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NetBackup VMware policy restore error ( 2820)
Hello:I have problems with restore job, the message is :NetBackup VMware policy restore error (_2820_)The Vmware is 5.5 and netbackup 7.7. If i try to recuperate a image executed yesterday, i dont have problems, but when i try to restore a older back...
Resolved! Incomplete backup moving to done state
Hi Team One of the backup went into incomplete state and it remained in that state till its time,if it goes into done state is the backup successful ..?? Can it be used for restore..??As we have storage crunch we were helpless expect to remain backup...
Resolved! Duplication failing with does not match the fragment
Windows Master 7.6.0.4Windows Media 7.6.0.4Windows 2008 R2 SP1Duplication from LTO1(Using LTO3 Drive) Tape to LTO4(using LTO4 Drive) tape failling with below error message.I troubleshooted and found that it is failling it only on 2 drives. When I mad...
Resolved! Old email alert keep on coming even there is no more error on NetBackup 7.7.1
Hi All,My company running NetBackup 7.7.1 on RHEL 61. I setup the email to send alert on "Host Properties -> Master Servers -> 'servers'-> Properties -> Global Attributes -> 'Administrator email address: 'and our mail' "The problem it also kept on se...
Performance for SAN Media Server.
Hello,Environment details :Master : RHEL 6.1 running NBU : 7612Media : NetBackup-HP-UX11.31 7.6.1.2 (SAN MEDIA Server) with 5 LTO6 drives.$ cat SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS262144$ cat NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS32Need your advise on performance issue. Curently backups ...
Configure SAN Server on SPARC T3-2
Hello,Can we configure a oracle SPARC (64 bit) T3-2 machine as a SAN server? The requirement is to write a 7TB database backup and it would be better if we can connect a tape library to the server itself and use it as netbackup destination. I have ch...
Very Large Database Backup Using Netbackup
Hello,We have to backup an oracle database FRA of size 7TB. What would be the ideal setup to use to achieve a backup window of 16 hours?Thanks.
NBU 5230 questions - data to tape & ZFS filer backup
Hi Everyone,I have some newbie questions here, as I just inherited an NBU 5230 appliance and need some help.How do I write current data that's on the storage shelves to tape for archiving?For ZFS Oracle filer, is there an additional license needed or...
Resolved! Why don't MSDPs and Appliances alert when an "AffectedBackups.lst" file is created?
I have three 5220's (yes, I know I need to upgrade since 7.7.3 has killed their performance/throughput), one 5230, and several Windows MSDP's.Recently I've had some data losses due to power issues, fat fingers, and interrupted AIR sessions (don't get...
Netbackup support for Windows 2016 Nano?
Hi,We are currently setting up a Scale-out file system with Windows 2016 Nano. I was wondering if there are any information about if/when Netbackup will support such operating systems with backup clients. Anyone?
Resolved! Help in getting the infinity images on Disk
Hi,I need help in finding the list of backup images on disk with INFINITY retention. Can anyone help ?
first time - NBU install/DR exercise
i've got my test VM, obviously with lesser specs but i've managed to recreate the same partitions/folders that existed in my production NBU master/media server.i'm installing 7.6 GA now and the screen has been like this for several minutes now (see b...
No import SLP(s) found with compatible replication target device (1591)
Hello everyone: I'm configuring a SLP for AIR (clustered master server replicating from 5230 appliance like media, to MSDP server). In the Add Replication item, my platform informs: No import SLP(s) found with comaptible replication target d...
Invalid error number (2826) while trying to do a bare metal restore in Netbackup
Hello,My Netbackup is version 7.1 installed in a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine and supports about 20 clients running different flavors of operating systems, from Windows XP to Server 2008 and Redhat machines.I have a BMR backup of a Windows Server 2...
Slow SLP Duplication Jobs
hi ,Im using SLP policies ( backup to disk -Local Disk then duplicate to tape -IBM TS), recently duplication jobs take a lot more time to complete ( around 10-12 hours for each) when i check Netbackup i can see it will find right media right away and...
Vault backup and catlog to the same tape
So I'm working on setting up our offsite backups. Our backup needs are very small and we back up all our data to disk (we have lots of it). I'm looking at implementing our offsite backups, retained for 3 years, using vault to a small tape library w...
Resolved! which takes precedence: expiry date or retention period?
nbu 7.6.0.3i've been extending the expiry of some backup images that are already on tape. i managed to do that when i noticed, in the "Images on Media" report, there is a "Retention Period" column. it says one month. however, i've extended my backup ...
Issues backing up/restoring VMware VMs
Hi all,First of all, I'm ready the NBU for VMware admins guide but it's 300 pages. Asking here too in case I missed somethingSo, I use NBU with standar client licences, and we only backup windows machines. We are trialing the advanced client, which a...
Resolved! Netbackup / Backup Exec Tape Reader
I have a customer who currently has Netbackup Appliances (V2.6.1.2) installed and will shortly be upgrading to V2.7.3. They also have a legacy Backup Exec environment (V12) and we are looking to maintain access to the historical Backup Exec produced...
MaxDB backup type.
Dear all,Could you help please, what policy type is useful for Max Db database (used with SAp Content Sever) ?Netbackup 7.5 MaxDb 7.9
