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Resolved! NetBackup API call format works in Unix but not Windows
I am running NetBackup 8.2 on a Solaris master. I am writing a script to run on my existing Windows clients for when the server needs to be reinstalled and it needs to have a re-issue token to allow automated installation of the NetBackup software. I...
Netbackup 8.1.2 upgrade to 8.3.0.1 and client version
Hi,i'm preparing an upgrade from 8.1.2 to 8.3.0.1.Two culprits. An Enterprise Vault and Exchange. The current Vault and Exchange versions are still supported. But they run an Windows 2008 platforms. Windows 2008 is no longer supported on 8.3.0.1...
Resolved! SQL error in Netbackup Opscenter 8.3
Hello All,We use some custom reporting scripts in our netbackup infra created by Veritas professional services few years back. We were using NBU 7.7 at that time. Over the years we have upgraded to 8, 8.1, 8.2 and we didnt face any issues with the re...
bpdbjobs returns zero in field 18 (percent complete)
Hi, I having problem with bpdbjobs command, when I run it from cmd most of the time it returns 0 (in some cases it shows truth (like 2 of 100)) in field 18 (percent complete). At the same time in NB console it works fine..Do you have any ideas why, p...
Resolved! Netbackup Catalog Backup - Where to Store
We currently have Netbackup 8.2 Environment with 1 Master (W2k16 / Virtual Machine (VMWare) + 2 Media Servers (W2k16, Physicals) & Data Domain as primary disk storage target via OST. We have our Catalog backup policy configured to store via UNC Path...
Multiple Clients Failing - VMware - status 196
Hi All, I am pretty new to Veritas Netbackup systems and I have been dealing with a status 196 on a client environment that has now been happening for a month. This issue is resulting in multiple policies failing due to a backup window timeout error...
Disaster Recovery - Desgin
Hello , Deploying a new DR , we'll address SLP but images need to be imported once we condcut a failover to the DR right ? all sheets like https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/127154394-127154399-0/v66399092-73262410stated catalog replic...
Upgrading Netbackup 8.0 -> 8.3
Hello Everyone, Its good to know that we have an awesome comunnity, first of all I hope everyone of you are safe in your homes,I have a question about the upgrade of Netbackup:I want to know the difficulty level and the risks that can happend when up...
Resolved! Netbackup appliance vmware vsan
Hello.I added my vsan vcenter to my vmware access hosts and it synced.When trying to back up any vm, snapshot takes a long time and stops with below error.Can you help?Jul 24, 2020 1:36:11 AM - Info bpbrm (pid=288024) Starting delete snapshot process...
Resolved! Netbackup Appliance with vmware Error 23
Hi all.Recently i implement an appliance.I dont have any SAN connectivity, also I use the appliance as backup host.Once I start any backup from any of my both vcenter, snapshot is taken but when backup starts it has below errors.Did anybody face this...
Several drives going DOWN in short period with "MEDIA LOAD OR EJECT FAILED"
We have Netbackup 7.7.3 and attached to it tape library SL3000(attached over FC). 1. To the media/master server1(on Solaris 11 SPARC) attached robot and 13 tape drives from SL3000.2. To the media server2(on SUSE ES 11) attached 5 tape drives from sam...
DFSR backup failing
10 May, 2020 7:19:40 PM - begin writing10 May, 2020 7:19:46 PM - Error bpbrm (pid=17654) from client client1230020: ERR - Unable to backup System State or Shadow Copy. Please check the state of VSS and associated Writers.INF - Estimate:-1 -110 May, 2...
Netbackup Accelerator Forced Rescan is running very slowly
Hi Netbackup Experts,I have configured Netbackup Accelerator for a windows file server. I have configured to run full backup with accelerator forced rescan once in a month. When it runs, the progress is very very slow. Is there any way to speed it up...
Replication Director SLPs and Netapp cDot
HelloI have a question to the SLP behavior with Replication Director on cDot Netapps. On 7mode Netapps it was possible to have multiple SLPs (daily, weekly, monthly,...) with the same destination volume on a backup netapp. For example. I have a daily...
Resolved! vSphere Plug-in appending domain name to FQDN vCenter Server name in Recovery Wizard
I hope someone here can help me with an issue I am having.I am running a NBU 8.2 master on a Solaris 11 server and connecting to a vCenter server running 6.7 u3. This is the first time installing the plug-in for a vCenter server that has been running...
Resolved! VERITAS NETBACKUP WITH RED HAT CEPH STORAGE
We are using netbackup with ceph storage where ceph is presented to the media servers as a MSDP. Since MSDP has limitations of one pool per media and a sizing limit of 96 TB, we are planning to use CEPH as a S3 - backup target for the new media serve...
Disk usage 100% on /usr/openv
So my "/usr/openv" directory is full.And when i go into /usr/openv, this is the size list i get.and this is the file size 6 months ago:If you notice, "netbackup" and "db" are very different sizes from 6 months agoWhat files are safe to delete in orde...
Resolved! How to pull a capacity utilization report for Individual Policies and clients
What is the best way to get the exact size of data utilized per policy and per individual clients.Generating Licensing report is not really useful for mehttps://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/24437881-126559615-0/v120721311-126559615any ot...
Netbackup admin console ONLY Backup Archive and Restore
Admininstration Console only show Backup Archive and RestoreI've solved a thing that other can have use for. Regarding the auth.conf.win.template (which should be use for auth.conf). Problem: My colleauge installed a ner Netbackup Master Server with ...
Resolved! MSDP Sizing and LUN Allocation Advice needed
We have New Media Server, I need to create a MSDP pool inorder to Duplicate some of our Backup's from other Media Server.From Storage i can create Small lun's of capacity (5-10 TB) each, Our Requirement for MSDP is around 40 TB, All i need to do is t...
