Using Backup Exec with Hyper-V 2.0
Introduction Using Backup Exec to backup virtual environments that use Hyper-V 2 (Windows Server 2008 R2) as hypervisor may be not as simple as it first looks. In this paper I want to cover some of the reasons why partners and customers struggle getting reliable backups in those environments, especially when using clustered Hyper-V installations.8.5KViews14likes12Comments- 9.8KViews12likes9Comments
Tuning my LTO4 tape drive.
Recently, I embarked on an exercise to see if changing the properties of the tape drive has any effect on the speed of my backups. I am using BE 12.5. I back up my data to a SAS-attached HP tape library with a LTO4 tape drive and I write to both LTO3 and LTO4 tapes.6KViews9likes14CommentsHow ZFS Cache Impacts NBU Performance
Problem: Solaris 10 ZFS ARC Cache configured as default can gradually impact NetBackup performance at Memory level, forcing NBU to use a lot of Swap memory even when there are several Gig's of RAM "Available", in the following Solaris 10 server we initially see that 61% of the memory is own by ZFS File Data (ARC Cache) # echo ::memstat | mdb -k2.7KViews7likes4CommentsStep By Step How To CREATE Reports IN Ops Center (without License)(Came With Netbackup 7.5 for Free)
Hi Most of the customer bosses wants to have daily or weekly reports of Netbackup, so its very easy , without purchasing the Reporting software or license we can generate it. I will tell you step by step that How We can Make Reports In Ops Center( which came free with NetBackup and No Need for its license also)11KViews7likes13CommentsA closer look at shared memory and buffers
Data is sent from the client to a 'buffer'. From here it is sent to storage (tape of disk). Think of data as 'water' and the buffer as a 'bucket' (in fact multiple buckets). The data (water) fills up the bucket, as you say, a tempoary storage area, before the water is tipped out of the bucket to the storage. Fairly simple.4.3KViews6likes2CommentsBackup Exec 2014 Blueprint - Deduplication
The Technical Services team for Backup and Recovery have produced a number of documents we call "Blueprints". These Blueprints are designed to show backup and recovery challenges around specific technologies or functions and how Backup Exec solves these challenges. Each Blueprint consists of:10KViews5likes2Comments