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Resolved! Expiring Media Script

I'm looking for a Windows script (powershell would be nice) to expire approximately 1000 tapes. We have had to place a hold on a large amount of media for the past year due to a legal matter and would now like to release the media. My experience in t...

Resolved! Netbackup Policies configuration report

hi all, we are using NBU 7.0.1 on windows 2008 R2 64 bit, we have 100 policies configured in it so it is not easy to maintain a file on that i can mentioned all the policies and thier schedules to submit to my management. so is there any software o...

Resolved! Does Master need connectivity to ACSLS?

Scenario: Linux Master server at Site A. All media servers at site backup to Data Domain. Media servers (Windows) at Site B connecting to LTO drives in ACSLS-controlled robot. Forward and reverse lookup is fine between Site A master and Site B media ...

Resolved! How to move policies from one master server to another keeping everything the same.

Hello, I know there has to be a way to do this but need some help with the commands or link to the command (I tried searching the community but no success if someone can find a thread about this and display the link that would be nice also. I would ...

NBU 7.0.1, DataDomain and SLP to tape

We are using NBU 7.0.1. We also utilize DataDomain OS v5.1.0.5, as well as an SDLT tape library. Currently we have some backup jobs that backup to the DataDomain device, then the job utilizes a Storage Lifecycle Policy to duplicate the data to Tape...

Windows client is not resolving alias name as a valid server

When the master or media server attempts to connect to the client using one of the alias names or the FQN (ie: master1.domain1.com) it gets error code 59 . (not recognized as a valid server). Is there any way to get the client to recognize the alia...

Resolved! Netbackup Related Doubts.

Hi All, I have some doubts(questions) elated to netbackup . If you know kindly share it . 1.If you have a SCSI attached robot and in device monitor you see the drives marked as AVR, what does that mean and how would you fix it? 2) If you wante...

Resolved! Need A document og Tape Naming convetion understanding

Hi All, This is Sagar . I need a document on any link to understatnd the tape naming convention . For e.g. Gen I :- hcart Gen II :- hcart2 Gen III :- Hcart3 then why we used Gen IV :- hcart again , why not Hcart4 . Kindly any one have solution ...

Resolved! Netbackup 7.x "Client Encryption" and 32bit Linux/Unix clients running 6.5.x

Hi all, Environment: We have a Win2003 32bit Netbackup 6.5.0 Master Server with a mix of 32bit and 64bit Linux/Unix clients. All our *nix OS versions are supported by Netbackup according to the 6.x Compatibility List. The environment will soon ...

Guidance: moving a media server to another master.

Hi gang, I have 2 master servers (master 1 and master 2 in different domains) running NBU 7.1.0.x on SLES. Master 1 has a media server that is in another city and attached to its own library and filer (NDMP). I need to move this media server to maste...

Resolved! Restarting an archive job

Hi, To restart a job I use command bellow... RH_Linux> # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpdbjobs -restart 1599981 restarting 1 job but if this job is an archive DB job, it doesn't work... RH_Linux> # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bp...

Resolved! Duplicate msdp

Hi! Im looking for the best solution in this scenario: Location one 1 master/media server with a msdp pool Location 2 Mediaserver with a msd pool wan link between them is around 10mbit I want to duplicate the jobbs from location 1 to location 2...

Resolved! An existing snapshot is no longer valid and cannot be mounted for subsequent operations(1542)

Hi, after update exchange to 7.5, i receive this error for Exch Incremental Backups: "An existing snapshot is no longer valid and cannot be mounted for subsequent operations(1542)". The error come after a full backup. Does anyone know anything aco...

Resolved! how to move Disk Unit move when media server crashed

hi, we have NBU 7.0.1 single master and two media servers and a tape libary is attached also using SAN Disks configured on both media server. on both media servers we have configured disk units but unfortunatly one of our media server windows crash...

Resolved! Decommission Old media server

Hello, How can I decommission old media server for disk based backup images, I see lot of articles for tapes to move the db, Is there any method for disk based backup images Also I will be building up new linux media server and decomm old solaris ...

Sharepoint 2010 GRT setup

I am able to configure a standard sharepoint backup without any problems but I am extremly confused on how to go about setting up GRT. Can anyone offer some insite into the easiest way to configure that? I have read all the docs on setting it up but...

Resolved! Win Mdeia Srever Ugprade

Master Server: Solaris 10; NBU 7.1.0.1 Media Server: Windows 2008, 64 bit; NBU 7.0 - I need to know the steps to upgrade the media server. detail is not appreciated but not asked. but I do need all the steps to upgrade these 8 media servers. beside t...

Resolved! NBU 7.5 General Question

Hello, I'm fairly new to the NBU arena, and understand it may help if I knew additional specifics within an environment however wondering if some information can be provided in regards to new NBU functionality: * NBU Replication Director: This fun...

Listing for all Late Breaking News Bullitan which contains most common issues and solutions.

Starting with NetBackup 6.5.2, the Late Breaking News Bulletin has been created in order to provide customers updates on Documentation and Known Issues discovered post release. These documents attempt to highlight the most 'common' known issues and ...

Resolved! Moving VxMS to different path

Hi All, Most of the time, our backup admins create VxMS logging and forget to disable it; and we end up filling up the C "OS" partition. Atlast, no one wants to accept the ownership for what happened. So we decided to change the VxMS logging directo...

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