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Resolved! Netbackup Clustered Master Server licensing
Sorry but it was a bit tough to find a precise answer suitable for my situationI have a customer that need backup master server in High Availabilty and customer has capacity based license of 250TB. Do we need an additional license at NBU level for im...
SLP backup log info
I have an issue regarding SLP There was a storage unit that was full hence i changed the storage unit in SLP and updated the SLP version as wellHowever there were some duplicatin which were active and kinda hungI tried cancelling it from activity mon...
how to get backup sizes per client?
NBU 7.6.0.3i can manually get to the backup sizes per client using Reports/Client Backups but that would take me ages to do by hand. i've also looked into OpsCenter reports but for some reason, it only provides me some clients when i wanted all clien...
VM Instant recovery failed with Error 21
Hi,I was able to take backup with VM Ware option from Netbackup. But the restore job is failing with error 21. When i ran the instant recover command from below was the output. C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>nbrestorevm -vmw -ir_activate -C W...
Resolved! SAN Client & SAN Media server
Hi, I was going through netbackup architure notes i saw two things there1. SAN CLient2. SAN Media server I gone through this post as well https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH135896 Understood SAN Media server takes backup of iteself and...
Resolved! Can NBU 6.5.6 use LTO6 drives?
We have a small site where we are looking to have couple of LTO6 tape drives. Could someone let me know if NetBackup 6.5.6 (i know it's EOL though) can use them for read/write?If not, then i think we have to go for LTO5 tape drives. Presently we are ...
Altavault & DataDomain as VMware virtual appliances - anybody using these & are they any good?
Is anybody actually using NetApp's Altavault or EMC's virtual DataDomain (DD) and are they any good.From what I can see :Virtual DD is a copy of the regular DD the big difference you add your own disk.Altavault virtual appliance is similar but the NB...
MEDIA TESTING
we have several branches across the world, the tapes for each region should be shipped to one centralized location / branch in which the tapes should be tested there then.How can i test the media / Tapes without being able to restore or access the da...
Resolved! inconsistencies between parent and child jobs
Hi,Can anyone help me to figured this out. This is a Oracle RAC policy so that is why in the picture you see two clients: ecbpebsp1-vip and ecbpebsp3-vipThe policy is: DCP_UIO_BDD_ERP_ECBPEBSP_DIARIO_n3I dont understand why parent job is DCP_UIO_BDD_...
Deleting old versions of Storage Lifecycle Policies (SLPs)
I'm trying to delete a couple of old storage units, but apparently they are still associated with older versions of the SLP.I've come across http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH212238 , but do not understand the logic b...
Consolidated monitoring Dashboard
Hi Team,150 policy environment. 1. Is any command to check if any schedule is missed ? 2 .List of failed schedule in each policy in any command?Thanks
Resolved! ORA-19506 ORA-27028 ORA-19511
Here's the failed job logs from rman end. Having hard time to troubleshoot this issue. Please help to checkBkup string input manually: [arch_del_daily]Found NB Master Sevr: [undisclosed]Found NB_ORA_CLIENT : [undisclosed]### ERROR: NO valid policy FO...
oracle backup
NetBackup for Oracle uses the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) standard to represent relational database table data that is extracted from an Oracle database.form the above comment my question is wither oracle client machine sends the database to tar...
Resolved! Netbackup AIR Configuration Master Server v7.7.2
Hello All,I am figuring to find out how i can configure the AIR in my envirnoment.We have a Clustered Master Server v 7.7.2 (LINUX) and using DD using OST.Can you please let me know from where i can check if we have a adequoate license to use AIR.Als...
Resolved! How to stop Netbackup on a AIX 5.2 host running NBU 5.1
Hi All,How can I stop / start netbackup servcices. There is no /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies in NBU 5.1 client, Also /etc/init.d is empty, there is no /etc/rc2.d on the client. Any help is appreciated. Netbackup Master: Version 5.1 running on AI...
nbvcplugin version compatibility
Hi there,We are about to upgrade a NetBackup domain, primarily used for VMware backups, from 7.6.1.2 to 7.7.3. My question is regarding the nbvcplugin. Do we have to change the nbvcplugin vApp to 7.7.3 at the same time as the upgrade, or can we wait ...
Resolved! Last time Inventory ran
Hi, I want to know when was the last time when inventory ran on my environement to take medias from MAP to slots. Please guide me through steps.
Resolved! Netbackup for VMware compatibility with tape library
Dears,Just i need to know if the backup of vmware is supported with tape volume pool as backup destination.Thanks in advance
Netbackup Admin Console 7.5 Fails to Start
Linux appliance NBU 7.5 Master is also the Media server. The Netbackup Admin console is installed on my W7x64 box. (And others) What happens is that when launching the NBU Admin Console, it gets stuck at "Login in Progress" but never connects and eve...
Backup are getting completed however showing as active in activity monitor
Backup are getting completed however showing as active in activity monitormaster server nbu version 7.6.1.2 and OS is RHEL 2.6
