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We Have MSSQL 2005 - Should We Upgrade to NetBackup 8.0 or 7.7.3 ?
We Have MSSQL 2005 - Should We Upgrade to NetBackup 8.0 or 7.7.3 ?I'm preparing to upgrade our NetBackup servers as our current version (v7.6.1.2) is EOSL. However, I have a problem. We are still gradually migrating our databases from an MSSQL Serv...
Resolved! bpdbjobs -suspend isn't as effective as JAVA right click suspend
I believe when you right click and select suspend for a job in back ground it runs bpdbjobs -suspend <jobid>, However I have a script in place to suspend a job and it runs fine and gives a suspend command however the job still keeps on running. Is th...
Seperating NetBackup Authentication Broker from Master Server
Is there a way of installing the Authentication broker for NetBackup 7.7 on a server other than the master server, other than installing Opscenter? Is there away of having a backup Authetication Broker? Thanks for any help.
Indication about Media not to be used for backup after Mounts
Hi All,I have urgent query for tape media not to be used for backup, is there any calculation we have in netbackup that says that no to used media after some amout of mount over on tapes, I have raised below concern on Media vendor1. 300 full file pa...
Resolved! Failed to query database
Hello everyoneWhen i try a manual backup for backup a full database, i get this error :09/22/2017 09:10:17 - started process bpbrm (pid=57755)09/22/2017 09:10:18 - Info bpbrm (pid=57755) WEBSQLP04.mgt.iadpub.nbb is the host to backup data from09/22/2...
Traditional vs Capacity NBU licenses w/small sever count and High TB
I will have about 10 8 socket servers running Red Hat. 2 Tape backups with 6 LTO6 in the first and 2 LTO6 in the other. There are two NFS storage enviornments to backup The first is 200TB the other is 150TB. Looks to me like traditional licensing ...
Resolved! Trying to setup first backup (Catalog). Running into issues I can't wrap my head around.
I'm setting up my first NetBackup server (I've used it before but only from a client perspective) Now I"m on the other end. I've got 2 servers nbu1 / nbu2 nbu1 = master/medianbu2 = mediaConnecting thru a Sanbox 5800, to a Quantum Scalar i6 (6 drives,...
Resolved! Two copies of catalog backu
A couple months back I setup my catalog backups to create two copies; one in catalog pool that goes offsite and one in a catalog pool that stays onsite. So in the catalog recovery file I see something like this in it:#DR_MEDIA_REC: ver rtype mtype h...
Can I Upgrade Directly to v7.7.3 ?
Hi.Can we upgrade directly from NetBackup v7.6.1.2 / 2.6.1.2 to v7.7.3 / 2.7.3, or do we first have to go through the minor versions ?So, what I mean is, can we do this:v7.6.1.2 / 2.6.1.2 -> v7.7.3 / 2.7.3or do we have to do this:v7.6.1.2 / 2.6.1.2 -...
Resolved! Master Server Migration
Hello All ,I have a requirement to move master server data from one site to different site , as we retireing that site entirely.Existing Master : Windows 2k8 R2 , 773New Master : Windows 2k12 773 In my existing master server , I have the follo...
Resolved! Netbackup VM image level backup over WAN
Hi,We are planning to perform VM Image level backups over the WAN to remote backup server. The transport mode should be NBD as SAN transport mode can't be used for remote backups. I know the backup performance would be limited to WAN link size and VM...
Media server migration
I currently have a Solaris 10 sparc system that is a Netbackup 7.7.3 master/media server.The plan is to put the master server on one linux system and the media server on a seperate linux system.I have the new linux media server configured and it sees...
Resolved! Nutanix
Hi, i've made a vmware policy to backup a vm group and, in this group, there's 5 nutanix vm.If i use "browse datastore" to add that client, i didn't see that vm...why? is beacuse use in house vmtools?ThanksStefano
Script to upgrade client from 7.6.1.2 to 7.7.3 for Windows
Hi All,Is there any specific scripts to upgarde windows client machines from NBU 7.6.1.2 to 7.7.3. Please advise.
exchange server policy type selection
Hi Friends; I have confused about when we bacup exchange server why dont we use cumulative backup. There must be reason but i couldnt understand. please help me.
Netbackup BMR SRT Redhat creation issue
Hello, I try to create SRT on RedHat.After some questions SRT wizard ask for NetBackup Client.I unpacked NetBackup_7.7.3_CLIENTS2.tar.gz and specify path: ...Do you want to retry install of Symantec NetBackup Client? (y/n) [y] : y The following medi...
Resolved! vmware backup Sharepoint w./NLB confused...
Customer using shareponit backup to protect their application. In addition they use vmware backup of the servers in the sharepoint farm, manual selection,VMhostname as primary VM identifier. (several servers and using NLB).We are seeing hostname beei...
Netbackup BMR SRT creation issues
Hi, I'm trying to create a SRT using the Veritas NetBackup Bare Metal Restore -Boot Server Assistant for windows server 2012 R2 and I keep on having this issue. I'm using a downloaded 8.1 ADK from microsoft and I also tried ADK10 but it's the same re...
no images were successfully processed 191
Hi,i recently upgaded from NB 7.1 to 8.0. My master is a RHEL virtual machine and i have a new appliance 5240 acting as a media server and still an old media server running nb 7.1. This 7.1 host is robot control host and the only one connected to tap...
Re: Try setting CLIENT_READ_INTERVAL
Moved to new discussion from : https://vox.veritas.com/t5/NetBackup/Backup-failing-with-error-Network-connection-timed-out-41/m-p/253758 Hi where is the config for this located?
