[Veritas-bu] bpstart_notify timeout

2007-06-04 Thread Dave Markham
Guys can you have a BPSTART_TIMEOUT directive in bp.conf on a per client basis? Reading the doc it just mentions it on the media server properties but i dont want it set globally. Netbackup 5.0MP7 Solaris kit. Cheers ___ Veritas-bu maillist -

[Veritas-bu] calculating backup success rate

2007-06-04 Thread Hindle, Greg
How does everyone track this? Do you count just total successfully backups vs. the number of attempts? And how do you handle a backup that failed 3 times but ran good on the forth? Greg This e-mail and any attachments are confidential, may contain legal, professional or other privileged

Re: [Veritas-bu] calculating backup success rate

2007-06-04 Thread Liddle, Stuart
use a reporting tool like Bocada. It will do that for you. And, if a backup fails 3 tmes and then succeeds, it's considered successful. (I would want to know what happened on those 3 failed attempts so that I could take some corrective action though). --stuart _ From: [EMAIL

Re: [Veritas-bu] calculating backup success rate

2007-06-04 Thread rcarlisle
Greg, Great questions. I would say that it depends on the audience. Any reporting tool on the market for NBU today can give you this information in different slices. Many clients do track this information and it is a great way to get a quick health check of the environment. If you are

Re: [Veritas-bu] calculating backup success rate

2007-06-04 Thread Hindle, Greg
Thanks. These reports are for monthly metrics and upper management does see them. I was just curious what others are doing to report this info. We don't have any reporting tools in place (yet). You mention Vision? What is this a user conference? Greg From:

Re: [Veritas-bu] calculating backup success rate

2007-06-04 Thread rcarlisle
Greg, Vision is Symantec's big user conference. It is coming up next week in Las Vegas. It is definitely worth attending. If you are looking at reporting tools, I would suggest checking out Aptare and Symantec Backup Reporter. Tools like these can make your reporting life for management much

Re: [Veritas-bu] calculating backup success rate

2007-06-04 Thread Hindle, Greg
I was told by my netbackup 6.0 instructor not to buy backup reporter because it is built in to 6.0. The backup reporter was for versions below 6. can anyone comment on this? The instructor has been with Symantec for over 9 years and most of them in support. Greg

Re: [Veritas-bu] calculating backup success rate

2007-06-04 Thread Steve Fogarty
Only works with Enterprise Server. Steve _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adams, Dwayne Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:35 PM To: Martin, Jonathan; NB List Mail Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] calculating backup success rate Jonathan, The reporting

Re: [Veritas-bu] calculating backup success rate

2007-06-04 Thread ckstehman
We use Aptarem as well = Carl Stehman IT Distributed Services Team Pepco Holdings, Inc. 202-331-6619 Pager 301-765-2703 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Adams, Dwayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/04/2007 12:11 PM To Steve Fogarty [EMAIL PROTECTED], Martin,

Re: [Veritas-bu] oracle hot backup

2007-06-04 Thread Austin Murphy
On 6/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Needed help to configure Oracle Hot backup using the netbackup orcale agent, Please suggest the steps to follow. Netbackup Oracle pdf doesnot clearly specify the steps. and also i am not aware of Oracle This user guide has been

Re: [Veritas-bu] oracle hot backup

2007-06-04 Thread bob944
Needed help to configure Oracle Hot backup using the netbackup orcale agent, Please suggest the steps to follow. Netbackup Oracle pdf doesnot clearly specify the steps. and also i am not aware of Oracle Then you should not be doing this--your DBA(s)

[Veritas-bu] Question about setting up a DSSU...

2007-06-04 Thread Ellis, Jason
Question about setting up a DSSU: I need to setup a media server with only DSSU storage units and no tape. According to the documentation it looks like I can setup any storage unit as the FSU. After the backup images have been staged on the DSSU I want to duplicate them to another media server's