Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 - Windows Slow duplication Tape to Tape

2015-01-29 Thread Bluejay Adametz
I first backup to tape and that is multiplexing so lots of jobs run at the same time. Then, I start duplication from the current tapes to new tapes. For some of the server images, it goes pretty quickly and I can actually watch the file size go up as it duplicates. Are you specifying -mpx

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 - Windows Slow duplication Tape to Tape

2015-01-29 Thread Lightner, Jeff
: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Bluejay Adametz Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:38 AM To: Veritas List Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 - Windows Slow duplication Tape to Tape -- How do I check for the -mpx on my

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 - Windows Slow duplication Tape to Tape

2015-01-29 Thread tanders1
-- How do I check for the -mpx on my bpduplicate? The entire job is run through a GUI interface so I have never seen that option. I first backup to tape and that is multiplexing so lots of jobs run at the same time. Then, I start duplication from the current tapes to new tapes. For some of

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 - Windows Slow duplication Tape to Tape

2015-01-29 Thread Bluejay Adametz
-- How do I check for the -mpx on my bpduplicate? The entire job is run through a GUI interface so I have never seen that option. I've only done duplications via the command line (we script our duplications), However, looking around in the Java GUI, when you get to the Setup Duplication

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 - Windows Slow duplication Tape to Tape

2015-01-29 Thread Dan Pritts
2nd thing consider not duplicating from tape. They can only do one thing at a time and can end up searching for data sequentially. Consider basic disk and staging, or synthetic backup, or deduplication in combination with data life cycle policies. BasicDisk is free, and can make use of

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 - Windows Slow duplication Tape to Tape

2015-01-28 Thread avro 42
First make sure your data buffers are set. This can improve performance InstallPath\Veritas\NetBackup\db\config (touch files are plain text files no extensions) NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS_RESTORE This can be a trial and error kind of thing but we use LOT3-5 and we have the data

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 - Windows Slow duplication Tape to Tape

2015-01-28 Thread tanders1
Hello, I have been pulling my hair out for a couple of weeks on this issue. I first backup to tape and that is multiplexing so lots of jobs run at the same time. Then, I start duplication from the current tapes to new tapes. For some of the server images, it goes pretty quickly and I can