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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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Duplicating Images on different tape standards

I am using AIT-2 tapes for our backups but I would like to upgrade. I am pretty sure the only thing backwards compatible with AIT-2 is AIT-3 but thats not really an upgrade. I am looking at either SAIT-1 or LTO-3, leaning more toward LTO-3.My quest...

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NB6 Install and Mesia Server Services

Just installed a NB6 Master/Media server and a Media server on 2 brand new servers. The Master server build and configuration went smoothly. The Media server has a problem with 4 services:Enterprise Media ManagerJob ManagerPolicy Execution ManagerR...

move Media Servers to new Master

Hi,I am building a new Master server (5.1 Enterprise) and will need to move the Media servers to be associated with the new Master instead of the old one.I know I need to modify Media servers' bp.conf file and add the new Master name on the top of th...

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Backing up a client located behind DMZ

Hi,I have a client server(windows 2000 server) using NBU 6.0 MP1 and I'm trying to back it up with my master server(HPUX 11.11) using NBU 6.0 MP1. I've set up the client properties with the daemon connection port to use VNETD only. Even though I have...

Client Initiated Backup

Is there anyway in NetBackup 6 to call a backup from the command line, however, to tie into an existing Policy (to utilize the selection list). We have a SAN based utility that will take an Exchange backup, mount the offline Exchange files, and then...

Global Atrributes->Schedule backup attempts

How can one set Retry time to none. That is do not rety the backup if it fails.When I changed Schedule Backup attempts to 0 , Netbackup scheduler did not schedule any jobs. So this is not the right parameter for setting retry times 0.Thanks

Oracle agent

Has anyone already used NetBackup for Oracle with Oracle RAC? Found nothing special in the documentation? Any advices?

Netbackup Client Software installation to multiple clients

Does anyone know if there is there a Netbackup way / command / script of installing client software or maintenance packs to multiple clients at the same time, either being run manually or scheduled?We are due to upgrade from NBU 5.0 MP4 to NBU 6.0 so...

Error 177 when running bpexpdate -deassignempty

Hi.My expired media isn't getting recycled. I'm running NBU 6.0 on Solaris. I have the latest patch installed (MP2)I'm running the command bpexpdate -deassignempty with the result:"Could not deassign media-id FLW012, host nbumaster: could not deassig...

Flashbackup - NBU 5.1

Can some one provide description of how Flashbackup works at a lower level. For example, when it says that flashbackup reduces the disk I/Os by creating a map, I'm trying to find out the details of this map.What would make this clearer for us is dra...

Sharepoint Portal Services

We were sold a Sharepoint Portal Licence under the proviso it would bnack up individual documents in the document library store. Each time we do a restore, we can only restore the entire database, is this true, can you only restore the entire databa...

Status 127 while executing "before snapshot" script

Hello, we have advanced client with nbu_snap type of snapshot. We have policy configured with "before" and "after" snapshot scripts: root@sf6800b # /opt/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplinclude BISHOUSE -L Include: METHOD=USER_DEFINED Include: DB_BEG...

Resolved! NB Flashbackup

Hi guys,I need to understand the flashbackup advantages , when it should be used etc.Does anyone knows the flashbackup enhancements from version 4.5FP to 5.1MP4? How would on collect the performance stats of flashbackup clients from backup , restore ...

Error restoring Exchange db

I am getting the following error when trying to restore an exchange database:13:47:53 (227765.001) TAR - Microsoft Information Store:\SG1\DB413:47:54 (227765.001) ERR - unable to create object for restore: Microsoft Information Store:\SG1\DB4 (BEDS 0...

Importing Media

Hello all,This is probably a bit of a longwinded question for a forum, but i'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.A week ago, 500+ dlt tapes landed on my desk. the tapes come from a company we are now supporting. The task I have been ...

Securely erasing tape media - How To?

Without access to a degausser, whats the best way to erase the contents of a tape securely, or what needs to be done to make it very difficult to retrieve tape contents.There is the option in NetBackup for a Quick Erase and a Long Erase. The latter i...

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