NetBackup Technical Information Updates: Deduplication FAQs
Speeding up deduplication Check here for new and updated technical articles (and videos) on NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances that have been vetted by a cross-functional content council of NBU product and technical support engineers. The first article (link above) takes a deeper dive into the NetBackup deduplication process. Read this article if you have ever wondered why: MSDP is always busy, even with no jobs running TLog processing takes days to complete DiskVolume is down You are getting Status Code 83, 84, or 2074 If you have feedback or questions on any of the articles, or if you have key topics or areas that you would like to see addressed, please comment and let us know. Our aim is to provide you with the most up-to-date technical information on the NetBackup issues that concern you most.
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!
NetBackup 7.1 is now available!
(Crossposted from the "Netting Out NetBackup" blog) I'm very pleased to announce the General Availability (GA) of NetBackup 7.1! As you may have already read during the First Availability (FA), the key new features of NetBackup 7.1 include: Disaster Recovery AIR: Auto Image Replication Virtualization Linux single file restore for VMware Smart Policies for VMware Manageability/ Ease of Use Customer Experience License / Inv / Deployment reporting Capacity model OpsCenter VBR parity Audit Trails (Phase 2) SLP Reporting LiveUpdate- Client Major Version Upgrade Deduplication HPUX MSDP support Oracle dedupe improvements IPv6 Support Supportability Job flow logging improvements Status Code 5 Cleanup Proliferation Red Hat 6 AIX 7 FT Media Server – 8Gb HBA BMR Windows support of SFW5 Snapshot Client updates Your power links for NetBackup 7.1 information are: The NetBackup Enterprise Server overview page: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=landing&key=15143 NetBackup 7.1 Download Information: http://symantec.com/docs/TECH153200 NetBackup 7.1 Documentation: http://symantec.com/docs/TECH154178 NetBackup 7.1 Late Breaking News (LBN): http://symantec.com/docs/TECH153422 NetBackup 7.x Compatibility Lists: http://symantec.com/docs/TECH59978 EDIT: Yes, you can upgrade to 7.1 from ANY 6.x! To assist with your upgrade, we recommend a stop at the Symantec Operations Readiness Tools page: https://sort.symantec.com/checklist/install
Planning 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 Advance
Fix for issue with Acitvity monitor after upgrading to 7.5.0.5 has been released !
(NEW)(ET3106719)<<Fix Downloadable>>After upgrading a master server to NetBackup 7.5.0.5 (or applying NetBackup 5200/5220 Appliances 2.5.2 to an Appliance running as a master server), the Activity Monitor reports inconsistent information on job status for some jobs. Additionally, some jobs may not display in OpsCenter. http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH203521 This has also been added to the NetBackup Appliance Late Breaking News - http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH145136
