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Netbackup error bpexpdate.exe -m idTape -d 0
Hello,I have the bellow error when I try bpexpdate.exe -m idTape -d 0there was a conflicting specificationI notice that I have 1 valid image on tape:Media Status: FULLKilobytes: 1164839106Images: ...
Resolved! NDMP backups to MSDP over SAN
Can someone tell me if NetBackup 8.x will allow me to configure an NDMP backup using SAN disk storage as the backup target?My environment is simply an NBU 8.1 master\media server (running on Windows 2012) and a small EMC VNX which contains the files ...
Resolved! vmware netbackup web plugin incorrectly shows backup dates
Hi, netbackup plugin for vmware shows incorrect date (1/1/1970 - begining of unix epoch) in some places (summary, last successful backup, virtual machines etc.). It looks like it is unable to get or parse properly backup date while ending and setting...
bpduplicate command, skiping expired images
Hi guys,I`m using this command:bpduplicate.exe -dstunit stu_disk_ecbpprnb1 -dp dp_disk_ecbpprnb1 -Bidfile C:\temp\nb2\nb2_lista1.txt -set_primary 1 -mpxbasically I`m using a file with almost 54000 images to duplicate from one appliance to another, my...
Recover Master Server from Tape
Hi,I have One NetBackup master server on Solaris and Media server Appliance with tape driveCatalog is backedup to tape.I made upgrade for netBackup 8.0 from NetBackup 7.6.1 and we had issues so I need to rollback.I plan to remove NetBackup 8.0 and re...
Resolved! After upgrading to NetBackup 8.0, the Java Console fails to connect, certificate error
We had NetBackup 7.6.1 on Solaris 11.2 we upgraded to NetBackup 8.0 during upgrade we had an errorstouch: cannot create /usr/openv/var/global/vxss/tomcatcreds/openssl.cfg: No such file or directoryWARNING: can't open config file: /usr/openv/var/glob...
Changing the veritas netbackup 8.0 database password - safe and on the fly?
Hi,I see a procedure below from the admin guide to change the password for the netbackup database (below).Can someone please tell me if it is safe to change the password via the command shown in the procedure? will it break anything? 1 Log on to the...
Resolved! Can some answer how to get down services in NBU environment i mean which services to be stopped
Can some answer how to get down services in NBU environment i mean which services to be stopped first media or master Let me know exact process and if possible also commands
compatibility
Hello,Is Netbackup 7.5.0.6, and the client for 7.5.0.6, compatible with Windows Server Core 2016?Thank you!
Shadow copy Backup
Hi, After upgrade netbackup agent into 8.0 . we are facing Shadow copy backup .As we have check shadow copy is enabled on servers and space is also available on servers.Please assist we are faceing on multiple clients.
Tape library SL3000 and NBU device reconfiguration
Hi all,I'm going to reconfigure SL3000 library form single partition to two partitions. After this, we have new WWN , in my environment we have more and more SLP policy where this library is involved.It's possibile to change WWN LIBRARY on media ser...
Resolved! Error opening the snapshot disks using given transport mode: nbd Status 23
Hi dear all.In VMWare backup environment I added 3 vcenter and 10 ESX server and all of them working correctly. recently I added new vcenter and I am trying to take backup using nbd and I get this error msg: Error opening the snapshot disks using giv...
Resolved! After upgrade to 7.7.3 from 7.5.0.6 dedup pool not starting after DB convert
After upgrade to 7.7.3 from 7.5.0.6 dedup pool not starting after DB convert .Error log f:\data\\log\convert[2017-12-13 13:56:00][ERR] Failed to rename e:\db\databases\catalog-tmp to e:\db\databases\catalog, make sure no files or directories under th...
Resolved! archive catalogue NBU
Hi,I am trying to archive an NBU catalog.I use the following link to do the actions:https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH36433only I have the error "exit status 227: no entity was found"The netbackup job runs without errors but the retur...
Resolved! Restore from netbackup to EMC via NDMP
Hi I am after some pointers with my netbackup 7.7 restore problem.I have group of netbackup tapes that I have imported from a previous system many years ago. They are of a netbackup that was taken from a an EMC Celerra NAS via NDMP. With the tapes ...
Resolved! Completely remove host certificates in 8.1
I have a customer that will potentially have hundreds of servers that will be used for a short period of time and then decomissioned. In NetBackup 8.1 I know you can revoke the certificate for hosts that are no longer active. However, this list wil...
Resolved! SLP Nightmare - multiple versions of incomplete duplication
Hello All, I had to replace some hardware in a tape drive (picker & drive). The tape # changed from tld4 to tld3. Of course after the fact I'm getting errors (2001) because Version 8 of the SLP is still trying to process to tld 4 that doesn't exist...
Resolved! Oracle Backup channels failing
We are having a problem when one or more of the channels for an RMAN backup fails . The backup starts with 6 channels, if one fails, the backup continues with 5. This past weekend, 3 channels going to the same drive/tape all failed with a media err...
Resolved! Procedure to Delete a Old Tape Library
Hi All, As i understand from the posts from other users that to delete a tape library and re-use the old tapes we should 1) Put all tapes in to standalone mode 2) Delete Drives3) Delete Robots (Tape Library)Now configure new tape library and insert a...
Resolved! Point to Consider while upgrading AIX which both master and media
Hi All, I have a question on upgrading a NBU server which is both master and media server, Do i need to consider anything in particular upgrading the same.Current NBU version on MASTER/MEDIA is 7.6.1 and to be upgraded to 8.0 (I can directly upgrade ...
