Hi all
Does anyone know how to find out which tape an SQL database is sitting on without actually starting up a restore?
For some reason I can't find an easier way to determine this.
1. If you look BAR console on the master server you can't check ...
I found the command a couple of weeks ago somewhere on this forum and for the life of me I cannot find it again... Does anyone know the command to run against a temporary staging storage unit to find out which images have already been duplicated and ...
Has anyone tried or had any luck using SQLINSTANCE $ALL command in their SQL scripts - specifically in a clustered environment. If you have, please share.Thanks in advance
Hi I'm trying to set up an SQL backup in a environment with more that one SQL cluster group (Microsoft cluster) but for now am just trying to test a backup of the single default SQL virtual server in a single cluster group. I have set up an SQL poli...
Hi again
I might have read you question slightly wrong so this is an attempt to redeem myself
As J.Hinchcliffe mentioned, media servers can use tapes from the same pool without issues. If you don't have media sharing enabled (my previous post) the t...
By default this is the normal behaviour for NetBackup. This can amount to a large wastage of tapes, especially if you are vaulting your tapes to offsite. By default, tapes will not be shared between media server owners and this can translate to a l...
The implementation of SQL backup in NetBackup is a bit strange and sometimes a pain to work with but simply, the retention for the Application Backup schedule is used to determine how long the backup images will be kept (the schedule is not used by...
Just one more comment on this which might help...
NetBackup views the "Retention Level" number (0-24) as different entities. You are allowed to assign a "Retention Period" to most of these - including the "infinity" ones. if you choose to assign t...
