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I have a Master server with 6.5.3 and All my backup ploicies are working fine. But C Drive backups are running for long time and after writing some amount of data the backup job is getting hung. This happens only for few client servers. We are n...
Hi all, We have the following Windows 2003 R2 Netbackup Client Running DFS-RSeparate Netbackup Master running 6.5.2.xReplication cannot be stopped when running the backup as stated in https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/windows-server-200...
1. Consider all the stages of recovery 2. Investigate a bare metal restore situation 3. Perform recovery exercises for critical applications 4. Prepare for skills and resources to be available for an event 5. Document r...
Hi I have earlier one server which is having media and master server on same physical server we have taken few backups on veritas netbackup 6.5.1 after few months we have configured media and master on two different physical machines, now if we tr...
Hi Guys, I was wondering if anyone was using compression when running to a disk staging area? I have an issue where I have alot of large SQL backups and not enough tape drives to run them to. As far as I am aware SQL backups are not able/recommende...
Hi All, Just a quick question about disk staging that I need clearing up and I'm sure someone will know the answer. I have a 1TB drive attached to the media server for disk staging and the idea is to backup the data on the staging unit to tape in t...
I must have missed something recently. I just gone to from 6.5.2 to 6.5.3.1 on my master. And I have been seeing no FREEZING media messages in my problem report of late and yet there are tapes that are being frozen. I just tested a manual FREEZE and ...
Review upgrade manualsResolve open issues prior to executing the upgradeReview the environment to validate compatibility with NetBackup 6.5Create a project planCreate a rollback planPerform NetBackup catalog cleanupPerform upgrade of a test environme...
hi, i am trying to use bpstart_notify batch file to launch, say, regedit or notepad program, before a backup starts - note this I am doing a test and found backup doesn't start and fails with "client timed out waiting for bpstart_notify to complete(7...
I am trying to backup about 500 GB of data so I set up a full backup to tape which I will send to off site storage weekly and would then like to send my daily incrementals to disk. My problem is that the incremental to disk is using a different stor...
Where can I find a NetBackup support life cycle matrix? You would think it is easy to locate one, but I can't find it anywhere. I'm trying to find out how long my version of NBU (6.5.1) is supported for, and if there are any limitations to support,...
I have 2 Questions here 1. How to check whether the NBU services are running on a client from the master or the media server remotely either in windows or a Unix Client. is there a command to check it, 2. How to change job retry for a client. Is th...
Hello I have a issue with My network storage filling up and I am looking for best practices for DLO so that I can go though does anyone have a link. or recommendations It looks to me that the data is not dropping off after 30 days like specified? whe...
Howdy, Just wondering (and I searched the forum fruitlessly) if there is a documented procedure for refreshing old tapes (DLT) to new tapes (LTO-4)? I have been asked to for legal obligations and I inherited these systems (2 tape libraries) from the...
Hi all, I have searched and searched, but so far have not found a definitive answer to what seems to be a simple question. "When installing NetBackup 6.5 client on a Windows 2003 Server cluster, does the cluster aware option apply?" I have seen a...