[Veritas-bu] Commands to list backup images on a basic disk backup filesystem?

Hi, Is there a NetBackup command (or a series of NetBackup commands) that can list all the backup images on a Basic Disk type backup filesystem? Thanks, Rongsheng ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu

Re: [Veritas-bu] Commands to list backup images on a basic disk backup filesystem?

Sorry I forgot to mention that this is NBU 6.0 MP5 on Solaris 10. On Apr 13, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Rongsheng Fang wrote: Hi, Is there a NetBackup command (or a series of NetBackup commands) that can list all the backup images on a Basic Disk type backup filesystem? Thanks, Rongsheng

Re: [Veritas-bu] Commands to list backup images on a basic diskbackup filesystem?

] On Behalf Of Rongsheng Fang Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 11:29 AM To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Commands to list backup images on a basic diskbackup filesystem? Sorry I forgot to mention that this is NBU 6.0 MP5 on Solaris 10. On Apr 13, 2009, at 1:11 PM

Re: [Veritas-bu] Encrypting offsite tapes

the data is encrypted and doesn't care. http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-security-systems/ On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Rongsheng Fang [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We duplicate backup images from disks/tapes to tapes weekly using NetBackup vault

[Veritas-bu] Encrypting offsite tapes

Hi, We duplicate backup images from disks/tapes to tapes weekly using NetBackup vault and send the tapes offsite. We have a new requirement for encrypting all the tapes going offsite. I understand that NetBackup can do the encryption while the backup is being done. My question is: is it

[Veritas-bu] cleaning tape label with L1 in it for LTO4 tape drives

Hi, We have a bunch of FUJIFILM cleaning tapes what are good for LTO1/2/3/4 tape drives. The label we got from our vendor is in CLN001L1 format. My understanding is that the L1 tells the drive it's a LTO1 type tape. If we put this label on the cleaning tape that works with all LTO1/2/3/4,

[Veritas-bu] RMAN backup, maxpiecesize and high watermark for a backup disk

Hi, We have a RMAN backup that allocates 7 channels backing stuff to to 7 different backup disks. Each backup disk is about the same size 850GB. The RMAN parameter 'maxpiecesize' is set to 16GB for each channel. The 'high watermark' setting for each disk storage unit is set to 97%.

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup not deleting expired images

Hi, Does anybody know how and when NetBackup deletes old images from the disk after they have been expired? We are backing most of our data to disks and it seems that NetBackup is expiring old backups from its catalog correctly but the images on the disk are not being removed even if they

[Veritas-bu] bpnbat -loginmachine has to be done weekly?

Hi, We are running NBU 6.0 MP5 on Solaris 10 and VxSS has been configured and running properly. The only problem is that we have to run 'bpnbat -loginmachine' weekly otherwise an admin user would only get the Backup, Arhive, and Restore interface instead of the full access once the admin

[Veritas-bu] Vault reports and the ftp parsing server at Iron Mountain

Hi, We are running NetBackup 6.0 and doing weekly vaults. Our offsite vendor is Iron Mountain. Currently we have to manually go to SecureSync website and put in the request when a tape needs to be brought back to the tape library, which is a really painful process. I understand that the

Re: [Veritas-bu] Error status 129 - DiskStaging Unit is full -NetBackup 6.0

This is a instance of defect? It looks like to me 6.0 MP5 already does cleanup of old images when the DSU gets filled up during the backup process. I just had one DSU filled up last night and here are the logs I captured: The backup job log from the Admin console: 10/29/2007 22:18:20 -

[Veritas-bu] Highly available Symantec Authentication/Authorization in VCS

Hi, Has anybody had any experience with setting up Symantec Authentication (VRTSat) and Authorization (VRTSaz) in a highly available mode using VCS? Currently we have VCS 5.0 running on a two node Sun Solaris 10 cluster, and VRTSat 4.3.22.1 and VRTSaz 4.2.2.16. I would like to set up VRTSat

Re: [Veritas-bu] Clean up expired backups

probably better off thannothing. I can't remember the exact error message though. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:veritas-bu- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rongsheng Fang

[Veritas-bu] Clean up expired backups

Hi, We are running NetBackup 5.0 MP7 and it has been having problems cleaning up the old/expired backups. I looked around and people suggested using the following to address the issue: # touch /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/CLEAN_IN_BACKGROUND # /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimage -cleanup

Re: [Veritas-bu] Clean up expired backups

Thanks Ed! How often did the backups fail in your environment when the background cleanup process was enabled? What kind of error messages did you see from such failures? Rongsheng Ed Wilts wrote: We are running NetBackup 5.0 MP7 and it has been having problems cleaning up the old/expired

Re: [Veritas-bu] licenses quote / part number description

Is there such a document for NBU version 6 that I can download? Thanks, Rongsheng Austin Murphy wrote: On 7/23/07, Bobby R Windle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking for the part number / description for a media server license. This would be for Netbackup Enterprise License 5.1. Also maint

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup MP level upgrade for Oracle, must bounce?

to do an upgrade. If on HP-UX or Tru64 you may have to shuddown the database. At least that worked with 5.1MP6. = Carl Stehman IT Distributed Services Team Pepco Holdings, Inc. 202-331-6619 Pager 301-765-2703 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Rongsheng Fang [EMAIL

[Veritas-bu] NBU 5.x catalog format compatible between Linux and Solaris?

Hi, Is the catalog format compatible between Linux and Solaris if both are running the same version of NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.x? I asked this question on this list before and got a couple of positive replies that said it was. Then I logged a case with Symantec support last week and

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5.x catalog format compatible between Linux and Solaris?

with unix2dos) stefanos ---Original Message--- From: Rongsheng Fang [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5.x catalog format compatible between Linux and Solaris? Sent: 16 May '07 16:03 Hi, Is the catalog format compatible between Linux and Solaris if both are running

Re: [Veritas-bu] Tuning Solaris 10 for NetBackup Media Server

What was that special fix for? Thanks, Rongsheng sauderd wrote: Oh, I almost forgot to mention something. We got a specially created fix from Sun to get the Solaris 10 part to work. A publicly available patch will forthcoming soon.

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.0 and cluster (Veritas Cluster Server)

Say we have a VCS 5.0 cluster with two nodes A and B. We want to install NetBackup 6.0 on both nodes and have them configured with VCS. We'd like to made node A media server mediaA (VIP) and node B mediaB (VIP) and each is responsible for different sets of storage units and clients. Is it

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.0 and cluster (Veritas Cluster Server)

: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rongsheng Fang Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 3:28 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.0 and cluster (Veritas Cluster Server) Say we have a VCS 5.0 cluster with two nodes A and B. We want to install

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.0 and cluster (Veritas Cluster Server)

Darren, Thanks a lot for your input on this, as always! I don't see how this can work unless the media server binaries are smart enough to bind specifically to the failover IP. I don't know any mechanism that would let you configure that. Basically, the netbackup daemons do not look to me

[Veritas-bu] NDMP and SSO in NetBackup 6.0

Hi, We have some Celerra NAS devices on the network (and SAN) and would like to use NDMP to back up those devices. We have a tape library with six tape drives in the SAN. Is it possible to configure the Celerra NAS devices to mount the tape drives from the SAN with NetBackup SSO option? Or

Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrade/Migrate master server from 5.0/Linux to6.0/Solaris

Thank you Paul! That's good news. Do you know if the databases (like the ones under /usr/openv/netbackup/db and /usr/openv/volmgr/database) are compatible between Linux and Solaris if they both run NBU 5.x? Thanks, Rongsheng Paul Keating wrote: Catalog format from linux to solaris is

[Veritas-bu] Upgrade/Migrate master server from 5.0/Linux to 6.0/Solaris

Hi, We'll be doing upgrades to our current backup infrastructure. Currently our master server is running NBU 5.0 MP5 on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 2.1 (Panama) on a Dell server. The new master server will be running NBU 6.0 on a Sun SPARC server (not yet sure which model at this

Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrade/Migrate master server from 5.0/Linux to 6.0/Solaris

there? Thanks, Rongsheng Rongsheng Fang wrote: Hi, We'll be doing upgrades to our current backup infrastructure. Currently our master server is running NBU 5.0 MP5 on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 2.1 (Panama) on a Dell server. The new master server will be running NBU 6.0 on a Sun

[Veritas-bu] Questions about NetBackup Shared Storage Option (SSO)

Hi, Currently we are running NB 5.0 and doing LAN-based backups. We have one tape library (StorageTek L180) that is directly connected to the master server. We'll be upgrading our backup infrastructure to Netbackup 6.0 and move from LAN-based backup to SAN-based backup using NetBackup's SSO

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup upgrade to 6.0 and Shared Storage Option

Hi, Currently we are running NB 5.0 and doing LAN-based backups. We have one tape library (StorageTek L180) that is directly connected to the master server. We'll be upgrading our backup infrastructure with the following changes: 1) two master servers running NB 6.0 on Sun Solaris 10/SPARC