[Veritas-bu] Multistreaming from a single file system

2007-02-09 Thread Khurram Tariq
Hi, Can we do multistreaming from one filesystem? I want to do this because the subdirectories on a filesystem contains tens of thousands of small files and the backup runs quite slowly (i'm sure of shoe shining too). The filesystem is structured like this: Mount point: /abc/def Sub

[Veritas-bu] Changing Netbackup Master Hardware

2007-02-09 Thread Daniel Goh
Hi guys, Am attempting to change a Netbackup Master's platform. It is from Unix to another flavor of Unix. Can I just copy the /usr/openv/netbackup/db /usr/openv/volmgr/database /usr/openv/var from the old server to the new server and expect it to work? Previous encounters from others

Re: [Veritas-bu] Changing Netbackup Master Hardware

2007-02-09 Thread Justin Piszcz
Run this: /usr/openv/ or C:\usr\openv vmglob -set_gdbhost master.server.name.com Justin. On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Daniel Goh wrote: Hi guys, Am attempting to change a Netbackup Master's platform. It is from Unix to another flavor of Unix. Can I just copy the /usr/openv/netbackup/db

Re: [Veritas-bu] Multistreaming from a single file system

2007-02-09 Thread Cornely, David
Almost, but try this: NEW_STREAM /abc/def/one NEW_STREAM /abc/def/two NEW_STREAM /abc/def /abc/def/three /abc/def/misc You should try it with the NEW_STREAM directive before every stream you want. Works for me that way. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Veritas-bu] Changing Netbackup Master Hardware

2007-02-09 Thread Justin Piszcz
First off I have never tried moving the files, I don't even know if that will work. To do it properly, you need to take a catalog backup of the old system and import it into the new one, this is the only way to ensure everything will be OK. Justin. On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Daniel Goh wrote:

Re: [Veritas-bu] Changing Netbackup Master Hardware

2007-02-09 Thread Daniel Goh
Hi Justin, Current Master: Hostname: NBUData Alias: NBUMaster New Master: Hostname:NBUDB Alias: NBUMaster After copying over the catalogs, I started NBU and everything was ok. I am able to see the policies, storage units and backups ran. But under the device management, I can't see anything

[Veritas-bu] Can a Master/Media Server be changed into a Master Only server?

2007-02-09 Thread Daniel Goh
Hi, Can a Master/Media Server be changed to a Master only role? What happens to the backups/media that used to be on it? _ Call friends with PC-to-PC calling -- FREE

Re: [Veritas-bu] Can a Master/Media Server be changed into a MasterOnly server?

2007-02-09 Thread Ueli Schweizer
Hi Daniel No problem, you just have to move all tapes assigned to the server to another media server using the bpmedia -movedb command. Cheers Ueli Schweizer AGITE Software AG . Boesch 43 . CH-6331 Huenenberg . Switzerland Direct: +41 79 204 9190 . Phone: +41 41 781 5678 . Fax: +41 41

[Veritas-bu] Restore senairo

2007-02-09 Thread Deiter Scott
I have been asked what we would plan to do if the following occurs. A restore is necessary at a remote site which contains a media server while the network connection to the master server is not functional. Waiting for the connection to be restored is not one of our options. I'm assuming that

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore senairo

2007-02-09 Thread Justin Piszcz
You'd need to replicating the catalog to the remote site, all thats on the media server (for 5.1) is the mediaDB, and in 6.0 that isn't even stored on the media server. Justin. On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Deiter Scott wrote: I have been asked what we would plan to do if the following occurs. A

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore senairo

2007-02-09 Thread Ed Wilts
On 2/9/2007 6:24 AM, Deiter Scott wrote: I have been asked what we would plan to do if the following occurs. A restore is necessary at a remote site which contains a media server while the network connection to the master server is not functional. Waiting for the connection to be restored

Re: [Veritas-bu] Changing Netbackup Master Hardware

2007-02-09 Thread Ed Wilts
On 2/9/2007 3:17 AM, Daniel Goh wrote: Current Master: Hostname: NBUData Alias: NBUMaster New Master: Hostname:NBUDB Alias: NBUMaster This directly contradicts your earlier statement: There won't be any change of hostname or IP. You need to be absolutely positive that *nothing*

[Veritas-bu] List of backuped files

2007-02-09 Thread Edwin Bader
Hi, I have request from customers that they want a list of backuped files, is there a command available in NBU 6.0 Mp4 ? Thanks. Edwin Bader ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu

Re: [Veritas-bu] List of backuped files

2007-02-09 Thread Whelan, Patrick
According to the command line manual for 6.0 bplist is still there. Patrick Whelan NetBackup Specialist Architect Engineering +44 20 7863 5243 Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most! - Unknown There are only 10 kinds of people on earth - those who understand binary and

Re: [Veritas-bu] List of backuped files

2007-02-09 Thread Justin Piszcz
bplist. Check the manual. On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Edwin Bader wrote: Hi, I have request from customers that they want a list of backuped files, is there a command available in NBU 6.0 Mp4 ? Thanks. Edwin Bader ___ Veritas-bu maillist -

Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP SSO

2007-02-09 Thread Spearman, David
We have almost the same setup albeit with one master/media and one media server, including the %$#*)^% Celerra. SSO requires only the license to implement. Plus a use of the wizard after all your media servers can see the drives, I am assuming FC here. The fun part comes with the afore mentioned

Re: [Veritas-bu] Linux Media Server

2007-02-09 Thread Paul Keating
Ouch! I've been running Netbackup on Solaris since about 1998 or 1999, and as stable as it is, It's pretty obvious by now that Sun's Sparc architecture stuff typically doesn't have the PCI bus/bridge bandwidth that would be most advantageous in a backup env. the new AMD-64 boxes running linux

Re: [Veritas-bu] Linux media server recommendations

2007-02-09 Thread Joe Royer
Austin, Have you actually used a niagra as a backup server? Does it really have the bus/backplane bandwidth to handle life as a master/media server? I'd love to hear some real world experience (what kind and how many tape drives) as it's about time for me to upgrade the hardware in my linux

Re: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another

2007-02-09 Thread Darren Dunham
All media server connected to the same master. Each media server is connected to its own L700 robot. We want to move scratch tapes from one media server to another. I have been told by Symantec support that we You should delete the tapes from the scratch pool or else they'll remain

[Veritas-bu] Script to stop/start media server on Windows from UNIX/Linux

2007-02-09 Thread Jeff Lightner
Does anyone have a script that will run on a UNIX (or Linux) master to do a remote stop of the NBU daemons on a Windows Media Server? Currently I have a script that does this on all my UNIX media servers from the master but of course it won't work on Windows.

[Veritas-bu] Gary J Schings/GIS/CSC is on vacation

2007-02-09 Thread Gary J Schings
I will be out of the office starting 02/09/2007 and will not return until 02/12/2007. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Cheryl Barker, 203-228-2852 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu

[Veritas-bu] Experience Backup DiskXtender volumes?

2007-02-09 Thread Rolf C
Does anyone has experience with the backup of EMC DiskXtender volumes (stubfiles) We have a server with DiskXtender running. On a volume we have 10 million stubfiles with extended attributes that contain the link between the original file and the archived file. We tried to manage it to backup

Re: [Veritas-bu] Linux media server recommendations

2007-02-09 Thread Austin Murphy
On 2/9/07, Joe Royer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Austin, Have you actually used a niagra as a backup server? Does it really have the bus/backplane bandwidth to handle life as a master/media server? I'd love to hear some real world experience (what kind and how many tape drives) as it's about