Media host override for SAP restores on Data Domain storage server
Hi, We are required to run a very large restore (~12TB) of a SAP database. The backup image is stored on a Data Doamin storage server. We would like to force the restore to use a specific media server that is not the server used for the oirignal backup. The storage server has 6 DD Boost enabled media servers accessing it for both backups and duplications between data centers. Each time we initiate the restore a different media server is used. We have used the "media host override" settings but these do not seem to be honored for OST storgae servers according to this artilce - http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/how-use-media-host-override Has anyone else experinced this problem?
SAP/MaxDB backup of transaction logs - status code 6 resolution
If you are backing up transaction logs of SAP/MaxDB you probably have often failed backups with status code 6. But nothing wrong happened. Just no transactions was available for backup. It's a behavior of dbmcli - anything except successful backup returns exit code 1. But parent wrapper script provided by Symantec is not able to distinguish real errors from situation where there are just no transactions to backup. (Read TECH129715). By Symantec we have to wait until SAP will provide dbmcli with more granular exit codes. Seems that we cannot do anything. Or can? What is the standard output of successful backup? Here is one example of stdout log file from bphdb log directory: SAP_SCHEDULED = 1 SAP_USER_INITIATED = 0 SAP_SERVER = master SAP_POLICY = CUSTOMER1-SAP SAP_FULL = 0 SAP_CINC = 0 OK Returncode 0 Date 20131011 Time 00232008 Server SAPDB1 Database DB1 Kernel Version Kernel 7.9.08 Build 008-123-247-140 Pages Transferred 24 Pages Left 0 Volumes 1 Medianame BACKLog Location \\.\pipe\BACKLog Errortext Label LOG_000000662 Is Consistent First LOG Page 1990049 Last LOG Page 1990050 DB Stamp 1 Date 20131011 DB Stamp 1 Time 00230056 DB Stamp 2 Date 20131011 DB Stamp 2 Time 00230056 Page Count 1 Devices Used 1 Database ID SAPDB1:DB1_20130615_201611 Max Used Data Page Converter Page Count DBMCLI successful And now something completely different: SAP_SCHEDULED = 1 SAP_USER_INITIATED = 0 SAP_SERVER = master SAP_POLICY = CUSTOMER1-SAP SAP_FULL = 0 SAP_CINC = 0 ERR -24920,ERR_BACKUPOP: backup operation was unsuccessful The database was unable to fulfill a request (-123, No more log to save). Execution of DBMCLI command failed - exiting This is the example of situation when MaxDB has no transactions available since last backup. I have decided to use string "-123, No more log to save" as detector of this situation. Check whether your version of SAP/MaxDB is working the similar way. And what is the final solution? Just to catch output of dbmcli and seek for the right string. The whole script with colorized changes is available on my page HERE. Please, try it. May it will help you. In case of any troubles, send me a notice (like other string for different versions of MaxDB).Media selection for SAP, Oracle (or possibly just window related?)
Netb 6.5.4,Solaris with SAP and ORA agents. Problem: for scheduled backups, there appear to be some issues related to media selection or 'why did my job stop'. Let me explain. With SAP backups I see this: policy starts, single stream, picks a tape,brbackup writes to it (SAP with Oracle btw). Then the backup enters a second phase, ie a separate job is spawned. This is to do the redo phase,ie we run brarchive. It drops the first tape and selects another ,writes to it.This repeats for the remaining phases of the job, so theres 2 tapes written alternately. Each spends (wastes?) time dismounting and remounting a new tape,A,B,A,B,A. Not knowing SAP for I'm not a SAP admin, is theres a good reason for doing this ie not putting all the data on a single media? I ask since on an unloaded system its not that important but when on a heavily used system this causes an issue: some other job jumps in and grabs the drive...backups that should take no time to complete to do arch redos or utl files (backup runs 5 phases,5 changes of media) are stretched out over hours. Similarly wth Oracle...the tpl runs, I write out the bulk of my data and then the next phase runs (archivelogs) and it needs a different media.Something else jumps in as if the job hasnt started and my Ora backup hangs around. This gets worse..the next phase (when there is a drive free) is then regarded as being out of the window of opportunity...its done the bulk data and now its been canned because the window has closed. Surely it would make sense to say if the initial job started in the window then all other spawned jobs are therefore deemed to have started within the window? Is there a way to do this? Simlarly if the job has begun then tape drive alloc should be reserved for that job if the job or subjob is still running? Thanks in advance,jim.
SAP HANA "Backint missing software version tag" error
Hi everyone I beg for your help or advise if anyone has experimented this problem. We configured a SAP HANA IBM Appliance backup following the steps in the NetBackup admin guide for SAP, but after lunch a backup process it always fails taking about 30 minutes to end. No jobs are generated in the NetBackup side or we can't see any jobs in the activity monitor. When we check at backint.log file, we found several errors displaying "ERROR: incorrect format or option in .utl file (-p)" and "Backint missing software version tag" as shown above: 2014-06-09 12:54:22.000 backint started: command: /usr/sap/HBP/SYS/global/hdb/opt/hdbbackint -f backup -p /usr/openv/netbackup/ext/db_ext/sap/scripts/sap_oracle/initSAP.utl -i /var/tmp/hdbbackint_HBP.wWCRnp -o /var/tmp/hdbbackint_HBP.csWwcO -u HBP -s 1402336462022 -c 1 -l LOG pid: 63217 input: #SOFTWAREID "backint 1.04" "HANA HDB server 1.00.70.00.386119" #PIPE "/usr/sap/HBP/SYS/global/hdb/backint/log_backup_0_0_0_0" 2014-06-09 12:54:22.000 backint terminated: pid: 63148 exit code: 0 output: ERROR: incorrect format or option in .utl file (-p) exception: exception 1: no.110515 (Backup/Destination/Backint/impl/BackupDestBackint_Executor.cpp:190) Backint missing software version tag Our master server is a Windows 2008 Server running NBU 7.6.0.2 Our SAP HANA Appliance is on a SuSe Linux 10 SP2 running NBU 7.6.0.1 Thanks in advancesap oline backup error
Hi ,,, can any one tell me what is the resion of error no 6.. Please give me proper solution for that.. SAP_SCHEDULED = 1 SAP_USER_INITIATED = 0 SAP_SERVER = bkp-srv1 SAP_POLICY = sapprod1_online_backup SAP_SCHED = SAP_SNC_SCHED = Full BR0051I BRBACKUP 7.00 (32) BR0055I Start of database backup: benfdery.anf 2014-02-15 10.56.10 BR0484I BRBACKUP log file: O:\oracle\D12\sapbackup\benfdery.anf BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-02-15 10.56.10 BR0301E SQL error -257 at location BrDbConnect-2, SQL statement: 'CONNECT system/********' ORA-00257: archiver error. Connect internal only, until freed. BR0310E Connect to database instance D12 failed BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-02-15 10.56.10 BR0301E SQL error -257 at location BrDbConnect-2, SQL statement: 'CONNECT system/********' ORA-00257: archiver error. Connect internal only, until freed. BR0310E Connect to database instance D12 failed BR0056I End of database backup: benfdery.anf 2014-02-15 10.56.10 BR0280I BRBACKUP time stamp: 2014-02-15 10.56.10 BR0054I BRBACKUP terminated with errors Execution of BRBACKUP command failed - exitingSAP Policies & Schedules & Automated Duplication
We have a policy which contains clients based on the SAP backup type We aren't defining any of the variables within the utl file, therefore they are being passed by the sap_online_backup script However, this method doesn't utilize the SLP associated with the parent job, as the child job is spun up as "Application Default Backup". If we change the retention on that schedule, then every single backup will have the same SLP retention defined. What's the correct method in ensuring you have all the correct parent and corresponding child schedules set so that SLP is automated? Does this have to be done within' the sap_online_backup script? or will we have to use multiple / custom utl files? Thank you.