[Veritas-bu] Scratch Pool Alert
Title: Message Guys Daft question here, but I have a remote site that has a low supply of tapes and the scratch pool is empty Is there a way to set an alert if the tapes get low or down to Zero? I am also trying to justify to the business that the tapes are needed !! Any help or opinions on making a plea would also help Thanks Simon This email is for the intended addressee only. If you have received it in error then you must not use, retain, disseminate or otherwise deal with it. Please notify the sender by return email. The views of the author may not necessarily constitute the views of EADS Astrium Limited. Nothing in this email shall bind EADS Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation. EADS Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England
Re: [Veritas-bu] Scratch Pool Alert
A simple script would work.$ sudo /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmquery -rn 0 -bx | grep -ic scratch105numscratch=$(/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmquery -rn 0 -bx | grep -ic scratch)if [ $numscratch -lt 350 ]; then echo You have less than 350 scratch tapes, put some more in. fiYou have less than 350 scratch tapes, put some more in.Then you could just pipe that to an e-mail if you wanted to. Justin.On 2/23/06, WEAVER, Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys Daft question here, but I have a remote site that has a low supply of tapes and the scratch pool is empty Is there a way to set an alert if the tapes get low or down to Zero? I am also trying to justify to the business that the tapes are needed !! Any help or opinions on making a plea would also help Thanks Simon This email is for the intended addressee only. If you have received it in error then you must not use, retain, disseminate or otherwise deal with it. Please notify the sender by return email. The views of the author may not necessarily constitute the views of EADS Astrium Limited. Nothing in this email shall bind EADS Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation. EADS Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England
RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another
Title: Message We have multiple sites and each site its own tape number range. When I was out in class a few weeks back my tape order came in and the jr. guyshipped about 200 tapes to the other site. Now I have the wrong tape numbers there. I just wanted to know how hard/easy it would be for me to tell netbackup that I moved tapes from media server 1 to media server 2 at a different site. The media servers are on the same master but different locations. I also wanted to know for DR reasons incase one site ran out of scratch and we had to transfer tapes from one site to the other. Also needed to know how this would affect vaulting since the tape would have a slot assigned by media server 1in its library and I am transferring that tape to media server 2 at another site having a different tape library. Greg From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:15 AMTo: Hindle, Greg; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another Greg If you are referring to a MS in your site, then BPMedia should do the job - I am assuming that is what you are referring to and not asking to move media from one media server to another that knows nothing about you ! Simon Simon WeaverTechnical SupportWindows Domain Administrator EADS AstriumTel: 02392-708598 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Hindle, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 February 2006 20:56To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another What is the best and recommended way to move media from one media server to another? GregThis e-mail and any attachments are confidential, may contain legal, professional or other privileged information, and are intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, do not use the information in this e-mail in any way, delete this e-mail and notify the sender. CEG-IP2 This email is for the intended addressee only.If you have received it in error then you must not use, retain, disseminate or otherwise deal with it.Please notify the sender by return email.The views of the author may not necessarily constitute the views of EADS Astrium Limited.Nothing in this email shall bind EADS Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation.EADS Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England
[Veritas-bu] New to Windows media servers
(Windows 2003 Standard, NetBackup 5.1 MP4, HP ProLiant ML570 G3, HP StorageWorks 1/8 LTO3 autoloader) For the 4 years that I've worked with NetBackup, my experience has been confined to a single master/media server with direct or fibre attached barcode-reader-enabled robotic tape library. This past week I was tossed a new server and an 8-slot, single-drive, non-barcode-reader-enabled autoloader, and was told that I had a week to get it up and running as a media server for deployment to a remote site where there will be non-technical people handling the tape inject/eject. Thus far I've gotten it installed as a media server as near as I can tell (with incredible throughput compared to my existing servers), but I'm on the steep learning curve of logically separating master from media server inside my head. I'm looking for any suggestions as to how best handle this new configuration: 1. Should media be viewable on the master or media server? (all currently on master) 2. How can I automate the exchange of media to make it the least painful for the onsite operators? On our existing servers, tape is all handled dynamically with expiry going to the scratch pool. But our remote sites have only ever dealt with defined Monday tapes, Tuesday tapes, etc. 3. Onsite operators will not have access to the server. Besides simply scheduling vmphyinv to run, I'm stuck on how to ensure that media is properly ejected and injected via NetBackup. There is no 'media access port' to speak of on this autoloader. 4. What's the best configuration for policies, schedules and pools? I'm considering defining pools for each day of the week with pre-assigned media, but I'm concerned that the media will just be shuffled off to the scratch pool instead of staying in its own pool. 5. Should I be barcoding the media even if it doesn't have a barcode reader? I'm thinking of future usage, but I also don't like the idea of having a media label of AAA123 but a physical label of Monday Week 1. Initially I have made the description read Monday - 1, etc. while I try to figure this out, so I can use that in any reporting. I will have added all the tapes prior to the deployment. I'm comfortable doing some very basic Perl scripting on Windows, so I expect to generate daily reports for the operators to tell them of backups run, errors, which tapes were used, etc. I'd appreciate any quick wins that I can incorporate before the server is shipped offsite next Monday. Thanks, Lee Anne Lee Anne Pedersen MCP LAN/Server Analyst Restructuring Government Efficiency DCS Delivery Team E Ph: 780-427-2504 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal and or privileged information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Common Windows Excludes
Title: Frozen / suspended tapes There was a discussion one time about common files that are excluded on windows serversI searched but could not find itdoes anyone remember that thread or do they have any suggestions?ThanksMike
Re: [Veritas-bu] Linux Client Logs
No - but you can use the same contents (mkdir ...) Just delete the directories not related to LINUX afterwards. (See Troubleshooting guide for more info) JdS Martin, Jonathan \(Contractor\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/02/2006 15:35 To:veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu cc: Subject:[Veritas-bu] Linux Client Logs I know in windows there is a .bat file that creates all your log directories, is there something similar for Linux clients?! My /usr/openv/netbackup/logs director is empty except for user_ops. -Jonathan
RE: [Veritas-bu] Scratch Pool Alert
Title: Message I use OpenView Operations agent to monitor the logs and alert the 24/7 operators to add SCRATCH tapes. There are several messages in bptm and bpsched when there are no scratch tapes left. Oh man, I feel your pain. Every quarter I order tapes and have to justify the order to the controllers of each business unit. I do a clientbackup report and pull it into Excel to do calculations per server, then per business unit to determine how many tapes each one should be charged for. I also periodically do a medialist and pull it into Excel to calculate average amount of data Im getting on a tape so I can use that in my calculations. The whole process sucks the life right out of me:^0 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WEAVER, Simon Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:43 AM To: 'veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu' Subject: [Veritas-bu] Scratch Pool Alert Guys Daft question here, but I have a remote site that has a low supply of tapes and the scratch pool is empty Is there a way to set an alert if the tapes get low or down to Zero? I am also trying to justify to the business that the tapes are needed !! Any help or opinions on making a plea would also help Thanks Simon
RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another
Title: Moving media from one media server to another Oops - wrong reply window. Ignore. -Original Message-From: Donaldson, Mark - Broomfield, CO Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:46 AMTo: Donaldson, Mark - Broomfield, CO; 'Hindle, Greg'; 'veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu'Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another Nope - look like I'd have an /opt/VRTSvradv directory if installed. -Original Message-From: Donaldson, Mark - Broomfield, CO Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:44 AMTo: 'Hindle, Greg'; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another The bpmedia command is right for moving the media DB from one media server to another. If you're talking about moving from library to library, too. Remove the tapes from the first library, update all the inventories, add the tapes to the new, reupdate inventories. -M -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Hindle, GregSent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:56 PMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another What is the best and recommended way to move media from one media server to another? Greg This e-mail and any attachments are confidential, may contain legal, professional or other privileged information, and are intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, do not use the information in this e-mail in any way, delete this e-mail and notify the sender. CEG-IP2
RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another
Title: Moving media from one media server to another The bpmedia command is right for moving the media DB from one media server to another. If you're talking about moving from library to library, too. Remove the tapes from the first library, update all the inventories, add the tapes to the new, reupdate inventories. -M -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Hindle, GregSent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:56 PMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another What is the best and recommended way to move media from one media server to another? GregThis e-mail and any attachments are confidential, may contain legal, professional or other privileged information, and are intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, do not use the information in this e-mail in any way, delete this e-mail and notify the sender. CEG-IP2
RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another
Title: Moving media from one media server to another Nope - look like I'd have an /opt/VRTSvradv directory if installed. -Original Message-From: Donaldson, Mark - Broomfield, CO Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:44 AMTo: 'Hindle, Greg'; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another The bpmedia command is right for moving the media DB from one media server to another. If you're talking about moving from library to library, too. Remove the tapes from the first library, update all the inventories, add the tapes to the new, reupdate inventories. -M -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Hindle, GregSent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:56 PMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one media server to another What is the best and recommended way to move media from one media server to another? GregThis e-mail and any attachments are confidential, may contain legal, professional or other privileged information, and are intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, do not use the information in this e-mail in any way, delete this e-mail and notify the sender. CEG-IP2
Re: [Veritas-bu] Linux Client Logs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There should be a readme file there as well that would detail what log does what. Unfortunately, the script that comes with windows creates log directories for everything, even items you don't need. There isn't anything for automated directory builds from 5.x down, but I do believe there is something for 6.x for unix. Peter DrakeUnderkoffler Xinupro, LLC 617-834-2352 Martin, Jonathan (Contractor) wrote: I know in windows there is a .bat file that creates all your log directories, is there something similar for Linux clients?! My /usr/openv/netbackup/logs director is empty except for user_ops. -Jonathan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD/fBzl+lekZRM55oRAoqbAJ4g5l0dyo/qjvh0P3ywNAfCoaspqgCgz4K/ 7Tai58k3vLhd1+QTbrlEZBc= =So/p -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] good doc on installing media server and options
Title: Message Anyone know of a veritas doc that covers installing a media server, and linking it to a master, and the pros/cons/requirements of making the master vs the media server the global device database host? The SAGs seem to be very light on the topic. Thanks, Paul
[Veritas-bu] Disk backup products for NBU - DataDomain, Diligent
Title: Disk backup products for NBU - DataDomain, Diligent Does anybody use Diligent Protectire or DataDomain DD400 series. How it goes? I am not seeking comparison of these two products. I would like to know from your experience. Do they meet your expectations? Any problem? How is their support and service? Koping Wang ESRI Backup/Systems Administrator 380 New York St Redlands CA, 92373
