PUT MORE IN THE GUI!!!!!
I get more frustrated everyday! When I call Symantec support and ask for a simple solution....I am always told to "run this cmd". Netbackup is suppossed to be the industry leader in backup software....so I am told. My company has spent over $500K on the netbackup software.....I can just imagine how much other compaines have spent. Here is 1 small example..... We are planning on moving our datacenter around and need to move alot of servers from this rack to that rack. Some of the servers include the netbackup servers(master & medias). Due to synthetic backups and MSDP(kudos for that)...all backups are done but the duplications to tape are still running. I have 10 duplications pending to run and they will not finish by the time we need to bring down the servers. WHY can I not just right click and hold or suspend these duplications? I am sure it would not take to much to program that into the the gui. NO I have to run some cmd that takes me 30 minutes to gather all of the information I need. Then another 30 minutes to write the cmd to release the duplications. I am sure I could come up with atleast 5 examples of where GUI improvements would make everyone's life's better. I understand that in 7.6 there are suppossed to be ALOT of improvements in SLP's and what can be done. I have been asking for these "improvements" for 3yrs now. Like I said...my company has spent ALOT of money to purchase....and for support for this product. You would think it would not take too much to program in these improvements. Maybe if more of us let Symantec know how we feel....they might do something!617Views3likes2CommentsPlanning Migration from NetBackup 7.1.0.3 to 7.5.0.6
Hi everybody, We are planning a migration from NetBackup 7.1.0.3 to 7.5.0.6 in VCS Cluster 5.1 SP2 environment. After the research in compatibility guide, we found that it is supported. Does somebody have an idea about the End Of Life Support ? NetBackup 7.1.0.3 Veritas Cluster Service 5.1 SP2 Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Thanks in Advance599Views2likes3CommentsMedia Multiplexing
Hi Experts, Previoulsy I had many jobs in queued state and these got failed with 196 errors. We have 8 drives and Media Multiplexing was set to 1 in full and differential backups in policy schedule. I changed these Media Multiplexing to 4 in full and incremental in schedule. Now backups are happening very fast. 1:- So i just need to know whether its right approch? 2:- We are using LTO-6 tapes. I need to know whether 1 drive can write 3-4 backup jobs in the same tape at the same time? I think thats what is happening now?Solved1.6KViews1like7CommentsProduct key for Netbackup 7.6.0.1 trialware
I downloaded netbackup 7.6 at Symantec Marketing Campaign site https://www4.symantec.com/Vrt/offer?a_id=91443. When I try to do the installation, it prompt me for a product key, which I dont have. Where can I get the product key? Thanks in advanced.Solved1.7KViews1like4CommentsDrive Issue
Hi Experts, I have oracle SL 150 Drive in our setup and it has 8 drives. I had checked the drive status in Library Console it shows all drives have tapes. If i check from Netbackup it shows the attached information. We have 17 jobs in queue and 18 are active. 1:- I dont understand how to check whether my 8 drives are writing to media or not. 2:-How could I set all drives should be busy and no one should be free while jobs are running. Device Robot Drive Robot Drive Device Second Type Num Index Type DrNum Status Comment Name Path Device Path robot 0 - TLD - - - - drive - 0 hcart3 1 UP - Drive000 /dev/rmt/0cbn drive - 1 hcart3 2 UP - Drive002 /dev/rmt/2cbn drive - 2 hcart3 3 UP - Drive001 /dev/rmt/1cbn drive - 3 hcart3 4 UP - Drive003 /dev/rmt/3cbn drive - 4 hcart3 5 UP - Drive004 /dev/rmt/4cbn drive - 5 hcart3 6 UP - Drive007 /dev/rmt/6cbn drive - 6 hcart3 7 UP - Drive005 /dev/rmt/5cbn drive - 7 hcart3 8 UP - Drive006 /dev/rmt/7cbn Pls help.Solved1.1KViews1like5CommentsNetBackup 7.5 install question
Hi , I had installed NetBackup 7.5 eval copy and I wanted to patch it to the latest version 7.5.0.6, however I was told that that is not available for eval copy. I was wondering if anyone have the documents, screen shots or way to upgrade from 7.5 to latest version 7.5.0.6 ? Also wondering if NetBackup supports for backing up these: IP based disk for RDS, Baracuda, NEXSAN satabeast. Thanks.Solved985Views1like3CommentsNetbackup 7.1 Sparc 10 Media Server Installation
Hello, We are currently running on Sun Master and Windows Media Servers which are working quite well. Currently we have a new requirement to add Sun Sparc media server to existing netbackup enviroment. I have Sun Sparc Server ISO image and all_unix ISO images. I tried using both the images but endup with installation od either nbu client or master software. As in rocedures of installing NBU Media server step 11 below is not visible in installation process. Is (name) the master server? [y,n] My question is does nbu have diffrent media for Media Servers? If not how the hell am i going to get to install it without embaressing myself by ending up with master / client services? Thnaks in advance. Bye, AndySolved1.4KViews1like7CommentsNetbackup 7.6 First Availability program announced for October
This snuck by me a few weeks ago, and it may have snuck by you as well, so I'm posting a pointer here. (If this has already been posted on the forum....my apologies, and here it is again!) Information on the NetBackup 7.6 First Availability (FA) program, currently scheduled to begin next month, can be found by accessing this post on the Netting Out NetBackup blog: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/netbackup-76-first-availability-fa-program-announced-october From that posting: What are the key new features NetBackup 7.6? NetBackup Accelerator support for virtual machines including applications VMware Instant Recovery Oracle Policy Framework 3X faster backup and restore with MSDP SLP windows and targeted AIR Replication Director VMware, Application, and Block Array Support Extensive support for Windows 2012 I have absolutely NO information about NetBackup 7.6 beyond what's in the letter, but ask away. ;-)570Views1like6CommentsNetbackup Media Change Error
Dears, Thank you for thaking your time to read/give me a solution for a problem i am faceing. We are using Netbackup 7.1 Enterprise with SL500 tape library. Our companys new policy states that all backup medias which hold the previous day backup shall be put in to a Safe Box and the next media should be used from the Safe to todays backup. We tried to remove the yesterdays backup media and insert a new media from the same volume pool, so the policy will use the volume pool with out any problem since the volume pool has atlist one media availavle. Problem: Policy failed with Status code 96 Status = unable to allocate new media for backup, storage unit has none available. Please i need your help on this issue, i already wasted so much time. You can also share me your idea/experiance if there is any way i can move media to SafeBox then Tape Library then SafeBox Evry day.Solved1.5KViews1like14Comments