NetBackup Scripting Sheet
I created a spreadsheet that can generating commands to create and modify NetBackup policy configuration. Now(Mar 24 2013), this sheet is based on NetBackup 7.5, but you can disable each attribute options to fit the commands to your version. I hope this greatly helps you. XLSX: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Au84Otyr1NpndE5GWXhfVzUzX3o4S05QTXd5OFRIdFE&output=xls ODS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Au84Otyr1NpndE5GWXhfVzUzX3o4S05QTXd5OFRIdFE&output=ods
bplist EXIT STATUS 227: no entity was found (Again!)
Dear All, The bplist command lists all you want, and exactly all you ask for (even not being aware of it), as 1E100 counts problems are not rare. Basing on the already noticed and described cave-eats (short summary): https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/bplist-exit-status-227-no-entity-was-found Remember to choose policy type, if not you are using type == 0 (not Windows, not SQL, not Oracle etc...) https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/bplist-command As above and provide date range. Nice list of NetBackup policy types http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH27299 bplist detailed syntax description http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO43668 I would like to propose a set of "golden rules" for bplist command: 1. Always specify policy type (-t). 2. Always provide relevand data range (-s, -d). 3. Mind the listing recursiveness (-R) as it may be too verbose when you just put the "/" or it may not show anything for non-file like backup types. 4. Provide as many other details as possible to speed up the search. Template for good examples: bplist -C <ClientName> -S <MasterServer> -t <PolicyType> -k <PolicyName> -s MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS -e MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS -R / That may result in something like: bplist -C MyClient -S MyMaster -t 4 -k OraclePolicyName -s 08/08/2014 08:00:00 -e 09/09/2014 08:00:00 -R / Hopefully I will find this article prior loosing few hours solely on bplist syntax refresh ;-)
SAP/MaxDB backup of transaction logs - status code 6 resolution
If you are backing up transaction logs of SAP/MaxDB you probably have often failed backups with status code 6. But nothing wrong happened. Just no transactions was available for backup. It's a behavior of dbmcli - anything except successful backup returns exit code 1. But parent wrapper script provided by Symantec is not able to distinguish real errors from situation where there are just no transactions to backup. (Read TECH129715). By Symantec we have to wait until SAP will provide dbmcli with more granular exit codes. Seems that we cannot do anything. Or can? What is the standard output of successful backup? Here is one example of stdout log file from bphdb log directory: SAP_SCHEDULED = 1 SAP_USER_INITIATED = 0 SAP_SERVER = master SAP_POLICY = CUSTOMER1-SAP SAP_FULL = 0 SAP_CINC = 0 OK Returncode 0 Date 20131011 Time 00232008 Server SAPDB1 Database DB1 Kernel Version Kernel 7.9.08 Build 008-123-247-140 Pages Transferred 24 Pages Left 0 Volumes 1 Medianame BACKLog Location \\.\pipe\BACKLog Errortext Label LOG_000000662 Is Consistent First LOG Page 1990049 Last LOG Page 1990050 DB Stamp 1 Date 20131011 DB Stamp 1 Time 00230056 DB Stamp 2 Date 20131011 DB Stamp 2 Time 00230056 Page Count 1 Devices Used 1 Database ID SAPDB1:DB1_20130615_201611 Max Used Data Page Converter Page Count DBMCLI successful And now something completely different: SAP_SCHEDULED = 1 SAP_USER_INITIATED = 0 SAP_SERVER = master SAP_POLICY = CUSTOMER1-SAP SAP_FULL = 0 SAP_CINC = 0 ERR -24920,ERR_BACKUPOP: backup operation was unsuccessful The database was unable to fulfill a request (-123, No more log to save). Execution of DBMCLI command failed - exiting This is the example of situation when MaxDB has no transactions available since last backup. I have decided to use string "-123, No more log to save" as detector of this situation. Check whether your version of SAP/MaxDB is working the similar way. And what is the final solution? Just to catch output of dbmcli and seek for the right string. The whole script with colorized changes is available on my page HERE. Please, try it. May it will help you. In case of any troubles, send me a notice (like other string for different versions of MaxDB).How to migrate the Symantec DLO 7.5 SP1 to a new server with different IP and Host Name.
Hi, Actually i have migrated the Symantec DLO 7.5 SP1 to a new server with different IP and Host Name, by restoring the DLO.mdf and DLO.ldf data files but after migration, the clients are not able to communicate with the new server. And after troubleshooting I found the DBServer name on clients in the registry was remain same(Old Server Host Name). If we change the DBServer Name then the Backup runs on Windows XP, but On Windows 7 machine its not working thereafter client get disabled after changing the DBServer Name in registry. So Please help me to get out of it. Is there any other way to migrate the SDLO 7.5 SP1. Thanks, Ashish Agrawal ACPL Systems Pvt. Ltd.Netbackup Restores
I am lookimg at automating netbackup restores at user level .. Is there any third party tool which can simplify this ? example - user enters server name date of restore path of data restore path and upon interactive input ..should be able to restore without netbackup administrator helpTrying to connect to Discovery Accelerator API
Hello Everyone, I'm trying to connect to the Discovery Accelerator API but keep getting the following error when I call the GetConfigurationData() method. Here is the code i'm using to connect. DiscoverySoapClient c = new DiscoverySoapClient(); c.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials; c.Open(); try { var con = c.GetConfigurationData(); int offset = 0; int count = con.MaximumItemChunkSizeBytes; string temp = Path.GetTempFileName(); using (FileStream fs = File.OpenWrite(temp)) { while (true) { byte[] data = c.GetItem(28390389021, offset, count, out contentInfo); fs.Write(data, 0, data.Length); offset += data.Length; if (data.Length < count) break; } } FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(temp); fi.MoveTo(fn); Assert.IsTrue(File.Exists(fn)); } catch { c.Close(); } Here is my web.config file; <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <system.serviceModel> <bindings> <basicHttpBinding> <binding name="DiscoverySoap" closeTimeout="00:01:00" openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00" allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard" maxBufferSize="2147483647" maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered" useDefaultWebProxy="false"> <readerQuotas maxDepth="2147483647" maxStringContentLength="2147483647" maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="2147483647" /> <security mode="TransportCredentialOnly"> <transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None" realm="" /> <message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" /> </security> </binding> </basicHttpBinding> </bindings> <client> <endpoint address=http://NAME.OF.THE.SERVER/generalsearch/discovery.asmx binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="DiscoverySoap" contract="SymantecWS.DiscoverySoap" name="DiscoverySoap" /> </client> </system.serviceModel> </configuration> The error I'm getting is the following;