We Have MSSQL 2005 - Should We Upgrade to NetBackup 8.0 or 7.7.3 ?
We Have MSSQL 2005 - Should We Upgrade to NetBackup 8.0 or 7.7.3 ? I'm preparing to upgrade our NetBackup servers as our current version (v7.6.1.2) is EOSL. However, I have a problem. We are still gradually migrating our databases from an MSSQL Server 2005 cluster to a new MSSQL 2014 cluster. This process will take months and the NetBackup upgrade cannot wait. I'm aware that MSSQLServer 2005 is not supported in NetBackup beyond v7.6.1.2. Worse still is it's running on Win2003SP2, which is, of course, also not supported. I am proposing to go ahead and upgrade our NetBackup servers to v8.0 in the meantime, and keep the NetBackup Client on our SQL Server 2005 cluster at v7.6.1.2. Alternatively, I could upgrade the NetBackup servers to v7.7.3 and keep the NetBackup Client on our SQL Server 2005 cluster at 7.6.1.2. So my questions are: 1. Would this work ? Would our existing database and transaction log backup policies still work? 2. If it would work, which NetBackup version would you recommend, v7.7.3 or v8.0 ? I'm leaning towards v8.0 myself and a Symantec / Veritas support engineer told me yesterday it is the generally more stable of the two. Please note that the fact that we still use Win2003 and MSSQL2005 is a matter which is largely beyond my control, so please don't post replies telling me about the risks this poses to our organisation - I already know and we're working on it. Tags:Windows 2003 End of Support, SQL Server, NetBackup 7.6, NetBackup 8.0,2.2KViews0likes4CommentsNetbackup 7.7 and Windows 2003 Compatibility
Moved to new post fromhttps://vox.veritas.com/t5/NetBackup/Netbackup-7-7-and-Windows-2003-Support/m-p/754626 It seems from your responses that nobody really knows the answer (to Relboy's question either). It's better just to say those three little words that are so hard for some to utter: "I don't know." Better still, don't post at all, and leave the preaching about Win2003 being a risk to an audience who wouldn't already know this. I suspect no-one in this forum is in a position to kill off business critical legacy systems as they wouldn't have the authority or budget control. Let's look at the question of operating a newer NetBackup server with older clients for legacy platforms another way. Is anyone out there already doing this ? E.g., have you tried running NetBackup Server 7.7.3 or 8.0 and, on the legacy Win2003 client, NB Client 7.6.1.2 ? How did this work out for you ? Did you experiment with different NB versions ? Which was the optimal combination ?4.7KViews0likes3CommentsTidy up following agent upgrade
Hi, I am doing some work to upgrade the netbackup client on a load of Solaris servers and i was wondering once the install has been done and tested to check it is all okay are there any old files i can remove to free up some space? We are going from v6.5.6 of the Unix Client to v7.6.1 The problem is these servers were built with quite small root filesystems and netbackup was not installed in a dedicated filesystem. So when i upgrade from the current version v6.5.6 to v7.6.1 it is chewing up about 1Gb of space from the root filesystem. And with them not having much free space on i would be keen to remove any files if possible just to ease the space situation. If anyone has any thoughts or has done this sort fo tiday up work before it would be appreciated. ThanksSolved2.3KViews0likes5CommentsBacking up Oracle ZFS 7120 to Tape using NetBackUp
Hi Everyone, Earlier today my Oracle DBA asked if I am able to backup his Oracle ZFS 7120 appliance with Netbackup, today was the first time I've heard of ZFS. He wants to perform a weekly full of the whole ZFS drive, which is about 10 TB and back it up to tape and send it offsite for DR purposes, So I have the following questions: Thank you in advance for all your assistance. 1. is it possible to use netbackup 7.6 to perform a backup from the zfs appliance straight to tape? how does that work if the databases are constantly being written to? 2. after doing research, I found an Oracle ZFS plugin for NetBackup, would installing thi software cause MBU to crash? 3. If I am wrong about the Oracle ZFS plugin for netbackup, how would I go about getting netbackup to talk to the ZFS appliance, and then schedule the weekly full straight to tape? Thank you for your time.1.2KViews0likes1CommentOracle Restore Jobs are failing with 2850 (TpErrno = Robot/LTI protocol error )
Environment Details : Master 7.6.0.1 ( Windows 2008) SAN Media Server : us*****5 We are using EMC DataDomain as VTL (Tape and tape drives are Virtual) /28/2016 3:06:56 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=22605) telling media manager to start restore on client 7/28/2016 3:06:57 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=22605) spawning a brm child process 7/28/2016 3:06:57 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=22605) listening for client connection 7/28/2016 3:06:57 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=22605) child pid: 22626 7/28/2016 3:06:58 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=22605) accepted connection from client 7/28/2016 3:06:58 PM - mounted 7/28/2016 3:06:58 PM - Info tar(pid=2942) Restore started. 7/28/2016 3:06:58 PM - connected 7/28/2016 3:06:58 PM - Info bptm(pid=22613) D07594 7/28/2016 3:06:59 PM - Info bptm(pid=22613) INF - Waiting for positioning of media id D07594 on server us*****5 for reading. 7/28/2016 3:06:59 PM - positioning D07594 to file 3 7/28/2016 3:06:59 PM - positioned D07594; position time: 0:00:00 7/28/2016 3:06:59 PM - begin reading 7/28/2016 3:07:00 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=22605) sending media manager msg: CONTINUE RESTORE 7/28/2016 3:11:55 PM - begin Restore 7/28/2016 3:11:58 PM - 1 images required 7/28/2016 3:11:58 PM - media D07594 required 7/28/2016 3:11:58 PM - media D07673 required 7/28/2016 3:11:59 PM - restoring image us*****5_1469609943 7/28/2016 3:12:03 PM - requesting resource D07594 7/28/2016 3:12:03 PM - granted resource D07594 7/28/2016 3:12:03 PM - granted resource ULTRIUM-TD1.3000590023 7/28/2016 3:37:29 PM - Info bptm(pid=22613) Waiting for mount of media id D07673 (copy 1) on server us*****5. 7/28/2016 3:37:29 PM - started process bptm (22613) 7/28/2016 3:37:29 PM - mounting D07673 7/28/2016 3:37:30 PM - Info bptm(pid=22613) INF - Waiting for mount of media id D07673 on server us*****5 for reading. 7/28/2016 3:37:43 PM - Error bptm(pid=22613) error requesting media, TpErrno = Robot/LTI protocol error 7/28/2016 3:37:49 PM - Error bptm(pid=22625) The following files/folders were not restored: 7/28/2016 3:37:50 PM - Error bptm(pid=22625) UTF - /8vrbnin4_1_1 7/28/2016 3:37:50 PM - Info tar(pid=2942) done. status: 5: the restore failed to recover the requested files 7/28/2016 3:37:50 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=22605) got ERROR 98 from media manager 7/28/2016 3:37:50 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=22605) killing bpbrm child 22626. 7/28/2016 3:42:33 PM - current media D07594 complete, requesting next resource ULTRIUM-TD1.3000590023:D07673 7/28/2016 3:42:34 PM - granted resource D07673 7/28/2016 3:42:34 PM - granted resource ULTRIUM-TD1.3000590015 7/28/2016 3:42:49 PM - current media D07673 complete, requesting next resource ULTRIUM-TD1.3000590015:Oracle:D07673 7/28/2016 3:42:54 PM - Error nbjm(pid=3084) NBU status: 98, EMM status: The media server reported a system error 7/28/2016 3:42:55 PM - restored image us*****5_1469609943 - (error requesting media (tpreq)(98)); restore time 0:30:56 7/28/2016 3:43:01 PM - end Restore; elapsed time: 0:31:06 Restore error(2850)981Views0likes2CommentsAccelerate Your Business with NetBackup Appliances
To help our EMEA Channel Partners promoting the NetBackup appliances in non-NetBackup and competitve accounts, we announced early November of last year the EMEA NetBackup Appliance Promotion Bundle. This promotion bundle combines the NetBackup 7.6 software and the Appliance in a single SKU. Two appliance configurations are offered; 4TB and 14TB.251Views0likes0CommentsNuts and bolts in NetBackup for VMware: Under the hood view of NetBackup Instant Recovery for VMware
NetBackup Instant Recovery for VMware enables you to boot up and run multiple virtual machines directly from backup image. As far as the end user of the virtual machine is concerned, there is no functional difference between an instance of VM run from production storage or the one run from NetBackup backup storage.892Views3likes0CommentsNetBackup 7.6 First Availability (FA) Program announced for October
Recently, a letter was sent out announcing the NetBackup 7.6 First Availability (FA). If you didn't receive it, here is a crossposting. (Note that I personally have no information beyond what's in this letter - please use the contact address below if you have any questions.) Dear NetBackup Customer:278Views2likes0Comments