VMWare Backups with File Level Restore on 7.5.0.1
Having found out that we cannot exclude the data disks whilst using dynamic disks (see my previous post on the subject) I thought that I would backup the whole server and look at the file level restore for this particular server; however, I have stumbled across another issue............. The server has two disks, C drive is 60Gb and D drive is 100Gb both are set as dynamic disks, on top of this we are using the built in windows disk management system to mirror the D drive, the backup is set as a VMWare backup in the policy and all the default options are set in the advanced section so all disks are covered, the backup completes and I can restore 3 vmdk files but cannot do any individual file restores, we have tried breaking the mirror and re-running the backup but we get the same results. Having read the VMWare Admin Guide this does mention that using raid software on Linux will result in not being able to restore individual files, is this the same for Windows??? Have Symantec got any plans to change the VM backups to do what Veeam can do as at the moment it looks like our plan to remove Veeam from the estate will have to be put on hold until Netbackup can do the same as Veeam in relation to backup/restore. KevSolved583Views15likes1CommentBackupexec USB Tape drives and Compression
We typically install HP Tape Drives & Symantec Backupexec. In 2010 we installed a HP USB DAT 160 with Symantec Backupexec 12.5. The backup would not compress. Symantec told us that Backupexec is capable of compression & HP told us that the tape drive is capable of compression. But we could not get any compression when used together. An engineer in our firm did some digging around & came back saying that Symantec Backupexec will not support compression on USB Tape devices. We finally gave up & purchased a HP SAS DAT 160 & compression worked. I am not looking for do this do that suggestions, trust me we have done it all. I am not concerned about how much compression & the factors that affect compression. As far as I am concerned 1MB over native capacity is compression My question is does anybody (would love to hear from Symantec) know for a fact if it is still true for the latest version of Symantec Backupexec i.e. It will not support compression on USB Tape devices?909Views13likes2CommentsHow to backup one file that changes filenames daily?
Hey there, I'm wondering if it is possible to create a selection list that backs up a single file in a directory, that changes its filename every day. Example, I want to backup a text file located at: \example\test1.txt - but tomorrow the file is going to be named test2.txt and in that folder, test1.txt and test2.txt will exist. Hopefully this makes sense, and hopefully it is possible to do this. Thanks in advance for any help and/or suggestions!1.1KViews12likes6CommentsI could not install the netbcakup client software on windows server2008
Hi all , I can't install the client software7.5 on win2008 server and though installation getting the gollowing message: Product: Symantec NetBackup Client -- Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly microsoft.VC80.MFC,type="win32",version="8.0.50727.762",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",processorArchitecture="x86"'. Please refer to Help and Support for more information. HRESULT: 0x80070BC9. assembly interface: IAssemblyCacheItem, function: Commit, component: {9BAE13A2-E7AF-D6C3-A01F-C8B3B9A1E18E} we have same sever with the same setting was installed normally!!!!! microsoft suggest to upgrade patch regarding this issue that related to msi but it didnt solve the issue please help n this attached photo of the message Regards,Solved3.4KViews10likes9CommentsNetbackup VMware Backup - Windows Change Journal
If I am backing up VMware VM's using the FLASHBACKUP-WINDOWS policy type, with an OFF-HOST VMware type of backup (VRAY), then I assume the use of Windows Change Journal on the VM itself is of no benefit ? Any comments ? I am using CBT for the VM's, and performing FULL & DIFFERENTIAL backups. I have 'lots' of files on this server, and am looking to get the shortest backup window possible. I am using a VMware Mount Host which is SAN attached to the datastore LUNs of the ESX5 servers. NBU 7104. Any Comments ? AJ714Views10likes3CommentsWhat is "File Server" in lists of servers to backup?
So I can backup a Windows Server, a Linux Server, a Macintosh Server or choose a Vmware ESX host to add to list of servers But what is a "File Server"? In which case should I use this instead of a Windows Server for exemple? Does this require a Backup Exec Agent and use a licence? Or can I use this to backup some windows shares without any agents and without requiring a licence?328Views9likes1CommentHOW TO install BackupExec 2010 agent on Debian (RALUS)
I hope this post will be useful to many people (please vote for it or mark it as solution if it helps you). Installing directly RALUS on Debian will not always work. First problem : ../perl/Linux/bin/perl: No such file or directory Second problem : at the end "was not successfully installed" and "impossible to add VRTSralus to (server)" And some others that will get solved when following my solution This is a simple way to install it and avoid these (and other) problems : 1. (optional) Create a folder to keep all RALUS files and copy the archive into it : mkdir /root/BE mkdir /root/BE/RALUS2010 mv RALUS_RMALS_RAMS-2896.9.tar.gz /root/BE/RALUS2010/ cd /root/BE/RALUS2010 2. Unpack the archive provided by Symantec tar xzf RALUS_RMALS_RAMS-2896.9.tar.gz 3. Stop the RALUS service if it is already installed and runnig /etc/init.d/VRTSralus.init stop 4. Very important, if you are under a 64 bit Linux you have to this Extract debian package : tar xzf RALUS64/pkgs/Linux/VRTSralus.tar.gz Install debian package : dpkg -i VRTSralus-13.0.2896-0.x86_64.deb Start installation : ./RALUS64/installralus 5. But if you are under a 32 bit Linux you have to this (I didn't tested under 32 bits) : Extract debian package : tar xzf pkgs/Linux/VRTSralus.tar.gz Install debian package : VRTSralus-13.0.2896-0.i386.deb Start installation : ./RALUSx86/installralus or ./installralus 6. Be sure to answer all questions correctly especially the one about the host server (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX), you must give the IP of the Backup Exec server. 7. Do a restart of the RALUS Backup Exec agent, and it should say "[ OK ]" /etc/init.d/VRTSralus.init start I hope it will help ! Send me questions if you have other problems... Denis P.S. Tested with Debian 5.0.3 P.P.S. If you still have some problems : A) If you get "ERROR: VXIF_HOME is invalid. It must point to the root of VxIF. Exiting ...", simply edit ./RALUS64/installralus, and change line 3 : from : VXIF_HOME=../;export VXIF_HOME to : VXIF_HOME=/root/BE/RALUS2010/;export VXIF_HOME B) If you get "./RALUS64/installralus: line 50: ../perl/Linux/bin/perl: No such file or directory", simply edit ./RALUS64/installralus, and change line 50 : from : ../perl/$OS/bin/perl -I.. -I$PATH -I$VXIF_HOME -I../perl/$OS/lib/$PERL_VER ../installralus.pl $* to : ../perl/$OS/bin/perl -I.. -I$PATH -I$VXIF_HOME -I../perl/$OS/lib/$PERL_VER ./installralus.pl $* or to : perl -I.. -I$PATH -I$VXIF_HOME ./installralus.pl $* (to be clear, remove one dot in front of"/installralus.pl", keep only one dot instead of two) C) If the installation is sucessful but VRTSralus refuses to start, launch /opt/VRTSralus/bin/beremote –-log-console to see the error. If you get error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory you simply need to install the package : Under Debian 6.0.3 : apt-get install libstdc++5 (Thanks to RockwellMuseum)3.2KViews9likes17CommentsHuge size of /usr folder on backup server
I have a query related to the size of /usr folder on backup server. Please see the following logs. bash-3.2# pwd / bash-3.2# du -sh * | grep G 1.1G opt 11G proc 2.0G storage_db 12G usr 3.0G var Note the size of /usr directory. Now check inside /usr bash-3.2# du -sh * | grep G 8.7G openv Now check inside openv bash-3.2# du -sh * | grep G 4.0G db 1.9G netbackup 2.0G pack And now inside db bash-3.2# du -sh * | grep G 2.0G data 1.9G staging Inside data bash-3.2# ls -ltr total 4099338 rw------ 1 root bin 2433024 Sep 16 2012 NBAZDB.db.template rw------ 1 root root 0 Feb 24 2014 vxdbms_conf.lock rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Feb 24 2014 DARS_INDEX.db rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Feb 24 2014 DARS_DATA.db rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Feb 24 2014 SEARCH_INDEX.db rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Feb 24 2014 SEARCH_DATA.db rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Dec 12 01:00 BMR_INDEX.db rw------ 1 root root 617 Apr 7 02:01 vxdbms.conf rw------ 1 root root 2441216 Apr 7 23:54 NBAZDB.db rw------ 1 root root 4096 Apr 7 23:54 NBAZDB.log rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Apr 8 00:01 EMM_INDEX.db rw------ 1 root root 1071763456 Apr 8 00:05 EMM_DATA.db rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Apr 8 00:05 DBM_DATA.db rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Apr 8 00:05 DBM_INDEX.db rw------ 1 root root 26218496 Apr 8 00:05 JOBD_DATA.db rw------ 1 root root 1376256 Apr 8 00:06 BMRDB.log rw------ 1 root root 3588096 Apr 8 00:06 NBDB.db rw------ 1 root root 5836800 Apr 8 00:06 BMRDB.db rw------ 1 root root 773881856 Apr 8 00:06 BMR_DATA.db rw------ 1 root root 327680 Apr 8 00:06 NBDB.log Queries: Why the size of following folders is keep on growing /usr/openv/pack /usr/openv/db/staging /usr/openv/db/data Is there any truncation procedure. System is already at 90% and since the above folders are growing it will reach 100% eventually. What are the recommendations on it from Symantec.Solved1.1KViews8likes5CommentsBE 3600 Appliances with Backup Exec Desktop and Laptop Option (DLO)
i have customer has 100 desktop machine need to take backup for them , he has BE 3600 Appliances with Essential Protection licinses can i use the BE 3600 Appliances to save the DLO image , and how i can do that .Solved698Views8likes1Comment