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how to troubleshoot slow vm backup
I m using netbackup 9.1 to backup vm.All is running fine except the backup of a particuliar vm that is extremely slow. the vmdk is 800Go size ans it take more than 12 hours to backupi have CBT enabled , i have the accelerator enabled. is there some w...
NetBackup Client silent installation on debian
Hello all,is there a way to do a silent installation of the NetBackup client on Debian or is this only possible via the RPM packages for Suse and Redhat?GreetingsChris
Unable to add new MSDP storage server - server is shutdown (2060023)
Hello colleagues,I have the following issue: I need to add a new MSDP storage server to an existant media server. I have a local big fs mounted on the media server. When I try to add using the Netbackup console "Configure Disk Storage Servers" wizard...
Traffic view on Fiber Optics
ENVIRONMENT Netbackup = 10.1.1 Netbackup OS = 2019 Robotic Tape Library Drives are connected with NDMP host and Netbackup Server thru Fiber Channel QUERY How we can see the FC Traffic between NDMP host and Robotic Tape Library while backups are happ...
use powershell send-MailMessage instead of Blat
I know that blat is the easiest way to configure smtp on NetBackup as per technote (https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100016001) but I don't want to use blat. Instead of blat, I am planning to use powershell command Send-MailMessage.Can y...
strange acceleator behavior ?
Hello, I'm working with a new netbackup installation, and I'm having difficulties understanding how the accelerator works in the specific case I have. The client system is an AIX 7.1 server, and we are backing up only a file system that contains Orac...
Resolved! bp.kill_all / bp.start_all equivalents on MS Windows.
Hi all:bp.kill_all and bp.start_all are very helpful on unix/linux boxes. Wonder why aren't available on MS Windows systems.I know, go to services.msc and then search/select/kill services. But there are like a 12 services with Veritas or Netbackup na...
can expired certificates be purged from GUI?
Hi all:This can feel as silly question.But final customer wants to get rid (delete/hide) the expired certificates from the GUI of NBU. It's possible ? How?Thanks a lot.
Resolved! re-label the tapes in NDMP drive
Hi all, @Marianne, @Nicolai we have scratched a number of used tape, previously imported with wrong labelling rules.picture explains betterAnd now backup job is freezing these tapes instead of writing to them.We found that tapes are now require to be...
VMware restore trying to use PBX and vnetd, when there is no Netbackup client on guests
Netbackup 9.1.0.1Environment is predominantly VMware. Windows team just built a new guest to replace an old one and asked me to restore some files from oldserver onto newserver. Not a full machine recovery, just restore a couple directories.I backu...
switch user agent
Hello, I'm working on netbackup 8.2 I need to do some customization regarding the netbackup agent if possible.Who is the user using the netbackup agent?i think its root. Is it possible to switch users?Thank you
newly added media server not showing up in master server console
I have a Windows master server(10.0.0.1) and created a media server on linux (centos 8).while adding the media server I followed steps from Veritas guide and posts available here.my issue is that the name of the newly created media server is not show...
Resolved! DARS: Oracle is not installed.
Hello Experts,I have configured Oracle Database backup but the job was partially successfulI've never seen the error message02/28/2023 14:13:14 - Info bprd (pid=1888) Storing the results of the backup in the DARS database02/28/2023 14:13:14 - Info bp...
NBAC/RBAC
Hello Experts, would like to restrict the netbackup admin console access to other users so that they cannot start manual backup, restart, delete, modify etc... but they should have access to verify all the details in activity monitor and policy detai...
Resolved! How to execute the restore script about SQLServer database with command line manually in nbu 9.1
Hi all :I am trying to restore from a sqlserver database by restore script with command line. But I cannot make it to work because I did not find a command what can execute the restore script. I found "bprestore" in Administrator guide but it seems ...
SQL backup without Transection logs
Hello Experts,We have configured SQL agent based backup(SIP) backup but not capturing transection logs backup as it is backed up by SQL team locally on server. I have few queries on this configuration and requesting experts to revert1. Is this a reco...
Opscenter error-10939
Hello, Since 1 week ago the opscenter lost connectivity to the master server (appliance 5240) the admin and IP credentials work correctly when entering by ssh. But at the moment of performing the "test connection" it shows the following error: OpsCen...
Resolved! Questions about job history retention time in activity monitor& Logging
1) Is it corrct to add the new registry keys on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VERITAS\NetBackup\CurrentVersion\Config?Like if it's 3 months duration-> KEEP_JOBS_HOURS = 2160KEEP_JOBS_SUCCESSFUL_HOURS = 21602) I've found a option Logging on host propert...
Failed to initialize EMM connection. Verify that network access to the EMM server is available
Hi can some1 help me on the below issue/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd # nbemmcmd -listhosts -verboseNBEMMCMD, Version: 7.5.0.2Failed to initialize EMM connection. Verify that network access to the EMM server is available and that the services nbem...
Resolved! How to restore Primary copy(oracle data ) to where I want in NBU 9.1
Hi all I need your help because I previously backed up the whole Oracle database to the tape in webui (not the rman script )and copied it to the tape by SLP. Now I want to restore the data in the tape to the original client.I want to restore it ...
