[Veritas-bu] Unable to restore DBs on SQL2005 cluster

2007-03-19 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi, I am attempting to restore a DB using the Veritas SQL agent on a SQL 2005 cluster with no success. I have managed to restore both the MSDB and Master Databases successfully (by running MSSQL in single user mode for the Master and stopping SQL agent for the MSDB); but the non system DB's

Re: [Veritas-bu] Unable to restore DBs on SQL2005 cluster

2007-03-22 Thread Jenner, Steven
. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jenner, Steven Sent: 19 March 2007 11:08 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Unable to restore DBs on SQL2005 cluster Importance: High Hi, I am attempting to restore a DB using the Veritas SQL agent

[Veritas-bu] Methods to Backup SQL 2005 mirror

2007-04-05 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi, Is anyone out there using the NetBackup SQL agent to back up a SQL 2005 mirror (with witness server)? I have been asked to test this and am unsure of the best way to proceed i.e. do I need to install the agent on both servers (principal and mirror) and back both up nightly or do I just

Re: [Veritas-bu] Methods to Backup SQL 2005 mirror

2007-04-05 Thread Jenner, Steven
and therefore purchase two agent licenses or do I only backup the one 'live' DB and switch the backup over if the solution fails over? Cheers, Steve. _ From: WEAVER, Simon (external) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 April 2007 14:46 To: Jenner, Steven; veritas-bu

Re: [Veritas-bu] Methods to Backup SQL 2005 mirror

2007-04-12 Thread Jenner, Steven
assistance on this matter. Regards, Steve. -Original Message- From: WEAVER, Simon (external) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 April 2007 07:59 To: 'Martin, Jonathan (Contractor)'; Jenner, Steven; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Methods to Backup SQL 2005 mirror Hello Jonathan

Re: [Veritas-bu] Methods to Backup SQL 2005 mirror

2007-04-12 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi Simon, Thanks for that I'll check it out and respond back to the list on my results. Steve. -Original Message- From: WEAVER, Simon (external) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 April 2007 08:40 To: Jenner, Steven; Martin, Jonathan (Contractor); [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE

[Veritas-bu] Status code 42 - SQL2005 backup using NetBackup 5.1MP6

2007-05-10 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi, I have a strange failure that hopefully someone out there knows the resolution to. I am trying to perform 'hot' SQL backups on several new SQL installations in my environment but some of the DB's back up ok whilst others fail with status code 42 (network read failed). For example on

Re: [Veritas-bu] Status code 42 - SQL2005 backup using NetBackup 5.1MP6

2007-05-11 Thread Jenner, Steven
to see if that makes a difference as at the minute they are set at the default level. Regards, Steve. _ From: WEAVER, Simon (external) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 May 2007 06:14 To: Jenner, Steven; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Status code 42

Re: [Veritas-bu] migrating Legato images from tape to NetBackup

2007-07-06 Thread Jenner, Steven
] Northrop Grumman Information Technology From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jenner, Steven Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 3:54 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] migrating Legato images from tape to NetBackup

[Veritas-bu] Backiing up FreeBSD v6.2

2007-10-17 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi, I have a customer who was running a Redhat Linux server but who has recently changed to a FreeBSD environment running version 6.2; my NetBackup environment is running Enterprise v 5.1MP6. Checking the relevant compatibility matrix I can see that FreeBSD version 6.0 is covered by

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backiing up FreeBSD v6.2

2007-10-19 Thread Jenner, Steven
] On Behalf Of Wilkinson, Alex Sent: 17 October 2007 14:11 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backiing up FreeBSD v6.2 0n Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 10:30:35AM +0100, Jenner, Steven wrote: I have little experience of FreeBSD therefore cannot ascertain how true

[Veritas-bu] Restore of SQL2000 DB to SQL2005 server

2008-02-04 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi, I have received a request to restore a DB which was backed up on a SQL2000 client to a new server running SQL2005. I know you can redirect a restore of a SQL DB to a different host but do not know whether restoring to a different version of SQL is possible. Has anyone done this and if so

[Veritas-bu] Backing up Virtual Machines using NetBackup

2008-06-04 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi All, We are implementing a VMWare environment with a mixture of Windows and Linux virtual servers. We currently backup our servers using NetBackup 5.1MP6 and would like to use it to backup the virtual machines and be able to restore both entire virtual machines and individual files within

Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup VCB over NFS

2008-06-09 Thread Jenner, Steven
I’ve encountered the same issue as I am currently evaluating both NetBackup and vRanger Pro (http://www.vizioncore.com/vrangerpro.html ) for backing up VMware environments. From my VMware guys I understand that the latest release of VCB now supports NFS and vRanger have confirmed that the

[Veritas-bu] Backing up CIFs shares

2008-06-26 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi, I have come across a problem that I am hoping someone here can assist me with. I am running a NetBackup environment with one master server and two media servers all running v5.1MP6 (and on Solaris9) these are backing up 250+ clients which are a mixture of Windows, Linux and Solaris and

[Veritas-bu] Windows2003 backup running slowly

2008-08-05 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi, Recently one of the Windows2003 servers that I back up has started to run very slowly (under 50KB per second). I have checked the duplex settings on both the client and the switch and both are set at 100MB/full duplex. Checking the client server all settings look OK and the customer

[Veritas-bu] Backing up MSSQL2008

2008-11-03 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi all, I have been tasked with backing up a SQL clustered environment running MSSQL2008. I realise that this version of SQL is not officially supported by Symantec till v6.5.3 but unfortunately I am not in a position to upgrade my current environment (running v5.1MP7) till early next year.

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing up MSSQL2008

2008-11-04 Thread Jenner, Steven
To: Jenner, Steven Cc: Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing up MSSQL2008 Even if this worked, I wouldn't trust it on something as serious as a database. What happens when it doesn't work and you can't get support from anyone? Until you can upgrade

[Veritas-bu] Problems backing up ESX

2008-11-20 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi All, Does anyone have instructions on backing up an ESX server (running version 3.5 update 1 (3.5.0,82663). I have installed the Linux client and can back the server up but this does not capture the necessary vmdk files. I realise that I probably have to do something on the ESX side of

[Veritas-bu] Scripts to notify of backup failures

2008-11-26 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi all, I want to be able to send automatic emails out to notify when a backup has failed i.e. anything other than status code 0. I have looked at the script mail_bp_reports and that would work however it sends me all backup status codes. As scripting is not my forte I was wondering if

[Veritas-bu] backup failing with status code 54 without vnetd or status code 58 with vnetd

2009-01-30 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi All, I have added a new client server to my backup schedule and its backups are failing with status code 54 (timed out connecting to client). I can confirm the following on the client: 1. The client can ping the master server and both media servers and vice versa 2. Both

Re: [Veritas-bu] backup failing with status code 54 without vnetd orstatus code 58 with vnetd

2009-02-01 Thread Jenner, Steven
is '^]'. ^] Running the bpclntcmd from the client to both media servers is also successful. As mentioned everything looks ok but the backup will not complete successfully. _ From: Marianne Van Den Berg [mailto:mvdb...@stortech.co.za] Sent: 30 January 2009 21:35 To: Jenner, Steven

[Veritas-bu] Upgrading NetBackup from 5.1 to 6.5.3

2009-05-28 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi All, I am planning on upgrading my NetBackup solution this weekend from 5.1 to 6.5.3, I have followed the latest upgrade checklist and everything looks good to go. Does anyone out there who has already performed this upgrade have any words of caution or gotcha's that they can offer?

Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrading NetBackup from 5.1 to 6.5.3

2009-06-01 Thread Jenner, Steven
. From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Jenner, Steven Sent: 28 May 2009 15:29 To: Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Upgrading NetBackup from 5.1 to 6.5.3 Hi All, I am

[Veritas-bu] Failing MSSQL2008 backups - Status code 2

2009-06-19 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi All, I have am having issues backing up a SQL 2008 cluster and wondered if anyone could help. My NetBackup environment consists of one Solaris 9 master server and two Solaris 9 media servers all running NetBackup 6.5.3.1; the client is a Windows 2003 cluster with two nodes both running

[Veritas-bu] NBU Certification

2009-07-07 Thread Jenner, Steven
Hi All, I am thinking of taking the NBU certification exams 250-265 and 250-365. I have experience of all versions of NetBackup from 3.4 to 6.5.3.1; however the majority of my time has been spent using NBU 4.5 and 5.1 (I completed the official VERITAS courses on those versions). I only