Re: [Veritas-bu] Microsoft Exchange backups
Thanks, everyone, for the guidance. Can the Admin Guide for Exchange be found in the Symantec on-line references? Does anyone have the contact information for a trustworthy re-seller? Someone else on the forum suggested going through a re-seller, since the pricing and service might be better. Thanks, James McDonald System Administrator SAIC/Cyber and Information Solutions Group 410-312-2232 From: WEAVER, Simon (external) [mailto:simon.wea...@astrium.eads.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:24 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Microsoft Exchange backups Hello James It is just a license key to perform Exchange online backups. Once done, you will need to create a policy for Exchange (Normally this is a directive Exchange aware backup). When the key is applied on the Master Server, it will open up the feature you need. The Admin Guide for Exchange is well worth a look, but its quite easy to setup and configure. Regards Simon From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of McDonald, James F. II Sent: 06 February 2012 15:47 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Microsoft Exchange backups We currently have a straight-forward NBU installation: 7.0.1 running on Windows Server 2008R2. We are looking to add backup support for a Microsoft Exchange server in the future, so I wanted to check with the forum and ask if there was anything needed additionally, to correctly backup Exchange. Is there additional NBU software, or is it a separate NBU license that we would need to purchase to “unlock” Exchange support? Thanks, James McDonald System Administrator SAIC/Cyber and Information Solutions Group 410-312-2232 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. -o- 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
[Veritas-bu] Microsoft Exchange backups
We currently have a straight-forward NBU installation: 7.0.1 running on Windows Server 2008R2. We are looking to add backup support for a Microsoft Exchange server in the future, so I wanted to check with the forum and ask if there was anything needed additionally, to correctly backup Exchange. Is there additional NBU software, or is it a separate NBU license that we would need to purchase to unlock Exchange support? Thanks, James McDonald System Administrator SAIC/Cyber and Information Solutions Group 410-312-2232 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] NBU and StorageTek
Does anyone have any experience configuring a StorageTek SL500 and the Linux version of NBU? I have the StorageTek connected to a Dell 2950, running RHEL 5.5 32-bit. It's connected via SCSI and the SCSI card is being recognized by the OS, so now it's just a matter of getting NBU to recognize the SL500. Does anyone have any tips or pointers for this type of setup? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] VxSS Problems
Somehow VxSS got installed when I loaded a fresh install of NBU 7.0.1 on a Windows Server. It seems to be preventing me from doing a lot of things. Does anyone know how to uninstall, stop or configure it, so that it plays nice? I have checked the web and tried various things, but nothing seems to get past it. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter
Is there a generic login for the OpsCenter GUI for NBU 7.0? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter
Thanks Nathan. One more quick question...I am trying to restore the incremental backups that ran after the last full backup, but I get this error: cannot connect to nbpem ERR - Failed to suspend scheduler. Are the steps for restoring incremental different than restoring full backups? I'm using the wizard and it claims to find the required media, but then fails out with the above error. I am running NBU 7.0.1 on Server 2003. I was able to get the Full Backup to restore without error yesterday. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: Magsaysay, Nathan [mailto:nmagsay...@medplus.com] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 8:45 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter Username: admin Password: password Domain: OpsCenterUsers (vx) Nathan From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of McDonald, James F. II Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 8:30 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter Is there a generic login for the OpsCenter GUI for NBU 7.0? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this electronic transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the information contained in this transmission is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify us by telephone (513) 229-5500 or by email (postmas...@medplus.com). After replying, please erase it from your computer system. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter
I am not using OpsCenter to attempt the restore. OpsCenter has stopped connecting for some reason, but I will worry about when I get the restore issue resolved. I am trying to do the restore through the wizard (NBU Admin Console/Windows UI). I still get the “cannot connect to nbpem” error when I try to do a restore. The nbpem appears to be running but I started both the nbjm and nbpem from the command line just to be safe. I even restarted the db (admin_cmd –stop/start) in the hopes that it would clear out anything that could be causing the problem. The restore worked fine yesterday, when I did the Full restore, but this morning I started getting the error when I tried some of the incrementals. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: rusty.ma...@sungard.com [mailto:rusty.ma...@sungard.com] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 10:14 AM To: McDonald, James F. II Cc: Magsaysay, Nathan; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter There is no difference in doing an Incremental restore versus a Full. Doing a restore does not suspend the scheduler, so I am unsure why that message is coming up, but make sure nbpem is running. In my experience (mostly prior to 7.0.1), nbpem can be down and you just won't see any jobs queue up, so you could still run your restore anyway. Question back to you: are you trying to restore from OpsCenter? I'm not sure that you can, I haven't used it yet. If so, then try another method (CLI, Java UI, Windows UI) and see if youre results are different. Rusty Major, MCSE, BCFP, VCS ▪ Sr. Storage Engineer ▪ SunGard Availability Services ▪ 757 N. Eldridge Suite 200, Houston TX 77079 ▪ 281-584-4693 Keeping People and Information Connected® ▪ http://availability.sungard.com/ http://availability.sungard.com/ P Think before you print CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system. McDonald, James F. II james.f.mcdonald...@saic.com Sent by: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu 06/10/2011 08:02 AM To Magsaysay, Nathan nmagsay...@medplus.com cc veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter Thanks Nathan. One more quick question…I am trying to restore the incremental backups that ran after the last full backup, but I get this error: “cannot connect to nbpem ERR – Failed to suspend scheduler.” Are the steps for restoring incremental different than restoring full backups? I’m using the wizard and it claims to find the required media, but then fails out with the above error. I am running NBU 7.0.1 on Server 2003. I was able to get the Full Backup to restore without error yesterday. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: Magsaysay, Nathan [mailto:nmagsay...@medplus.com mailto:nmagsay...@medplus.com ] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 8:45 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter Username: admin Password: password Domain: OpsCenterUsers (vx) Nathan From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu ] On Behalf Of McDonald, James F. II Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 8:30 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter Is there a generic login for the OpsCenter GUI for NBU 7.0? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this electronic transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the information contained in this transmission is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify us by telephone (513) 229-5500 or by email (postmas...@medplus.com). After replying, please erase it from your computer system.___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu 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] NBU Server Upgrade
Rusty, What do you mean by this: “Use tar and some other OS tricks to do a simultaneous tar and copy to the remote machine”? Does the “Import Images” option not copy all the existing *.info and *.img files over from the old server to the new server? Once the “Recover the Catalog” operation completes, can you just do a simple copy command with the actual images? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: rusty.ma...@sungard.com [mailto:rusty.ma...@sungard.com] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:43 PM To: McDonald, James F. II Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU Server Upgrade Here's what we do for a UNIX (Solaris) server refresh. -Install NBU and patch to the same level on the new server -Make a final catalog and system backup of the old server -Shut down NBU on old system -Use tar and some other OS tricks to do a simultaneous tar and copy to the remote machine -Swap over library/drive connections and configure in OS (this can be done before if a switched connection) -Swap IPs and hostnames -Reboot both servers, making sure NBU does not start on boot -Reconfigure drives/robot -Test -Resolve any issues Of course this is UNIX, so, IMO, there are some OS tools that make this so much easier than on Windows. Perhaps cygwin could help, or there are some Windows tools you're aware of to achieve the same goal. This has worked extremely well for several migrations, though it can be time consuming. It has taken us most of a day before, but that is dependent on what size pipe you have available when doing the file transfer (100Mb not fun). Here's another idea. What if you setup your new server, then used DoubleTake or something like that to mirror NBU to it? Or, what about pulling the drives (hopefully a mirror set) and putting them in the new server? Yes, there would probably be some hardware differences, but hopefully Windows could get past that. Then you could upgrade Windows to 2008 and be done. Another idea is to upgrade to Win2k8 and then move to the new server via one of the above methods. Whatever you end up doing, I recommend a practice run if you can afford that. Don't do anything to your old system that would prevent falling back. Rusty Major, MCSE, BCFP, VCS ▪ Sr. Storage Engineer ▪ SunGard Availability Services ▪ 757 N. Eldridge Suite 200, Houston TX 77079 ▪ 281-584-4693 Keeping People and Information Connected® ▪ http://availability.sungard.com/ http://availability.sungard.com/ P Think before you print CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system. McDonald, James F. II james.f.mcdonald...@saic.com Sent by: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu 05/19/2011 09:43 AM To veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu cc Subject [Veritas-bu] NBU Server Upgrade My current NBU server has lost its warranty coverage and instead of paying for more coverage, I was given a new server that has a warranty intact. I need to upgrade to this newer server so I just wanted to get some guidance on the procedure to do so. The current setup is a Dell 2950, running Server 2003 and NBU 7.0. There is tape storage attached to the current NBU server, via a SCSI card. The new setup will be in a newer Dell 2950, running Server 2008 and NBU 7.0. I will need to transfer everything (db’s, images, tape storage, etc.) to the new server. Below are some instructions I found online. Please comment, add or take away. This will be a first-time “recovery” for me, so any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Recovery When Windows is Intact Master Server Disk Recovery for Windows Before starting, verify that you have: NetBackup server software for Windows The latest NetBackup catalog backup on tape or disk Determine the install_path in which NetBackup is installed. By default, NetBackup is installed in C:\Program Files\VERITAS . Recovering the Master Server (Windows intact) To recover the Master server with the operating system intact 1. Partition the disks as they were before the failure. 2. Install NetBackup server software. However, do not configure any NetBackup policies or devices. 3. Install any NetBackup patches that had previously been installed. 4. Update the external mapping files. 5. Enable debug logging by creating the following directories: install_path\NetBackup\logs\tar install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpinetd 6. Start the NetBackup Client service and stop all other NetBackup services. Use the NetBackup Activity Monitor, or the Services application in the Windows Control Panel. 7. Use the bprecover command to recover the NetBackup catalogs: Choose one
[Veritas-bu] NBU Server Upgrade
My current NBU server has lost its warranty coverage and instead of paying for more coverage, I was given a new server that has a warranty intact. I need to upgrade to this newer server so I just wanted to get some guidance on the procedure to do so. The current setup is a Dell 2950, running Server 2003 and NBU 7.0. There is tape storage attached to the current NBU server, via a SCSI card. The new setup will be in a newer Dell 2950, running Server 2008 and NBU 7.0. I will need to transfer everything (db's, images, tape storage, etc.) to the new server. Below are some instructions I found online. Please comment, add or take away. This will be a first-time recovery for me, so any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Recovery When Windows is Intact Master Server Disk Recovery for Windows Before starting, verify that you have: NetBackup server software for Windows The latest NetBackup catalog backup on tape or disk Determine the install_path in which NetBackup is installed. By default, NetBackup is installed in C:\Program Files\VERITAS . Recovering the Master Server (Windows intact) To recover the Master server with the operating system intact 1. Partition the disks as they were before the failure. 2. Install NetBackup server software. However, do not configure any NetBackup policies or devices. 3. Install any NetBackup patches that had previously been installed. 4. Update the external mapping files. 5. Enable debug logging by creating the following directories: install_path\NetBackup\logs\tar install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpinetd 6. Start the NetBackup Client service and stop all other NetBackup services. Use the NetBackup Activity Monitor, or the Services application in the Windows Control Panel. 7. Use the bprecover command to recover the NetBackup catalogs: Choose one of the procedures under http://www.scribd.com/doc/51074367/97/Recovery-When-Windows-is-Intact#o uter_page_558 Recovering the NetBackup Catalogs for http://www.scribd.com/doc/51074367/97/Recovery-When-Windows-is-Intact#o uter_page_558 Windows http://www.scribd.com/doc/51074367/97/Recovery-When-Windows-is-Intact#o uter_page_558 on page 544 http://www.scribd.com/doc/51074367/97/Recovery-When-Windows-is-Intact#o uter_page_558 . 8. When catalog recovery is complete, start the NetBackup services that are not already running. Use the Activity Monitor, or the Services application in the Windows Control Panel. Master Server Disk Recovery for Windows Caution: In step 9 http://www.scribd.com/doc/51074367/97/Recovery-When-Windows-is-Intact#o uter_page_551 , do not restore files to the install_path \NetBackup\db, install_path \NetBackup\var , or install_path \Volmgr\database directories. These directories were recovered instep 7 http://www.scribd.com/doc/51074367/97/Recovery-When-Windows-is-Intact#o uter_page_550 and overwriting them with regular backups will leave the catalogs in an inconsistent state. 9. Restore all other files: a. Start the NetBackup Administration interface on the master server. b. Start the Backup, Archive, and Restore utility. c. Browse for restores and select the partitions that were lost. d. Deselect the install_path \NetBackup\db, install_path\NetBackup\var and install_path\Volmgr\database directories (see the caution above). e. Start the restore. 10. When all partitions are restored, check the debug logs in the directories created instep 5 http://www.scribd.com/doc/51074367/97/Recovery-When-Windows-is-Intact#o uter_page_550 . If there are any ERR or WRN messages, resolve the problems before proceeding. 11. Reboot the system. This replaces any files that were busy during the restore. When the boot process is complete, the system is restored to the state it was in at the time of the last backup James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients
We have a development system that is currently being backed up with a Windows master/media server and approximately 10 Linux clients. I have been unable to successfully restore directly from the Windows server to the Linux clients. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions on how to restore directly between the two? I have never installed a Linux NBU master/media server (because we only had a Windows version of NBU until now). Are NBU master/media servers on Linux equivalent to the Windows version (GUI, command-line commands, etc.)? The system is currently running a Windows Server 2003 master/media server running NBU 7.0 and all the clients, at this point, are RedHat Linux. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients
Patrick, I just tried to restore a small file (old virus scan log) and I received this error in the restore status window: can't create file: usr:\local\pathname\to\file (WIN32 3:The system cannot find the path specified.) James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: Patrick [mailto:netbac...@whelan-consulting.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:29 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients I guess the first thing I'd check is if the policy type is standard. As you've only had windows in the past this might have been missed. Otherwise there is no difference doing restores to alternate OSes than the master. I have done windows to NIX, NIX to windows, etc. Regards, Patrick Whelan VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for UNIX. VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for Windows. netbac...@whelan-consulting.co.uk http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickjosephwhelan From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of McDonald, James F. II Sent: 31 March 2011 13:56 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients We have a development system that is currently being backed up with a Windows master/media server and approximately 10 Linux clients. I have been unable to successfully restore directly from the Windows server to the Linux clients. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions on how to restore directly between the two? I have never installed a Linux NBU master/media server (because we only had a Windows version of NBU until now). Are NBU master/media servers on Linux equivalent to the Windows version (GUI, command-line commands, etc.)? The system is currently running a Windows Server 2003 master/media server running NBU 7.0 and all the clients, at this point, are RedHat Linux. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 image001.jpg___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients
No worries..I'm not offended. The policy type is Standard within the GUI but I am not sure about the binaries. I installed the Linux client, which I downloaded from Symantec a couple years ago, and basically left them alone. I rarely needed to perform restores on this system, so I would just restore the file to the Windows desktop and transfer it with a CD. Recently though, our developers have made a series of mistakes and I am starting to revisit this issue. My lack of knowledge on NBU installed on Unix/Linux is clearly hindering things. Ask all the simplistic questions you need, because it will get me going in the right direction. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: Patrick [mailto:netbac...@whelan-consulting.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:16 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients You did check the policy type? Are you sure you have the correct binaries installed on the Linux box? In the backup and recovery GUI what policy type do you specify? It is a Linux file your trying to restore to the Linux box. Forgive the simplistic questions but I'm just trying to eliminate the obvious. J It is probably something very simple, but I don't have a similar environment here to test it. L Regards, Patrick Whelan VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for UNIX. VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for Windows. netbac...@whelan-consulting.co.uk http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickjosephwhelan From: McDonald, James F. II [mailto:james.f.mcdonald...@saic.com] Sent: 31 March 2011 15:08 To: Patrick; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients Patrick, I just tried to restore a small file (old virus scan log) and I received this error in the restore status window: can't create file: usr:\local\pathname\to\file (WIN32 3:The system cannot find the path specified.) James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: Patrick [mailto:netbac...@whelan-consulting.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:29 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients I guess the first thing I'd check is if the policy type is standard. As you've only had windows in the past this might have been missed. Otherwise there is no difference doing restores to alternate OSes than the master. I have done windows to NIX, NIX to windows, etc. Regards, Patrick Whelan VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for UNIX. VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for Windows. netbac...@whelan-consulting.co.uk http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickjosephwhelan From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of McDonald, James F. II Sent: 31 March 2011 13:56 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients We have a development system that is currently being backed up with a Windows master/media server and approximately 10 Linux clients. I have been unable to successfully restore directly from the Windows server to the Linux clients. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions on how to restore directly between the two? I have never installed a Linux NBU master/media server (because we only had a Windows version of NBU until now). Are NBU master/media servers on Linux equivalent to the Windows version (GUI, command-line commands, etc.)? The system is currently running a Windows Server 2003 master/media server running NBU 7.0 and all the clients, at this point, are RedHat Linux. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 image001.jpg___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Server OS and NBU upgrades
I am having an unexpected issue with disk space on one of my client machines and haven’t been able to get the 6.5 to 6.5.6 update completed. Until I get it resolved, I would like to roll the master/media server back to 6.5, from 6.5.6. What are the steps to do this? I am running Windows Server 2003. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: WEAVER, Simon (external) [mailto:simon.wea...@astrium.eads.net] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 6:02 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Server OS and NBU upgrades Hi James Yes done this, in different ways Key thing is, that you have a DR plan in place should something go wrong. In my view, upgrade to NBU 7.0 Before going to Win2k8, get a GOOD Backup of the System (as it is) and a Catalog Backup of your current working environment :-) Upgrade to Win2k8 - You should find that NBU would not have changed. Can confirm the policies have not changed or amended in my environment. I would suggest going to 7.0.1 or if possible, 7.1 now. That is the only suggestion. Should things go completely wrong, at least you can roll back. HTH Simon From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of McDonald, James F. II Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 5:46 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Server OS and NBU upgrades Does anyone have any experience (good or bad) with upgrading from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 and NBU 6.5 to 7.0? Currently my backup server is running the older versions of both. I have the software to upgrade both of them. Is there a preferred sequence: upgrade NBU then the OS or upgrade the OS first and then NBU? When upgrading NBU, will it preserve the settings and policies already created? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 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. -o- 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] Server OS and NBU upgrades
I was checking the Microsoft site for upgrading tips and it said to uninstall all non-native Microsoft applications. Were you able to upgrade the OS without removing the NBU software? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: WEAVER, Simon (external) [mailto:simon.wea...@astrium.eads.net] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 6:02 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Server OS and NBU upgrades Hi James Yes done this, in different ways Key thing is, that you have a DR plan in place should something go wrong. In my view, upgrade to NBU 7.0 Before going to Win2k8, get a GOOD Backup of the System (as it is) and a Catalog Backup of your current working environment :-) Upgrade to Win2k8 - You should find that NBU would not have changed. Can confirm the policies have not changed or amended in my environment. I would suggest going to 7.0.1 or if possible, 7.1 now. That is the only suggestion. Should things go completely wrong, at least you can roll back. HTH Simon From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of McDonald, James F. II Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 5:46 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Server OS and NBU upgrades Does anyone have any experience (good or bad) with upgrading from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 and NBU 6.5 to 7.0? Currently my backup server is running the older versions of both. I have the software to upgrade both of them. Is there a preferred sequence: upgrade NBU then the OS or upgrade the OS first and then NBU? When upgrading NBU, will it preserve the settings and policies already created? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 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. -o- 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
[Veritas-bu] Server OS and NBU upgrades
Does anyone have any experience (good or bad) with upgrading from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 and NBU 6.5 to 7.0? Currently my backup server is running the older versions of both. I have the software to upgrade both of them. Is there a preferred sequence: upgrade NBU then the OS or upgrade the OS first and then NBU? When upgrading NBU, will it preserve the settings and policies already created? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6.5 acting buggy
I have restarted the services; I even rebooted the server just to be safe. Our program SA said he hasn't pushed an update on the system for a while now, so nothing has changed on the system that I know of. I tried rebuilding one of the policies (suggested by Scott Jacobson) but I still had the same issues as previously mentioned. Just to recap the issues I'm having: backups will not run (even manual starts fail to even start), servers listed under Host Properties will not stay connected, trying to access Storage Containers gives a database error pop-up and displays nothing, and trying to access the Activity Monitor hangs the Admin application. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: Saran Brar [mailto:saranb...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:25 AM To: McDonald, James F. II Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6.5 acting buggy Have you tried recycling the netbackup services. In command prompt go to c:\program files\veritas\netbackup\bin\ bpdown -f -v bpup -f -v On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:28 AM, McDonald, James F. II james.f.mcdonald...@saic.com wrote: We are running NBU 6.5 for Windows on Server 2003. Recently the policies have not started on their own and they need to be started manually each morning. This morning the NBU Admin tool hung/froze when I tried to view the Activity Monitor. I checked the Host Properties and none of the servers showed Connected, so I right-clicked and connected them. I manually started the policies and then tried to view them in the Activity Monitor, but it hung again. I closed down the application and re-opened and the Host Properties showed the servers as being disconnected again. I have not done much with the command-line, since up to this point, the GUI has been working great. All these issues have popped in the last few days and don't seem to be going away. Opinions, thoughts, suggestions? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ 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] NBU 6.5 acting buggy
One of our SA's was unable to log onto the server, so went back and saw that the logs for the server had filled up a large chunk of HDD space. I cleared them out and he was able to login. Does NBU have its own location for log storage, or does something need to be done to NBU after I cleared out the server logs? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: Saran Brar [mailto:saranb...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:32 AM To: McDonald, James F. II Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6.5 acting buggy Looks like EMM server down issue. did you check for free space on the master/emm server and any logging enabled which is creating heavy logs and eating up the space. Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6.5 acting buggy Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:27:49 -0500 From: james.f.mcdonald...@saic.com To: saranb...@live.com CC: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu I have restarted the services; I even rebooted the server just to be safe. Our program SA said he hasn't pushed an update on the system for a while now, so nothing has changed on the system that I know of. I tried rebuilding one of the policies (suggested by Scott Jacobson) but I still had the same issues as previously mentioned. Just to recap the issues I'm having: backups will not run (even manual starts fail to even start), servers listed under Host Properties will not stay connected, trying to access Storage Containers gives a database error pop-up and displays nothing, and trying to access the Activity Monitor hangs the Admin application. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: Saran Brar [mailto:saranb...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:25 AM To: McDonald, James F. II Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6.5 acting buggy Have you tried recycling the netbackup services. In command prompt go to c:\program files\veritas\netbackup\bin\ bpdown -f -v bpup -f -v On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:28 AM, McDonald, James F. II james.f.mcdonald...@saic.com wrote: We are running NBU 6.5 for Windows on Server 2003. Recently the policies have not started on their own and they need to be started manually each morning. This morning the NBU Admin tool hung/froze when I tried to view the Activity Monitor. I checked the Host Properties and none of the servers showed Connected, so I right-clicked and connected them. I manually started the policies and then tried to view them in the Activity Monitor, but it hung again. I closed down the application and re-opened and the Host Properties showed the servers as being disconnected again. I have not done much with the command-line, since up to this point, the GUI has been working great. All these issues have popped in the last few days and don't seem to be going away. Opinions, thoughts, suggestions? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ 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] NBU 6.5 acting buggy
We are running NBU 6.5 for Windows on Server 2003. Recently the policies have not started on their own and they need to be started manually each morning. This morning the NBU Admin tool hung/froze when I tried to view the Activity Monitor. I checked the Host Properties and none of the servers showed Connected, so I right-clicked and connected them. I manually started the policies and then tried to view them in the Activity Monitor, but it hung again. I closed down the application and re-opened and the Host Properties showed the servers as being disconnected again. I have not done much with the command-line, since up to this point, the GUI has been working great. All these issues have popped in the last few days and don't seem to be going away. Opinions, thoughts, suggestions? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Client not being seen in network tree
I have NBU 6.5 running on Windows Server 2003. I have had this problem in the past and I have racked my brain trying to remember, but to no avail. I am trying to add a new server within the new corresponding policy, but when I select the Clients tab and try to add the client server it does not show up in the network tree. Is there a service that should be running so that it can be shown? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Client not being seen in network tree
I didn't know you could just type in the name, if it wasn't showing up. That seems to have worked. Thanks for the tip!! James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: saranjitsin...@gmail.com [mailto:saranjitsin...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Saranjit Singh Brar Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:41 AM To: McDonald, James F. II Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Client not being seen in network tree Check for the computer browser service on the client and also turn off firewall for testing purpose. But can't we just type the server name in the clients tab. On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 6:24 AM, McDonald, James F. II james.f.mcdonald...@saic.com wrote: I have NBU 6.5 running on Windows Server 2003. I have had this problem in the past and I have racked my brain trying to remember, but to no avail. I am trying to add a new server within the new corresponding policy, but when I select the Clients tab and try to add the client server it does not show up in the network tree. Is there a service that should be running so that it can be shown? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu -- Regards, Saranjit Singh Brar ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Tape Data Removal
Is there a process to remove all data from the tapes in the tape drive? I need institute an off-site storage process and I have no idea which tapes have a complete backup image on them, so I would like to remove all the data and start writing fresh tapes. We have a disk-to-tape setup, so all the images are primarily stored on the server and then are supposed to be written to tape for off-site storage. I guess another option would be to view the images that have been written to each tape. Is there a way to do that? Thanks, James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 mcdonal...@saic.com mailto:mcdonal...@saic.com ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
