Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore Netbackup from catastrophic failure of MasterServer
Hi Morgan Best thing to do is connect your robot / tape drives and install NetBackup to the same level of Maintenenace Pack as before and then from a CLI use BPRECOVER -l -m MediaCode -d TapeFormat If it helps, sometimes its best to make a record of what the barcodes are for catalog tapes, or store in a certain slot or take out each week or alternate. If you cannot find the media, then depending on how many tapes, you could import each tape (may take 3 -4 hours per tape though). Simon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Taylor,Morgan CTR USAF AFSPC SLG/GPS Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 7:22 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Restore Netbackup from catastrophic failure of MasterServer I am trying to recover my NetBackup and system data (catalog db and system partitions) from my tape library. My master server (UNIX) crashed and was unrecoverable. I have reloaded Solaris and rebuilt my Partitions. I do not have the data anywhere else. (Screwed up config I know, but I didn't build it) I have been through the disaster recovery section of the manual. I cannot find my catalog tape. I cannot get NetBackup working correctly. (I am going to have to reinstall it) I need to know how to find my catalog Tape? Morgan Taylor Contractor, SMC GPS Level 1 Sustainment Schriever Air Force Base, CO 80912 719 567 3208 or 567 3242 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. - Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 REGISTERED OFFICE:- Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU
Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy wrote: Dear Gurus, My apologies - it is probably very simple question. Files from failed backup to Disk Storage Unit are taking space (which I need immediately for other backups). How I can reclaim the space back? Thank you, Aleksandr ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Try expiring the image or crudely just deleting the image files from the disk location D ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] install client with ssh
Now my friend that does sound like a very good plan. I could also substitute the client name with a $ variable and pass it to the script. It was just the service install areas i'm not too familiar with yet in sol10. I know you need to use inetadm and various things to make inetd.conf services usable. Cheers Nardello, John wrote: 1)Do a normal /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/install_client_files ftp client to some Solaris 10 box in your environment. 2)On the client you'll now have a /tmp/bp directory on the client with all the needed files and stuff you need to automate future installs. 3)Hack the /tmp/bp/bin/client_config script to do automatic configuration of the CLIENT_NAME, REQUIRED_INTERFACE, other desired bp.conf entries, exclude_list, etc. 4)Copy in any additional files needed to support your hacking (i.e. exclude_list file, etc) to /tmp/bp 4)tar up /tmp/bp and then you can use your favorite method to move the tarball onto any client that needs to be installed, untar it, then just run your hacked client_config script to automatically do the install and client configuration. I will say you have to re-hack the client_config script at each new NetBackup version, or at least check it to make sure they haven't added/removed any files to/from the install, but otherwise it's been working pretty well here. I now have install tarballs I can get loaded onto any of our UNIX clients and Joe-SA can run a single command to do all the needed configuration. And my favorite part, I didn't have to start from scratch. =) - John Nardello -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Markham Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] install client with ssh Yeah good call, and i have done that before. Problem is i want to install solaris 10 clients and i'd have to script all the service stuff and im not totally up on solaris10 as yet ( i know i know i should be ). I have had some good responses and a couple of scripts passed to me so thanks guys and i'm sure ill get it going D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since it's solaris, it's really easy to just copy it from another working client, too. Grab the entire /usr/openv directory in a tarball and just untar it on the new machine. Change the client name other info in bp.conf. Grab the bp entries from /etc/services /etc/inetd.conf and add them to the other client. HUP the inetd daemon. It should work. Verify the bpcd port is listening correctly with netstat -a | grep bpcd. You should see inetd listening to the bpcd port. Other than that, just finding the install script and replacing rsh with ssh works fine, too. Of course, the trust relationship needs to be setup first (and the first contact made host key accepted and all that other normal prep work.) -M -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Markham Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 6:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Amado Gramajo; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; Jeff Lightner Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] install client with ssh Thanks dude, ill give the rsh rename a go. I know i tried this on older versions and it didnt seem to work but Im happy editing scripts so will set keys up and try. To answer some other replies :- Im not on v 6.5 and being in a large company with stupid rules and customer change controls and accreditations etc i cant upgrade to 6.5 soon. Im remotely managing hundreds of clients in a datacenter and putting a CD into a new client just is not feasible. There is nothing under the /usr/openv/netbackup/client/Solaris/ tree which has sftp or ssh in it from the server install and so i assume people who have these scripts have created them. I dont see any sftp or ssh install scripts under Linux or BSD client directories either. If someone does have them would they mind mailing me a copy and i could then try and hack the Solaris one. Weird thing is i cant see why it doesnt work globally replacing ftp with sftp as when i run a diff on my v5 scripts i cant see that much else has changed. Cheers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are willing to set up shared ssh keys between hosts you can modify the /usr/openv/netbackup/client/Solaris/Solaris9/install_client script. There is an install_client script for each OS version. A crude hack is to replace what Netbackup discovers for RSH and RCP with SSH and SCP. If you don't want to modify the scripts, you could rename RSH and RCP and replace them with a link to SSH and SCP. We don't use R commands anymore so
Re: [Veritas-bu] Sharing drive in multiple NB domains
What type of domain are you referring to. I would need more info about youir domains. I know that you can partition/zone the drives on the SAN switch, and have two different backup systems running. However under this scenario, one system could not see the drives assigned to the other, they each would have their own set of drives to use. What kind of tape library do you have? = Carl Stehman IT Distributed Services Team Pepco Holdings, Inc. 202-331-6619 Pager 301-765-2703 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Slusarski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/17/2008 05:37 PM Please respond to VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu To VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu cc Subject [Veritas-bu] Sharing drive in multiple NB domains Hello ! I am new to NB. I have two active NB 6.5 domains in one SAN. Is possible to share drives from tape libraries between two NB domains ( I have SSO option ) ? +-- |This was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to [EMAIL PROTECTED] +-- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This Email message and any attachment may contain information that is proprietary, legally privileged, confidential and/or subject to copyright belonging to Pepco Holdings, Inc. or its affiliates (PHI). This Email is intended solely for the use of the person(s) to which it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this Email to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this Email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete this Email and any copies. PHI policies expressly prohibit employees from making defamatory or offensive statements and infringing any copyright or any other legal right by Email communication. PHI will not accept any liability in respect of such communications. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU
Dave, Thank you for your answer. A) Don't think I can expire files from failed backup - I think that they never made it to the NetBackup database (because the backup failed :) ) . At least I don't see files from failed backups in bpimmedia -L output. B) I am afraid that removing those files can confuse NetBackup. I am looking for the way to tell NetBackup do garbage removal now (this is NetBackup 3.4). Thank you, Aleksandr On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Dave Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy wrote: Dear Gurus, My apologies - it is probably very simple question. Files from failed backup to Disk Storage Unit are taking space (which I need immediately for other backups). How I can reclaim the space back? Thank you, Aleksandr ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Try expiring the image or crudely just deleting the image files from the disk location D ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] NetBackup protecting 30TB - 60TB NetApp over NDMP.
I am a newb to the list. I have some experience with NetBackup 5.1 MP4. Anyways, I have an interesting problem. I have a NetApp GX system that needs to be protected. It looks like the best method would be to backup the unit using NDMP. The problem we are running into, theoretically at this moment as we design the backup system, is the limitation of the cluster interconnect and the ability to move up to 30TB, and in time 60TB of data across a 2GB FC link to a tape storage library. Doing the math, we would never be able to use the netapp for what it was designed for as the cluster-interconnects would be continuously saturated. The reason for this (and this is something I inherited) is that even though there are 4 Heads, 1 Head is the owner of a metadata volume that pretty much encompasses the entire unit, so 75% of the data has to come across the cluster interconnect (this is limited to 2Gb). We could re-arch the FS to balance across all 4 Head nodes, but we still have a 2Gb limitation per node as that is the fastest FC card available for these guys. My idea is to implement some kind of synthetic full strategy. That is, move as much data as possible for an initial full to tape (we have a two week outage coming up in a couple months), then create a disk stage where we can store incrementals. As long as the daily change rate allows us to move the incrementals in say 8hrs or so (across Gbe or FC), I think we would be fine. The question I have for everyone is, how long should I expect it to take for 4 LTO4 drives in combination with incrementals on say a thumper, to generate a weekly full to tape (lets be harsh and say we have a 10% change rate throughout the week). I want to start at 30TB today and scale to 60TB over the next 18-24mos. Anyone have similar experiences? What I am looking at is possibly using a x4500 as a combined media server and disk storage unit. Thanks, Jim ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU
If you manually delete anything from disk I would highly suggest running a bpimage -cleanup so that your catalog is consistent. This is suppose to happen automatically but you may want to look at the command guide for the specific options so that it doesn't take so long to complete i.e. specifying client name or backup ID. Also, depending on how you are backing up to disk, you may not be able to realize your space savings until your disk appliances complete a cleaning cycle. For example, if you are using Data Domain devices, simply deleting the images from disk will not give you back that space. You have to allow the devices to complete a full cleaning cycle which is a 10 phase process and let me tell you, it can take a LONG TIME!! This of course depends on the amount of data you are purging. For the specific case with Data Domain devices, we do not use them with the VTL option so while it would still be true that a cleaning cycle would still need to complete the time that takes may be different. Can any other Data Domain users out there add any color here?? Dave Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/18/2008 07:04 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy wrote: Dear Gurus, My apologies - it is probably very simple question. Files from failed backup to Disk Storage Unit are taking space (which I need immediately for other backups). How I can reclaim the space back? Thank you, Aleksandr ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Try expiring the image or crudely just deleting the image files from the disk location D ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Own the landmark Planet Earth series on DVD! Find more great gifts by shopping online at http://discoverystore.com This e-mail, and any attachment, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, copying, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of Discovery Communications, LLC. image/gif___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] sniff...bpgp is gone from 6.5
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Stump, Bob A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wondering if you NetBackup 6.5 admins can check to see if bprsh still is available. bprsh is similar to remsh or rsh Yup, it's still there. [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# ls -l /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bprsh -r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin64380 Nov 16 10:42 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bprsh -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] bpflist command problems
I ran across the bplist command also and changed my script to use it. All is working fine now. Thanks for the help.. Wayne BeDour IT Unix System Administrator PH: 313-593-9876 FAX: 313-593-9621 Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Shyam Hazari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:22 PM To: BeDour, Wayne Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] bpflist command problems This is how I use it (5.1 MP5) bpflist -option GET_ALL_FILES -policy policy -client client -d 04/17/2008 00:00:00 -e 04/17/2008 23:00:00 / I always use bplist. Here is the syntax bplist -C client -S master server -t 0 -k policy name -l -unix_files -s 04/17/2008 -e 04/17/2008 -R / -Shyam On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:03 PM, BeDour, Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our environment is HP-UX 11.11, Netbackup 5.1 MP3 backing up mostly HP unix with some Sun and Windows backups. I have been using the bpflist command in a script to parse out files that have been backed up. We moved the master server to a new host using the same hostname and ip address (HP-UX 11.3). I just found that my script using bpflist is no longer working, I can only get it to list off files backed up from one policy. The command that works is: bpflist -option GET_ALL_FILES -class sfd-elmer2-unix -client elmer2 -d 12/09/01 00:00:00 -e 12/31/10 00:00:00 If I change the policy name after -class to another valid policy name, I get the following: no entity was found There were good backups from the other policy name but the bpflist command is not finding what files were backed up. Anyone have any suggestions what is going on? Again, this had been working fine, the only change is that we changed servers. Thanks in advance,. Wayne BeDour IT Unix System Administrator PH: 313-593-9876 FAX: 313-593-9621 Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** ** LEGAL DISCLAIMER ** ** This E-mail message and any attachments may contain legally privileged, confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this E-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this E-mail message from your computer. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] sniff...bpgp is gone from 6.5
Makes no sense that they remove a command that allows putting or getting a file on a client yet leave bprsh. bprsh allows root to run any command that is in the /usr/openv/netbackup/bin or volmgr/bin as root on a client. Any command could potentially be placed into those directories. It doesn't have to be a NetBackup command. bpgp is like a speck of sawdust in the eye of security while bprsh would be a plank. (NIV paraphrase) From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:44 AM To: Stump, Bob A Cc: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] sniff...bpgp is gone from 6.5 On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Stump, Bob A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wondering if you NetBackup 6.5 admins can check to see if bprsh still is available. bprsh is similar to remsh or rsh Yup, it's still there. [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# ls -l /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bprsh -r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin64380 Nov 16 10:42 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bprsh -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Sharing drive in multiple NB domains
I have two different NetBackup zones. In witch one NB 6.5 server is running. Every zone of NB is in different lokalization. In first domain there is 10 clientsincluding 2 entherprise (SAN). The first one is production. There in Informix database with HADR (replication over IP) to second replication. In every lokalization there is library (IBM TS3200) with two drives. NB server in first lokalization has SSO=4 and NB server in second lokalization is NB server 5 clients 1 ent. client (SAN) and SSO=2. I don't want to use partitioning of library in the level on library. I would like to use NB server in first lokalization and use two drivers in first lokalization and two in second lokalization (to share drives in second lokalization ) a can see WWN of drives and library. The second library in controled and used (two drives) by second NB server. So because I can see drives ofer the SAN fron first lokalization I wonder If I could use it (NB server in first lokalization). Who would operate the changer ? The changer of library is used by second NB server ( in second NB domain). That configuration would be comfortable for mi because I could make two copies of data at the same time in two different libraries in two lokalization. In sytuation of crash in first lokalization I still could be able to import tapes from first NB server lokated in second library. For example I have similar sytuation in two Tivoli Storage Server and there is possible to share one library in SAN between two or more TSM servers. One of its must become library manager and others communicate with library manager over IP to send order of mounting tape in drive slot. Thanks +-- |This was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to [EMAIL PROTECTED] +-- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Sharing drive in multiple NB domains
I have read in NB Shared Storege Option.pdf To share robotic libraries without using the Shared Storage Option You can share robotic tape libraries among multiple NetBackup media servers by using any of the following methods. These capabilities are not related to Shared Storage Option and should not be confused with Shared Storage Option. #9632; NetBackup allows different drives within the same robotic library to be configured on different media servers. This capability is termed shared library support. Robot types that support shared library are ACS, TL8, TLD, TLH, TLM. #9632; Some robot vendors also let you partition libraries. One partitioned view of the robotic library includes one set of drives, while the other view has a different set of drives in the library. Partitions lets two robotic control daemons on different control hosts manage the robotic library possibly each for a different NetBackup master and media server environment. #9632; Use multiple NetBackup master servers that share a common media and device management domain. This means that the master servers use the same EMM server is propably my sytuation. +-- |This was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to [EMAIL PROTECTED] +-- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU
I have had this happen to me. The file system log corrupted and the disk was returning I/O errors, so there were partial images on the DSSU, but it purged the associated catalog data when the backup failed. Try the bpexpdate to expire the images first. If NetBackup tells you the image doesn't exist, then you'll have to delete the files manually. This won't confuse NetBackup since there's no corresponding image info in the catalog about these files. Eric -Original Message- From: Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 8:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU Dave, Thank you for your answer. A) Don't think I can expire files from failed backup - I think that they never made it to the NetBackup database (because the backup failed :) ) . At least I don't see files from failed backups in bpimmedia -L output. B) I am afraid that removing those files can confuse NetBackup. I am looking for the way to tell NetBackup do garbage removal now (this is NetBackup 3.4). Thank you, Aleksandr On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Dave Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy wrote: Dear Gurus, My apologies - it is probably very simple question. Files from failed backup to Disk Storage Unit are taking space (which I need immediately for other backups). How I can reclaim the space back? Thank you, Aleksandr ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Try expiring the image or crudely just deleting the image files from the disk location D ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU
Norman, Thank you for your reply. Looks like bpimage from NetBackup 3.4 doesn't have -cleanup option... I am a bit scared to remove the files myself. Veritas document 875-1921-10 Datacenter 3.4 System Administrator Guide UNIX doesn't even list bpimage in NetBackup Commands chapter :). [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/local/nagios2/local/conf/mtpMonitor # /netbackup/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimage bpimage: -[de]compress [-allclients | -client name] bpimage: [-M master_server,...,master_server] bpimage: -npc copy # -backupid backup_id [-client name] bpimage: -newserver name [-oldserver name] [-id id] bpimage: -deletecopy # -backupid backup_id bpimage: -testlock # -backupid backup_id bpimage: -prunetir [-allclients | -client name] bpimage: -create_image_list -client name bpimage: -index n -client name bpimage: -wff path bytes -backupid backup_id [-client name] bpimage: -update [-secinfo [0|1] | -rfile [0|1] | -filesysonly [0|1] | -numfiles number | -keyword keyword phrase | -objdesc string] [-client name -class name -t type -d mm/dd/ hh:mm:ss] [-client name -d mm/dd/ hh:mm:ss] [-id backup_id] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/local/nagios2/local/conf/mtpMonitor # Aleksandr On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you manually delete anything from disk I would highly suggest running a bpimage -cleanup so that your catalog is consistent. This is suppose to happen automatically but you may want to look at the command guide for the specific options so that it doesn't take so long to complete i.e. specifying client name or backup ID. Also, depending on how you are backing up to disk, you may not be able to realize your space savings until your disk appliances complete a cleaning cycle. For example, if you are using Data Domain devices, simply deleting the images from disk will not give you back that space. You have to allow the devices to complete a full cleaning cycle which is a 10 phase process and let me tell you, it can take a LONG TIME!! This of course depends on the amount of data you are purging. For the specific case with Data Domain devices, we do not use them with the VTL option so while it would still be true that a cleaning cycle would still need to complete the time that takes may be different. Can any other Data Domain users out there add any color here?? Dave Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/18/2008 07:04 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy wrote: Dear Gurus, My apologies - it is probably very simple question. Files from failed backup to Disk Storage Unit are taking space (which I need immediately for other backups). How I can reclaim the space back? Thank you, Aleksandr ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Try expiring the image or crudely just deleting the image files from the disk location D ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Own the landmark Planet Earth series on DVD! Find more great gifts by shopping online at http://discoverystore.com This e-mail, and any attachment, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, copying, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of Discovery Communications, LLC. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU
You can safely delete the files. When I was @ 5.1 MP3, I had the same problem. It used to leave partial images on the DSSU's. I used to manually delete the files. It went away with MP5 -Shyam On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norman, Thank you for your reply. Looks like bpimage from NetBackup 3.4 doesn't have -cleanup option... I am a bit scared to remove the files myself. Veritas document 875-1921-10 Datacenter 3.4 System Administrator Guide UNIX doesn't even list bpimage in NetBackup Commands chapter :). [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/local/nagios2/local/conf/mtpMonitor # /netbackup/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimage bpimage: -[de]compress [-allclients | -client name] bpimage: [-M master_server,...,master_server] bpimage: -npc copy # -backupid backup_id [-client name] bpimage: -newserver name [-oldserver name] [-id id] bpimage: -deletecopy # -backupid backup_id bpimage: -testlock # -backupid backup_id bpimage: -prunetir [-allclients | -client name] bpimage: -create_image_list -client name bpimage: -index n -client name bpimage: -wff path bytes -backupid backup_id [-client name] bpimage: -update [-secinfo [0|1] | -rfile [0|1] | -filesysonly [0|1] | -numfiles number | -keyword keyword phrase | -objdesc string] [-client name -class name -t type -d mm/dd/ hh:mm:ss] [-client name -d mm/dd/ hh:mm:ss] [-id backup_id] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/local/nagios2/local/conf/mtpMonitor # Aleksandr On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you manually delete anything from disk I would highly suggest running a bpimage -cleanup so that your catalog is consistent. This is suppose to happen automatically but you may want to look at the command guide for the specific options so that it doesn't take so long to complete i.e. specifying client name or backup ID. Also, depending on how you are backing up to disk, you may not be able to realize your space savings until your disk appliances complete a cleaning cycle. For example, if you are using Data Domain devices, simply deleting the images from disk will not give you back that space. You have to allow the devices to complete a full cleaning cycle which is a 10 phase process and let me tell you, it can take a LONG TIME!! This of course depends on the amount of data you are purging. For the specific case with Data Domain devices, we do not use them with the VTL option so while it would still be true that a cleaning cycle would still need to complete the time that takes may be different. Can any other Data Domain users out there add any color here?? Dave Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/18/2008 07:04 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy wrote: Dear Gurus, My apologies - it is probably very simple question. Files from failed backup to Disk Storage Unit are taking space (which I need immediately for other backups). How I can reclaim the space back? Thank you, Aleksandr ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Try expiring the image or crudely just deleting the image files from the disk location D ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Own the landmark Planet Earth series on DVD! Find more great gifts by shopping online at http://discoverystore.com This e-mail, and any attachment, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, copying, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of Discovery Communications, LLC. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU
My favorite technote of all time, if slightly dated. =) http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/236274.htm Contains info on running cleanups manually, as well as info on a why-the-heck-isn't-it-a-default!!! touchfile. If you want to see what NetBackup has been doing for cleanup lately (all one line): egrep Cleanup running in background|delete_expired_backups: deleted /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm/log.* -John Nardello -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU Norman, Thank you for your reply. Looks like bpimage from NetBackup 3.4 doesn't have -cleanup option... I am a bit scared to remove the files myself. Veritas document 875-1921-10 Datacenter 3.4 System Administrator Guide UNIX doesn't even list bpimage in NetBackup Commands chapter :). [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/local/nagios2/local/conf/mtpMonitor # /netbackup/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimage bpimage: -[de]compress [-allclients | -client name] bpimage: [-M master_server,...,master_server] bpimage: -npc copy # -backupid backup_id [-client name] bpimage: -newserver name [-oldserver name] [-id id] bpimage: -deletecopy # -backupid backup_id bpimage: -testlock # -backupid backup_id bpimage: -prunetir [-allclients | -client name] bpimage: -create_image_list -client name bpimage: -index n -client name bpimage: -wff path bytes -backupid backup_id [-client name] bpimage: -update [-secinfo [0|1] | -rfile [0|1] | -filesysonly [0|1] | -numfiles number | -keyword keyword phrase | -objdesc string] [-client name -class name -t type -d mm/dd/ hh:mm:ss] [-client name -d mm/dd/ hh:mm:ss] [-id backup_id] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/local/nagios2/local/conf/mtpMonitor # Aleksandr On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you manually delete anything from disk I would highly suggest running a bpimage -cleanup so that your catalog is consistent. This is suppose to happen automatically but you may want to look at the command guide for the specific options so that it doesn't take so long to complete i.e. specifying client name or backup ID. Also, depending on how you are backing up to disk, you may not be able to realize your space savings until your disk appliances complete a cleaning cycle. For example, if you are using Data Domain devices, simply deleting the images from disk will not give you back that space. You have to allow the devices to complete a full cleaning cycle which is a 10 phase process and let me tell you, it can take a LONG TIME!! This of course depends on the amount of data you are purging. For the specific case with Data Domain devices, we do not use them with the VTL option so while it would still be true that a cleaning cycle would still need to complete the time that takes may be different. Can any other Data Domain users out there add any color here?? Dave Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/18/2008 07:04 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy wrote: Dear Gurus, My apologies - it is probably very simple question. Files from failed backup to Disk Storage Unit are taking space (which I need immediately for other backups). How I can reclaim the space back? Thank you, Aleksandr ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Try expiring the image or crudely just deleting the image files from the disk location D ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu Own the landmark Planet Earth series on DVD! Find more great gifts by shopping online at http://discoverystore.com This e-mail, and any attachment, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, copying, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of Discovery Communications, LLC. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Nardello, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My favorite technote of all time, if slightly dated. =) http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/236274.htm Contains info on running cleanups manually, as well as info on a why-the-heck-isn't-it-a-default!!! touchfile. The reason it's not the default is that it can cause backups to fail. Been there, done that, wasn't pretty. If you want to see what NetBackup has been doing for cleanup lately (all one line): egrep Cleanup running in background|delete_expired_backups: deleted /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm/log.* In 6.5, you can now see the image cleanups in the activity monitor. There's a reason my Veritas/Symantec spends a lot of time developing new releases...they really do fix (and sometimes create :-)) bugs, design issues, and add new features. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] mystery directory showing up - %SysTrustDir%
Has anyone seen where a directory shows up with perms of 700 named %SysTrustDir% drwx-- 2 root root 4096 Apr 17 18:41 %SysTrustDir% Incidentally, there's nothing in that directory. It's all over the place on my NBU v.6.0MP6 environment and caused my catalogue backup to fail because it was in the staging directory and NBU couldn't delete it. Once I deleted it the catalogue backup ran fine. But something is creating it and I think it's NBU when it does a backup. I know, it doesn't make sense but I can't think of anything else. Any ideas? -- Brian J. Greenberg ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
