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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.

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Netbackup Master Server

I want to replace the existing Master Media server and can find any documents to help with my issue. The current old system can no longer perform the daily functions and need to transfer to new hardware.

EMC CDL 710 connection to Solaris server

Hello , We have one Solaris 9 master/media server , attached to EMC CDL , it has 10 drives. We were trying to attach another CDL with 10 drives. We could see 20 tape drives all together ( 10 from old , 10 from new) after we build sg.conf and st.c...

Oracle Point-in-time Restore not displaying

Hi there,We have 2 types of database servers, Oracle and MSSQL. Both database backups seem to be working fine (default application and auto full backup). Problem is when when you launch Backup, Archive, and Restore -> Specify NetBackup Machines and P...

Command to display pending backups

This may be a very simple question for most of you but I am having trouble finding this command.I assume there is a command that does this???Thanks.

Status of Backups report

Hello all,I have a strange issue i'd like to get some input on.I'm using NBU 4.5 FP6 on win2k 2000. THe issue is the backup status report. It seems to go back only as far as 72hrs... I don't see anyting in the Admin Guides to indicate that this rep...

catalog backup fail

HiI have a problem with catalog backups (5.1 MP3). It finishes with status 124 (wrong path).. In bpdbm I've found:09:40:06.374 <2> delete_expired_backups: Checking fragments for D:\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\images\intranet\1134000000\_Windows_intranet-db...

Restore from prod. to dr. using different nbu server

Hello,I am having lots of problems performing a restore from a different master that made the backup and this HAS to be restored tomorrow.1. Cut network link between production and disaster recovery site.2. Rename dr system to reflect hostname in pro...

Official life length of IBM LT02 200-400GB Backup Cartridge.

Hi, I will appreciate if someone can provide me the official life length of IBM LT02 200-400GB Backup Cartridge.I know the IBM gives only 5 year limited warrant. So what I need to do if I want to save the data to 7 year , do I need to duplicate the ...

Auto Eject after Job Finishes

I am looking at auto-ejecting our full backups once complete to store in another location. We do not use 3rd parties for storage of media, so vault looks to be overkill.In digging through the forums, I ran across this thread: Thread: How to eject a ...

NBU 6 Installation Guide - Major Upgrade Documenation Typo?

In the NBU 6 Installation Guide, on page 32 is instructs as one of the steps to performing an upgrade to run the command:install_path\Volmgr\bin\vmoprcmd -deactivate_host -h device_hostThe above command syntax is invalid as the "deactivate_host" swit...

multiple copies - file count unequal

I've begun experimenting with the Multiple Copies option in the Schedules in my NB5.1mp3 environment as an alternative to Vaulting. I write two copies of a job to two different tapes in two different Volume Pools. The Activity Monitor show the pair...

nbu 6.0 / rhel4 / oracle10.2 - rman error

Hello,We're running RedHat ES4, NBU 6.0 MP1, Oracle 10.2.When attempting RMAN backups, we are getting the following errors in the rman logs:22:19:07.011 <2> bprd_connect: vnet_check_vxss_client_magic(server83) failed: 3222:19:07.011 <2> bprd_get_fe...

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BPCOVERAGE Help

I am trying to run bpcoverage and must be doing something wrong. I am a Windows shop. 5.1 MP4. My syntax is bpcoverage -c clientname -v -coverage >c:\cover.txtI am getting a empty text file. I seem to recall running it this way in years past. Wha...

upgrade to 5.5 or 5.6

We are putting in about 10 - 20 new servers in order to support moving from IBM platform to Oracle. The system administators and dba has informed us, they are installing Solaris 10. We are currently running version 5.0. We are debating if we shoul...

multiple media servers and one library

We are running one master server, one media server(unix) and one library (L700 - storagtech) We are looking into adding another media server (unix) within the next few months. Can both media servers use the same library and the drives? If so, how...

Windows Event Viewer Logging Option

Greetings. Do you know if the install_path\NetBackup\db\config\eventlog works in NBU5.1 MP4? I have not used it since the 4.5 days. I am unsure if it's a valid configuration on the 5.1 platform. I am needing more granularity on my event log write...

how to licence Netbackup for Oracle RAC

Hi all,I have two servers: IBM p5 510 with AIX 5.3 64bits, Oracle RAC is running on both servers. I would like to know how many licenses I need for this configuration. 2 Unix Clients and 2 Oracle for Unix? is that correct? is it possible to backup th...