I did the obvious and restarted netbackup.
But if anyone can supply a command line, I will try that next time.
Bob Stump [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/18/2007 11:03 AM
I have a server that shows that it's tape drives are UP
I have a server that contains the emm db that shows that the drives are
DOWN
Does anyone have more information on the command bpdir other than:
# bpdir -help
NetBackup 6.0 -- Display Directory Contents
Usage: bpdir [-M master] [dir_name ...]
Options:
-M Specifies the master server, media server, or client whose
directory contents
will be
BAR = Backup, Archive, and Restore
Wilkinson, Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/10/2007
10:39 AM
0n Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:23:05AM +0100, WEAVER, Simon (external)
wrote:
Guys
Win2k3 environment with Master and 2 SAN
I have a dedicated account used for monitoring /
This is usually readily available in the digests.
for 6.0 and 5.x hardware AND OS compatibility
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/NBUESVR_digest.htm
Hindle, Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/30/2007 2:01 PM
I need to find the chart that has all client version and what OS they
support. I need
ah...
I think he mispoke and called bp a CLI
The poster meant that the curses bp would not work for him because he
wanted to script a solution.
Jeff Lightner [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/29/2007 2:27 PM
Funny.
CLI = command line interface - It is EXACTLY what you use to script
things.
CLI is just a
No problems in this post. I am just sharing a solution you may be looking for
in the future J Scenario: I need to run a backup every hour on the hour and the
backup lasts for about 15 minutes. I've created the policy and schedule and
set the frequency to 1 hour. The first backup runs on the
The VERITAS Architecture Network (VAN) forum is currently down. I know
that some of you participate in the NetBackup forum. They are redoing
the structure to include all of symantec products and it will be back up
with a new format and name soon.
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With Netbackup 5.1, I would also recommend making sure that your Windows 2003
clients are on MP5 at the very least. Pre-MP5 and you will not be backing up
the entire System State/Registry.
Neal, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/15/2007 7:10 AM
Mixed Operating systems in same policy problems?
No problem mixing the W2k and W2K3 operating systems in the same policy
No problem using ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES for the Backup selections
Yes, I do that too :-)
simply a note to be aware of having at minimum 5.1 MP5
WHY MP5?
The %windir%\registration folder on Windows 2003 clients is being
Hi Patrick,
If I remember right, when you and I were with OpenVision/VERITAS ancient days
ago, the add_slave_on_client running on the master could be used to update all
of the UNIX clients with a new media server name. It wouldn't need any
parameters. If anyone still has a NetBackup 3.4 then
yes, STK/Sun is notorious for going in and changing firmware which causes the
mapping to go bad.
Remap the drives and then set up persistent binding.
Ellis, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/13/2007 12:24:09 PM
We have been having some problems with some of our tape drives and believe to
have
Details:
The following TechNotes contain information regarding NetBackup related
products and how they are impacted by the upcoming changes to Daylight
Savings Time.
NetBackup Enterprise Server \ NetBackup Server:
How will Symantec's Veritas NetBackup (tm) be affected by the Energy
Policy Act
.
Ed Wilts [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/28/2007 11:10 PM
On 2/28/2007 3:02 PM, Bob Stump wrote:
They are unable to exploit it.
The specail patch and/or subsequent MP's resolves the problem.
The problem is the software does not acknowledging that the
resolution
has been accomplished.
This is an issue
To: Bob Stump
Cc: Jonathan (Contractor) Martin; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] qualys vulnerability
On 2/28/2007 3:02 PM, Bob Stump wrote:
They are unable to exploit it.
The specail patch and/or subsequent MP's resolves the problem.
The problem is the software does
Bobby,
Are you referring to logging on to the master and running the java with
display directed to the desktop?
I see no switches for running the java on the desktop and logging into
the master server.
Bobby Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/27/2007 8:48 PM
Yes, with 6.0, you can use a command
am not displaying it back to my workstation. I am running the
executable on my workstation. The CPU load is much less on the master.
Bobby Williams
2205 Peterson Drive
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
423-296-8200
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Stump
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Lightner
Sent: February 28, 2007 9:31 AM
To: Bob Stump; Bobby Williams; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.0 Java Console to manage 5.1?
They have UNIX jobs in Chattanooga? My family keeps wanting me to move there
but Ive
There is a scanning software provided by Qualys that has a problem
but they REFUSE to fix their scanning software. The scanning software
reports the vulnerability discussed in this notice but fails to report
that the proper MP was applied to resolve the vulnerability. This is
what our security
documentation should suffice. If
their software is infact exploiting that problem and you are running a
future release then someone needs to inform Symantec. I find the latter
unlikely...
Stupid politics...
-Jonathan
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Stump
Sent
This looks like it could get nasty. I am in the process of identifying
and patching my media servers. I already touched the file
/usr/openv/volmgr/database/NO_LOCATEBLOCK Has anyone downloaded and ran
the utility that has been made available to check the database
continuity?
A rare data loss
I just finished running the utility script and was very pleased to see
that I have a clean system.
Bob Stump [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/23/2007 10:27 AM
This looks like it could get nasty. I am in the process of identifying
and patching my media servers. I already touched the file
/usr/openv/volmgr
How to manually remove a tape completely from NetBackup/Media Manager.
http://support.veritas.com/docs/208420
Details:
First, if there are images on the tape, they need to be expired. This
can be done by:
bpexpdate -ev mediaid -d 0
This will not completely free up the tape if the tape is
NEW FEATURE in 6.0
If there is a problem with just 1 little ol' single tapedrive.
Guess what???
ltid will crap out.
GREAT!!! huh?
I had a tapedrive go bad yesterday. Ltid would start, then crap out. I
deleted the tapedrive and ltid was then happy and would come up AND stay
up!
I'm
NetBackup 6.5 BETA version of the Symantec Veritas NetBackup (tm)
Release Notes for UNIX, Windows, and Linux (last updated 2/16/2007)
http://support.veritas.com/docs/287075
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,eliminating mount time for backup to different media servers.
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Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 1:29 PM
To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Sneak Peek
NetBackup 6.5 BETA version of the Symantec Veritas
just a hunch, but
check to see if the volume group has changed
Preston, Douglas L [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/7/2007 12:52 PM
NBU 6.0 MP4
Win 2k Master server
My offsite policy which has been working for 3 years has suddenly quit
doing ejects of duplicated media. I even tried creating a special
yeah, if 6.0 was torture .hook me up with 6.5 as quickly as possible!
Steve Fogarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/6/2007 12:52 PM
Anybody have an ETA for 6.5?
Steve
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Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 1:34 PM
To: Scott
obvious suggestion is to duplicate the image onto another tape with the longer
retention set for the duplicate.
Gravizi, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/30/2007 1:24 PM
Greetings all, I need help in finding information how to move assigned media to
a different volume pool. We recently had a
, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/30/2007 2:16 PM
Does the duplication time take as long as when the original backup ran? Thanks,
Thomas GraviziUNIX Systems AdministratorEnterprise OperationsSTERIS Corporation
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From: Bob Stump [mailto:[EMAIL
bpexpdate: -recalculate [-backupid backup id] [-copy number]
[-d mm/dd/ HH:MM:SS | 0 | infinity] [-client name]
[-policy name] [-ret retention level] [-sched type]
[-M master_server,...,master_server]
legal values for sched:
NetBackup 5.1 MP4 master server running on Solaris 9
The server has 3 fiber NICs
If it is possible, how can they be setup for teaming w/NetBackup?
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or treat two interfaces as one.
Bob Stump wrote: NetBackup 5.1 MP4 master server running on Solaris 9
The server has 3 fiber NICs
If it is possible, how can they be setup for teaming w/NetBackup?
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Here is where you can check any version roadmap
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/support/release_details.jsp?pid=15143
Release Date:
December 1, 2003
End of Support Life:
October 3, 2007
Bob Stump
Analysts International contracted to:
State of Michigan
DIT IS TS Backup and Recovery
One thing to remember is the retries selected in the global attribute
as the number of tries per hours, is not used for manual backups.
In other words, you get one shot at the backup. If it fails it will not
automatically retry on its own.
Bob Stump
Analysts International contracted to:
State
NetBackup 5 and earlier
what is the difference between bpschedreq commands
bpschedreq -read_stunits
bpschedreq -read_stu_config
# man bpschedreq
No manual entry for bpschedreq.
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In an ACSLS environment where you have a single instance of a library
1. The master server is zoned to see all the existing fiber tape drives
in the library
2. Several media servers are also zoned to see all the existing fiber
tape drives in the library
3. the master server is configured to be the
GlassHouse Technologies
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Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:47 AM
To: Bob Stump; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] ACSLS and 2 fiber networks
Absolutely
bpcllist has been replaced with bppllist.
They do not even provide a link in the UNIX servers to the earlier
named commands.
Steve Fogarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/15/2006 3:13 PM
Do you have the bpcllist command in Windows? If so could you send the
output of:
Bpcllist policy_name -U
Steve
doesn't it have to be moved up from goodies to the bin folder to
actually run?
I know tha is the case in UNIX clients.
Steve Fogarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/12/2006 2:34 PM
I believe in Windows, it is located in C:\Program
Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin\goodies.
There are bpstart_notify.bat and
Curtis, your really showing your age with that one :-)
Bob Stump
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DIT IS TS Backup and Recovery
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Tel: (517) 636-4076
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Curtis Preston [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/8/2006 2:17 AM
I also
BEWARE that many times you are legally obligated to maintain 7 years of
data.
Unfortunately, you may be required to ALSO provide data past the 7 year
legal requirement IF you have it and IF you can restore it.
One company I was at, determined that infinity should only be 7 years
in order to avoid
Title: Determine efficiency of tape usage.
It all comes down to retention, retention, retention.
NetBackup does not by default allow differing retentions to be on the same tape.
It is possible to have a tape with 9 months retention that is only used by 1 policy/schedule and have only a couple of
Can NB 6.0 on Solaris be started like earlier versions of NB with
# ltid -v
#initbprd
#
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You can still download all of the manuals in pdf format for 3.4
http://support.veritas.com/menu_ddProduct_NETBACKUPDC_view_CL.htm Adeday [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/12/2006 2:46:04 PM
can exclude be done on the master server for a windows client? I know exclude for unix clients is done on the client
It's been some time since the merger and I was wondering how things may have changed for you either positive or negative. My experience has been negative. For instance. I work for the "State of Michigan" and have an extremely large environment. symantec pulled our VERITAS salesman and a very
I have NetBackup 6.0 MP3 on Solaris 10
I am trying to add 2 tape drives to the already existing 6 tape drives.
I have a support call opened to symantec but I am witing for their normal 4 hour response time.
Please take a look and see what is wrong with this EMM stuff and
why is the
Title: Stuck tapes survey
Sometimes I have had to remotely logon to the media server and use the "mt" command to rewind and eject the tape. Then I was able to use robtest to place it back into its proper slot. This happens when the robotic control host does not have access to the tape drive.
Title: Scalix message content
Ain't no windows equivalent. "Dyck, Jonathan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/27/2006 10:47 AM
I hear ya Phil. Can't count the number oftimes @ 2AM I'vecursed doing my "due diligence" on data collectionin the event of a failure, but sometimes it even helps :)
Here's the quote
Title: Reallocation of disk storage unit
Please read
DOCUMENTATION: Description of VERITAS NetBackup (tm) 5.1 Disk Staging Relocation behavior, starting with 5.1 Maintenance Pack 4 http://support.veritas.com/docs/280398
Don Klebba [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/27/2006 10:59 AM
We're running Netbackup
Title: Scalix message content
Why not run it on a UNIX media server?
Perhaps even a LINUX? I dunno.
I haven't tried it but there is a
bpdbjobs -M masterservername "Dyck, Jonathan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/27/2006 11:21 AM
Bah!
See? All you Windows users should bail, and get a real OS ;-)
NB 5.1_MP4 on Solaris 9 master
NN 6.0_MP3on Solaris 10 master
Has anyone devised a way to disablemanual backups for specific policies only? I have over 500 policies on two different master servers and it is hard to remember which ones should not be started during business hours for testing or
The sticky part is where there are more than one exclude_list
exclude_list.Policy
exclude_list.Policy2.Sched1
exclude_list.Policy2.Sched2
etc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/21/2006 2:44 AM
Hello PhilFor windows clients I would usebpgetconfig -M client Excludeand for unix clients a script based
Netbackup 5.1 MP4
I know this works:
xhost +
ssh master
--
setenv DISPLAY=mydesk:0.0
export DISPLAY
jnbSA -l /tmp/javalogfile -lc
But instead I want to:
Frommy windows XP workstaion run the "NetBackup Administration Console Java"which allowsme to login tothe master server and run the java GUI.
y W2K3 media servers when I took the master down or rebooted the master and it went away when I updated to MP5. I see you are at MP4.
Regards.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WEAVER, SimonSent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 11:16 PMTo: 'Bob Stump'; veritas-buSubj
SLSIA "Jeff Lightner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/7/2006 1:48:11 PM
I didn't start the thread Bob. I also never said that Symantec WOULD do this but that they COULD dothis. Notice the keyword "may" in my original sentence. My commentrelated to a possible outcome of the article and went to the title
NetBackup 6.0 MP3. I had a frozen tape that I ran
bpexpdate -m V01504 -d 0
I found the tapewas placed into the scratch pool for re-use.
The question is why is it acting like a suspended tape instead of a frozen tape?
FROZEN = remains unwritable and in the frozen condition until manually
The Novell target method allows you to enter folders/files to be excluded from the backup image via the text menu interface. Where is this information stored? Is it the same asadding entries underthe bp.ini [exclude] section?
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The NetBackup 5.1 Novell Netware Client sysadmin guide states
"Required_Interface"
" This parameter is not used by the NetWare Client"
Does anyone know if therehas been any change in this in the 5.1 MPs or in 6.0 to make this available?
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"Eagle, Kent" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/24/2006 3:57 PM
Greetings,A bit off topic, but does anyone have suggestions for any Commvaultgalaxy user forums that are on par with this one?Thank you,Kent EagleSystems Engineer, MCP, MCSETech Services /
Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
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What is actually happening and how can you tell if it is actually waiting or forever hun
Title: VTL images to tape
What is actually happening and how can you tell if it is actually waiting or forever hung?Waiting for active bpsched/bptm processes to terminateWaiting for active bpsched/bptm processes to terminateWaiting for active bpsched/bptm processes to terminateWaiting for active
I want to do a very simple test restore to ALL of my clients (over 1,000). I will bprestore /etc/issue to /tmp on all UNIX boxes. What file would be good to use on widows servers 2000/2003? And what restore folder could I use for them?
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Some NetBackup admins that use diffInc will throw in a CumInc in the middle of the week. "Ed Wilts" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/17/2006 7:43 AM
James C Siano wrote: Would cum.incr. be more advantageous for certain situations. Or where else would it be best used overall from those on the list using that
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"Bob Stump" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/10/2006 11:35 AM
I am experiencing media position errors on a new master/media server using 6.0 MP3. I opened up a support call with symantec and they referred to an internal symantec technote on a known problem. The hardware is S
I am experiencing media position errors on a new master/media server using 6.0 MP3. I opened up a support call with symantec and they referred to an internal symantec technote on a known problem. The hardware is Sun branded Emulex SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 on an 890 platform running Solaris 10. Theytold me
I know that Netbackup has a Sybase agent but I haven't seen much talk about it. Does anyone have experience with the NetBackup Sybase agent? Is it worth the effort or is it better to use a differentsolution to create backups to disk and then have Netbackup copy that off to tape?
regards,Bob
environment
NetBackup 5.1 MP4 on Solaris 9 master server / Novell Netware clients using targets method
question
is it possible to use bpgp to get the bp.ini file from a Novell Netware client onto a UNIX master server. And then edit it and place it back onto the Novell Netware client? I don't
What am I doing wrong?
I can only get a max maximum of 2GB for Max Frag Size on my dstores and dssu's
NB 5.1 MP4 solaris_9 Kathryn Hemness [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/22/2006 10:53 AM
Thanks, Bob.The technote described my problem exactly..I'm planning on migrating to a new server this summer, so
What am I doing wrong?
I can only get a max maximum of 2GB for Max Frag Size on my dstores and dssu's
NB 5.1 MP4 solaris_9
$ sudo bpstulist -L -label dssu04
Label: dssu04Media Type: Disk Staging (6)Host Connection: mediasvr1Concurrent Jobs: 12On Demand Only: yesPath: "/dssu04"Robot Type: (not
If you want to move an assigned tape from one volume pool to another you will first have to unassign the tape and then re-assign it.
This is from the technote "Media Manager error 94: "Volume not in specified pool" - scenarios and solutions "
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/247898.htm
art window cross midnight. I was told that it is bad practice. I think Netbackup has gone goofy.
-Jonathan Marks (970)295-5362
From: Bob Stump [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 4:02 PMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] whats wrong with my calendar ba
My apologies for ever contemplating the use of calendar scheduling!
Whatever was I thinking??
I fully understand frequency based scheduling and I will continue to use ituntil Control Data Corporation, OpenVision Technologies, VERITAS Software, symantec, or whoever owns BackupPlus,
I have years of experience with frequency based scheduling but I have always shied away from calendar based. Today I made my first attempt and I cannot see where I made a mistake. Please review this and help me if you can. Thanks.
Here is the problemThe calendar based backup started on the
Title: How to only stop new disk to tape jobs from starting
1) set the exclude date on the disk staging schedule.
2) rm /usr/openv/netbackup/bidfile*3) cancel the active policy and the current duplicates
"Hillman, Eric" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/8/2006 10:13 AM
We use disk staging in NBU 5.0 MP5.
I have 500 tapes that were used in an EDM (now legato) system. The tapes are hcart and were used by STK 9940_B tape drives. I want to use them in NetBackup. I have checked "allow media overwrite" for ALL available types listed in the GUI. (ANSI,TAR,DBR,RS-MTF_1,CPIO,AOS/VS MTF BE-MTF-1 )
dssu'shave 2 stages.
How do I configure stage 1 - read from client and write to media server dssu
How do I configure stage 2 - read media server dssu and write to media server tape
stage 1 uses according to techtip #273532
NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS_DISK = 16
SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS_DISK = 1048576
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 19 May 2006 2:34 AMTo: Bob StumpCc: Steve; Tim Wilkinson; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; TristanBallSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 'Frequency' schedule typeOn Thu, May 18, 2006 at 09:39:09AM -0400, Bob Stump wrote: bpimagelist returns with the "start time"
Is it wrong to use software compression in a policy thatuses a disk staging unit for the storage unit?
Will this result in slower migration or negative compression during the migration phase to a tape drive that uses hardware compression?
"frequency is measured from when the backup ends"
Will someone please provide me the documentation that states this?
I have been looking for it for literally YEARS...
"Tristan Ball" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/17/2006 10:07 PM
Yes - and be aware that the frequency is measured from when the
and the frequency is 24 hours but the backup does not start until Midnight the job will be available to run at 8pm the next day. But if the sched was setup to run every 26 hours then that same job would not be available to run until 2am the next day.
Hope that helps
Steve
On 5/18/06, Bob Stump [EMAIL PROT
SORRY
Here is the correct link to the Boolean Search Engine:
http://seer.support.veritas.com/search_forms/is_search.asp?ddProduct=NBUESVR
"Bob Stump" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/15/2006 12:54:46 PM
If you don't like the engine touted in technote 282968 below, you can still access t
s acurrent web based forum available through symantec called the VAN (Veritas Architecture Network) http://forums.veritas.com/discussions/forum.jspa?forumID=21
There is also the old fallback of the peer-to-peer newsgroups
http://news.support.veritas.com/dnewsweb.exe
"Bob Stump" [EMAIL PR
If you don't like the engine touted in technote 282968 below, you can still access the Boolean search engine at this link:
http://seer.support.veritas.com/NAV_BAR/clustersearch.asp?ddProduct=NBUESVRcrumb=on
New Search Solution from Symantec Enterprise Technical Services
The knowledge and experience level in this group is valuable.
Unfortunately it is also very busy with a single thread growing into multiple replies to all.
Can the volume be cut down by following this simple etiquette?
1) originatorposts question
2) participants reply directly to the
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff LightnerSent: May 4, 2006 8:36 AMTo: WEAVER, Simon; Bob Stump; Marianne Berg; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] can SAN media server restore clients?
Isnt that what I said?
I thought someone was asking why they co
rver, bpcd on the client.
GOOD LUCK and please let us know!
Marianne
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on the master, bpbrm on the media server, bpcd on the client.
GOOD LUCK and please let us know!
Marianne
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can a licensed SAN media server be used to restore data to a client other than itself?
WOW lots of threads...
I didn't read them all but I do have a suggestion.
Place tapes that have had a read/write errors or were frozen into a temporary pool until they can be checked out.
The pool name - cesspool
Bob StumpIncorrigible punster -- Do not incorrige "Wilkinson, Alex" [EMAIL
How to prevent the VERITAS NetBackup (tm) scheduler from starting backup jobs during a maintenance period
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/264787.htm
"Dan Dobbs" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/18/2006 3:51:55 PM
greetings, all. i'm doing some testing on a new server, and I'd like toprevent new jobs
. This should only be
used in situations where the backup performance or Activity monitor updates are
slow.
Bob Stump
State of Michigan
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Is there one that doesn't always first suggest
upgrading to their latest patch/release
YES! - I've had wonderful support from our friends in Austrailia!
simply requeue the ticket when they are available.
I think they accept the call as a challenge.
Jeff Lightner [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/6/2006
, and device monitor, etc... What can be
done for this?
Bob Stump [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/13/2006 10:20:13 AM
How can I minimize the effect of a media server temporarily ( 1 week) being out
of commission in an SSO SAN environment?
I do not want to take any action that would require stop/starting netbackup
I know that Novell Netware CAN be a media server using ndmp.
At least there is a sysadmin guide :-)
Who is doing backups AND restores successfully using this purchasable option
with NetBackup 5.x?
And is anyone sharing ndmp drives with Netbackup 6.x?
Well, it can be de-assigned and reassigned.
but you may get problems with error code 94's
How to do it? Check out the how to fix error code 94's
Media Manager error 94: Volume not in specified pool - scenarios and
solutions
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/247898.htm
personally, I would
How do I restore a tape using just the tar command?
http://www.backupcentral.com/foms/netbackup-serve/cache/192.html
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/3/2006 4:59 AM
This is documented - either in a technote or in the troubleshooting guide.
Having to skip past a file by using the 'mt' command rings a
I'm not promising anything but you may want to take a look at his technote. I
know it is written for error code 94's but it does give some excellent methods
of finding information about a media. Worth a look.
Media Manager error 94: Volume not in specified pool - scenarios and
solutions
Tel: 02392-708598
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-Original Message-
From: Bob Stump [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 01 March 2006 12:54
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Unable to cancel queued job
I stop/started the netbackup services
I tried to cancel a queued job via the java GUI and could not.
So, I went to the command line but I still could not kill it.
Any other suggestions?
# bpdbjobs -report -jobid 19536
JobID State Stat Client Policy Schedule
Started Ended
19536 Queued
And where is the link to for:
How to Restore the System_State in Windows 2003 with VERITAS NetBackup (tm)
Enterprise Server or Server 5.1.
WEAVER, Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/22/2006 9:20 AM
Jason
I think this link MAY be of some help, and at least explain a few things.
Good refernce to
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