[Veritas-bu] Master Server Migration
Question for all: Shouldn't you disjoin the old master from the domain after you perform catalog backup and then join domain with new master with same hostname/IP before installing NBU? +-- |This was sent by sola...@cablespeed.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] NDMP backups
forget NDMP with Isilon.there is much better method, which I have only done with NFS. Take your media server and hard mount UNC to each individual node. take the number of subdirectories in the root and divide by the number of nodes yes it might not be an even number, but you'll have slight imbalance..1 yes...you could script to check for subs in root and chop it up evenly and update backup selections Or, if you have tight controls where you work...anytime storage admin creates a new subdirectory in root, you are notified to rebalance backup selections. then set backup selections as follows For example: you have four nodes and 16 subs NEW_STREAM //unc-path-node1/ifs/directories 1-4 NEW_STREAM //unc-path-node2/ifs/directories 5-8 NEW_STREAM //unc-path-node3/ifs/directories 9-12 NEW_STREAM //unc-path-node4/ifs/directories 13-16 what this winds up doing is making the Isilon use its backplane (Infiniband) between nodes because that's what its meant for...the collective throughput of many connections to many nodes being hit all at once. 10GbE on media server really rips!! I've seen 500+ MB per seond +-- |This was sent by sola...@cablespeed.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Citrix Backups and restores
Have you tried restoring to an alternate location to verify the data on the ta Doug Preston -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of dejohn61 Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 3:40 PM To: VERITAS-BU@MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU Subject: [Veritas-bu] Citrix Backups and restores NBU Enterprise 7.1.01 Windows 2003 enterprise (master) 6 Media servers mixed Unix, Linux, and windows Netapp VTL and (Quantum Scalar i2000 physical tape) I am having trouble restoring data from the D:\ drive of a Citrix server. the C:\ drive restores just fine. I can see the data in the restore console so I know its there. Symantec support is telling me that the D:\ on the Citrix box is EFI format not NTFS and not compatible in NBU backups and restores. Is this a true statement? and what are my alternatives to backing up and restoring this data. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Citrix Backups and restores
Thanks for the reply Jonathan, I am bewildered, it is an ntfs partition and like I said in my first post I can see the data. So back to Symantec support I will go. Thanks Again I will post my findings. Don +-- |This was sent by don.john...@watson.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups
You may create the script as you like. If you use the script only to change the file selection, be sour that it will run before the policy. But, yes, you may create a script that will change the data selection and run the policy manually (bpbackup -i), using cron From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Sanders, Nate Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 9:31 PM To: smpt; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups Ooh, so this would simply be a script to modify the actual Backup Selections list, before the job runs. I was only imaging some kind of script that would have to be cron'd to actually run the job itself, which obviously I would not want as the policy/schedule would be outside NBU. I will investigate this. From: smpt [mailto:sm...@peppas.gr] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 2:21 PM To: Sanders, Nate (DS); veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups Hello, You can make a script that first change the policy file selection using bpplinclude command and then run the policy. stefanos From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Sanders, Nate Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 8:57 PM To: Sanders, Nate; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups Would it be possible to make the policy read the Backup Selections from a file? We could easily automate the creation of this file into chunks of streams for the existing folders. My concern with a manual list is that new folders will be created and missed. From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Sanders, Nate (DS) Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 1:25 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups So, NDMP doesn't support wildcards, right? As stated in "NetBackup AdminGuide NDMP": The following backup selections capabilities are NOT supported for an NDMP policy: │ Wildcards in pathnames. For example, /home/* is an invalid entry. │ Individual file names. Only directory or volume names are allowed. │ Exclude list (because client software is not installed on the NDMP host). You can, however, exclude files by using the SET keyword. I have a large folder full of sub folders that need to be backed up. Ideally, I'd love to have multiple streams running in the job. I was hoping to split them out by the alphabet, as in A*, B*, C*, etc. NDMP won't let you do this. Anyone have any suggestions on how else to achieve this? We're trying to backup an Isilon via NDMP to a Data Domain via OST from the media server. -- Nate SandersSr. System Administrator Digital Motorworks, Inc (512) 692 - 1038 _ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. _ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. _ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups
Ooh, so this would simply be a script to modify the actual Backup Selections list, before the job runs. I was only imaging some kind of script that would have to be cron'd to actually run the job itself, which obviously I would not want as the policy/schedule would be outside NBU. I will investigate this. From: smpt [mailto:sm...@peppas.gr] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 2:21 PM To: Sanders, Nate (DS); veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups Hello, You can make a script that first change the policy file selection using bpplinclude command and then run the policy. stefanos From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Sanders, Nate Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 8:57 PM To: Sanders, Nate; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups Would it be possible to make the policy read the Backup Selections from a file? We could easily automate the creation of this file into chunks of streams for the existing folders. My concern with a manual list is that new folders will be created and missed. From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Sanders, Nate (DS) Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 1:25 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups So, NDMP doesn't support wildcards, right? As stated in "NetBackup AdminGuide NDMP": The following backup selections capabilities are NOT supported for an NDMP policy: ■ Wildcards in pathnames. For example, /home/* is an invalid entry. ■ Individual file names. Only directory or volume names are allowed. ■ Exclude list (because client software is not installed on the NDMP host). You can, however, exclude files by using the SET keyword. I have a large folder full of sub folders that need to be backed up. Ideally, I'd love to have multiple streams running in the job. I was hoping to split them out by the alphabet, as in A*, B*, C*, etc. NDMP won't let you do this. Anyone have any suggestions on how else to achieve this? We're trying to backup an Isilon via NDMP to a Data Domain via OST from the media server. -- Nate SandersSr. System Administrator Digital Motorworks, Inc (512) 692 - 1038 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] NDMP backups
I have some NDMP policies that use the following directive: SET EXCLUDE = *.vswp It seems to work. +-- |This was sent by chuck.car...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups
You could generate your list and either using bp commands or update /usr/openv/netbackup/db/class//include, but either way the policy must be updated BEFORE it is started as it will not look at the list of files again. Also you need to nbpemreq(?) -updatepolicies before you start it. I'm sure the first method, bp commands would be supported, I'm not sure about the second method as VERTIAS/Symantec sort of frown on these things. :) On 01/11/2011 19:56, Sanders, Nate wrote: Would it be possible to make the policy read the Backup Selections from a file? We could easily automate the creation of this file into chunks of streams for the existing folders. My concern with a manual list is that new folders will be created and missed. *From:*veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] *On Behalf Of *Sanders, Nate (DS) *Sent:* Tuesday, November 01, 2011 1:25 PM *To:* veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu *Subject:* [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups So, NDMP doesn't support wildcards, right? As stated in "NetBackup AdminGuide NDMP": The following backup selections capabilities are NOT supported for an NDMP policy: ? Wildcards in pathnames. For example, /home/* is an invalid entry. ? Individual file names. Only directory or volume names are allowed. ? Exclude list (because client software is not installed on the NDMP host). You can, however, exclude files by using the SET keyword. I have a large folder full of sub folders that need to be backed up. Ideally, I'd love to have multiple streams running in the job. I was hoping to split them out by the alphabet, as in A*, B*, C*, etc. NDMP won't let you do this. Anyone have any suggestions on how else to achieve this? We're trying to backup an Isilon via NDMP to a Data Domain via OST from the media server. -- Nate SandersSr. System Administrator Digital Motorworks, Inc (512) 692 - 1038 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ___ 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] NDMP backups
Hello, You can make a script that first change the policy file selection using bpplinclude command and then run the policy. stefanos From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Sanders, Nate Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 8:57 PM To: Sanders, Nate; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups Would it be possible to make the policy read the Backup Selections from a file? We could easily automate the creation of this file into chunks of streams for the existing folders. My concern with a manual list is that new folders will be created and missed. From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Sanders, Nate (DS) Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 1:25 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups So, NDMP doesn't support wildcards, right? As stated in "NetBackup AdminGuide NDMP": The following backup selections capabilities are NOT supported for an NDMP policy: │ Wildcards in pathnames. For example, /home/* is an invalid entry. │ Individual file names. Only directory or volume names are allowed. │ Exclude list (because client software is not installed on the NDMP host). You can, however, exclude files by using the SET keyword. I have a large folder full of sub folders that need to be backed up. Ideally, I'd love to have multiple streams running in the job. I was hoping to split them out by the alphabet, as in A*, B*, C*, etc. NDMP won't let you do this. Anyone have any suggestions on how else to achieve this? We're trying to backup an Isilon via NDMP to a Data Domain via OST from the media server. -- Nate SandersSr. System Administrator Digital Motorworks, Inc (512) 692 - 1038 _ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. _ This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups
Would it be possible to make the policy read the Backup Selections from a file? We could easily automate the creation of this file into chunks of streams for the existing folders. My concern with a manual list is that new folders will be created and missed. From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Sanders, Nate (DS) Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 1:25 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NDMP backups So, NDMP doesn't support wildcards, right? As stated in "NetBackup AdminGuide NDMP": The following backup selections capabilities are NOT supported for an NDMP policy: ■ Wildcards in pathnames. For example, /home/* is an invalid entry. ■ Individual file names. Only directory or volume names are allowed. ■ Exclude list (because client software is not installed on the NDMP host). You can, however, exclude files by using the SET keyword. I have a large folder full of sub folders that need to be backed up. Ideally, I'd love to have multiple streams running in the job. I was hoping to split them out by the alphabet, as in A*, B*, C*, etc. NDMP won't let you do this. Anyone have any suggestions on how else to achieve this? We're trying to backup an Isilon via NDMP to a Data Domain via OST from the media server. -- Nate SandersSr. System Administrator Digital Motorworks, Inc (512) 692 - 1038 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] NDMP backups
So, NDMP doesn't support wildcards, right? As stated in "NetBackup AdminGuide NDMP": The following backup selections capabilities are NOT supported for an NDMP policy: ■ Wildcards in pathnames. For example, /home/* is an invalid entry. ■ Individual file names. Only directory or volume names are allowed. ■ Exclude list (because client software is not installed on the NDMP host). You can, however, exclude files by using the SET keyword. I have a large folder full of sub folders that need to be backed up. Ideally, I'd love to have multiple streams running in the job. I was hoping to split them out by the alphabet, as in A*, B*, C*, etc. NDMP won't let you do this. Anyone have any suggestions on how else to achieve this? We're trying to backup an Isilon via NDMP to a Data Domain via OST from the media server. -- Nate SandersSr. System Administrator Digital Motorworks, Inc (512) 692 - 1038 This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] vmware api backups
-Original Message- From: George Winter [mailto:george_win...@symantec.com] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 2:28 PM To: VERITAS-BU@MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] vmware api backups Hello. Just a couple of clarifications >> you need to enable change block tracking on each vm [G]: NetBackup automatically enables Changed Block Tracking when the "Block Level Incremental Backup" checkbox is selected on the policy. This is done for every VM that is defined in this policy. No need to manually enable this on every VM. >> change backups using time stamps instead of archive bits [G]: This is only required on the Windows VMware Backup Host(s). This attribute does not need to be set for every VM being protected. [jro] Baolin says this isn't necessary anymore, and he and Dave both say that has been true for a couple of releases. >> making the UUID based quiescing for windows 2008 servers (theres a symantec >> article on this). [G]: Not sure what this is referring to. [jro] There is a technote that someone sent me. I couldn't find the value they say to change, or any explanation of what it does. Hope this helps! -George Winter Symantec Corporation -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of X_S Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 9:23 AM To: VERITAS-BU@MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU Subject: [Veritas-bu] vmware api backups Hi Howard, i just did some testing recently too using the network (instead of SAN). it was fairly easy to set up once the correct permissions were set in vCenter. Our esx hosts are connected with 10GB and the vm guests are at 1GB, so the backups using the API was much faster. i was able to restore full vmdks from the backup and found that the nb client is required if you want to restore files back to the original vm guest. our paint point is the config requirements to get this done to each vm guest. for example, you need to enable change block tracking on each vm, change backups using time stamps instead of archive bits, and making the UUID based quiescing for windows 2008 servers (theres a symantec article on this). +-- |This was sent by xsp...@yahoo.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- ___ 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
[Veritas-bu] How do I view data thats on a tape?
What I think your really after is a list of what files are included in a given backup image. For that take a gander at the "bpflist" command. It's very handy. +-- |This was sent by chuck.car...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] How do I view data thats on a tape?
What I think your really after is a list of what files are included in a given backup image. For that take a gander at the "bpflist" command. It's very handy. +-- |This was sent by chuck.car...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] NDMP in Practice
I worked around this problem by running scripts against each filer and comparing this to the include/exclude list for each policy. I was in an environment with over 200 netapp filers and this was a constant problem. Also you don't want to use exportfs to glean a list of what to back up (this shouldn't work anyways if its an NDMP policy), you want to use "vol status" or something similar. (Ideally you should get the perl API so you can interface with the Netapp OS in a robust, enterprise grade manner) So I use the perl API to glean a list of volumes and then make sure each is present in either the exclude or include list. If not, it adds it to the include list and then sends out an email alert. Even if ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES worked (actually I think this directive did work for NDMP policies in some version along the way) you probably wouldn't want to use it. +-- |This was sent by chuck.car...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu