Netbackup Linux Bare Metal Restore using Open Source "Relax and Recover" (ReaR)
Just wanted to update NetBackup users about a open source tool that I have been using to successfully do bare metal Linux restores using our Netbackup. We use netbackup6.5 to backup our Linux and AIX servers.On our AIX servers we use a NIM server and we do network sysback backups on a weekly basis to provide the "Bare Metal" backup functionality. Unfortunately we had not Bare Metal restore functionality for Netbackup. I found a Open Source tool called "Relax and Recover" that provided a way to restore the OS using the full backups of the Linux systems on NetBackup. The tool as an option where it will create a bootable rescue iso file that contains all the Netbackup client executables and configuration to allow you to boot up your Linux server using the iso file then issue a simple command that will mount your OS disks separately and do a bprestore of all needed files to your actual OS disks. At the end of the restore the system re-create the GRUB information on the boot disk. The "mkerscue" is process can be ran any time with the Linux system is up and I just store that iso file on a separate server. The Netbackup code on the "Relax and Recover" was lacking some functionality that I wanted. Working with the developers they have accepted enhancements I made to the Netbackup (NBU) code. I added the functionality of excluding files and/or volume groups in the restore. I wanted this because I want to mainly use this to restore the OS only. I also added the functionality to restore from a point in time. They accepted the changes in SVN trunk 250. It will probably be in the next release of the product which should come out in one month's time. The web site for the product is: http://rear.sourceforge.net. They have a very useful program that has a very active supportive user base. The developers were very responsive and helpful to me to get the enhancements to the Netbackup interface in place. The program itself is just a big collection of bash shell scripts. This made adding the enhancements "doable' for a UNIX administrator such as myself. It is nice to be able to do a bare metal restoreto ourNetbackup backed up Linux servers without the need to do some type of clonzilla, "ghost" type backup which requires a system downtime..
Windows 10? New software update for Symantec System Recovery 2013 Desktop Edition?
I am currently using Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2 with my Windows 8.1 based desktop PC. I am planning on upgrading to Windows 10 on July 29, 2015 when Windows 10 is released. I've been relying on Norton Ghost and SSR 2013 to do full system images for years. Is Symantec currently working on software for Symantec System Recovery 2013 so that it will be compatible with Windows 10? Will Symantec be offering a FREE update patch to Symantec System Recovery 2013 that will make it compatible with Windows 10? Will it be called Symantec System Recovery 2013 R3 or something else like Symantec System Recovery 2015? I would like to see SSR 2013 tested and certified as compatible with Windows 10 as soon as possible. I would prefer not to have switch to another vendor's system image backup software like Acronis. Their website is saying that you can get a free software update for Windows 10 compatibility for Acronis True Image 2015.
Falha ao fazer backup dos dados
O meu cliente tem problema com o fechamento do ciclo do back up. Recentemente adquiriu um conjunto de licenças para garantir o backup dos seus dados cujo volume é de aproximadamente 10TB, considerando: 13667-M0246 - BACKUP EXEC CAPACITY ED WIN 1 FRONT END TB ONPROMISE STANDARD LICENSE+MAINTANCE BUNDLE QTY 2 TO 5 INITIAL 12MO CORPORATE. 3*12574-M0242- BACKUP EXEC CAPACITY ED WIN 1 FRONT END TB ONPROMISE STANDARD LICENSE+MAINTANCE BUNDLE QTY 2 TO 5 INITIAL 12MO CORPORATE. 3*13667-M0242-20- BACKUP EXEC CAPACITY ED WIN 1 FRONT END TB ONPROMISE STANDARD LICENSE+MAINTANCE BUNDLE QTY 2 TO 5 INITIAL 12MO CORPORATE. A minha dúvida, é se o cliente comprou licença errada, e é possivel a partir da licença atual, efetuar upgrade que possibilita atender o problema. Obrigado
Backing Up Backup Exec Itself
I'm seeing a lot of conflicting information while Googling in regards tobacking upthe BE server itself, so I wanted to get updated info for version 15. Is it the correct way tosimply to use run aBackup Exec job and protect the following folders? CATALOGS C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Catalogs DATA, DATABASE,and JOB LOGS C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Data LICENSES C:\ProgramData\Symantec Shared\Licenses Obviously this means BE services are running while it's backing up itself and should be done outside of the nightly database maintenance window. Thanks in advance
Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2 is now available!
Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2 is now available! For more details, please refer to the following links: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/new-symantec-system-recovery-2013-r2-here http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH225253 Feel free to ask any questions about this release on this forum thread.SSR 2013 R2 - Email report/result not in language
Hi i have an ssr install which for some reason has gone completely weird. When ssr finished i get it to email the result for monitoring purposes. However for some reason it now doesn give me anything that says sucess or failed. heres an example: Date: 06/09/2015 11:55:00 Notification Type: Info Priority: High Description: Result (0x6c8f1f7a 27 VPRO_INFO_MANUAL_BACKUP_INC Args [1] Arg (0xbab000d 3 C:\);)<9 1.0-*-*-* > example 2: Date: 06/09/2015 11:54:59 Notification Type: Info Priority: High Description: Result (0x6c8f1f7a 27 VPRO_INFO_MANUAL_BACKUP_INC Args [1] Arg (0xbab000d 3 *:\);)<9 1.0-*-*-* > I know its sucessfuly due to it saying so on the server but how can i make this go back to normal. I have tried a repair and it still doing the same. thanks
Problem with installaton of SIM 7.6 on Server 2012
Hello, I have tried many ways to install SIM 7.6 on Windows Server 2012 but with absolutely no success. I want to manage our system, which has about 50 PC's backed up with SSR 2013, but I am not able to install Installation Manager first. Here is the error message: What canbe the reason for this error ??