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blooney · 03-09-2010

I am running NetBackup 6.5.4. I have a Solaris 9 (V880) server that I backup on a nightly basis (full backups). Yesterday my main boot disk blew up and the mirrored disk was corrupt so I couldn't boot to a recent state. I was able to finally boot ...

blooney · 02-09-2010

I have a server running the latest version of NOM and am wanting to evaluate VBR. Can I safely install the evaluation copy of VBR on my NOM server? Since I am evaluating VBR, I would like to forgo creating a new server for this if at all possible. ...

blooney · 02-04-2010

Yesterday (2/3/2010) I found an error in one of my policies. The policy has several schedules associated with it (i.e. daily, weekly, monthly, yearly...). Each schedule is set to run each backup to a corresponding volume pool of tapes. For example...

blooney · 07-30-2007

I am using NetBackup 6.0MP4. I have an SQL policy that runs daily, backing up 7 different servers. The policy retention is 8-weeks and the tapes are sent off-site daily. I am going through approx 5-7 tapes daily and am looking to cut that amount d...

blooney · 06-28-2007

All, I'm the newbie here! :o I currently have a policy that runs everyday backing up my MS-SQL databases. I am attempting to set the policy schedule to have an 8-week retention (daily offsite) and a 1-yr retention (monthly offsite). I would like t...

blooney · 03-09-2010

Jags, Please try following the directions on this document. Use the Window's instructions (Solaris is listed first). Let me know if this works for you. Thanks! http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/311420.htm Looney

blooney · 03-09-2010

Nicolai, Thanks for the feedback, however this policy is not setup for True Image Restore with move detection. That would be nice right about now. :o) Is there another way to compare the two backups?

blooney · 03-09-2010

Thanks for your input John! I like the idea of OpsCenter, I think I'll just hold off until I upgrade to 7.0. Once I upgrade and get OpsCenter up and running I'll try to remember to come back to this posting to let you know how it works. :o) Thanks...

blooney · 03-09-2010

Thanks for the valuable advise CRZ, I appreciate it! I'll either create another virtual machine to install VBR or I'll just wait until I upgrade to 7.0 and work with the new goodies Symantec is offering (OpsCenter) as John suggested. Thanks again! ...

blooney · 02-04-2010

Andy and Bill, Thank you both for your input regarding this, I appreciate it! Bill, with regards to logging off / locking the workstation. I did log off the server before I left for the evening, this might have led to the EC50 that I received. ...

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NOM & VBR -- same server?

client process aborted(50) when running a manual duplication of image

How to assign media-id for specific backup policy?

Different volume pools for single SQL backup policy... is it possible?

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Not setup for TIR...

Thanks for your input John!

Thanks!!

Andy and Bill, Thank you both