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. KevSolved579Views15likes1Comment
Huge size of /usr folder on backup server
I have a query related to the size of /usr folder on backupserver. 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.Solved1KViews8likes5CommentsRestore wizard?
Next problem... I am now trying to do a restore and even this is not an easy task! When I start the restore wizard it lists all of the backup files, in no particular order, image attached. I now have to go through 1000 backup files one by one to see the contents to locate the latest backup of a file! Surely this cannot be right.Solved483Views8likes2Comments
Required some inputs for VCS functions...
As we are in phase to built a DR project for Enterprise Vault.We have some quries for the same... 1) Once the data is replicated to DR, is there any way in VCS to check for integrity of the replicated data? 2) Copying vault store partitions to new storage would be a time consuming task since the size of the partitions and the number of files is huge. What would be the best practice method recommended by Symantec for copying this data in order to improve efficiency and also minimize risk of data loss. 3) Once the solution is deployed, is it possible to revert back to windows format storage from Symantec format with minimal data loss? Regards VVVSolved1.1KViews8likes4Comments
Restoring files from a specific tape.
Netbackup Enterprise 7.1.0.3 running on Solaris 10 If I want to restore some files but I only have one of a lot of tapes in the Library, the rest is Vaulted to offsite storage. Now I would like to restore the files only from the tape that is in the library, sort of for the time being. In restore I see all of the files, I could sort of narrow it down using dates, but I would like to click on a directory and say that I would like to restore all files in this directory that you find on Tape X. I don't care about the files on other tapes becuase that involves getting tapes from offline storage. Is this possible?Solved1.7KViews8likes3Comments
Windows thick console 7.5 - no way to backup/restore servers?? Also issue with Russian characters in file names
We have come across an issue using the JAVA console (either on UNIX or Windows) where files with Russian characters in the file name are not being correctly named in NetBackup. The file names are being created similar to H2TV30~1. This make trying to restore a file an Indiana Jones type of adventure. 3 days of Googling, and all I can find is one post where someone said Symantec told them to use the Windows thick console and it should display file names with Russian characters fine. OK, so I finally got the Windows thick console up and running (BTW - the console and the client share registry settings. We were backing up the server that I installed the console on via the public NIC, but our master server only listens on the private NIC - in order to get both working, had to set the client to back up through the private NIC!). So I get it installed, fire it up, and it looks almost identical to the JAVA client - ALMOST! There is no Backup, Archive, and Restore function right above the Activity Monitor! Only thing I can find is the button on the toolbar, and that ONLY brings up the client to backup/restore the client the console is installed on! Is there no way to backup and restore all of your servers through the Windows thick console like you do through the JAVA console? We are running the master and media server on UNIX. And also, anyone have any inputs on the Russian character thing?Solved1.4KViews7likes9Comments
viewmessage.asp restore button
Hello, Currently when I click the restore button for an email I am presented with a dialog that has 3 fields: Microsoft Exchange Server: Mailbox: Folder: (This is read only and currently only allows restoring to the 'restored items' folder) 1. Is there any way to auto populate theMicrosoft Exchange Server field with a value as the end users aren't going to have a clue what to put in there... 2. Auto populate the Mailbox for the username that is accessing theviewmessage.asp page 3. Allow the user to either select a folder or restore to the original location (If these don't exist then restore to 'restored items' folder) Thanks JohnSolved1.1KViews7likes10CommentsRestore db2 archive logs
Hi, I have configured userexit methord of archiving using ARCFUNC COPY methord.When I perform restore of the DB2 of the archive logs using bprestore command it is not working. I am not getting any error when I ran these comamands on command line. Here are the commands which I have tried. /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bprestore /db2/PGX/log_archive/logpath/PGX/NODE0000/S0000098.LOG /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bprestore -k test_user /db2/PGX/log_archive/logpath/PGX/NODE0000/S0000098.LOG Can you please help me out. Thanks Venkatesh348Views7likes0Comments
Restore db2 archive logs
Hi, I have configured userexit methord of archiving using ARCFUNC COPY methord.When I perform restore of the DB2 of the archive logs using bprestore command it is not working. I am not getting any error when I ran these comamands on command line. Here are the commands which I have tried. /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bprestore /db2/PGX/log_archive/logpath/PGX/NODE0000/S0000098.LOG /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bprestore -k test_user /db2/PGX/log_archive/logpath/PGX/NODE0000/S0000098.LOG Can you please help me out. Thanks Venkatesh
