[Veritas-bu] Backup hangs on the directory with 1.5 million files in it (syntax for the exclude_list)

the directory contents? Thank you, Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] Library inventory with vmupdate from cron every hour

Dear All, I want to setup a cron job to inventory tapes every hour (to exclude this task from the scope of work of the personnel doing the tape swaps). Please see the quote from Backup Central NetBackup FAQ How do I inventory my library? at

[Veritas-bu] SUMMARY Re: Catalog restore failing in NetBackup 6.5 valloc failed for hp_save_area errno (12) Cannot allocate memory

...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 1:11 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Catalog restore failing in NetBackup 6.5 valloc failed for hp_save_area errno (12

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup reporting outside of NetBackup reporter

Dear All, Is there a way to find out : 1. how many jobs were running at the particular moment? 2. which tape drive each of these job was using? 3. what was the backup speed of each of these backup jobs? I can see all this information in the Activity Monitor GUI. Is there a way to script this?

[Veritas-bu] SUMMARY: bprestore ignores -R rename_file

Many thanks to everyone who responded and especially to Stefanos. Removing extra spaces around to in rename file resolved the problem. === original post == Dear List, Happy Holidays to everyone. Could you please point what I am doing wrong? Thank you. NB 6.5.0 on RedHat 5.2

[Veritas-bu] bprestore ignores -R rename_file

Dear List, Happy Holidays to everyone. Could you please point what I am doing wrong? Thank you. NB 6.5.0 on RedHat 5.2 [r...@nbmaster5 ~]# bprestore -C usoracleprod001 -D usoracleqa001 -p USORACLEPROD001 -s 11/07/2009 00:30 -e 11/07/2009 23:59 -L /root/20091216_restore.log -R

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 SQLAnywhere checkpoint of NBDB (NBDB.db)

Dear List, My NBDB has been checkpointed 328 times since 4am Oct 20th (when /var/log/messages has been rotated) : [r...@backup ~]# grep checkpoint /var/log/messages | wc -l 656 [r...@backup ~]# My questions: - Is this a sign of problem or bad design? - What causes checkpoint to happen? PS This

[Veritas-bu] SUMMARY: Exchange 2003 Store unmounts during the backup (NetBackup 6.5)

Many thanks to everyone who tried to help. Our Exchange Admin told me that the problem caused by the backup running tooo long and dismounting the store in such a case is part of the Exchange functionality. I will try to find confirmation of this. = original post is below

[Veritas-bu] Exchange 2003 Store unmounts during the backup (NetBackup 6.5)

Dear All, Our Exchange 2003 Store unmounted during the backup (NetBackup 6.5). Has anyone run accross this problem? I am not even sure if I should blame NetBackup or Exchange or both ? Event Type: Error Event Source: ESE Event Category: Logging/Recovery Event ID: 226 Date: 6/17/2009 Time:

[Veritas-bu] SUMMARY Can I backup multiple policies to the same tape drive

Many thanks to those who replied. Media multiplexing on the schedule level should be bumped up to achieve the goal. === original post == Dear Gurus, Apologies for beginners question... This is NB 6.5. I have found an old thread on this topic:

[Veritas-bu] Can I backup multiple policies to the same tape drive

Dear Gurus, Apologies for beginners question... This is NB 6.5. I have found an old thread on this topic: http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/pipermail/veritas-bu/2006-July/087111.html So, I set my storage Unit Properties: - maximum concurrent write drives 2 (I only have 2 drives) - enable

[Veritas-bu] Do you use Veritas Infrastructure Core Services (ICS)

Dear All, I have just started to read the manual for Veritas Infrastructure Core Services (ICS). How popular is ICS? Does anyone on the list uses it? How do you like it? Thank you, Aleksandr ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu

Re: [Veritas-bu] Moving client into the newly created class

bh-ap2 1 DLK008 2 4 6813696 RMed dlt 1 2 bh-ap2 1 A3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # -Aleksandr On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 7:47 PM, A Darren Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 05:34:40PM -0400, Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy

[Veritas-bu] bpduplicate errors - read failed, socket write failed (24) and write failed, media read error (85)

Dear All, I am running NetBackup 3.4 on Solaris 8. Was trying to bpduplicate from disk to tape and got the error below. Google brought me this article about tuning TCP parameters on Solaris http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/271200.htm All my TCP parameters are set to default (see below)... Are

[Veritas-bu] Best setup for NetBackup in 2 sites across the WAN link

Dear Gurus, What is the best setup for NetBackup in 2 sites across the WAN link? I will have a tape library on each site. - Should I purchase 2 NetBackup servers and manage them separately? - Is it better (or cheaper) to purchase NetBackup server for a primary site and media manager for the

Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU

confuse NetBackup. I am looking for the way to tell NetBackup do garbage removal now (this is NetBackup 3.4). Thank you, Aleksandr On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Dave Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy wrote: Dear Gurus, My apologies - it is probably very

Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU

there add any color here?? Dave Markham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/18/2008 07:04 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject Re: [Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from

[Veritas-bu] How to regain disk space from failed backup to DSU

Dear Gurus, My apologies - it is probably very simple question. Files from failed backup to Disk Storage Unit are taking space (which I need immediately for other backups). How I can reclaim the space back? Thank you, Aleksandr ___ Veritas-bu maillist

[Veritas-bu] Restarting NetBackup resolved the problem Re: Disk Storage Unit - Maximum concurrent jobssetting (runs one job at a time)

Restarting NetBackup resolved the problem (as Mark Donaldson has suggested) Many thanks to everyone who replied. -Aleksandr On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 4:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...and you kids get off my lawn! ;-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Veritas-bu] Disk Storage Unit - Maximum concurrent jobs setting (runs one job at a time)

Dear All, For my Disk Storage Unit - Maximum concurrent jobs setting is set to 3. I have 3 classes with Class Storage Unit property pointing to the Disk Storage Unit. Jobs are being queued, but only one job runs at a time. Running NetBackup 3.4 Solaris 8. Thank you, Aleksandr

Re: [Veritas-bu] Disk Storage Unit - Maximum concurrent jobs setting (runs one job at a time)

:31 AM, Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, For my Disk Storage Unit - Maximum concurrent jobs setting is set to 3. I have 3 classes with Class Storage Unit property pointing to the Disk Storage Unit. Jobs are being queued, but only one job runs

Re: [Veritas-bu] Disk Storage Unit - Maximum concurrent jobs setting (runs one job at a time)

to be in 6.5 (which is what I am running), so maybe it is an old command going back to 3.4? Steve On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve, Thank you for your answer. I do have Allow multiple data streams set to Yes for every class. As far

Re: [Veritas-bu] Disk Storage Unit - Maximum concurrent jobs setting (runs one job at a time)

: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:54 AM To: Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Disk Storage Unit - Maximum concurrent jobs setting (runs one job at a time) Check the Maximum Jobs Per Client setting under Global Settings

Re: [Veritas-bu] Disk Storage Unit - Maximum concurrent jobs setting (runs one job at a time)

Darren, Thank you, will remember this when I upgrade. Aleksandr On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:01 PM, A Darren Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 01:44:20PM -0300, Steve Fogarty wrote: http://www.pcs-computing.com/support/nb_bpclinfo.html bpclinfo has a max jobs per

[Veritas-bu] LTO3 and LTO4 drives in the same tape library - beginners question

Dear NetBackup Gurus, Is it a bad practice to mix LTO3 and LTO4 drives in the same tape library? How I would be able to accommodate such a setup? Page 217 in the NBU Administration Guide http://support.veritas.com/docs/290203 sounds discouraging: = quote == Drives with

[Veritas-bu] Anyone is using datadomain devices? Could you share your experience please

Dear All, My sales guy recommended to look at DataDomain device (disk based appliance) as a possible replacement for the tape library. Anyone is using datadomain devices? Could you share your experience please. Thank you, Aleksandr ___ Veritas-bu

Re: [Veritas-bu] Veritas pricing guide

Could you please send a copy to me also. Thank you, Aleksandr On 12/18/07, Jeff Cleverley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, I was wondering if you would send me a copy of the 6.x pricing guide. I've been trying to get one from our sales reps for over a month. They claim to have never

[Veritas-bu] More than one backup session at a time to the tape drive (multiplexing per drive) - never seen :)

Dear All, My apologies for a dummy question... VERITAS NetBackup™ DataCenter 3.4 System Administrator's Guide http://dlc.sun.com/pdf/875-1921-10/875-1921-10.pdf describes how to setup Maximum multiplexing per drive (see Managing Storage Units and then select Storage Unit Type Properties - Media

[Veritas-bu] Which tape drive type for DLT7000 tape drives and NetBackup 3.4

Dear NetBackup Gurus, I have inherited installation of NetBackup 3.4 with Sun L1000 library and DLT7000 drives. My tape drive type is set to DLT. At the moment I am getting 30-40G per DLTIV tape (with compression - using /dev/rmt/0cbn Solaris device ). Looks like NetBackup 3.4 supports DLT ,

Re: [Veritas-bu] Which tape drive type for DLT7000 tape drives and NetBackup 3.4

change you performance. Are you sure that the tape was written the first time in DLTIV format? The first time you write the tape, you are setting up the format of the tape. Greg On 11/6/07, Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear NetBackup Gurus, I have inherited

Re: [Veritas-bu] Which tape drive type for DLT7000 tape drives and NetBackup 3.4

PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 10:19:29AM -0500, Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy wrote: Dear NetBackup Gurus, I have inherited installation of NetBackup 3.4 with Sun L1000 library and DLT7000 drives. My tape drive type is set to DLT. At the moment I am getting 30-40G per DLTIV tape

Re: [Veritas-bu] Which tape drive type for DLT7000 tape drives and NetBackup 3.4

is on. Is this the correct device to use to get max tape capacity? Thank you, Aleksandr On 11/6/07, A Darren Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 12:03:19PM -0500, Aleksandr Nepomnyashchiy wrote: - Should I bplabel -d dlt3 for each tape as soon as it expires? I don't think you can do

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup 3.4 Library Based Tape Drives license How many tape drives can be used?

Dear All, How many tape drives can be used on my server? I was under impression that you need license for each drive while get_license_key reports Feature:Library Based Tape Drives. Thank you, Aleks [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ # /netbackup/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/get_license_key

[Veritas-bu] Adequate Media Server hardware to feed 3 LTO3 drives (50 clients)

Dear NetBackup experts! I have to select hardware to run a server with several LTO3 drives. Each LTO3 drive can run up to 288GB/hour uncompressed - I don't believe I can ever get this in a real life. Questions: 1.Should I have each LTO3 on a separate fiber card? 2.Is Sun Fire V440 with 4 CPUs

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup on Linux (RH4) vs. NetBackup on Solaris

Dear NetBackup Experts! I am planning upgrade of NetBackup 3.4. Which platform should I choose? Solaris has been a primary platform for NetBackup for many years. I think there should be less bugs, better support and much wider user base for Solaris. Is this indeed the case? Thank you,