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Marianne by Level 6
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How to change policy time for multiple jobs ?

I have an upcoming schedule maintenance. Hence I need to bring forward jobs for a lot of policies so that they can complete before the schedule maintenance.As I have 40+ policies, I was looking at commands to accomplish this. Any commands to do that....

Puffy by Level 6
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How to exclude mutliple jobs easily?

I have around 30-40 policy. However no one has exclude holidays from running. I wonder whether there is a command or other methods to exclude days easily for 40+ policies.Thanks!Netbackup 5.1 Windows

Puffy by Level 6
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Error 13 Result too large?

Hey I have a Mac client that always fails out with and 13. This is what the status reads: 12/10/2007 2:17:07 PM - Warning bpbrm(pid=21409) from client templar: WRN - Cannot read message from stdin. Errno = 34: Result too large12/10/2007 2:17:07 PM - ...

Linux Master - Missing_Path

Hey folks, I have a linux master at one of my sites and frequently I get the following error: HP.ULTRIUM3-SCSI.000 HCART3 DOWN   No      No be-backup-01a MISSING_PATH:1:0:1:0:HU10539G0Y      0   2 15:43:30   The device shows as down and I have to run...

Windows XP Client

For almost a week, I have not been able to backup my 2 Windows XP PCs. I reinstalled the client on the PC and created a new policy and that didn't help either. I did a bpclntcmd - pn, -sv, -ip IP_Address and -hn Hostname and all of them were successf...

Netbackup 5.x to 6.5 upgrade

I am running a single server master/media environment.  Is anyone familiar with how much space I will need when upgrading to 6.5?  Do I need twice the current catalog size or does the upgrade process simply move the database and not create a duplicat...

bumj1 by Level 5
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Restoring Domain Controller

I'm trying to restore (using Netbackup 6.0) one of my 3 DCs(Windows 2003)  in lab environmnet. I just want to have one DC restored. After I restore the system state using Directory Services Restore Mode and restart the DC, - it is not operational, it...

Netbackup Administration Console and SSH port forwarding

Hello Everyone,Our Netbackup 6.0 server is located in a remote datacenter. Remote access is restricted to SSH only. I use the Java-based NetBackup Console on my Windows XP workstation.I am trying to set up SSH port forwardings (ssh tunnels) between m...

changing expiration on imported images

Is anybody else running into problems with changing the expiration date on imported images?  I've imported several tapes and I need to change the retention on them -- however I keep getting an error that the "media not found in EMM database" ...  Can...

backup only certain files...

Hello everybody,With Netbackup, it's possible to backup only certains files ? For example, i'd like to backup only excel files... of course these files are in many directory.I'va add to the end of my backup selection the wildcard *.xls, but the files...

AntBar by Level 5
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Catalog Tapes

Platform: Windows 2003 Server Standard SP2NBU Version: 6.0 MP4 Hi guys,I just upgraded last week from 5.0 MP4 to 6.0 MP4 and all went smooth, no issues and nbpushdata ran OK. However, I am just having a couple of issues regarding Catalog tapes. I hav...

status 96, EMM and tape barcodes

Setup:Windows 2003R2, Netbackup v6.5, Freshly installed.Quantum Superloader 3 (DLT2), connected via a SCSI cabel.My Question :I have a bunch of tapes with barcodes ABDxxx,Netbackup re-named a tape to A00001 for the first backup job, Since A00001 wher...

Liciense

Hi, I am planning to decommission the windows master server(5.1 MP6) and bring up the solaris server as a master server .For this i have a small query , like for solaris netbackup s/w do we need to buy liciense for this or not ?.

Lotus Notes Help

Does anybody know any secret to backing up Lotus Notes servers?  We're running Netbackup 5.1 and are successfully backing up several servers.  However when it comes to backing up our Lotus Notes server, it will complete the Shadow Copy component but ...

Netfedup by Not applicable
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NB 6.5 live update

HiI'm looking for instructions how to successfully implement LiveUpdate functionality in NB.. Installation Guide has some information about this operation but not enought specific.. for instance unpack something but where ? etc..Thx for any help..mar...

Jobs are in Queue

Hi,     In our Netbackup Master server we have around 600 Clients and TLD Robotic Lib with 25 Tape drives configured SSO. When huge Backup running, we find most of the client backups (all backup streams)are in Queue state even though enough Tape driv...

Restore issue

Hi, I have went through all the response for the restore issue. but nothing is working.Actually i am in disaster recovery setup. We have to restore the data in our machines from the tapewhich is used for backed up from the primary site machines. When...

azaru__ by Level 2
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How to cancel or kill hung jobs

Hi, I am not able to cancel or kill hung jobs in netbackup 5.1 MP6 running on solaris 10 OS. I have to restart the netbackup service in order to kill or cancel hung jobs. Hung jobs won't show the pid no to kill. Is there any way to kill these hung jo...

Jaggi by Level 4
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Canceling Backup hung jobs

Hi,       In our Netbackup Master server Activity console, i found few Active backup which was in Hung state for more than 50 Hours. In Job details>> Detail status.. I did not find any entry logs and no entry on Storage Unit, Media server so on... I ...

Win2003 OS recovery with NBU

I tried using NBU to recover a windows 2003 server, but after the restore, my server could not be bootup.Should I restore the files level first, then follow by system state? Or can I restore both together? My Windows 2003 server is a member server wi...

Jenny by Level 2
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