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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.

Marianne by Moderator
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Restore error 2850 and tar status code 5

Aug 20, 2020 11:21:28 AM - begin RestoreAug 20, 2020 11:21:29 AM - Info bprd (pid=54413) Found (13,176,043) files in (83) images for Restore Job ID 11202933.xxxAug 20, 2020 11:21:55 AM - number of images required: 1Aug 20, 2020 11:21:55 AM - media ne...

Upgrade to 8.3

Hi, I am planning to upgrade to Netbackup 8.3 from 7.7.3. The master and media servers are all at 7.7.3, as per the upgrade document an upgrade from 7.7.3 to 8.3 is fully supported. The Master server has to be upgraded first followed by the media ser...

mn79 by Level 3
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Updating DNS/LDAP config

I'm attempting to configure DNS/LDAP on netbackup 7.7.3 on a 2012r2 server. I've looked at a few documents that reference a flex shell or appliance web console but I'm not sure how to access these, I just log into the master server on the admin conso...

dcbone by Level 3
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Restore failed status: 24: socket write failed 1

Trying to restore a VM and got the error below : Info bptm (pid=7628) EXITING with status 24 <----------Info tar32 (pid=7240) done. status: 24: socket write failed Error bpbrm (pid=5656) client restore EXIT STATUS 24: socket write faile  Could you pl...

Ali93 by Level 3
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Netbackup external certificates

Working on External certificates for netbackup Using the following KBhttps://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/article.100047422It is not clear of ownership and permissions needed for the following file locations in the bp.confAnyone know?Unix: /...

Henry7 by Level 1
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netbackuo MSDP component

in neetbackup msdp component  i know that image and deduplication dadtabase (metadadat for dedublication) reside on medi server deduplication poolbut what the important  of storage path and database path ???i didnot get that it used to save rawbackup...

Combining Excludes and Wildcards

Hi,I am testing out policies and am having issues with SET EXCLUDES and wildcards.I have been able to get them to work seperately, but have been unable to combine them in the same policy.NEW_STREAM/General/it_software/[a-fA-F]*SET EXCLUDE=DirectoryNa...

cayde-6 by Level 3
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No drives available.

Hi,I have 3 media servers sharing 2 drives in an Quantum i500.We have a Storage lifcycle policy which eventually write to these 2 drives.There are 2 active jobs however they will only write to one drive at a time.One job will be writing and the other...

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STATUS 5986: Certificate request for host was rejected

HelloI have the following configurationMaster: NetBackup 8.1.1 on RHEL 7.6Master hostname: master1Master FQDN: master1.int.comMaster name configured for NetBackup: master1 (without FQDN)Client: NetBackup 7.7.3 on RHEL 7.2, to be upgraded to NetBackup...

Raek by Level 3
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Netbackup 7.6.1

Unable to start Netbackup admin console 7.6.1 getting the error "Unable to retrieve the version of the server "Note: Only the server IP got changed to a different one since then it started the problem. Can anyone help 

AIR 8.0 to 8.2

Hi,I want to replicate my catalog images from 8.0 to 8.2 master server. Is it possible? Ive found some old documents and according to this document its not possible. Maybe changed after 8.0.Thanks

probck by Level 3
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Resolved! unable to resolve hostname no hostname alias added to pem name manager

Hello, We have a problem regarding decommissioned servers for which we have daily errors in Problems report on the master server. The message is "unable to resolve hostname no hostname alias added to pem name manager". Normally, this happens when a s...

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Duplication Error

Duplication fails with the following errors : 3 août 2020 11:52:52 - positioned XXXXX; position time: 0:01:4813 août 2020 11:52:53 - begin reading13 août 2020 11:55:33 - Error bptm (pid=1553) ioctl (MTFSF) failed on media id XXXXX, drive index 10, I/...

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Media Report

We are using NetBackup v8.2 installed on Windows Server 2016. I need to generate a report of tapes which have expired and can be reused. 

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Cloud Storage Server configuration

Hello, I have a basic default install of NBU on a single server.  I have a backup job running successfully that writes to local disk.  I am trying to add an S3 Object Store as an archive tier or secondary location to write backup files, but I can't s...