Re: [Veritas-bu] The NBU FAQ needs you

2008-01-23 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:25 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); Curtis Preston; VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] The NBU FAQ needs you That's right Simon, give it some careful consideration. I lost everything

Re: [Veritas-bu] FW: One Client Per Policy

2008-01-22 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Curtis I am sure you are right, and pretty certain in most places this would work, but maybe not for everyone (me included). Does not mean I disagree, its just my own view from the use of NBU 3.4 onwards Simon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Veritas-bu] One Client Per Policy

2008-01-22 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
All Well I see the objective in one client per policy if it is unique (ie: Windows Cluster, SQL, Exchange, Certain Drive letters to be backed up for unique systems, Virtual Machines, ect), but I have one policy that contains 30 clients and has never caused any extra work, or overhead for me or

Re: [Veritas-bu] FW: One Client Per Policy

2008-01-22 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Nice Story :-) any more. -Original Message- From: Jeff Lightner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:46 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); Curtis Preston; Dominik Pietrzykowski; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject

Re: [Veritas-bu] sniff...bpgp is gone from 6.5

2008-01-22 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Cant get to a test lab, but found this... https://forums.symantec.com/syment/board/message?board.id=21message.id= 40520 Simon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stump, Bob A Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 5:56 PM To:

Re: [Veritas-bu] sniff...bpgp is gone from 6.5

2008-01-22 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
I did after sending it, but also thought someone else may add to the link, partly why I posted it! But it looks like it has gone Bob :-) Simon -Original Message- From: Curtis Preston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:27 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); Stump

Re: [Veritas-bu] The NBU FAQ needs you

2008-01-22 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Divorced because of upgade to 6? Gosh, what will happen when going to 6.5 :-) Saying that, I am not married, but due to be. so maybe I should hold off the upgrade to 6.5 for another year ;-) Si. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [Veritas-bu] Media Tape lifespan

2007-12-14 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
be worth looking into. FYI I have a tape with over 700 mounts - no problems so far. S. -Original Message- From: Jackson, Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 3:23 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Media

Re: [Veritas-bu] backing up MS cluster

2007-12-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Your cluster is providing a service by using a VSN (Virtual Server Name). This name is not tied to a physical node. Therefore, when doing the backups for SQL use the Virtual Server name. For the physical nodes (ie: the computers themselves), create a backup policy for their physical drive

Re: [Veritas-bu] Clarification on NetBackup 5.1 6.5

2007-12-12 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
5PU Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 4:39 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external) Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Clarification on NetBackup 5.1 6.5

Re: [Veritas-bu] Clarification on NetBackup 5.1 6.5

2007-12-12 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Well they are San Media servers for the time being. Have to see how it goes I think... not seen the physical boxes myself! Si mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: rcarlisle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:29 PM To: WEAVER, Simon

Re: [Veritas-bu] Clarification on NetBackup 5.1 6.5

2007-12-12 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:11 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external) Cc: veritas-bu

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.0 mp4 and Exchange 2007

2007-12-11 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Yes, a fully supported NetBackup environemnt - unless I am mistaken, MP4 may not include any or if possible, full support for Ex2k7 Probably best to check the Symantec site for confirmation on this. Regards Simon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Veritas-bu] Clarification on NetBackup 5.1 6.5

2007-12-11 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:39 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external) Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Clarification on NetBackup 5.1 6.5 On 12/10/07, WEAVER, Simon (external) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) Does Symantec support

[Veritas-bu] Clarification on NetBackup 5.1 6.5

2007-12-10 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Guys Quick 2 questions: 1) Does Symantec support NetBackup 5.1 or 6.5 in a virtualised environment? (ie: Master or Media Server on a Vmware host)? 2) Can anyone clarify if NT4.0 is supported with 6.5 ? Thanks, Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS

Re: [Veritas-bu] Clarification on NetBackup 5.1 6.5

2007-12-10 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
To: WEAVER, Simon (external); veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Clarification on NetBackup 5.1 6.5 Are you considering virtualizing your master / media servers? If so, why? -Jonathan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [Veritas-bu] Clarification on NetBackup 5.1 6.5

2007-12-10 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
that showed it was not supported as a VM solution :-) Regards Simon -Original Message- From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 3:39 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external) Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Clarification

[Veritas-bu] netbackup install computer only not available Maintenance Pack 5

2007-12-10 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Hi All Sorry, but trying to update the NBU environment, but I cannot install the maintenance pack locally to certain media servers. Only option I have is to install on a machine on Network. All other options greyed out ! Any ideas. Its NBU 5.1 on Win2k3 and trying to do MP5. Regards Simon

Re: [Veritas-bu] netbackup install computer only not availableMai ntenance Pack 5

2007-12-10 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
] -Original Message- From: Len Boyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:29 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] netbackup install computer only not availableMaintenance Pack 5 Simon, Where are the bits that you

Re: [Veritas-bu] Exchange Public Folders Backups problem

2007-12-07 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Greg Are you using the directive Microsoft Information Store\* where it should pick up all the stores? Assume its Win2k3 and Exchange 2003? During an exchange aware backup, there should be events like Event ID 220 or the Source is ESE, indicating its doing an exchange aware backup! Do you

Re: [Veritas-bu] Reclaiming tapes to the scratch volume pool

2007-12-05 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Why not just run the tool, and then if something looks to be wrong, call support (if it really is justified) http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290489.htm http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290489.htm Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain

Re: [Veritas-bu] Merge 2 Master Servers

2007-12-05 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Kevin Expect alot of problems with this. I am sure young Ed Wilts advised this is not supported and with 2 mixes of version of NBU 6.5, its not going to be alot of fun. Maybe just import the tapes you need, as and when required? Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows

Re: [Veritas-bu] Host Name Change on Master Server

2007-11-28 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Although its unsupported, depending on the version of NBU you are running, there may still be an alternative. Im not sure if Symantec Still provide their services to do this, but I do recall for 3.4 and 4.5 a method of performing such a task. Google is a friend.. If I find it, will post

Re: [Veritas-bu] Host Name Change on Master Server

2007-11-28 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clooney, David Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:58 AM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); Ed Wilts; Jimenez, Daniel Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Host Name Change on Master Server Personally I think the 5.1 master hostname change is a walk

Re: [Veritas-bu] 1 TB limit ?

2007-11-28 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Can you stream the data? Or split into 2 policies ? Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup can't see ADIC anymore

2007-11-28 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
First thing is to run device manager on the Win2k boxes, and scan for hardware, in case its been removed. Failing that, reboot the Servers, assuming no backups are running Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)

Re: [Veritas-bu] Any sign of 6.5.1?

2007-11-27 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Not here Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bthessel

Re: [Veritas-bu] Access to the client was not allowed (59)

2007-11-26 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Sounds like the master server doesn't like it. As a quick test, check the host properties of the master, check the SERVERS, and where you have additional servers, add the machine name to it. Make sure the client is talking to the correct Master Server too! Look at the client properties too.

Re: [Veritas-bu] Suspend or Freeze media

2007-11-21 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Hi Matt, My understanding is this If a volume is SUSPENDED the system will not write to it until all the backup images on that volume have expired. (either automatically or if manual expiry which can be carried out using the command tool BPEXPDATE) If a volume is frozen the system will not

Re: [Veritas-bu] is it supported to recover windows 2003 master servercatalog to Linux master Server

2007-11-15 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Not easily - Veritas (Or Symantec) Consultancy Support may help, but from a support point of view, it may be unsupported by them. Different Path and Structures ! Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable towrite bpbrm message

2007-11-14 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:05 AM To: WEAVER, Simon (external) Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable towrite bpbrm message Yup, that is the next step I am going to try. Justin. On Wed, 14

Re: [Veritas-bu] Need some suggestions

2007-11-14 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
If the client is not a Media Server, then get that configured, using SSO to share the tape drives. Alternatively Flash Backup has been mentioned on this forum a few times. No real experience of it, not sure of the pro's and cons (well a pro would be a better quicker backup). Regards Simon

Re: [Veritas-bu] More than one backup session at a time to theta pedrive (multiplexing per drive) - never seen :)

2007-11-14 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Also, make sure on the properties of the master, the Max jobs Per Client is set to a high number (I usually set to 99) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL

[Veritas-bu] Creating Nice Reports NBU 5.1

2007-11-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Morning All I wonder if I could get some advice or guidance from anyone who is creating their own custom reports. Win2k3+NBU5.1 MP5 I cant obtain any 3rd party software due to cost issues. I try to group my Servers in certain policies to manage the servers better. I want to produce a report on

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable towrite bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Is it going via a firewall? Is the client running latest MP/Client software? Maybe client software reinstall if its only 1 box? Regards Simon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin Piszcz Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:36 PM To:

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834) unable towrite bpbrm message

2007-11-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 4:47 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external) Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Restore problems: Error bptm (pid=14834

Re: [Veritas-bu] Trial version NetBackup

2007-11-07 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Hi Contact your software / symantec sales rep and they should give you a link to download or send the software to you, and then you should get a key (trial key of course) that opens up all the features to try. HTH Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator

Re: [Veritas-bu] Error 13 update

2007-11-06 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Interesting Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cruice,

[Veritas-bu] HP-UX 11.11 Upgrade 4.5 to 6.5 NetBackup

2007-11-06 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
All Some assistance if possible, as I am not fluent on Unix. We have a single Master Server connected to a Tape Drive backing up a client. It currently runs 4.5 with no updated Feature or Maintenance Pack. There is a PDF called Upgrading to NetBackup 6.5 which talks about upgrading from 5.x to

[Veritas-bu] Upgrading to 6.5 from 5.1 Win2k3

2007-11-06 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
All I already posted about an upgrade on HPUX from 4.5 to 6.5 I am also planning to upgrade from 5.1 MP5 to 6.5 - There are some nice features in 6.5 that are nice to have, but not essential. At some point we have to make the move, so we will plunge to 6.5 Has anyone done an inplace upgrade

Re: [Veritas-bu] HP-UX 11.11 Upgrade 4.5 to 6.5 NetBackup

2007-11-06 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 1:37 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external) Cc: Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] HP-UX 11.11 Upgrade 4.5 to 6.5

Re: [Veritas-bu] Error 13 update

2007-11-05 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Dan Not been using 6.0 but I recall from Ed a while ago, that if there is a defect in the product Symantec may release a patch or an update (assuming there are no other MP out there yet). You could exclude it from the policy completely (assuming ALD is not in use). Trying new NICS may help

Re: [Veritas-bu] Is there a way to have NBU 6 client write to Wi ndowsApplication log

2007-11-05 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Adam Far as I know, not out of the box Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Veritas-bu] VSP in 6.x

2007-10-30 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Another cause of large cache, is when the AV is not configured correctly - this also makes the file become larger than required, use all disk space, and then report to NetBackup that the snap shot failed (156 status). Again, fine tuning the AV, or turning it off can be of some assistance..

Re: [Veritas-bu] VSP in 6.x

2007-10-30 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
VSS is fine for Win2k3, but you will need VSP for earlier versions of windows. Common issue the old cache... there are tools to use to remove the lock, which is very simple to do. Sysinternals is worth a look around. I have used the standard install, and to be honest not had that many issues

Re: [Veritas-bu] VSS

2007-10-30 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); Ed Wilts; Major, Rusty Cc: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: VSS Has anyone else experienced significant slowdown of backups using VSS? Our environment is 5.1 MP6 running on Suse 9.2 Linux and HPUX 11.11 with W2k3 or Suse 9.2 Linux media

Re: [Veritas-bu] VSP in 6.x

2007-10-30 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
exclude .tmp files then :-) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Veritas-bu] VSP in 6.x

2007-10-30 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Rosenkoetter, Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:43 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); Rockey Reed; Major, Rusty; VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE

Re: [Veritas-bu] VSP in 6.x

2007-10-30 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
, Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:27 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); Rockey Reed; Major, Rusty; VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] VSP in 6.x My original point here was that Symantec AntiVirus precisely fails to permit exclusions

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore of exchange 2003 to exchange 2007 ?

2007-10-29 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Michael The Exchaneg Admin guide should cover the basics for the restore process. At least this is what I ended up using for Ex2k3. Sorry, not got Ex2k7 yet Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road,

Re: [Veritas-bu] how can i back up NT4

2007-10-29 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
I use 3.4 clients which work with 5.1 - I think your right, the older client should still work for NT Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Veritas-bu] Error 13

2007-10-29 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Dan Symantec product a troubleshooting guide for this code, which is worth looking into. It could be AV, 3rd party software creating I/O while backups are running, Network speeds or configuration. (even ports possibly, if the Server has moved). Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support

Re: [Veritas-bu] Tapeless backup environments

2007-10-22 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Agree with you on that I set this subject to auto delete now a few weeks back! Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-

Re: [Veritas-bu] Tapeless backup environments?

2007-10-19 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
How about setting up a white board / aka NetMeeting ! I think this thread has gone on for some time now, and yet there still appears to be 2 different opinions. Not going to please everyone.! :-) personally, I would not be worried about it and will just step out of the debate and move on.

Re: [Veritas-bu] I guess infinity isn't forever...

2007-10-18 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Jason Well the date is identical to what I see on the windows master Server - 19-01-2038 :-) Veritas configured date perhaps? Life cycle of OS time perhaps? either way, I wont wanna touch this product at that time of my life :-) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows

Re: [Veritas-bu] Are my SQL DBA's lying to me?

2007-10-16 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Thats what I see. If I have 10 DB's on a Server, the NetBackup does 10 jobs, each for the .mdf file Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Veritas-bu] (Conclusion) Are my SQL DBA's lying to me?

2007-10-16 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
I know its based on each environment, but I am happy with my SQL jobs running the way they are. Maybe the need for a Media Server would assist (if it is not one already). I know some SQL gurus prefer their own disk based SQL Backups, but time and time again, we have used the online SQL Agent

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5 and Exchange 2007

2007-10-16 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Single Mailbox Backups = A lot of problems. Info Store Backup = A lot faster, reliable, better! Sorry, not a fan of BLB (Brick Level Backups) and never will be ! Use the features built into Exchange for Mailbox recovery my friend ! Save you time, save you money :-) Make users happy :-) Regards

Re: [Veritas-bu] Master node as a VM

2007-10-02 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Got one in my test lab, using a virtual tape drive (ie: DSSU). Unsure if its supported; Like I mentioned, its in test :-) Thanks Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email:

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing up Vista on 5.1?

2007-09-26 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Not heard any announcement for 5.1, only 6.5 You may have seen this already, but just in case. http://ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/NetBackup_Enterprise_Ser ver/278064.pdf Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium

Re: [Veritas-bu] Reg: cluster

2007-09-25 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Windows clustering relies on the same OS, platform, hardware config, drivers, ect ! Not aware of any other type of cluster software that integrates 3rd party with different types of systems. One would guess Unix is the same (Service Guard comes to mind). As far as I knew, it would run on Unix

Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup upgrade 6 or 6.5

2007-09-21 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Im looking at testing 6.5 as we are on 5.1. Thought we may as well jump to the latest version (seeing as the upgrade path is workable) and hope for the best. Symantec Support are raving about 6.5, but I guess they would :-) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain

Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup upgrade 6 or 6.5

2007-09-21 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
But maybe it will in a future MP release perhaps? Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From:

Re: [Veritas-bu] Amount of data

2007-09-20 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Smitha NetBackup GUI comes with a Reports Module, which can assist in telling you what backups were done, for all or a particular client. The Report Modules that may be of use are Status of backups Client backups (probably the one you may like to use) problems with backups (again, handy to

Re: [Veritas-bu] VERITAS backup failed to back up the requested files(6)

2007-09-19 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Have you checked the logs on the client? Status 6 normally means a syntax error, cannot find files / drive / config Have you read this... http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/279280.htm http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/279280.htm http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/275089.htm

Re: [Veritas-bu] Trying to backup SQL databases

2007-09-19 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Not a problem. Because we have MANY SQL Servers, with DB's being added all the time I use the $ALL so I do not have to keep altering the script. Glad its working Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road,

Re: [Veritas-bu] VERITAS backup failed to back up the request ed files(6)

2007-09-19 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
- From: Arjunan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:44 AM To: WEAVER, Simon (external) Cc: Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: RE: [Veritas-bu] VERITAS backup failed to back up the requested files(6) Hi Simon, I checked the logs on client side and below

Re: [Veritas-bu] VERITAS backup failed to back up the request ed files(6)

2007-09-19 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Piszcz Cc: WEAVER, Simon (external); Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: Re: [Veritas-bu] VERITAS backup failed to back up the requested files(6) Hi while checking the RMAN log its show that the media manager is throwing the error as below. Most of them come from media manager layer

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup never really starts

2007-09-18 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Well first things I would check are: Stop or disable the snap shot Perform test backup via name and IP address Put client in a different policy and test Uninstall and/or reinstall the client software. Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup never really starts

2007-09-18 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Message- From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 2:45 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external) Cc: 'Lawler, Michael C.'; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup never really starts Simon back from vacation? Have not seen you lately

Re: [Veritas-bu] Trying to backup SQL databases

2007-09-18 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Check the logs. Possible causes are that some of the DB's may be in SIMPLE mode - or you included the Master DB - that's when I usually see a Status 1 code - even though all jobs worked :-) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited,

Re: [Veritas-bu] Move to new server

2007-09-17 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Just make sure the Server is configured the same as before (ie: Drive letters, HOST Name, IP Address if poss) and that should be good to go. At least based on what your reading. When doing the bprecover it will go back to its original location :-) HTH Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical

Re: [Veritas-bu] Move to new server

2007-09-17 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Before you destroy the old Server, keep it available, and disconnect from the Network in case you have to fail back :-) Greetings Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email:

Re: [Veritas-bu] 219 errors at certian times of day

2007-09-17 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Hi Well there is little info to go on. Usually 219 is associated with the process BPSCHED that cannot find, or communicate with the defined storage unit to perform the backup. you need to look at the BPTM logs, enable logging to full to give a clear idea to where the problem lies? Is the

Re: [Veritas-bu] STK L700e Robotic Arm Malfunctioning

2007-09-12 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
support.storagetek.com sounds like a good place to start. anything hardware related (especially more problematic) will probably need the arm replaced / repaired. Assume you have run any internal diagnostics on the device? Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing up SharePoint

2007-09-11 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Is there no way to backup internally to disk, rather than purchase an agent and upgrade? Not knowing Sharepoint that well, one would think there is an ability to perform certain backups and restores. Maybe a search on google ? Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backing up SharePoint

2007-09-11 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Quick search I done, may or may not help... http://www.spsfaq.com/backup.asp?page=2 http://www.spsfaq.com/backup.asp?page=2 Only thinking was performing file level backup to disk, which you can write to tape. Just a thought Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows

Re: [Veritas-bu] IP Address changing on our Master and Media Serv ers.

2007-09-11 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Hello Randy What name resolution are you using? Providing all communication is done via name, using a Service like WINS / DNS (preferred) then it should not really cause a problem. If you have clients that backup via IP address only, then these will need to point to the new Server IP. Other

Re: [Veritas-bu] )([EMAIL PROTECTED])*(@# Symantec Support

2007-09-07 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Well got to admit, I like them! And have proved useful in most cases. Had one US guy with a bad attitude problem, and I make a complaint and the call was directed to a decent guy within 20 mins! If you have a problem, take the call higher and escalate with their call centre - they usually have

Re: [Veritas-bu] backing up Symantec Enterprise Vault

2007-09-04 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Seb Well we use it - vault for file based archiving and email archiving - both media servers. performance seems to be ok - we do turn off any AV though and tracker.exe for small files, flash backup (extra add on) might help! Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain

[Veritas-bu] NBU Device Manager Wont Start

2007-08-30 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
All A Robotic Library was rebooted, which is shared with a Master and 10 Media Servers. Master Server (Win2k3 NBU 5.1 MP4) was also rebooted Although all Media Servers are online, one server and its service (device manager) refuses to start stating in the logs Another ltid daemon is already

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU Device Manager Wont Start

2007-08-30 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Preston, Douglas L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 1:39 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NBU Device Manager Wont Start

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU Device Manager Wont Start

2007-08-30 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jeff Lightner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 1:51 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); Preston

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU Device Manager Wont Start

2007-08-30 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Clooney, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:09 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); Jeff Lightner; Preston, Douglas L; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NBU Device

[Veritas-bu] Upgrade 5.x to 6.5

2007-08-29 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Found this http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290185.htm Cant get to it myself But may be of some help to others Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email:

Re: [Veritas-bu] Stupid MSSQL Question

2007-08-29 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
You got the option to, but I tend to do it all from the client side, using the GUI SQL Server extension Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Veritas-bu] Exchange 2003 Information Store Backup Slow

2007-07-31 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Kevin Whittaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:36 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Exchange 2003 Information Store Backup Slow 1) I checked

Re: [Veritas-bu] Exchange 2003 Information Store Backup Slow

2007-07-31 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
(DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Kevin Whittaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:36 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu

Re: [Veritas-bu] Exchange 2003 Information Store Backup Slow

2007-07-31 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Kevin Whittaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:19 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Exchange 2003 Information Store Backup Slow

Re: [Veritas-bu] Exchange 2003 Information Store Backup Slow

2007-07-31 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Kevin Whittaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:39 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Exchange 2003 Information Store Backup Slow Yes, when we speed it up we played

Re: [Veritas-bu] Exchange 2003 Information Store Backup Slow

2007-07-30 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Hi Well my Ex2k3 is a SAN Media - get approx 60 - 80GB+ - I backup the information store policy and it uses one drive. You can use the * at the end to stream the stores (which sounds like the route veritas has made). To give you an idea, checking last nights backup took 47 mins to backup

Re: [Veritas-bu] Exchange restores

2007-07-27 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Is the folder structure already in place prior to kicking off the restore (ie: e:\exchsrvr\mdbdata\name ? Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Veritas-bu] Exchange restores

2007-07-27 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
DB can be over written by restore? That options selected ok? Anything in the Windows Event Logs - Application ? Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Veritas-bu] Possible to exclude Shadow CopyComponentsfromAL L_LOCAL_DRIVES?

2007-07-25 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curtis Preston Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 6:52 AM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); Conner, Neil; Justin Piszcz Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Possible to exclude Shadow CopyComponentsfromALL_LOCAL_DRIVES? Yea, that's

Re: [Veritas-bu] Possible to exclude Shadow Copy ComponentsfromA LL_LOCAL_DRIVES?

2007-07-24 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Status 71 - None of the Files exist Curtis :-) ! Reading this thread, there seems to be either a lack of understand on the imporantance of Shadow Copy Components. My recommendation is that you leave well alone. If you do A_L_Drives, then a Win2k3 box WILL include this by default. If your policy

Re: [Veritas-bu] Maximum number of policies

2007-07-23 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 2:59 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); 'Edson Noboru Yamada'; Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Maximum number of policies Hi, we are running NB 5.1 MP6 with around 1100 policies and over 1600 clients. We have been having problems

Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup very slow

2007-07-23 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Hello Jeff very kindly provided some assistance. Also for the record, the forums here are not case related, its for help, advise, general support or maybe a quick troubleshooting process. Cases should really be referred to Symantec / Veritas. As much as I would like to help, I know nothing

Re: [Veritas-bu] URGENT HELP - Advice

2007-07-20 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
? -- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WEAVER, Simon (external) Sent: July 19, 2007 8:42 AM To: 'Clem Kruger (C)'; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] URGENT HELP - Advice Yes, they will learn from this! Still

Re: [Veritas-bu] End of Life dates for 5.0 and 5.1

2007-07-20 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Thank you Ed Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Veritas-bu] retentions

2007-07-20 Thread WEAVER, Simon (external)
Do you not keep month end backups for 12 months? I do not know of a way of doing this, other than importing the tapes that may have been used for this job (assuming you know what they are). I dont think NBU behavior works like this - its a fixed retention period (that I can see). You could

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