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JohnSit · 04-17-2019

I have a support call logged with Veritas.3 volumes on a Netapp filer, 1 dedupes perfectly with a typical ratio of 19:1.2 volumes have no dedupe at all yet I have solid proof in screenshots of it working on the two volumes, two months ago (yes, it ha...

JohnSit · 08-17-2017

Hi,I could really do with someone to post their opinion here please.We are running backup exec 16 and have been having problems with a job failing.After about 3-4 hours with Veritas support they have advised that the issue will be resolved if we "tur...

JohnSit · 10-21-2013

Hi, Some help really appreciated here. We have switched to using backup exec 2012 now for about three months. I have multiple jobs setup all based on the same template. They are scheduled in as daily which alternates between two tapes as a differe...

JohnSit · 04-17-2019

Thanks for the response!The problems started occuring when an engineer advised us to change a registry key on the server as part of case 180919-000754 (totally unrelated to this). Since then, even after a full rebuild, the volumes have not deduped. O...

JohnSit · 08-17-2017

It did seem to perform a verify operation in the logs when it ran correctly, no skipped messages.Job Log: BEX_XXXXXX_10470.xml0 files were different. Processed 358737914880 bytes in 1 hour, 16 minutes, and 18 seconds. Throughput rate: 4484 MB/min

JohnSit · 08-17-2017

Thanks for your response, yes, it is an NDMP backup.That may well be true but the backup with verify was running successfully for years and then started failing with a "verify failed due to an error with a previous job" error. Im convinced something ...

JohnSit · 10-24-2013

OK all, thanks for the replies. Well, my first experience with Symantec support was an hour of my life wasted. After taking 45 minutes to explain the issue in 5 different ways the eventual solution was to move the daily differential for that particul...

JohnSit · 10-21-2013

Thanks but Im not sure how relavent this is as all jobs are configured the same but just the one servers jobs arent superseded.

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OK all, thanks for the

Thanks but Im not sure how