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NBU 5220 Performance
We recently deployed a 5220 appliance into our environment as it was to be the savior in our battle against a backup window we were no longer able to meet. When we finally got it online and into our NBU environment the initial performance was great. The area we were to most benefit was with VMware backups. The data stores mounted directly to the appliance would allow direct access to the snapshots for a fast and efficient backup. Before this, we were performing client side backups so the impact on the hosts every night was significant as we tried backing up 600+ vms. The plan was to be able to move all Dev and test off-host backups to the middle of the day as the performance impact was minimal and the end result was an increased window to complete things. As we started with noon-time backups deduplication rates were high and so were the speeds. However, this performance gain was short lived, as we began increasing the load we suddenly saw performance drop to a point of concern. Backups were no longer speedy, 3500KB per second to 10,000KB. There are some that might pop to 24,000KB, but in a sample size of 15 as I write this, only one is showing 24,000. Now, I do have a few ideas. 1. We have a 72TB appliance, therefore, 2 disk trays, during the backups, the one disk tray is going crazy, all the lights are flashing and you can really see that it is working. However, the second tray is doing nothing. While you might see a blink here or there, it is almost nothing compared to the other disk tray. Is this to be expected? When we looked at the disk configuration, it shows concat, is this normal? 2. Too much data at once and we are simply burying the appliance. In reality, what sort of performance should I be able to expect from the appliance? 3. Relating to number 2, since we only have the one appliance right now while we wait to get the remote appliance in place, we are duping off to tape. This is running at the same time as a backup, so this means at the same time the appliance is writing a lot of data, it is also reading it back to tape. 4. We are overloading the data store so that read speed is bad from source to destination. We have fewer hosts,therefore, if we limit the jobs per host we limit the number of machines backing up at once (obviously). This means that backups take way long, so we removed the limit per host and just set a limit per data store. As we are new to it all, I am not sure what impact where, but again, I am trying to list any and all ideas from the start. 5. The appliance does not support multi-pathing, therefore, we only have a single path to the disk. Beyond that I am not sure, but this is something that doesnt help with the showcasing of the appliances to management at the moment. However, given the initial performance I am confident we can get back there.
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smakovits
12 years ago Place NetBackup Appliance
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/usr/openv/netbackup/online_util/fi_cntl directory - use and maintenance
This inquiry is related to my previous issue which was solved by cleaning up the aforementioned directory: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/status-42-vmware-backups-somewhat-inconsistent This discussion is to hopefully figure out HOW this directory is used for VMware backups and what sort of maintenance is supposed to happen on it. I'm fairly certain that snapshot info files are not supposed to simply pile up in here indefnitely. Because as my previous issue pointed out - eventually hundreds of thousands of these info files starts to cause *actual* backup problems with VMware backups. So... here's the scenario - 3 Symantec appliances (2.6.0.3) media servers backing up many hundreds of VMs. These snapshot files start to pile up: APPLIANCE 1: maintenance-!> ll *deninfrap10* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 25 17:39 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416876048.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 25 17:39 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416876048.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 25 17:39 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416876048.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 25 17:39 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416876048.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 25 17:40 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416962395.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 25 17:40 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416962395.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Nov 25 17:42 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416962395.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 25 17:40 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416962395.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 25 17:40 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416962395.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 26 17:17 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417047437.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 26 17:17 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417047437.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Nov 26 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417047437.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 26 17:17 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417047437.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 26 17:17 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417047437.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 27 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417134959.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 27 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417134959.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Nov 27 17:40 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417134959.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 27 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417134959.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 27 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417134959.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 7 17:27 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417911205.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 7 17:27 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417911205.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 7 17:27 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417911205.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 7 17:27 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417911205.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 7 17:27 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417998426.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 7 17:27 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417998426.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 7 17:29 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417998426.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 7 17:27 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417998426.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 7 17:27 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417998426.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Dec 10 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418171752.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 10 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418171752.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 10 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418171752.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 10 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418171752.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 10 17:35 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418258037.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 10 17:35 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418258037.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 10 17:44 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418258037.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 10 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418258037.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 10 17:35 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418258037.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 13 17:29 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418429565.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 13 17:29 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418429565.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 13 17:29 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418429565.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 13 17:29 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418429565.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 13 17:30 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418516955.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 13 17:30 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418516955.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 13 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418516955.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 13 17:30 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418516955.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 13 17:30 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418516955.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 15 17:31 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418603640.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 15 17:31 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418603640.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 15 17:31 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418603640.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 15 17:31 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418603640.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Dec 15 17:32 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418689911.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 15 17:32 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418689911.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 15 17:35 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418689911.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 15 17:32 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418689911.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 15 17:32 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418689911.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 16 17:15 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418775266.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 16 17:15 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418775266.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 16 17:18 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418775266.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 16 17:15 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418775266.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 16 17:15 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418775266.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Dec 18 17:46 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418862714.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 18 17:46 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418862714.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 18 17:46 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418862714.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 18 17:46 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418862714.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Dec 18 17:46 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418949966.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 18 17:46 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418949966.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 18 18:05 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418949966.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 18 17:46 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418949966.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 18 17:46 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418949966.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Dec 19 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419034804.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 19 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419034804.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 19 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419034804.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 19 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419034804.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 19 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419034804.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Dec 22 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419208401.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 22 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419208401.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 22 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419208401.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 22 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419208401.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 22 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419294802.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 22 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419294802.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 22 17:37 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419294802.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 22 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419294802.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 22 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419294802.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Nov 25 17:44 deninfrap10_1416962395_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Nov 26 17:21 deninfrap10_1417047437_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Nov 27 17:41 deninfrap10_1417134959_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 7 17:30 deninfrap10_1417998426_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 10 17:46 deninfrap10_1418258037_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 13 17:35 deninfrap10_1418516955_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 15 17:37 deninfrap10_1418689911_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 16 17:19 deninfrap10_1418775266_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 18 18:07 deninfrap10_1418949966_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 19 17:36 deninfrap10_1419034804_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 22 17:39 deninfrap10_1419294802_copy1.lock APPLIANCE 2: maintenance-!> ll *deninfrap10* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 20 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416443169.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 20 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416443169.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 20 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416443169.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 20 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416443169.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 20 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416529570.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 20 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416529570.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Nov 20 17:29 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416529570.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 20 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416529570.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 20 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416529570.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 21 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416615614.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 21 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416615614.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Nov 21 17:22 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416615614.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 21 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416615614.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 21 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416615614.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 22 17:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416702242.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 22 17:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416702242.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Nov 22 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416702242.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 22 17:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416702242.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 22 17:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416702242.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 24 17:40 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416787988.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 24 17:40 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416787988.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 24 17:40 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416787988.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 24 17:40 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416787988.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 24 17:41 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416876048.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 24 17:41 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416876048.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Nov 24 17:43 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416876048.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 24 17:41 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416876048.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 24 17:41 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1416876048.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 28 17:29 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417134959.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 28 17:29 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417134959.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 28 17:29 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417134959.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 28 17:29 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417134959.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 28 17:30 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417220945.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 28 17:30 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417220945.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Nov 28 17:32 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417220945.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 28 17:29 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417220945.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 28 17:30 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417220945.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Nov 30 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417307766.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 30 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417307766.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 30 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417307766.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 30 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417307766.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Nov 30 17:15 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417392881.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Nov 30 17:15 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417392881.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Nov 30 17:17 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417392881.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Nov 30 17:15 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417392881.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Nov 30 17:15 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417392881.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Dec 2 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417480286.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 2 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417480286.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 2 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417480286.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 2 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417480286.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 2 17:37 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417566992.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 2 17:37 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417566992.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 2 17:38 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417566992.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 2 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417566992.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 2 17:37 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417566992.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 4 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417652602.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 4 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417652602.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 4 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417652602.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 4 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417652602.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 4 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417738799.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 4 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417738799.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 4 17:23 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417738799.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 4 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417738799.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 4 17:20 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417738799.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 8 17:38 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417998426.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 8 17:38 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417998426.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 8 17:38 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417998426.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 8 17:38 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417998426.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 8 17:38 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418085488.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 8 17:38 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418085488.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 8 17:42 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418085488.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 8 17:38 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418085488.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 8 17:38 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418085488.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 11 17:25 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418258037.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 11 17:25 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418258037.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 11 17:25 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418258037.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 11 17:25 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418258037.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 11 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418343923.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 11 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418343923.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 11 17:28 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418343923.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 11 17:25 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418343923.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 11 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418343923.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 17 17:31 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418775266.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 17 17:31 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418775266.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 17 17:31 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418775266.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 17 17:31 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418775266.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Dec 17 17:32 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418862714.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 17 17:32 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418862714.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 17 17:35 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418862714.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 17 17:32 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418862714.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 17 17:32 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418862714.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Dec 20 17:13 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419034804.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 20 17:13 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419034804.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 20 17:13 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419034804.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 20 17:13 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419034804.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 20 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419120820.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 20 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419120820.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 20 17:27 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419120820.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 20 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419120820.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 20 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419120820.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2610 Dec 20 22:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419139428.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 20 22:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419139428.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 20 22:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419139428.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 20 22:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419139428.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 20 22:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419139428.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Nov 20 17:30 deninfrap10_1416529570_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Nov 21 17:23 deninfrap10_1416615614_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Nov 22 17:27 deninfrap10_1416702242_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Nov 24 17:45 deninfrap10_1416876048_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Nov 28 17:32 deninfrap10_1417220945_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Nov 30 17:19 deninfrap10_1417392881_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 2 17:39 deninfrap10_1417566992_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 4 17:24 deninfrap10_1417738799_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 8 17:43 deninfrap10_1418085488_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 11 17:30 deninfrap10_1418343923_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 17 17:36 deninfrap10_1418862714_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 20 17:29 deninfrap10_1419120820_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 20 22:26 deninfrap10_1419139428_copy1.lock APPLIANCE 3: maintenance-!> ll *deninfrap10* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 3 17:23 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417652602.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 3 17:23 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417652602.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 3 17:26 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417652602.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 3 17:23 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417652602.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 3 17:23 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417652602.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2569 Dec 4 22:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417757016.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2259 Dec 4 22:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417757016.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 4 22:43 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417757016.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 4 22:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417757016.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 4 22:24 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417757016.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 5 17:15 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417824860.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 5 17:15 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417824860.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 5 17:17 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417824860.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 5 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417824860.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 5 17:15 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417824860.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 6 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417911205.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 6 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417911205.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 6 17:16 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417911205.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 6 17:13 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417911205.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 6 17:14 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1417911205.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 9 17:35 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418085488.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 9 17:35 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418085488.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 9 17:35 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418085488.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 9 17:35 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418085488.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Dec 9 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418171752.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 9 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418171752.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 9 17:38 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418171752.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 9 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418171752.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 9 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418171752.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 12 17:12 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418343923.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 12 17:12 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418343923.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 12 17:12 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418343923.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 12 17:12 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418343923.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 12 17:13 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418429565.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 12 17:13 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418429565.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 12 17:16 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418429565.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 12 17:13 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418429565.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 12 17:13 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418429565.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 14 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418516955.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 14 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418516955.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 14 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418516955.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 14 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418516955.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2609 Dec 14 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418603640.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 14 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418603640.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 14 17:37 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418603640.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 14 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418603640.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 14 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1418603640.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2610 Dec 21 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419139428.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 21 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419139428.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 21 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419139428.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 21 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419139428.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2604 Dec 21 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419208401.1.0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2360 Dec 21 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419208401.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 Dec 21 17:36 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419208401.1.0.NBU_DATA.xml.BID -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22782 Dec 21 17:33 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419208401.1.0.VM_ObjInfoXML.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 740 Dec 21 17:34 bpfis.fim.deninfrap10_1419208401.1.0.changeid.xml -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 3 17:27 deninfrap10_1417652602_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 4 22:44 deninfrap10_1417757016_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 5 17:18 deninfrap10_1417824860_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 6 17:18 deninfrap10_1417911205_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 9 17:39 deninfrap10_1418171752_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 12 17:18 deninfrap10_1418429565_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 14 17:39 deninfrap10_1418603640_copy1.lock -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 284 Dec 21 17:37 deninfrap10_1419208401_copy1.lock This is for a *single* VM - you can see how the number of files could rapidly get out of control... It would be nice if a Symantec employee that is *intimate* with these sort of VMware snapshot-based backups could shed some light on the "proper" function of this directory...
elanmbx
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Can Netbackup Appliance (NBU5220) be used to backup app_cluster with virtual_name?
We have a 2-node vcs cluster, both installed as NBU san media sever. db1 (NBU 6.5.4) db2 (NBU 6.5.4) NBU_master (7.6.0.3 nbu5220 (2.6.0.3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I used nbemmcmd command to create a app_cluster:db-cluster nbemmcmd -addhost -machinename db-cluster -machinetype app_cluster nbemmcmd -updatehost -add_server_to_app_cluster -machinename DB1 -machinetype media -netbackupversion 6.5 -clustername db-cluster -masterserver NBU_master To use the virtual_name of app_cluster as the NBU client, a STU using virtual_name as media server needs to be created. But, IF I want to use the MSDP pool of nbu5220 to backup the app_cluster with virtual_name, NO STU associated with virtual_name can be created. Is there any way to use Netbackup Appliance (NBU5220) to backup app_cluster with virtual_name? 1)Transforming db1/db2 from san media servers to san clients, should be feasible? 2) Since we still need to use the Tape Library, and don't want to make them san clients. Any other way? Thanks.
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xhawk
10 years ago Place NetBackup Appliance
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Is it correct to infer that Appliance v2.6.0.2 no longer supports vSphere ESX v4.1?
Just sharing something that a partner pointed out to me the other day, which I did add it as a potential answer to question in the main forum - but I think it's worth re-iterating and seeking clarification here... Page 15 of the NetBackup VMware compatibility doc: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH64542 ...says that v7.6.0.2 (and v7.6.0.1 with EEB EEB3318872) was built with VDDK 5.5. The VDDK 5.5 Release Notes: https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/vddk-550-releasenotes.html ...doesn't list support for anything below vSphere v5.0U3. And this is where I make the assumption that VADP is built using VDDK - and so this implies that neither NetBackup v7.6.0.2 nor Appliance v2.6.0.2 will work with vSphere ESX 4.x hosts (and nor NetBackup v7.6.0.1 with EEB3318872 and nor Appliance v2.6.0.1 with EEB3318872). Are both the assumption and the inference correct? FYI - Re EEB3318872 referenced above, there is more detail (and a workaround) here: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH217554 FYI - List of VDDK release notes: VDDK 1.1.1 Release Notes https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/VDDK-1.1.1-Relnotes.html VDDK 1.2 Release Notes https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/VDDK-1.2-Relnotes.html VDDK 5.0 Release Notes https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/VDDK-500-ReleaseNotes.html VDDK 5.1 Release Notes https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/VDDK-510-ReleaseNotes.html VDDK 5.5 Release Notes https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vddk/vddk-550-releasenotes.html
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sdo
11 years ago Place NetBackup Appliance
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"Orphaned" bpbkar processes on 5220 appliance?
Has anyone else run into this issue? Over time, more and more bpbkar processes become "orphaned" on my appliance. They are ALL VMware backup processes (I can tell by the hostnames in the bpbkar commands). It seems to correspond to a "Status 13" - with the following in the details of the job **** See attachment **** Hoping this is a common/known issue that is easily fixed. *** Edited by MV to add lengthy Job Details as attachment
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elanmbx
10 years ago Place NetBackup Appliance
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Netbackup retries causing huge number of delta files on VM when Snapshot fails at backup
Netbackup retries is causing a huge number of delta files to accumulate on the virtual guest when the backup quiesced snapshot fails at backup time. How can we limit the number of retries? Is it possible to get Netbackup to recognize the type of failure that is occuring and have it operate a specific way, based on the status code? We are getting the 156 status code and Netbackup seems to keep on trying a number of times. Part of this may be our systems admins re-attempting the failed backup without ever resolving the underlying problem, but, I beleive Netbackup is attempting 20 times during each event. In no time at all, we find the guest has accumulated 60 or more delta files. An optimal solution would be for Netbackup to suspend the backup job and notify the backup admin whenever it encounters the 156 status code, after maybe 5 attempts. Perhaps even have the retry occur at greater intervals. Thanks, Tom
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11 years ago Place NetBackup Appliance
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NetBackup 7.5.0.4 support for vCenter Server 5.1 update 1
I searched for an updated matrix regarding this, but to no avail. My question is this...VMware just released vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1...will our current 7.5.0.4 NetBackup environment support this? We are running on 5220 appliances.
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mnicoletti
12 years ago Place NetBackup Appliance
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Appliances, vmware and multipathing
Hi all I'm seeing a lot of folk buying appliances and finding out that they can't use both of the HBAs with VMware vStorage API because multipathing is not supported on the appliance. Whilst "this may be supported in a future release", I'm wondering what you guys are doing in the meantime to be able to use san transfer method with vmware backups? Does single processessor/port/HBA zoning present a single, usable path for example? Or are you still bound by multiple ports used on the storage processor side? Thanks Chris
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Chrisb2k
12 years ago Place NetBackup Appliance
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