Re: [Veritas-bu] Export and Import NetBackup configuration

2006-05-09 Thread Dave Markham
It is exactly what i do for a DR process. Only caveat is need to have the hostname of the backup server to be the same as its embedded into the catalogue and with different host names i couldnt get the robot and certain things to work correctly. Cheers WEAVER, Simon wrote: */Hi/* */what I

[Veritas-bu] Media Manager error 44

2006-05-09 Thread Whelan, Patrick
Title: Media Manager error 44 Has anybody seen an error 44 from media manager when trying to use the configure storage device configuration wizard? I have tried this on all 5 libraries (separately and together) with the same results. Although these drives are not SSOd I would expect the

Re: [Veritas-bu] Media Manager error 44

2006-05-09 Thread Dean
What O/S? Do you get any error message other than 44?On 5/9/06, Whelan, Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody seen an error 44 from media manager when trying to use the configure storage device configuration wizard? I have tried this on all 5 libraries (separately and together)

Re: [Veritas-bu] NB 6 and VSP on Windows

2006-05-09 Thread Dean
VSS is using the Windows VSS service, which in turn can access other technology such as Veritas Volume Manager, or snapshot/mirror capabilities of your disk hardware, which would be the way to go if you're licensed for those goodies. I am about to implement FlashBackup to backup some huge Windows

RE: [Veritas-bu] Media Manager error 44

2006-05-09 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Title: Message Patrick Well you know more about NBU than me, but my only suggestion is a powerdown and restart of the daemons or server perhaps. Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3

Re: [Veritas-bu] Command via bpcd

2006-05-09 Thread Austin Murphy
Thanks Mark, that was just what I needed. Austin For anyone who is interested... Here is a little scriptlet to check all your tape drives and add up the hours on each one. Just put the NetBackup names of your SSO media servers in the script. #!/usr/bin/perl # # Check Tape Drives for mount

[Veritas-bu] NBU 5.1 MP5

2006-05-09 Thread Conner, Mike
I used NBU 5.1 and am currently at MP5. We have 1 master, 1 media and are a windows shop. I was looking at the read me and it seems the MP needs to only be installed on the master...is that correct? Just wanted to get a second opinion. Thanks Mike

[Veritas-bu] Decru appliances LTO3 tape drives

2006-05-09 Thread Ed Wilts
I'm looking for some feedback as to how many LTO3 drives people are putting on the Decru encryption appliances. Our reseller said a maximum of 4 drives but I'd like to hear about some real-world experiences. How many people are even driving LTO3 drives through these appliances? How many drives

[Veritas-bu] Files backuped twice

2006-05-09 Thread julien . dardaine
Hi all, I use Netbackup V5,0 for a not a long time, and I have a very basic question : In an include list for Unix clients on the master server , I would like to have, for example : /users /users/login For some clients, /users/login is on the same filesystem than /users. So all the files

[Veritas-bu] Solaris 10 client install

2006-05-09 Thread Chris Freemantle
Can anyone point me to docs detailing how to install a Netbackup 5.1 solaris 10 client? I'm running Netbackup 5.1 mp3 under Windows. I've got the original install media for 5.1 Do I just install from the media then patch? thanks in advance -- --- REMEMBER - the safety of your data is your

RE: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5.1 MP5

2006-05-09 Thread Greenberg, Katherine A
It should be installed everywhere. However, if you can only install it on the master, your environment will still function. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Conner, Mike Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:06 AM To:

RE: [Veritas-bu] Files backuped twice

2006-05-09 Thread Mark.Donaldson
Why not just backup /users select cross mountpoints. It'll handle both conditions. -M -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:49 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu]

[Veritas-bu] hanging bpbkar process

2006-05-09 Thread Aaron Mills
Title: hanging bpbkar process I had a backup timeout yesterday. bpbrm timed out after the configured interval (3 hours), but when I check to see what happened to the client process, bpbkar is still running (client/server on the same box) - it just hasn't done anything since three hours

Re: [Veritas-bu] Solaris 10 client install

2006-05-09 Thread Justin Piszcz
Install the 5.1 client on the box itself using the cd media or installer and patch to MP3. You cannot install remotely from Windows to a Solaris server (at least I do not believe so). Then after you do that you should be all set. On 5/9/06, Chris Freemantle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can

Re: [Veritas-bu] hanging bpbkar process

2006-05-09 Thread Justin Piszcz
mkdir /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbkar on the client, add VERBOSE = 5 to the bp.conf and watch the logs, also you can make a lot of logging directories on the server as well and tail them when the problematic client is backing up/etc. On 5/9/06, Aaron Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a

Re: [Veritas-bu] 2Gb/s FC read speed

2006-05-09 Thread Karl . Rossing
In the end, the SUN box in question needed patch 119130-16.zip and for some reason, smpatch didn't know it needed it. System is now running at full speed. Thanks to all that helped out(Ed, Roy and Paul) Karl-Frédéric Rossing, Technical Services phone: 204-786-6431

[Veritas-bu] Renaming NB 6.0MP2 servers

2006-05-09 Thread Karl . Rossing
I'd like to rename a NB 6.0MP2 master server. In fact, i want to clone my master production server and rename it at our DR site. As far as i know this isn't really supported yet. Karl-Frédéric Rossing, Technical Services phone: 204-786-6431 fax: 204-784-6755 toll

Re: [Veritas-bu] hanging bpbkar process

2006-05-09 Thread Steve Cashman
Often times the Media / Master server encounters and error and exits but cant notify the Client (they don't even attempt to) It sounds like you have at least some logs enabled on the Media server since you mention that you reviewed the Bpbrm log. So review the Media Server logs to see if you can

Re: [Veritas-bu] File listing for Fragment

2006-05-09 Thread Steve Cashman
Try bpimagelist -backupid (backup_id) Steve On 5/5/06, Andrew Wilkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I'm after a away to extract the files that are contained within an individual BackupId that has multiple Fragments (File number ona Tape). If I have a single backup image and it spans many

Re: [Veritas-bu] Command via bpcd

2006-05-09 Thread Austin Murphy
Thanks Hampus, In a previous email to the list (before I subscribed) Bob Stump shows this: the general syntax is bpgp from client filename on client filename on master bpgp to client filename on master filename on client Can the command bpgp also create directories and/or support wildcards?

RE: [Veritas-bu] hanging bpbkar process

2006-05-09 Thread Aaron Mills
Well the server/client are the same box so network issues are out. I'm NFS mounting a slice to the NBU server and then backing up it up. After about 3 hours, the client process just stops logging. I've checked bpbrm, bptm, and bpbkar logs to no avail. Could an NFS hicup cause this to

RE: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup Server

2006-05-09 Thread Kathy Falakfarsa
Title: Message I am trying to setup a NetBackup server in a new site, I was planning to create a standby server with a same name so I can use BPRecover to get the database in to this new server, but my manager doesnt like the idea of not using all the hardware on new site and leave it

RE: [Veritas-bu] File listing for Fragment

2006-05-09 Thread Mark.Donaldson
No offense, but seeking to a single fragment reading files is netbackup's job. The TOC you describe (associating fragment to file) is the quick definition of Netbackup's image catalog. You're starting to write the application you've already bought. To answer your question, I think you're

RE: [Veritas-bu] File listing for Fragment

2006-05-09 Thread Andrew Wilkin
Thanks Steve, I did think of this, but when I look at the 'Images on Media' gui. There are number of Fragments (Images) on the piece of media, all with the same BackupID!! So I don't believe this would help me. I suppose what happens, is thatBackup Requestbeing backed-up is 'large' and

RE: [Veritas-bu] File listing for Fragment

2006-05-09 Thread Andrew Wilkin
Thanks Mark, No offense taken! The problem is that I have an archive backup of anold NetAppFiler that is no more but the data is critical! The only way for me to recover the NDMP backup is via a SUN system (which is fine). The problem I see, there appears to be no way for me to identify on

RE: [Veritas-bu] File listing for Fragment

2006-05-09 Thread Andrew Wilkin
Hi Mark, Your given me a part solution! I did a cat_convert on the binary *.f file and I was able to "grep" out the file from the new *.f file. However, how do I know what Fragment(Tape File No.)I'm looking at.? Do you know what the fields are (file format), I can can guess some? Thanks

RE: [Veritas-bu] File listing for Fragment - Found answer

2006-05-09 Thread Andrew Wilkin
Hi MArk, I found a solution to my question on the *.f format at - http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/271886.htm Thanks Andrew Hi Mark, Your given me a part solution! I did a cat_convert on the binary *.f file and I was able to "grep" out the file from the new *.f file. However, how

RE: [Veritas-bu] File listing for Fragment

2006-05-09 Thread Andrew Wilkin
Ok then, I can identify that the file I'm looking for is 'x' blocks from the start of the backup image!, this is the 5th field in the *.f file. My value is 105001394 for the 5th field. How do I then go 'x' blocks from the start of the backup image on the tape? I've been using 'mt' and it