[Veritas-bu] Tape Data Removal

2010-12-15 Thread McDonald, James F. II
Is there a process to remove all data from the tapes in the tape drive? I need institute an off-site storage process and I have no idea which tapes have a complete backup image on them, so I would like to remove all the data and start writing "fresh" tapes. We have a disk-to-tape setup, so all the

[Veritas-bu] Client not being seen in network tree

2011-01-06 Thread McDonald, James F. II
I have NBU 6.5 running on Windows Server 2003. I have had this problem in the past and I have racked my brain trying to remember, but to no avail. I am trying to add a new server within the new corresponding policy, but when I select the Clients tab and try to add the client server it does not

Re: [Veritas-bu] Client not being seen in network tree

2011-01-06 Thread McDonald, James F. II
Brar Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:41 AM To: McDonald, James F. II Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Client not being seen in network tree Check for the computer browser service on the client and also turn off firewall for testing purpose. But can't w

[Veritas-bu] NBU 6.5 acting buggy

2011-02-23 Thread McDonald, James F. II
We are running NBU 6.5 for Windows on Server 2003. Recently the policies have not started on their own and they need to be started manually each morning. This morning the NBU Admin tool hung/froze when I tried to view the Activity Monitor. I checked the Host Properties and none of the servers

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6.5 acting buggy

2011-02-24 Thread McDonald, James F. II
nothing, and trying to access the Activity Monitor hangs the Admin application. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: Saran Brar [mailto:saranb...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:25 AM To: McDonald, James F. II Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.en

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6.5 acting buggy

2011-02-24 Thread McDonald, James F. II
d out the server logs? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: Saran Brar [mailto:saranb...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:32 AM To: McDonald, James F. II Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6.5 acting buggy

[Veritas-bu] Server OS and NBU upgrades

2011-03-18 Thread McDonald, James F. II
Does anyone have any experience (good or bad) with upgrading from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 and NBU 6.5 to 7.0? Currently my backup server is running the older versions of both. I have the software to upgrade both of them. Is there a preferred sequence: upgrade NBU then the OS or upgrade the O

Re: [Veritas-bu] Server OS and NBU upgrades

2011-03-21 Thread McDonald, James F. II
) [mailto:simon.wea...@astrium.eads.net] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 6:02 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Server OS and NBU upgrades Hi James Yes done this, in different ways Key thing is, that you have a DR plan in place should something go

Re: [Veritas-bu] Server OS and NBU upgrades

2011-03-28 Thread McDonald, James F. II
Server 2003. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: WEAVER, Simon (external) [mailto:simon.wea...@astrium.eads.net] Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 6:02 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Server OS and NBU

[Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients

2011-03-31 Thread McDonald, James F. II
We have a development system that is currently being backed up with a Windows master/media server and approximately 10 Linux clients. I have been unable to successfully restore directly from the Windows server to the Linux clients. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions on how to restore directly

Re: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients

2011-03-31 Thread McDonald, James F. II
-2232 From: Patrick [mailto:netbac...@whelan-consulting.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:29 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients I guess the first thing I'd check is if the policy type is st

Re: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients

2011-03-31 Thread McDonald, James F. II
c questions you need, because it will get me going in the right direction. James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: Patrick [mailto:netbac...@whelan-consulting.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:16 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.

[Veritas-bu] NBU Server Upgrade

2011-05-19 Thread McDonald, James F. II
My current NBU server has lost its warranty coverage and instead of paying for more coverage, I was given a new server that has a warranty intact. I need to upgrade to this newer server so I just wanted to get some guidance on the procedure to do so. The current setup is a Dell 2950, running Serv

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU Server Upgrade

2011-05-23 Thread McDonald, James F. II
” operation completes, can you just do a simple copy command with the actual images? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 From: rusty.ma...@sungard.com [mailto:rusty.ma...@sungard.com] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:43 PM To: McDonald, James F. II Cc: veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter

2011-06-10 Thread McDonald, James F. II
Is there a generic login for the OpsCenter GUI for NBU 7.0? James McDonald System Administrator SAIC - IISBU 410-312-2232 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter

2011-06-10 Thread McDonald, James F. II
2-2232 From: Magsaysay, Nathan [mailto:nmagsay...@medplus.com] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 8:45 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter Username: admin Password: password Domain: OpsCenterUsers (vx) Nathan From:

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter

2011-06-10 Thread McDonald, James F. II
: McDonald, James F. II Cc: Magsaysay, Nathan; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.0 OpsCenter There is no difference in doing an Incremental restore versus a Full. Doing a restore does not suspend the scheduler, so I am

[Veritas-bu] VxSS Problems

2011-06-14 Thread McDonald, James F. II
Somehow VxSS got installed when I loaded a fresh install of NBU 7.0.1 on a Windows Server. It seems to be preventing me from doing a lot of things. Does anyone know how to uninstall, stop or configure it, so that it plays nice? I have checked the web and tried various things, but nothing seem

[Veritas-bu] NBU and StorageTek

2011-06-15 Thread McDonald, James F. II
Does anyone have any experience configuring a StorageTek SL500 and the Linux version of NBU? I have the StorageTek connected to a Dell 2950, running RHEL 5.5 32-bit. It's connected via SCSI and the SCSI card is being recognized by the OS, so now it's just a matter of getting NBU to recognize the

[Veritas-bu] Client not seeing Master

2012-02-01 Thread McDonald, James F. II
OS: Windows Server 2008R2 x64 NBU: 7.0.1 x64 I am re-acclimating myself with NBU after a 1.5 year absence, so please bear with me. I am trying to configure a fresh install between two servers and have the client write directly to the disk of the master. When I enter the master server name, du

[Veritas-bu] Microsoft Exchange backups

2012-02-06 Thread McDonald, James F. II
We currently have a straight-forward NBU installation: 7.0.1 running on Windows Server 2008R2. We are looking to add backup support for a Microsoft Exchange server in the future, so I wanted to check with the forum and ask if there was anything needed additionally, to correctly backup Exchange. I

Re: [Veritas-bu] Microsoft Exchange backups

2012-02-07 Thread McDonald, James F. II
better. Thanks, James McDonald System Administrator SAIC/Cyber and Information Solutions Group 410-312-2232 From: WEAVER, Simon (external) [mailto:simon.wea...@astrium.eads.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:24 AM To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject