NetBackup Technical Information Updates: Deduplication FAQs
Speeding up deduplication Check here for new and updated technical articles (and videos) on NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances that have been vetted by a cross-functional content council of NBU product and technical support engineers. The first article (link above) takes a deeper dive into the NetBackup deduplication process. Read this article if you have ever wondered why: MSDP is always busy, even with no jobs running TLog processing takes days to complete DiskVolume is down You are getting Status Code 83, 84, or 2074 If you have feedback or questions on any of the articles, or if you have key topics or areas that you would like to see addressed, please comment and let us know. Our aim is to provide you with the most up-to-date technical information on the NetBackup issues that concern you most.
Monitor Appliance Health & Performance 24x7
Today’s businesses require access to their information on a 24x7 basis, not to mention the ability to protect that data in the event of unplanned interruptions which leads to complexities in their IT infrastructure. For many IT leaders, moving to Symantec appliances for their backup issues to protect data means reducing cost, complexity and operational risks in their IT environment. Symantec understands that a properly planned out data protection strategy enables customers continuous access to their information. To that end, Symantec has gone a step further to simplify, automate and enhance the support experiences for its appliance customers with its latest functionality in appliances, Symantec AutoSupport. Symantec AutoSupport proactively identifies issues, automates support, and enables faster resolution with the aim of lowering customer’s total cost of ownership of their appliance environment. As a result, appliance downtime is minimized, product reliability and serviceability is enhanced, storage capacity planning and management is simplified, and who doesn’t want their issues resolved before the customer is aware of any problems. To find out how Symantec AutoSupport can help, check out this video http://bit.ly/EnableAutoSupportServer Agent out of date
I started seeing LiveUpdate Information About the agent for windows on at least one server does not have the most recent updates? To Install the most recent updates, on the Backup and restore tab, right click the remote computer that is out of date, and then select Update. 1.There is no indication on what server agent is out of date 2.After right clicking on each server on some I can see Update is grayed out and on some its clickable 3.Does this mean they are out of date and need to be updated? 4.What happen if I update the server will I have to reboot? 5.The server is Windows 2003 with exchange 2003 running on a cluster serves with 2 nodes 6.It seem each node might need the upgrade and the cluster seems to need 7.I am assuming after I update the active node the cluster will be up-to-date 8.Should I manually run LiveUpdate on the backup Exec server monthly and after an update I should update the clients?
Enterprise Vault 11 Beta Program
In preparation for our next major release EV11, we are quickly approaching an important milestone of the Beta program which is scheduled to start around mid-October. We are very much excited to extend our invitation to customers and partners to sign up for the upcoming EV11 Beta program. To learn more about the Beta features and program details, please read the blog post @ http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/enterprise-vault-11-beta-program.New Backup Exec 2010 R3 SP3 and Backup Exec 2012 SP2 are now available!
The much awaited Service Packs for Backup Exec 2010 R3 and Backup Exec 2012 have been released. You can download them by going to the following links: Backup Exec 2010 R3 revision 5204 Service Pack 3 - http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH203157 Release Notes:http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH208601 Backup Exec 2012 revision 1798 Service Pack 2 - http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH203155 Release Notes: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH208600PUT MORE IN THE GUI!!!!!
I get more frustrated everyday! When I call Symantec support and ask for a simple solution....I am always told to "run this cmd". Netbackup is suppossed to be the industry leader in backup software....so I am told. My company has spent over $500K on the netbackup software.....I can just imagine how much other compaines have spent. Here is 1 small example..... We are planning on moving our datacenter around and need to move alot of servers from this rack to that rack. Some of the servers include the netbackup servers(master & medias). Due to synthetic backups and MSDP(kudos for that)...all backups are done but the duplications to tape are still running. I have 10 duplications pending to run and they will not finish by the time we need to bring down the servers. WHY can I not just right click and hold or suspend these duplications? I am sure it would not take to much to program that into the the gui. NO I have to run some cmd that takes me 30 minutes to gather all of the information I need. Then another 30 minutes to write the cmd to release the duplications. I am sure I could come up with atleast 5 examples of where GUI improvements would make everyone's life's better. I understand that in 7.6 there are suppossed to be ALOT of improvements in SLP's and what can be done. I have been asking for these "improvements" for 3yrs now. Like I said...my company has spent ALOT of money to purchase....and for support for this product. You would think it would not take too much to program in these improvements. Maybe if more of us let Symantec know how we feel....they might do something!
