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"Configure drive name rules" wizard abnormal termination.
When try to start "Configure drive name rules" in Device configuration wizard I got error "Abnormal termination of child by signal = 11".Then, when try to start it via CLI:tpautoconf -list_rule -all #tpautoconf -list_rule -allHost Name Drive Name Rul...
Restore file over than 32000 size
Dear Sir,After install NBU for restore file it show the following error.----------------------------------------------------------------------------(The file size 65163 )18:03:50 9/28/2016: Restore Started18:03:51 (936.xxx) Found (4,232,373) files in...
VMware Backups
GuysPlease advise on Vmware SAN backups. i got below in place1.Master Linux2.Media Linux-- attached Storage configured as MSDP3.Media Windows.Please advise which backup host should i use windows or Linux ? is there any limitations on LUN zoning to me...
error bpduplicate error unlocking backupid unable to process request
hiwhen duplicating to tape (version Netbackup 7.7.3 ) disk stagingit was giving errorerror bpduplicate error unlocking backupid server_1414224224 unable to process requestand backup to tape was successfulSo what to do /?
can IBM ultrium LTO-5 HCART2 tape drive read data from HP ultrium LTO -4 HCART tape drive
Hi All,Can IBM ultriun LTO-5 HCART2 tape drive reads data from HP ultrium LTO-4 HCART tape drive for restore purpose?Thanks
Mass Netbackup client settings change
I am trying to add a media server to the "Server to use for backups and restores" on our Netbackup clients. I noticed that the 7.6.1 install has a "Silentinstall.cmd" where the server list can be editted pre-install .We are currently on 7.6.1.2, and ...
Replacing a Media Server
Hi,We are replacing a media server with a new one. (Different name)I'm trying to find how to let Netbackup know that the backups that the old media server did need to be moved to the new one. Anyone can point me to the documentation or let me know th...
Resolved! how long this command will run?
NBU 7.6.0.3i've been asked to test the disk/path where images are stored prior to dedup. just want to know how long will this command run:./bpbkar -nocont -dt 0 -nofileinfo -nokeepalives /YOUR-DATA-PATH-TO-TEST-HERE > /dev/nulldo i leave it runn...
SAP HANA backint backup exit with exit code 13 permission issue
Master: Win 2012 R2, Medid Win 2012 R2, Client: Linux SUSE 11. NBU version 7.7.1SAP backup failing with exit code 13, permission denied to path /usr/sap/PD1/SYS/global/hdb/opt/hdbbackint. Failure is on SAP Mangemebt studio level. No backup are trigge...
Resolved! Return tapes to the scratch pool
HiI have Netbackup 7.7 with tape library MSL6480. There is a pool for SLP policy. Its name is 1month. There ara a few tapes in this pool with 1 or 2 valid images. So these tapes can not move to the scratch pool. But when I look at "tape contents" one...
can we change "vault return date" manually?
Hi All,One of my colleague has wrongly setup the policy to 3 weeks instead of 5 weeks. Then I extend the expired date of the tape (and the images) using bpexpdate. But when i did a vmquery I found out the vault return date is not change. Is it possib...
Lotus backup starts but It's not writing any data
Hi I changed my lotus server and I configured it like media server. When I try to backup it, the task starts but doenst write. Appears message "begin Writing" but nothin happens.Attach the bpkar log
Resolved! Expired images manually, but job does not work
Hi there, I expired some images in Catalog because of high watermark (error 127).However, after deleting images, the backup job does not work.I can backup manually (by right-click the policy), but scheduled jobs are not working.I have enough disk spa...
Resolved! SQL 2014 Mirror on VMware
Backing up SQL 2014 Mirrored VMs on VMware. Netbackup 7.7.1. The backups are always partially successful with a status 1. The Application State Capture job on the passive node returns the following results:Warning ascc (pid=29156) MSSQL: Skipping ...
Resolved! vCenter Server Appliance
I got a new ESX server (vCenter) which runs on VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6 update 2 (SUSE OS)Need to know, how to backup the VMs hosted on this vCenter?Ideas/suggestions are much appreciated.
Backup the ESXi contents and its configuration
We need to backup the ESXi contents and its configuration so in case of pb we can re-install from scratch a new one from the backups? The ESXi server (free version currently) hosts several windows machines used as "windows master images"a windows s...
Resolved! Netbackup 7.5 Exchange backup error status 2
Hi all, We're currently having trouble on our exchange server backup using exchange policy type.All backups are running well, then suddenlty we encountered this error.MASTER Server - LinuxMedia server - LinuxHere are is the logs. 09/21/2016 17:10:21 ...
Backup Over 10 G WAN
Team I have been asked to do a POC to test performance for backup over WAN1. The distance between the DC is 40 KM or ~ 25 Miles2. The WAN link is a 10 G connection3. ~50 TB of front end data needed to be backup4. I understand client side dedup is the...
Resolved! Testing 7.6 upgrade - errors running bpimage -cleanup -allclients
Hi,I've cloned my nbu 7.5.0.6 master server (win 2008 R2) in an isolated network on ESX (bit of a saga this) and have followed instructions to upgrade to 7.6.1. The binaries upgraded ok. Then I tried to run phase 2 of the image metadata migration pro...
Stop selected NBU processes from starting on UNIX/Linux
Hi all,I've recently been asked by our OS support and monitoring peeps here as to whether we can stop unecessary NetBackup services from starting up at all. On Windows this is easy, we'd set the services' startup type to disabled, but I'm not seeing...
