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Resolved! complete recovery of windows server - couple of doubts
Hi, I'm attempting a full system restore of a windows 2008 server (client A) to another windows 2008 server (client B). I'm following the below mentioned Technote as a reference. However I have couple of questions. 1. While restoring should I be se...
Resolved! How LTO4 change to LTO6 Drives and Tapes in NBU
Hello, i need a little Help, i must change next weck old LTO Drive to new LTO6, ok change the physically Drive is no a problem, just one thinks make me a headache: to remove old tapes and replace the new tape in the new LTO6. first one i change...
Resolved! Why the NET_BUFFER_SZ dramatically improve the backup speed?
Hi All, I have a real world issue and I managed to resolve it, but I am more insteresting in the why the NET_BUFFER_SZ works. Below is the description: Issue There is a newly installed NBU client at 7.5 level in the HP 11.31, IA64 platfo...
Resolved! bpdbjobs wanted to sort by jobid by ascending order
Hello I'm running 7.6.1 on win2008 R2 SP1 By default when you execute bpdbjobs.exe - report -file c:\file.csv the output is automatically sorted the job id in descending order, is there a way to sort it in ascending order by jobid? Thanks a lot
Resolved! Non supported OS VM backups
Currently running the latest 7.5. We do have some older VMs (Netware 6, RHEL 4 32bit, RHEL 5 32bit) that have the latest supported client installed (netbackup client 6x). We are looking at upgrading to 7.6.0.2 so we can upgrade vmware to 5.5. Q...
Resolved! Dual-Port LTO drive's configuration in Linux.
Hi, We have 4 dual-port LTO5 tape drives and I would like to configure them under NB 7.6.0.[12]. The issue is that the IBM TS3310 needs license for "Path Failover" but I do not know whether the Netbackup supports Data Path Failover (DPF) and/or C...
How to take Linux System State backup
Hi, I want to backup system state of Linux client. Is it possible? How to configure policy? which policy type i have to select?
Resolved! Windows 2012 R2 7.6.x.x Master/Media Support ETA?
I am glad to see 7.6.0.2 has been delivered! Symantec went on record to say that Windows 2012 R2 master/media support wasn't going to make it to 7.6.0.2 so I'm wondering if there is any new information on where this support might be on their roadmap?...
Resolved! Reassign /assign robot type and number for a cleaning tape
I guess my question is two parts. - How do I reassign the robot type and robot number for existing cleaning tapes ? - How would I assign the robot type and robot number for any new cleaning tapes that are added ? Thank you all in advance.
Resolved! How to make newly inserted media available
Hi, Our backup admin is out this week and I'm taking over momentairly. I imported new media into the tape library (NBU partition) and want to make this available in NBU (7.5). I performed an inventory but do not see new media available? How do I...
Resolved! NDMP backup fail
Hello Team, master server OS is AIX master server NBU version 6.5.6 NDMP backup of mount point failed after writing. May 8, 2014 5:15:21 AM - estimated 2094382861 kbytes needed May 8, 2014 5:15:22 AM - started process bpbrm (pid=197066) May ...
NetBackup 7.6.0.2 (NetBackup 7.6 Maintenance Release 2) is now available!
(Crossposted from the Netting Out NetBackup blog) I’m extremely happy to announce that NetBackup 7.6.0.2 is now Generally Available! NetBackup 7.6.0.2 is our first maintenance release for the NetBackup 7.6 line ("7.6.0.1" was our "7.6 GA" release)....
Resolved! Oracle Intelligent Policy
We are running Netbackup 7.6.0.1 on OEL 5.8 and using Oracle Intelligent Policies to backup mostly Oracle 11.2.0.4 and .3 I want to create an instance group to put in the database credentials for a group. We are using Database authentication as wel...
Resolved! Netbackup services Hung/multiple bpclntcmd.exe process running
Hello, Of late we are experiencing this issue on number of our WIndows 2k3 and 2k8 servers where the Netbackup services just go hung and do not start . when we try to start them manually, error like failed to start the dependency and the services ...
Resolved! Windows Floppy Error by VMWare Flashbackup
Hello. What can i do to resolve my Windows Floppy Error from a VMWare VM by backup them? I tried to remove the floppy from the VM, but the error message is still there. And i need a solution, becouse our System Monitoring is going "red". Attac...
Resolved! Media Server access to Vmware/ESX
Hello, We are troubleshooting an error for a vmware policy (156) and some doubts were raised: 1- Does the media server need to access the Vmware/ESX through an IP address? 2 - What kind of connection is required for the client to initiate a...
Resolved! Win2012 R2 Hyper-V and NetBackup v7.6.0.2
The NetBackup doc re support for virtual encironments was updated yesterday (7th May 2014), and now includes additional statements surrounding Win2012 R2 Hyper-V and NetBackup v7.6.0.2: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=...
Resolved! Snapshot Client - Options are graded out
Hi All While creating backup policies, snapshot client options are graded out. Does it require an additional license to perform snapshot backups in veritas netbackup? Your reviews will be very much helpful. Thanks Thomas
Resolved! KMS with tape (no OST) - best practice around offsite recovery
We are looking to implement KMS - does anyone have experience with this and offsite recovery - specifically how to recovery the key database on the DR master server?
Resolved! Netbackup 5.1 unable to backup Lotus Domino 8.5.3 - Error 71
Hi Forumites, First up, a confession - I'm a bit of a NetBackup lightweight. I've quite a bit of experience swapping the tapes and restoring 'essential' files for users - however my job is now seeing me taking on more responsibility these days. Th...
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