[Veritas-bu] Client Download

2009-03-04 Thread NBU
Hi Forum, Where can i get the clients / MP for all platform and for different NBU versions. +-- |This was sent by qureshiu...@rediffmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com.

Re: [Veritas-bu] Client Download

2009-03-04 Thread Justin Piszcz
Here: ftp://ftp.nbu.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/NetBackup_Enterprise_Server/ On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, NBU wrote: Hi Forum, Where can i get the clients / MP for all platform and for different NBU versions. +--

Re: [Veritas-bu] Client Download

2009-03-04 Thread ckstehman
You will need the initial CD as a base, then you can get the updates from the Symantec/Veritas website. If you start with the initial 6.5 release you can get the 6.5.3 update fom the website. I am not sure how far back they go. -- Carl Stehman Distributed

Re: [Veritas-bu] Client Download

2009-03-04 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:36 AM, NBU netbackup-fo...@backupcentral.comwrote: Where can i get the clients / MP for all platform and for different NBU versions. Doesn't anybody use Google or the Symantec web site any more? This link took me less time to Google for than it took to type this

[Veritas-bu] error code 96 though enough scratch medias are available

2009-03-04 Thread Pranav
Hi! We have one master server and 4 media servers. Master server and two of the media servers are 6.5.3 and other two media servers are 5.0.5 We use lto4 tapes to take backup through those two media servers that are 6.5.3 and lto2 tapes for other two. Yesterday on one of our media servers

[Veritas-bu] Error too many data blocks written

2009-03-04 Thread giovanni rovaris
Hi to all the members of this forum. I' have this error messager: too many data blocks written on omly one specific drive of the robot and also after substitution of that hardware the error still exist. It happens also with various tapes. Can you give me the reasons for this ? Many thanks GR

Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrading media server from 5.0.5 to 6.5.2

2009-03-04 Thread Justin Piszcz
Hello, Please read: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290185.htm Justin. On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Pranav wrote: Hi, We are planning to upgrade our media server from 5.0.5 to6.5.2 Please provide the necessary steps that we should follow while doing this and also looking for a solution

Re: [Veritas-bu] Error too many data blocks written

2009-03-04 Thread Justin Piszcz
First, I suggest you read these: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/295172.htm http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/274292.htm Second, What version of NetBackup are you using? What do you have specified in: /usr/openv/netbackup/db/config for SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS? Third, You have LTO-2

Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrading media server from 5.0.5 to 6.5.2

2009-03-04 Thread ckstehman
Hi Pranav I suggest you read the Symantec documentation Check out this document http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290141.htm Carl -- Carl Stehman Distributed Services Pepcoholdings, Inc. 701 Ninth St NW Washington DC 20068 202-331-6619

[Veritas-bu] 6.5.3 Java GUI Issues

2009-03-04 Thread RyanV
Download the java patch again, uninstall the current one, and reinstall the new one. +-- |This was sent by rv...@ercot.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com.

[Veritas-bu] BMR misunderstanding

2009-03-04 Thread RyanV
Looks like you need to copy up the copy of Solaris your going to be restroring to this boot server. Once you get to that step, point it at the Solaris install you copied up to the server. You have to do the saem thing with windows etc...it has to have a copy of the OS in the SRT you create.

[Veritas-bu] issue with 6.5.3 and win 2008 servers

2009-03-04 Thread RyanV
Did you ever try the NBU 6.5.3.1 client? +-- |This was sent by rv...@ercot.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--

[Veritas-bu] BMR-restore

2009-03-04 Thread RyanV
In order to discover the new target hardware, you will have to have the new MAC address, IP, subnet mask and default gateway. It is absolutely required. Once you have that info correct, assuming your master serv can talk to that subnet you should be able to do a discovery of the new hardware.

[Veritas-bu] BMR

2009-03-04 Thread RyanV
Did you install a the boot server software on the master server? You need to make sure your solaris media serv can talk to the master man.. +-- |This was sent by rv...@ercot.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to

Re: [Veritas-bu] issue with 6.5.3 and win 2008 servers

2009-03-04 Thread judy_hinchcliffe
I am scheduled for the upgrade next week. -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of RyanV Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:56 AM To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] issue

[Veritas-bu] backups crossing the midnight line.

2009-03-04 Thread RyanV
I believe this is an issue where any queued jobs fail if they arent writing by midnight. I'm not sure of the specifics right now, but we had this issue, and already patched past it. +-- |This was sent by rv...@ercot.com via

[Veritas-bu] Bare Metal restore 6.5.2

2009-03-04 Thread RyanV
1 boot server for each different OS you will be trying to restore with BMR. We have dedicated Windows boot servers, and shared Unix server..Depends on how loaded down they are, but it really doesn't matter long as they can talk to the master with no issues.

[Veritas-bu] NBU 6.5.3 Vault Query

2009-03-04 Thread Clooney, David
Hi All Am I correct in saying that vault can only vault backups and not duplications? I.e. I am busy implementing a VTL(with NDMP functionality) and utilising NBU Lifecycle management polices. As the VTL is equipped with NDMP Version 4 we are able to zone in physical drives on the

Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrading media server from 5.0.5 to 6.5.2

2009-03-04 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Pranav netbackup-fo...@backupcentral.comwrote: We are also planning to attach a lto4 library with this. So ,does this library can read lto2 tapes if we need to restore something. *Can I use LTO 4 media in my LTO 1, 2 and 3 drives?* No. LTO1, 2 and 3 drives are

[Veritas-bu] Release date for 6.5.4?

2009-03-04 Thread Eagle, Kent
Has anyone heard anything specific regarding the release date for 6.5.4? Kent C. Eagle MTS Infrastructure Engineer II, MCP, MCSE Visit our website at www.wilmingtontrust.com Investment products are not insured by the FDIC or any other governmental agency, are not deposits of or other

Re: [Veritas-bu] Release date for 6.5.4?

2009-03-04 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Eagle, Kent kea...@wilmingtontrust.comwrote: Has anyone heard anything specific regarding the release date for 6.5.4? http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/318005.htm While we welcome all comments throughout the Beta, we are best positioned to respond with

Re: [Veritas-bu] Release date for 6.5.4?

2009-03-04 Thread Jonathan Dyck
Most recently, I've heard June... -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts Sent: March 04, 2009 1:26 PM To: Eagle, Kent Cc:

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup LiveUpdate Troubleshooting

2009-03-04 Thread Snyder, Nicholas A (IT)
Anyone with any troubleshooting tips for NetBackup LiveUpdate? I have a functioning LiveUpdate server/policy that has worked for numerous hosts. However, 1 particular host seems to always fail. The LiveUpdate policy on seems to run forever. Watching the available logs on the client seem to

[Veritas-bu] Netbackup 6.5.1 Drive Addition Issues

2009-03-04 Thread Jimenez, Daniel
Hey guys We have been encountering issues adding new drives to our Netbackup 6.5.1 Windows 2003 Server environment. If we attempt to add the drives through the wizard it will add them but then they show up greyed out under devices drives and do not work. If we attempt to add them manually, it

Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrading media server from 5.0.5 to 6.5.2

2009-03-04 Thread Marianne Van Den Berg
PLEASE skip 6.5.2 - BAD, BAD BAD news. Go 6.5.1 or 6.5.3. Find the upgrade portal on Symantec web site and download upgrade docs and nbcc (catalog consistency checker). If there's inconsistencies, submit the output to Symantec support. Talk to you your tape vendor about backward compatibility.

[Veritas-bu] Using Fiber Channel Drives in 6.5

2009-03-04 Thread Thompson, Jeff
We've recently purchased a Scaler i500 with 2 fiber channel drives. This is being connected via HBA to our RHEL 3 Master Server (running the 2.4 kernel). I have verified that the OS sees the card and drives but I can't get them installed in NBU. I'm guessing that I'm missing a SAN license,

[Veritas-bu] Does NBU interpretation of TapeAlert do any good for anybody

2009-03-04 Thread RyanV
jpiszcz wrote: On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, Rosenkoetter, Gabriel wrote: I've had a NO_TAPEALERT touch file in all environments I've taken care of through several employers since the 4.5 days. I used to do that because the only TapeAlert NetBackup paid attention to (minimally, at the time)

Re: [Veritas-bu] Using Fiber Channel Drives in 6.5

2009-03-04 Thread Tim Hoke
You don't need a SAN/SSO license unless you are sharing the devices between hosts. Have you looked through the device config guide and checked for the appropriate pass-through devices? Device Configuration Guide for UNIX, Linux, and Windows ( http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290200.htm )

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup LiveUpdate Troubleshooting

2009-03-04 Thread Clausen, Matt R[EQ]
Check the webserver logs for the LiveUpdate repository. That's how I found out that NBU was hanging up with trying to get the miniflg.tri file due to a MIME issue. From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu

Re: [Veritas-bu] Using Fiber Channel Drives in 6.5

2009-03-04 Thread Clausen, Matt R[EQ]
What's sgscan showing? You may need to go through the whole sg driver installation process so the drives are visible to NBU. From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Thompson, Jeff Sent:

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup LiveUpdate Troubleshooting

2009-03-04 Thread Snyder, Nicholas A (IT)
I'll double check the webserver logs... I'm doubting that it's the cause though. This LiveUpdate policy ran successfully for many other clients. From: Clausen, Matt R[EQ] [mailto:matthew.r.clau...@embarq.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:37 PM To:

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6.5.3 Vault Query

2009-03-04 Thread Rosenkoetter, Gabriel
No, Vault can certainly send duplicates off site. In fact, prior to the advent of SLPs, most people duplicated images within Vault and sent those off site. (I've always theoretically preferred to send my originals off-site and promote my duplicates to be short on-site retention, which Vault can

[Veritas-bu] Using Fiber Channel Drives in 6.5

2009-03-04 Thread jthompson
Thanks for replies. Tim- I've ran the make_scsi_dev and it did populate the /dev/sg directory with 2 robotic control files. Matt- scan returns the following: #./scan *** SDT_TAPE

Re: [Veritas-bu] Release date for 6.5.4?

2009-03-04 Thread Dominik . X . Pietrzykowski
I asked a few days ago and it was: NBU 6.5.4 GA ? June 8, 2009 Jonathan Dyck jd...@bank-banque-canada.ca Sent by: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu 05/03/2009 05:27 AM To Ed Wilts ewi...@ewilts.org, Eagle, Kent kea...@wilmingtontrust.com cc veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject

[Veritas-bu] Error too many data blocks written

2009-03-04 Thread giovanni rovaris
Noi qui usiamo NetBackup 6.0 MP5 su un server Solaris 8. Nella prima delle due note che mi indichi si fa riferimento alla MP5 su NBU 6.0 però è limitata ai backup via NDMP mentre a me questo errore succede solo e sempre sullo stesso drive e lo ho rilevato con backup via IP si a su client Unix