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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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Backup Disaster Recovery

I m nw to Netbackup.I hv a question, if our netbackup server crashed and we have recent catalog backup ( duplicate (off-site)).What's simply and fast procedure to import the catalog after fresh netbackup installation.

Policy Naming Conventions

I'm currently backing up 100 clients using 52 policies, which are spread over server type e.g. SQL databases, Exchange databases, local drives etc - but I want to reduce the amount of policies that I have. My other objective is to backup more importa...

Netbackup Notification Service - Missing?

Hello there!I upgraded our NetBackup solution from 6.0 to 6.5 the other day. Backups have been working well, if not better than before and the upgrade seemed to be a sucess. One thing I have noticed through a breif scan of my monitoring software is t...

Remote NDMP to DSU on NBU 6?

Is it possible to run a "remote NDMP" (Netapp NDMP host) to a Disk storage unit on a Linux NBU master server?  I'm trying to do this but the job fails with "No storage unit available".  I'm uncertain if this is allowed or if I've just messed up the s...

NDMP Restore Error

Hey folks, I am doing an NDMP restore and the job writes data then dies out with this in the logs:01/17/2008 14:24:39 - positioning OC297R to file 101/17/2008 14:24:39 - positioned OC297R; position time: 0:00:0001/17/2008 14:24:40 - begin reading01/1...

Large DSSU - how to divide?

    Taking over an old Fujitsu Eternus array that is no longer being used in production and setting it up as a DSSU.  It's roughly 34TB raw (240x143GB) and I'm wondering how I should split it up.  There's a happy medium between having too many DSSU's...

how to import the catalog 5.1 to 6.5

hi everybody!!! you know i`ve got a problem.... i`ve a linux server whit NB 5.1, and save it`s catalog, Reinstalled the OS now is windows XP and NB but version 6.5, my question is, How to import the catalog to my new plataform, is it posible?????than...

Backup up archive storage using ndmp

   We are using EMC's celerra and we are backing up stub files and archived storage (diskextender).  Normally we backup online data incremental during the week and full on the weekend.  We backup the archived storage once per month.We have a need to ...

harrisv by Level 4
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SQL restore errors

I am running NBU 6.0 mp5. When I restore a db to my x64 sql 2005 server, no matter how I run it, from the gui or using the netbackup created script, it seems to leave the db in (restoring....) mode with no options to bring it online.  When I look at ...

Backup of Oracle on SAN Media Server fails with status 6

Hello, I have a SAN Media Server installed with NetBackup 5.1 MP4.  I am trying to backup Oracle 10g r2 using the NetBackup Oracle Agent to a local backup disk on the SAN Media Server through NetBackup. As a test, I did the following:Firstly, backed ...

Resolved! bpbkar32 -nocont [path] > NUL fails with no output

Greetings,I'm attempting to benchmark the performance of bpbkar32 on Windowsclients.  I'm following the documentation (Performance and Tuning Guide)and I've successfully used this technique before yet the test is now failingto produce results.After e...

cwalck by Level 2
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Veritas netbackup client installation CD for Fedora core Linux.

Hi all , I am new to Netbackup 5.1.We are using Enterpraise 5.1 Netbackup server.For a new client installation we need NBU client 5.1 for Fedora core linux.Could any on e suggest wher ill get that instalation CD .?Thanks for Ur help in Advance.

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Help needed for BMR of Linux Client

Hello We've recently implemented BMR in our company and successfully backed up and restored Windows Boxes using BMR 6.5. From what is seems, the BMR boot disk takes OS files from i368 folder. I'm trying to do a BMR of a Linux Box. I've backed up a Re...

gemini by Not applicable
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NOM for 6.5 to be used for NBU 6,0

From what I understand, NOM for NBU 6.5 had major enhancements over NOM for NBU 6.0.  My question is this:  Could I install NOM for NBU 6.5 when I am am currently running NBU 6.0 MP5 for Windows?

Medium identifiers do not match

Had some additional S4's put in today, replacing some SDLT600's.A brief bit of testing, things looked good.However it seems to not want to append to a tape. A once write is fine, and reading a tape for a restore is also good.Here is the bit from vxlo...

Duplication

Hi, We are using Netbackup 6.0 MP4 with Windows 2003 server and Standalone drive. Tanberg Library (8 Slots)with single Drive.As per our company policy we have to take 3 copies in the Tape for every month last week  Each Copy Takes- 2 Tapes (400 /800 ...

Tracking the Progress of a Vault

Hey Fellas, is there anyway to track the progress of a vault. I would really like to know how much longer a particular vault job has to go and the gui never gives accurate info. Is there a better way to track the progress of vault jobs?Thanks