[Veritas-bu] Windows client Flashbackup speed estimate

2007-11-13 Thread Anton V Panyushkin

[Veritas-bu] Creating Nice Reports NBU 5.1

2007-11-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Morning All I wonder if I could get some advice or guidance from anyone who is creating their own custom reports. Win2k3+NBU5.1 MP5 I cant obtain any 3rd party software due to cost issues. I try to group my Servers in certain policies to manage the servers better. I want to produce a report on

[Veritas-bu] Flashbackup-windows error FIML_start

2007-11-13 Thread Michael Graff Andersen
Hi Anybody seen this before and know how to troubleshoot it. Couldn't find nything relevant at Smantec's site. The setup is 6.5 master with a newly installed 6.5 client on a cluster node Regards Michael ___ Veritas-bu maillist -

Re: [Veritas-bu] adding new media server to existing environment

2007-11-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hello. On Nov 12, 2007 8:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I am having a solaris machine as netbackup 4.5 master/media server. What I want is to add a new windows media server to the existing environment for load sharing. Can you tell the outline of the whole process? I mean what all

Re: [Veritas-bu] How do I add a Media Server to an existing NetBackup environment?

2007-11-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hello! On Nov 12, 2007 5:04 PM, Alexander Wasmuth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Notice the difference. Yes, noticed it. You are only able to add media servers to your NBU domain with an enterprise server license and in this case you would have the option to configure the new system as an

Re: [Veritas-bu] adding new media server to existing environment

2007-11-13 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hello. On Nov 12, 2007 8:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I am having a solaris machine as netbackup 4.5 master/media server. What I want is to add a new windows media server to the existing environment for load sharing. Can you tell the outline of the whole process? I mean what all

[Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable to write bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread Justin Piszcz
11/13/2007 15:33:28 - Error bptm (pid=14834) unable to write bpbrm message, connection dropped or not connected (errno = Broken pipe) 11/13/2007 15:33:28 - Error bptm (pid=14834) unable to write bpbrm message, connection dropped or not connected (errno = Broken pipe) Anyone ever get these when

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable towrite bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Is it going via a firewall? Is the client running latest MP/Client software? Maybe client software reinstall if its only 1 box? Regards Simon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin Piszcz Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:36 PM To:

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable to write bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread Clooney, David
Justin Maybe tail your bpbrm log for more info whilst its happening. dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin Piszcz Sent: 13 November 2007 15:40 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable to write bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread Justin Piszcz
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Justin Piszcz wrote: 11/13/2007 15:33:28 - Error bptm (pid=14834) unable to write bpbrm message, connection dropped or not connected (errno = Broken pipe) 11/13/2007 15:33:28 - Error bptm (pid=14834) unable to write bpbrm message, connection dropped or not connected

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable to write bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread Gregory Demilde
Justin, I have the same issue with a master NBU6.0 MP5. When a restore is initiated and there is no tape drive available for restore, it waits. Nothing fancy upto there. After 15 minutes, it timeouts but only partially. The mount requests are still pending. After he got a tape drive, mounts the

[Veritas-bu] flashbackup for windows

2007-11-13 Thread DULLAART, Rob ONL
Hi, I am configuring a flashbackup for a windows client. This is a part of the advanced client. We are still using Netbackup 5.1 The documentation is massive. I need to make a cache device. But I can't find what the requirements are for this. - We made a share on one of the drives

Re: [Veritas-bu] using Linux client to backup esx (VMware)

2007-11-13 Thread Rosenkoetter, Gabriel
Actually, more than just port 13782 is necessary, assuming this is ESX 3. They have a checkbox for NetBackup in their Security configuration (a lousy GUI front end for their wrapper for IP Chains that does less than IP Chains would have let you do... sigh), but the ports they list have nothing

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable towrite bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread Justin Piszcz
Client = 5.1MP6 On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, WEAVER, Simon (external) wrote: Is it going via a firewall? Is the client running latest MP/Client software? Maybe client software reinstall if its only 1 box? Regards Simon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable to write bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread Justin Piszcz
Nastiness :( On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Gregory Demilde wrote: Justin, I have the same issue with a master NBU6.0 MP5. When a restore is initiated and there is no tape drive available for restore, it waits. Nothing fancy upto there. After 15 minutes, it timeouts but only partially. The mount

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable to write bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread Justin Piszcz
K, thanks for the update. On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Gregory Demilde wrote: Justin, Carl just told me that upgrading the client to the same version of the master solved the problem. Greg On Nov 13, 2007 5:47 PM, Justin Piszcz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nastiness :( On Tue, 13 Nov 2007,

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable to write bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread Gregory Demilde
Justin, Carl just told me that upgrading the client to the same version of the master solved the problem. Greg On Nov 13, 2007 5:47 PM, Justin Piszcz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nastiness :( On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Gregory Demilde wrote: Justin, I have the same issue with a master NBU6.0

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable towrite bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread Justin Piszcz
No firewalls. On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, WEAVER, Simon (external) wrote: Is it going via a firewall? Is the client running latest MP/Client software? Maybe client software reinstall if its only 1 box? Regards Simon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Veritas-bu] using Linux client to backup esx (VMware)

2007-11-13 Thread mark wragge
thanks for all the replies to this question. I will update the list when i have the client working. Rosenkoetter, Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, more than just port 13782 is necessary, assuming this is ESX 3. They have a checkbox for NetBackup in their Security

[Veritas-bu] flashbackup for windows

2007-11-13 Thread tburrell
It sounds like you are using the wrong policy type- Make sure you select Flashbackup-Windows, and leave the snapshot type to Auto For Win2K3, VSS on the server will handle the snapshot, and for Windows 2000 it's handled though VSP, which you configure on Client Properties VSS is configured at

[Veritas-bu] BPCOVERAGE internals

2007-11-13 Thread Marianu, Jonathan
I'd like to obtain a list of the file systems on our unix clients for reporting. Bpcoverage uses some type of mechanism to obtain this list. Can anyone provide further insight as to how bpcoverage obtains a list of the remote client's file systems? I have run strings against the binary and

Re: [Veritas-bu] BPCOVERAGE internals

2007-11-13 Thread Curtis Preston
I believe you want the bpmount command. --- W. Curtis Preston Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marianu, Jonathan Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Re: [Veritas-bu] BPCOVERAGE internals

2007-11-13 Thread Dominik Pietrzykowski
Curtis, Can you only use it locally ?? So if you want info from remote clients you need to do an rsh or something similar ??? Dominik _ From: Curtis Preston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2007 9:45 AM To: Marianu, Jonathan;

Re: [Veritas-bu] BPCOVERAGE internals

2007-11-13 Thread Curtis Preston
I believe so. You could use a bpstart_notify script to run it on every client if you wanted to. BTW, it's bpmount -i --- W. Curtis Preston Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies From: Dominik Pietrzykowski

[Veritas-bu] BPCOVERAGE internals

2007-11-13 Thread Marianu, Jonathan
Yes, I know of the bpmount command. I mentioned it in my original post. I have considered putting the bpmount command in a bpstart_notify script and then using bpgp to receive a copy of the output. The challenge to that is deploying this to the vast number of clients. I could use bpgp to

Re: [Veritas-bu] BPCOVERAGE internals

2007-11-13 Thread Dominik Pietrzykowski
Jonathan, I think this is the best way if you have your master setup as a trusted server. Ie setup ssh keys etc Do the following: In a script, I'd use perl run: rsh client /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpmount Do what you need with the output and you're done. Dominik

Re: [Veritas-bu] BPCOVERAGE internals

2007-11-13 Thread Curtis Preston
I think you will find that bpstart_notify does not have to be executable. Create a special bpstart_notify.sumit, push it out with bpgp, make a sumit class and run it. Waych magic happen. - Original Message - From: Marianu, Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Curtis Preston; Dominik

[Veritas-bu] BPCOVERAGE internals

2007-11-13 Thread Marianu, Jonathan
An alternate solution dawned on me. bpgp the /etc/mnttab This provides the list of the host file systems. Thanks everyone __ Jonathan Marianu (mah ree ah' nu) ATT Storage Planning and Design Architect (360) 597-6896 Work Hours 0800-1800 PST M-F

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable towrite bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Reinstall of the client? Or latest version that corresponds with the Master (again, this is all based on the fact you are having trouble with one client machine) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road,