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Clarification on tpconfig command for NDMP

Hi, I would like some clarification on tpconfig - add for NDMP This is a NetBackup 7.5.0.1 environment The information I am looking for is clarification on the -key command. We have an EMC VNX NDMP filer that requires MD5 for authentication. the comm...

Best practice for backing up multiple Sybase databases?

We have been testing the Netbackup 7.1 sybase solution over the past couple weeks; we have had success in backing up one single instance database with the template script provided at path "/usr/openv/netbackup/ext/db_ext/sybase/scripts/sybase_mydb_...

Resolved! Windows client side file list

Hi: I have an issue with some Windows file servers with large hard drives > 1 TB. Environment is 7.0.1 Master (Windows Server 2008) and Media Servers (Solaris 10 and Windows 2008) and various clients. The problems are with 6.5 Windows 2003 file...

Resolved! Symantec licenses

Hi, we have the company Renewal licenses in NB7.0.1 ,in sheet from symantec we have 1- table of the licenses renews every year and second table are the licenses my company owns and should be added to the renewal list this year 2- also we have the lic...

Resolved! NBU 7.1.0.3 - Find out which image contain which Backup Selection

Hi all, i want to ask you, if it is possible to figure out what an image contain. That means i have configure a backup selection list with the following entries: R:\Data\SharedG v:\ R:\Data\SharedJ R:\Data\SharedR R:\Apps R:\Apps The corresponding ba...

Resolved! How to move robotic controller host

I'm planning to move a robotic controller host to a newly created NBU master server. How can I move robotic controller host currently the robotic controller host was attached to media server the OS is AIX. What is the command or dou you have tech doc...

Resolved! operating system backup

Hi, 1-how to take operating system backup of (linux redhat ,AIX,and hp-ux) on symantec NB 7.0.1 2-i want to take this system backup while the machines are running 3-i want to know its impact on running machines is this applicable if not is there is...

Resolved! Running an incremental right before a Synthetic full, on the same day, using calendar

Netbackup 7.x Hi all, In a typical Synthetic full backup calendar schedule weekly cycle (assume the first traditional full is successful), you'd have something like: Mon - Differential Incremental Tue - Differential Incremental Wed - Differentia...

Resolved! Netbackup 7.5 Accelerator and Client-side Deduplication

Hi all, I've gone through the parts about Accelerator in the 7.5 Admin guide. I've read though the 7.5 Deduplication guide. I've read the "Netbackup Accelerator Feature Briefing" document that is only accessible in the seclusive Symantec IQ for P...

Resolved! script to check the media availability

Hi Dudes, I have made a script to chk the media availability #!/bin/ksh echo "Dude enter the media id's to check" while read a do echo "\n" nbemmcmd -listmedia -mediaid $a | egrep 'Last Write Host|Robot Number|Date Vaulted' done #...

Resolved! Netbackup for Sun Server SPARC

Dear all, My system have an new server Sun SPARC T4-1 using Solaris 11 with Oracle VM. I using OVM to deploy two domain (virtual machine). And i want a backup soluiton for this system Symantec Netbackup have not support for backup image OS on Solaris...

Resolved! VTL and multiple data streams

Dears ,,, i know is not able to use multiplexing on VTL (Datadomain), but i don't know if that able to use multiple data stream in VTL. Any idea about that... Thanks All

"No critical media available for policy {policy}"

I've been getting these errors for about a week now every day at 1, 2, and 3AM. "no critical media available for policy {policy}" I've checked to make sure that there are no empty volume pools assigned to the scheduled backups. The policy write...

Configuring NetBackup Vault within a deduplication environment

Hello, following technote states: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO36283 "Configure Vault duplication only if you use NetBackup Vault to duplicate the images. Configure Vault in the deduplication environment that p...

Resolved! Tape Drive Replacement

I am needing to replace a bad tape drive in one of my libraries in Netbackup version 7.0. Although I have many years of experience with Netbackup, I have never had to have a bad tape drive replaced. What is the best practice / procedure for Tape dri...

Resolved! Archiving files older than a specific date

I have a perl script that finds files older than a specific date, like older than 2012-01-01 00:00.0 It then moves these files from a data directory to an Archive area. Then I use a standard Netbackup Policy that backups these files to LTO tapes in a...

Resolved! HOW TO get back an expired backup image.

How can I get back a backup image I just expired. The tape is in already in the library and has non-expired images of other backups.... I just need to pull back the backup image I expired which sits on that tape... how can I do that?? I have multip...

Exchange 2010 db restoration

Hi All, We are facing issues while trying to restore dbs in Exchange 2010. We are getting the following error while trying to restore. **Note: The restoration gets completed successfully when Automount disabled and while exchange admin tries to moun...

Resolved! VMware backup of Exchange 2010 DAG, and GRT restore from tape

Hi all, Just a general query about VM Exchange server and GRT restore. GRT restores: First, let's talk about backing up an entire VM, and ignore MS Exchange for now. Suppose every other GRT prerequisite and config is fully in accordance to th...

Netbackup VMware Backup - Windows Change Journal

If I am backing up VMware VM's using the FLASHBACKUP-WINDOWS policy type, with an OFF-HOST VMware type of backup (VRAY), then I assume the use of Windows Change Journal on the VM itself is of no benefit ? Any comments ? I am using CBT for the VM's, ...

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