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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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NDMP to OST

Does anyone know for sure if NDMP backups to OST targets are going to be supported in NBU v6.5.2?I've heard that this particular combination won't be supported until v6.5.3, but I can't find any published information to confirm or refute this.  Does ...

DaveU by Not applicable
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Various connectivity errors, but connectivity should be okay

We recently upgraded from 5.1 to 6.5.1.  Our 5.1 environment was stable.  But now in our 6.5.1 environment we're getting random connection failures:cannot connect on socket (25) client/server handshaking failed (26)can't connect to client (58)failed ...

LiveUpdate policies

Hi,Is it possible to create LiveUpdate policies and add clients to those policies on the command line; at least on unix? We have a few thousand clients and it is impossible to keep track of those in the GUI.Hope someone can assist me.Thanks, Jacob

Jacob by Level 4
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How to tell Netbackup to take the new tape

Hi ,   I am new to Netbackup. We have installed Netbackup 6.5 in AIX 5.3 . We have one standalone DLT3 tape  drive connected to the netbackup server. We tried to take backup to tape and the tape got filled up and asked to replace the tape and we have...

Sat by Not applicable
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NDMP Restores to windows or unix servers

I know according to Symantec that it is not possible to restore a NDMP backup to a non NDMP device.  I am just wondering if anyone has found a work around for DR purposes.  Currently we are testing a EMC Celerra that we backup via NDMP through a medi...

Media Server Migration

Hey guysI am migrating one of our Netbackup 5.1 MP6 media servers to new hardware and would like to know If I am missing any information on this process. We have a new server with a temporary name and IP that has been created for this migration. Here...

bkptech by Level 3
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Status 13 File Read Failed On my Media Server

HiI receive the Status 13 File Read Failed On my Media Server when I try to backup all drives using diferents streamsExample:New_StreamShadow copy ComponentC:\New_StreamD:\New_StreamE:\The backup start but I receive the status 13 faster. I try disabl...

heman85 by Level 3
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Importing Images and Retention Periods

I've recently started work with a new company and am in the middle of sorting out their backups.  It appears that the default retention period of 2 weeks was used on all the policies currently setup. My problem now is that I have had a request to res...

Morg by Level 3
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Authentication and Authorization clients

HelloI am new to Netbackup altogether, so please bare with me.Having just installed Netbackup 6.5 on a W2k3 server as the master server, I also installed the authentication (AT) and authorization (AZ) code onto the same server.My question is - what i...

Popesy by Level 2
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How do you order execution of NEW_STREAMS in 6.5?

Hi all,Got an interesting one here.Have a customer that upgraded from 6.0 to 6.5, and they noticed that the execution behavior of each new stream in the policy changed.   They have a Solaris standard policy with about 9 NEW_STREAMS each picking up an...

Netbackup 6.5.1 and bpnotfy issue

 Hello, I am using Netbackup 6.5.1 and bpnotify scripts. I have the same scripts in place that have worked for years, however, since I've gone to 6.5.1, I get a strange issue. The netbackup part of the script starts before it should trying to back mo...

happyadm by Not applicable
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NetBackup 6.0 MP5 - Exchange 2007 Support?

I have 6.0 MP5.  I was told that 6.5.2 would support Exchange 2007, but my question is, what will 6.0 MP5 and its Exchange Agent NOT support in 2007? Any thoughts?Thanks in advance. . .

Hantra by Level 2
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Status 98

HiI've been having problems with my Netbackup 6.5 setup. I've rebooted everything and removed/readded the drive and library. I can inventory the library fine.Below is an example of an error I get (this one when trying to run a cleaning tape through)....

NickT by Level 2
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Upgrade LTO2 to LTO3 Question

Netbackup 6.0MP5 Solaris   I have a StorageTek SL500 Library with 6 x LTO2 drives. I want to upgrade to LTO3 drives. Is there some way to have both LTO2 and LTO3 drives in a robot at the same time and use different media (HCART2 and HCART3) to the ap...

DR Testing Troubles

My Environment is:Master Server 6.0MP5 (not media server)2 @ Media Servers 6.0MP5 both with attached SAN Storage Units and SL500 w/LTO2 Drives.In my DR environment I do not have the media servers but do have both SAN and LTO2 drives runing on Solaris...

Backing up MOSS 2007?

I am trying to figure out how to do this. When I run the backup I get a status of 200, "scheduler found no backups due to run"In my Master Server configuration there is a spot for Sharepoint hosts but I am unsure what to put in for Farm front-end hos...

BeezSK by Level 4
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BParchive and open files

Hi, we are using netbackup archiving (bparchive) to archive database backups (both data and logs) I am wondering if anyone knows what happens if the archive job runs on the backup directory in the middle of a backup. I am concerned that a partially c...

Nick_ by Level 2
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