.3 in nov 2008. No problems until this week when virtually all policies failed one night...
Log filling Drive Space
Hey All, new to the board here and I have a question I am currently running Netbackup 6.5 on a Windows Master server. Every few days I have a log file grow as large as my available volume (~500) After it fills the drive backups stop to run. Looki...
Resolved! Set Images NOT to Expire
Hello, our backup administrator is on vacation this week. I've come across an issue that needs to address rather quickly. I have a user who will be requesting a restore, but not sure when and what since he's looking into what files he'll need. In ...
move netbackup 3.4 clients to new master server running 5.1
Hi, I have 7 netbackup clients that need be moved from their existing master server NB3.4 to a new master server NB5.1.My main worry is maintaining our restore capability on these clients once they are moved.They can see both masters at the same time...
Strange Error
Has anyone ever seen this output from a job ID? SET SNAP_ID nas_xxxxxxxx snap is not active on the system, we dont have a license.
Need to install the NBU SAP client on a Linux server
Hi I need to install the Netbackup SAP client on a Linux server. The Linux server has the standard client already, but the SAP guy needs the version of the client that has the backint file in /usr/openv/netbackup/bin. I normally install the Linux cli...
Obtaining the latest version
Hi, I'm new to the forum. Please let me know if this is the wrong place to ask this question. I am running V5.0 of Netbackup. Does my support contract enable me to get the latest version of Netbackup. I think its V6.5. Thanks in advance,Tom
LTO drives in AVR mode
Hello, Found Veritas is not communicating with tape library if any drive becomes "AVR" mode. Please suggest me the following. 1. Command line that helps to find "AVR" mode of a drive2. Why Veritas is totally breaking the communication even if a singl...
Resolved! StorageLifecyclePolicies
Hi, Is ist possibel to schedule the duplicates in a SLP???I want to backup some Server every night and duplicate them after 6 o'clock. Kind regardsDirk
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