Re: [Veritas-bu] Help importing expired backups
Steve EOF - Oh dear :-( It sounds like a case I had before and basically, its looking for images on the tapes (from the PHASE1 import) that do not appear to be there! Unless something else has recently overwritten images on the tape, or the tape has expired, or there may be another tape to be imported for phase 1 (but I assume you have all the tapes right?) 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: Steve Giessler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 August 2006 15:54 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Help importing expired backups Greetings, I have Veritas Netbackup 3.4.1 running on a Win 2K box. It has a robot unit connected directly to it - works fine, but I need to restore some files from an expired full backup and am having difficulty. I started by importing all of the expired tapes with the Phase 1 import as follows: bpimport - create_db_info -id Ax I then looked at the dates and found the tape that contained the first part of the image I needed to restore the full backup. I then tried the Phase 2 import as follows: bpimport -id A00011 -backupid host.name.image_1149400138 It begins the Phase 2 import and after a long time of reading the tape, it gives the error: Unexpected EOF reading image, the image information is not complete. And then something about the import being partially successful. What should I do now? I also tried importing from the Administration GUI - import window - it gives no errors, but when I go to browse my files to see what I can restore - none of the files appear for the date of the full backup that I thought I just imported. I then tried to go to a previous date's full backup (week before) and I have the same results (different tape). Any suggestions? -- Steve Giessler, Unix System Administrator West Virginia University Eberly College of Arts and Sciences 201 Woodburn Hall Morgantown, WV 26506 (304) 293-7855 x2214 or (304) 293-2011 x2214 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu 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 Astrium Limited. Nothing in this email shall bind Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation. Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
Title: Message Tim Well you can buy the IDR Add-on for NetBackup if you want! Your "meant" to be able to :-) Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Wilkinson, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 05:27To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) I'm just reviewing disaster recovery at the moment and have found a paragraph or 2 recommending that all system files and application files are backed up. We generally run A_L_D in our policies 'just in case' but I've been thinking about restoring system and application files and wonder how most people approach this sort of thing. We don't use BMR so I figure the best way to restore an entire server is to rebuild the OS, install any applications then restore actual 'data'; I've always considered if you try to restore 'everything' it could get a bit messy and confused if some of it doesn't get restored exactly as it was before. Without using BMR, can you restore the contents of an entire server in Windows (I'm talking the whole show including system files, system_state data, applications and everything)? Cheers, - Tim Wilkinson I.T. Support Officer Science Corporate Information Systems Defence Science Technology Organisation Department of Defence Tel: (02) 96921484 Fax: (02) 96921562 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 Astrium Limited. Nothing in this email shall bind Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation. Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] ACS error
Title: Message Thanks Simon Will have to investigate how long they have been happening for, in a new contract and trying to clean up. Seems as though you are leaning to hardware ? Going to enable the the ACS logs to get a better understanding of what is happening at the time. Regards Dave From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 10:02To: Clooney, David; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] ACS error Dave Have the errors recently been reported on the Master? If a specific start date, any changed to hardware / software on or around that date? Also, depending on the other connections, I would guess check all settings to ensure NetBackup can see the devices ok. Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Clooney, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 10:00To: WEAVER, Simon; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] ACS error Thanks Simon The errors are being logged in the messages file on the master server which links to a designated ACS server. ACS server's messages file reports zilch Regards Dave From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 09:56To: Clooney, David; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] ACS error David First thing is to power it all down, check and re-seat the cables and then try again. I assume you are seeing the errors on the ACS?? Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Clooney, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 09:49To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] ACS error Hi everyone We seem to be getting an alarming amount of scsi errors, what I'm trying to fathom out is the ACS error , sure its a write error but any idea on how to investigate this further ? Thanks in advance Dave Jul 31 18:17:23 master scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],70/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 (st12): Jul 31 18:17:23 master Error for Command: write Error Level: Fatal Jul 31 18:17:23 master scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested Block: 71661 Error Block: 71661 Jul 31 18:17:23 master scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor: STK Serial Number:.408 Jul 31 18:17:23 master scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key: Media Error Jul 31 18:17:23 master scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0xc (write error), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0 Notice to recipient:The information in this internet e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended addressee please notify the sender immediately by telephone. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful.When addressed to external clients any opinions or advice contained in this internet e-mail are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in any applicable governing terms of business or client engagement letter issued by the pertinent Bank of America group entity.If this email originates from the U.K. please note that Bank of America, N.A., London Branch and Banc of America Securities Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. 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 Astrium Limited.Nothing in this email shall bind Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation.Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England Notice to recipient:The information in this internet e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended addressee please notify the sender immediately by telephone. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful.When addressed to external
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
Title: Message Tim, Windows is the easiest restore in the entire venue. From scratch, load the OS (patched to whatever level your version of NBU requires) and leave it in the workgroup mode with a workgroup having the same name as the domain it was in.Load the nbu agent, partition the drive, thendo a FULL resore, reboot, done. I have actually done this across disimiliar platforms, albeit you have to be a bit tricky. In short we will never waste money on windows bmr, it's just to easy to do it the old fashioned way. The only caveats are 1. Domain Comtrollers require a reboot into domain controller restore mode 2. NB5.1 mp2 had a major bug with w2k3. Just make sure you are higher (or lower) than that. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilkinson, TimSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:27 AMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) I'm just reviewing disaster recovery at the moment and have found a paragraph or 2 recommending that all system files and application files are backed up. We generally run A_L_D in our policies 'just in case' but I've been thinking about restoring system and application files and wonder how most people approach this sort of thing. We don't use BMR so I figure the best way to restore an entire server is to rebuild the OS, install any applications then restore actual 'data'; I've always considered if you try to restore 'everything' it could get a bit messy and confused if some of it doesn't get restored exactly as it was before. Without using BMR, can you restore the contents of an entire server in Windows (I'm talking the whole show including system files, system_state data, applications and everything)? Cheers, - Tim Wilkinson I.T. Support Officer Science Corporate Information Systems Defence Science Technology Organisation Department of Defence Tel: (02) 96921484 Fax: (02) 96921562 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] ACS error
Hello David Have you tried to start the acssi deamon by hand ? I think there is an appendix in the Media Manager Guide about ACSLS and how to troubleshoot the connection to it. Regards Michael On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:49:05 +0100, Clooney, David wrote Hi everyone We seem to be getting an alarming amount of scsi errors, what I'm trying to fathom out is the ACS error , sure its a write error but any idea on how to investigate this further ? Thanks in advance Dave Jul 31 18:17:23 master scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],70/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 (st12): Jul 31 18:17:23 master Error for Command: write Error Level: Fatal Jul 31 18:17:23 master scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested Block: 71661 Error Block: 71661 Jul 31 18:17:23 master scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor: STK Serial Number:.408 Jul 31 18:17:23 master scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key: Media Error Jul 31 18:17:23 master scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0xc (write error), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0 --- Notice to recipient: The information in this internet e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended addressee please notify the sender immediately by telephone. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to external clients any opinions or advice contained in this internet e-mail are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in any applicable governing terms of business or client engagement letter issued by the pertinent Bank of America group entity. If this email originates from the U.K. please note that Bank of America, N.A., London Branch and Banc of America Securities Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. --- -- Cybercity Webhosting (http://www.cybercity.dk) ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
Title: Message David What is the bug, as we use MP2 NBU 5.1 can you provide details on this? Thanks Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Spearman, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 11:33To: Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) Tim, Windows is the easiest restore in the entire venue. From scratch, load the OS (patched to whatever level your version of NBU requires) and leave it in the workgroup mode with a workgroup having the same name as the domain it was in.Load the nbu agent, partition the drive, thendo a FULL resore, reboot, done. I have actually done this across disimiliar platforms, albeit you have to be a bit tricky. In short we will never waste money on windows bmr, it's just to easy to do it the old fashioned way. The only caveats are 1. Domain Comtrollers require a reboot into domain controller restore mode 2. NB5.1 mp2 had a major bug with w2k3. Just make sure you are higher (or lower) than that. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilkinson, TimSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:27 AMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) I'm just reviewing disaster recovery at the moment and have found a paragraph or 2 recommending that all system files and application files are backed up. We generally run A_L_D in our policies 'just in case' but I've been thinking about restoring system and application files and wonder how most people approach this sort of thing. We don't use BMR so I figure the best way to restore an entire server is to rebuild the OS, install any applications then restore actual 'data'; I've always considered if you try to restore 'everything' it could get a bit messy and confused if some of it doesn't get restored exactly as it was before. Without using BMR, can you restore the contents of an entire server in Windows (I'm talking the whole show including system files, system_state data, applications and everything)? Cheers, - Tim Wilkinson I.T. Support Officer Science Corporate Information Systems Defence Science Technology Organisation Department of Defence Tel: (02) 96921484 Fax: (02) 96921562 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 Astrium Limited. Nothing in this email shall bind Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation. Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Anyone using VTL
Title: Message or Diligent, STK, IBM, Copan Systems, etc. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jim HoralekSent: Tue 8/1/2006 5:23 PMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Anyone using VTL Unfortunately no one has answered Juan's question. Any Data Domain, Reo, Septon, Falcon Storusers out there? Jim -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul KeatingSent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 12:52 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Anyone using VTL Some VTL products' de-duplication technology is eons beyond compression, with low level pattern matching, etc, etc, enabling upt to 25:1 effective "compression". VTL allows you to pool disk on a single VTL that can be shared to multiple media servers asvirtual tape drives, whereas DSSU cannot be shared, so you must pre determine how many jobs per storage unit/media serveryou will run in a given night, and allocate the appropriate amount of disk per media server. if you have an operations group that is accustomed to tape, it maintains the tape paradigm they're familiar with. VTLs can be clustered, so you can have a second VTL at a second site, replicated over IP, without getting into duplication, vaulting, or any sort of DR copy within the backup app. other stuff, but I'm outta here for the day, and that's all that on the top of my mind at the moment. :o) Paul -- -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: August 1, 2006 3:30 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Anyone using VTL I guess this begs the question to the audience and the people that have put in VTL's ... what problems does a VTL solve that D2D can not? I think the list so far is: 1. Administration is easier 2. Possibly performance 3. Compression (1/2 the disk of D2D) 4. I can use it to stress test a new NBU release Anything else? This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information of Northwestern Mutual. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify Northwestern Mutual immediately by returning it to the sender and delete all copies from your system. Please be advised that communications received via the Northwestern Mutual Secure Message Center are secure. Communications that are not received via the Northwestern Mutual Secure Message Center may not be secure and could be observed by a third party. Thank you for your cooperation. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
Check this tech note. http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/251163.htm I had to recover a production server after crash few weeks back. What I did was to restore system_state and C: drive at one go. Make sure you have enough space in the C: drive. Otherwise it will not restore all the required files and will cause the system reboot continuously. I have seen this happen before. -Shyam On 8/2/06, Spearman, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry one and All, made a mistake, it was 5.1mp3 that had the problem.My support call is below I tried restoring a w2k3 server as a test and got an lssas error on reboot, with the machine constantly rebooting. After going to your support page I ran in to the following document Document ID: 274353 http://support.veritas.com/docs/274353 It essentially says contact veritas. So what now? RESPONSE David, As we had discussed, this is a known issue, so there wasn't any configurationmistakes on your end. There is a technote with troubleshooting steps to try and remedy the issue. This isn't a 100% guaranteed fix, as we had discussed regarding the use of the Win2Koption. http://support.veritas.com/docs/262411 To reiterate what's occurring: What is happening is that Windows 2003 Shadow Copy Components have changed so that there is a slip in recovering some registry hives. (see the Microsoft link at the bottom of the technote) For us to keep up with these changes, we need to modify our software with new patch releases. The new release for this issue is due out soon, but no concrete date that I can release. In the meantime, I will create an escalations task and will inform you on what I can get from backline, and what they may request from you for additional information. At any rate it was definately fixed with mp4, for your sake Simon I would test your MP2 or upgradeyour master/media servers to mp4. dds -Original Message-From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:56 AMTo: Spearman, David; Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) David What is the bug, as we use MP2 NBU 5.1 can you provide details on this? Thanks Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Spearman, David [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 August 2006 11:33To: Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) Tim, Windows is the easiest restore in the entire venue. From scratch, load the OS (patched to whatever level your version of NBU requires) and leave it in the workgroup mode with a workgroup having the same name as the domain it was in.Load the nbu agent, partition the drive, thendo a FULL resore, reboot, done. I have actually done this across disimiliar platforms, albeit you have to be a bit tricky. In short we will never waste money on windows bmr, it's just to easy to do it the old fashioned way. The only caveats are 1. Domain Comtrollers require a reboot into domain controller restore mode 2. NB5.1 mp2 had a major bug with w2k3. Just make sure you are higher (or lower) than that. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Wilkinson, TimSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:27 AMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) I'm just reviewing disaster recovery at the moment and have found a paragraph or 2 recommending that all system files and application files are backed up. We generally run A_L_D in our policies 'just in case' but I've been thinking about restoring system and application files and wonder how most people approach this sort of thing. We don't use BMR so I figure the best way to restore an entire server is to rebuild the OS, install any applications then restore actual 'data'; I've always considered if you try to restore 'everything' it could get a bit messy and confused if some of it doesn't get restored exactly as it was before. Without using BMR, can you restore the contents of an entire server in Windows (I'm talking the whole show including system files, system_state data, applications and everything)? Cheers, - Tim Wilkinson I.T. Support Officer Science Corporate Information Systems Defence Science Technology Organisation Department of Defence Tel: (02) 96921484 Fax: (02) 96921562 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 Astrium Limited.Nothing in this email shall bind Astrium Limited in any contract
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
Title: Message I heard about this - does anyone know why the restore needs MORE disk space to recover the OS ? Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Shyam Hazari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 13:09To: Spearman, DavidCc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) Check this tech note. http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/251163.htm I had to recover a production server after crash few weeks back. What I did was to restore system_state and C: drive at one go. Make sure you have enough space in the C: drive. Otherwise it will not restore all the required files and will cause the system reboot continuously. I have seen this happen before. -Shyam On 8/2/06, Spearman, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry one and All, made a mistake, it was 5.1mp3 that had the problem.My support call is below I tried restoring a w2k3 server as a test and got an lssas error on reboot, with the machine constantly rebooting. After going to your support page I ran in to the following document Document ID: 274353 http://support.veritas.com/docs/274353 It essentially says contact veritas. So what now? RESPONSE David, As we had discussed, this is a known issue, so there wasn't any configurationmistakes on your end. There is a technote with troubleshooting steps to try and remedy the issue. This isn't a 100% guaranteed fix, as we had discussed regarding the use of the Win2Koption. http://support.veritas.com/docs/262411 To reiterate what's occurring: What is happening is that Windows 2003 Shadow Copy Components have changed so that there is a slip in recovering some registry hives. (see the Microsoft link at the bottom of the technote) For us to keep up with these changes, we need to modify our software with new patch releases. The new release for this issue is due out soon, but no concrete date that I can release. In the meantime, I will create an escalations task and will inform you on what I can get from backline, and what they may request from you for additional information. At any rate it was definately fixed with mp4, for your sake Simon I would test your MP2 or upgradeyour master/media servers to mp4. dds -Original Message-From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:56 AMTo: Spearman, David; Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) David What is the bug, as we use MP2 NBU 5.1 can you provide details on this? Thanks Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Spearman, David [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 August 2006 11:33To: Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) Tim, Windows is the easiest restore in the entire venue. From scratch, load the OS (patched to whatever level your version of NBU requires) and leave it in the workgroup mode with a workgroup having the same name as the domain it was in.Load the nbu agent, partition the drive, thendo a FULL resore, reboot, done. I have actually done this across disimiliar platforms, albeit you have to be a bit tricky. In short we will never waste money on windows bmr, it's just to easy to do it the old fashioned way. The only caveats are 1. Domain Comtrollers require a reboot into domain controller restore mode 2. NB5.1 mp2 had a major bug with w2k3. Just make sure you are higher (or lower) than that. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Wilkinson, TimSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:27 AMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) I'm just reviewing disaster recovery at the moment and have found a paragraph or 2 recommending that all system files and application files are backed up. We generally run A_L_D in our policies
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
Title: Message From what I understand, any "in use" files, such as system files, are not over written in situ, but rather are restored to an alternate namesort of, and tagged for the OS to swap it after reboot. so since the file in use, and the new restored file both exist, you need "some" extra space. shouldn't be a whole lot extra. Paul I should set up a filter to move Steve Wineman's "out of office" messages direct to the the trash -- -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WEAVER, SimonSent: August 2, 2006 8:38 AMTo: 'Shyam Hazari'; Spearman, DavidCc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) I heard about this - does anyone know why the restore needs MORE disk space to recover the OS ? Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator La version française suit le texte anglais. This email may contain privileged and/or confidential information, and the Bank of Canada does not waive any related rights. Any distribution, use, or copying of this email or the information it contains by other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this email in error please delete it immediately from your system and notify the sender promptly by email that you have done so. Le présent courriel peut contenir de l'information privilégiée ou confidentielle. La Banque du Canada ne renonce pas aux droits qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie de ce courriel ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une personne autre que le ou les destinataires désignés est interdite Si vous recevez ce courriel par erreur, veuillez le supprimer immédiatement et envoyer sans délai à l'expéditeur un message électronique pour l'aviser que vous avez éliminé de votre ordinateur toute copie du courriel reçu. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Anyone using VTL
You might want to in order to do database refreshes by restoring one machines database backup to another's database. We currently do that with tape using the FORCE_MEDIA_RESTORE option in our SSO setup. I don't think having separate disks would eliminate this need unless you wanted to do a 2 stage operation where you first copied an existing backup disk to disk then did the restore. Haven't used VTL so perhaps I'm missing something. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Keating Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:25 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Anyone using VTL But why would you have to? Just create more virtual drives on the VTL, and give each media server its own drives. Save some cash on SSO licenses, and buy more disk. ;o) Paul -- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Rock Sent: August 1, 2006 5:58 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Anyone using VTL The biggest one that no-one has mentioned yet is the ability to share resources between media servers. With VTL, you can use SSO to allow multiple media servers access to the same resources just like real tape drives. DSSUs are still confined to the one media server that has access to the disk. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
The system files are queued up when you do the restore(it will not replace when the system is running). The files are replaced when you do a reboot. -Shyam On 8/2/06, WEAVER, Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard about this - does anyone know why the restore needs MORE disk space to recover the OS ? Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Shyam Hazari [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 August 2006 13:09To: Spearman, DavidCc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) Check this tech note. http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/251163.htm I had to recover a production server after crash few weeks back. What I did was to restore system_state and C: drive at one go. Make sure you have enough space in the C: drive. Otherwise it will not restore all the required files and will cause the system reboot continuously. I have seen this happen before. -Shyam On 8/2/06, Spearman, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry one and All, made a mistake, it was 5.1mp3 that had the problem.My support call is below I tried restoring a w2k3 server as a test and got an lssas error on reboot, with the machine constantly rebooting. After going to your support page I ran in to the following document Document ID: 274353 http://support.veritas.com/docs/274353 It essentially says contact veritas. So what now? RESPONSE David, As we had discussed, this is a known issue, so there wasn't any configurationmistakes on your end. There is a technote with troubleshooting steps to try and remedy the issue. This isn't a 100% guaranteed fix, as we had discussed regarding the use of the Win2Koption. http://support.veritas.com/docs/262411 To reiterate what's occurring: What is happening is that Windows 2003 Shadow Copy Components have changed so that there is a slip in recovering some registry hives. (see the Microsoft link at the bottom of the technote) For us to keep up with these changes, we need to modify our software with new patch releases. The new release for this issue is due out soon, but no concrete date that I can release. In the meantime, I will create an escalations task and will inform you on what I can get from backline, and what they may request from you for additional information. At any rate it was definately fixed with mp4, for your sake Simon I would test your MP2 or upgradeyour master/media servers to mp4. dds -Original Message-From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:56 AMTo: Spearman, David; Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) David What is the bug, as we use MP2 NBU 5.1 can you provide details on this? Thanks Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Spearman, David [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 August 2006 11:33To: Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) Tim, Windows is the easiest restore in the entire venue. From scratch, load the OS (patched to whatever level your version of NBU requires) and leave it in the workgroup mode with a workgroup having the same name as the domain it was in.Load the nbu agent, partition the drive, thendo a FULL resore, reboot, done. I have actually done this across disimiliar platforms, albeit you have to be a bit tricky. In short we will never waste money on windows bmr, it's just to easy to do it the old fashioned way. The only caveats are 1. Domain Comtrollers require a reboot into domain controller restore mode 2. NB5.1 mp2 had a major bug with w2k3. Just make sure you are higher (or lower) than that. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Wilkinson, TimSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:27 AMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) I'm just reviewing disaster recovery at the moment and have found a paragraph or 2 recommending that all system files and application files are backed up. We generally run A_L_D in our policies 'just in case' but I've been thinking about restoring system and application files and wonder how most people approach this sort of thing. We don't use BMR so I figure the best way to restore an entire server is to rebuild the OS, install any applications then restore actual 'data'; I've always considered if you try to restore 'everything' it could get a bit messy and confused if some of it doesn't get restored exactly as it was before. Without using BMR, can you restore the contents of an entire server in Windows (I'm talking
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
Title: Message The open file writes don't occur until after reboot. So essentially you've got multiple copies of many window files just sitting around in temporary locations waiting for the next reboot to replace the original file. IMO if you are THAT strapped for space on your C: you've got a worse problem then needing a restore. =P -Jonathan From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WEAVER, SimonSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:38 AMTo: 'Shyam Hazari'; Spearman, DavidCc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) I heard about this - does anyone know why the restore needs MORE disk space to recover the OS ? Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Shyam Hazari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 13:09To: Spearman, DavidCc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) Check this tech note. http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/251163.htm I had to recover a production server after crash few weeks back. What I did was to restore system_state and C: drive at one go. Make sure you have enough space in the C: drive. Otherwise it will not restore all the required files and will cause the system reboot continuously. I have seen this happen before. -Shyam On 8/2/06, Spearman, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry one and All, made a mistake, it was 5.1mp3 that had the problem.My support call is below I tried restoring a w2k3 server as a test and got an lssas error on reboot, with the machine constantly rebooting. After going to your support page I ran in to the following document Document ID: 274353 http://support.veritas.com/docs/274353 It essentially says contact veritas. So what now? RESPONSE David, As we had discussed, this is a known issue, so there wasn't any configurationmistakes on your end. There is a technote with troubleshooting steps to try and remedy the issue. This isn't a 100% guaranteed fix, as we had discussed regarding the use of the Win2Koption. http://support.veritas.com/docs/262411 To reiterate what's occurring: What is happening is that Windows 2003 Shadow Copy Components have changed so that there is a slip in recovering some registry hives. (see the Microsoft link at the bottom of the technote) For us to keep up with these changes, we need to modify our software with new patch releases. The new release for this issue is due out soon, but no concrete date that I can release. In the meantime, I will create an escalations task and will inform you on what I can get from backline, and what they may request from you for additional information. At any rate it was definately fixed with mp4, for your sake Simon I would test your MP2 or upgradeyour master/media servers to mp4. dds -Original Message-From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:56 AMTo: Spearman, David; Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) David What is the bug, as we use MP2 NBU 5.1 can you provide details on this? Thanks Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Spearman, David [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 August 2006 11:33To: Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) Tim, Windows is the easiest restore in the entire venue. From scratch, load the OS (patched to whatever level your version of NBU requires) and leave it in the workgroup mode with a workgroup having the same name as the domain it was in.Load the nbu agent, partition the drive, thendo a FULL resore, reboot, done. I have actually done this across disimiliar platforms, albeit you have to be a bit tricky. In short we will never waste money on windows bmr, it's just to easy to do it the old fashioned way. The only caveats are 1. Domain Comtrollers require a reboot into domain controller restore mode 2. NB5.1 mp2 had a major bug
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
Title: Message Jonathan I am assuming its only for files in use - because lets assume you have an 8GB Partition and 6GB is filled with apps / OS. If NetBackup needs MORE than 2GB, that is going to be a problem. Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Martin, Jonathan (Contractor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 14:03To: WEAVER, Simon; Shyam Hazari; Spearman, DavidCc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) The open file writes don't occur until after reboot. So essentially you've got multiple copies of many window files just sitting around in temporary locations waiting for the next reboot to replace the original file. IMO if you are THAT strapped for space on your C: you've got a worse problem then needing a restore. =P -Jonathan From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WEAVER, SimonSent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:38 AMTo: 'Shyam Hazari'; Spearman, DavidCc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) I heard about this - does anyone know why the restore needs MORE disk space to recover the OS ? Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Shyam Hazari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 13:09To: Spearman, DavidCc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) Check this tech note. http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/251163.htm I had to recover a production server after crash few weeks back. What I did was to restore system_state and C: drive at one go. Make sure you have enough space in the C: drive. Otherwise it will not restore all the required files and will cause the system reboot continuously. I have seen this happen before. -Shyam On 8/2/06, Spearman, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry one and All, made a mistake, it was 5.1mp3 that had the problem.My support call is below I tried restoring a w2k3 server as a test and got an lssas error on reboot, with the machine constantly rebooting. After going to your support page I ran in to the following document Document ID: 274353 http://support.veritas.com/docs/274353 It essentially says contact veritas. So what now? RESPONSE David, As we had discussed, this is a known issue, so there wasn't any configurationmistakes on your end. There is a technote with troubleshooting steps to try and remedy the issue. This isn't a 100% guaranteed fix, as we had discussed regarding the use of the Win2Koption. http://support.veritas.com/docs/262411 To reiterate what's occurring: What is happening is that Windows 2003 Shadow Copy Components have changed so that there is a slip in recovering some registry hives. (see the Microsoft link at the bottom of the technote) For us to keep up with these changes, we need to modify our software with new patch releases. The new release for this issue is due out soon, but no concrete date that I can release. In the meantime, I will create an escalations task and will inform you on what I can get from backline, and what they may request from you for additional information. At any rate it was definately fixed with mp4, for your sake Simon I would test your MP2 or upgradeyour master/media servers to mp4. dds -Original Message-From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:56 AMTo: Spearman, David; Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) David What is the bug, as we use MP2 NBU 5.1 can you provide details on this? Thanks Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Spearman, David
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
Title: Message Same here Paul I get them ALL the time!! I think its more of an AUTO RESPONSE, rather than Out Of Office (This should only appear once and no more!) Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Paul Keating [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 August 2006 13:44To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) From what I understand, any "in use" files, such as system files, are not over written in situ, but rather are restored to an alternate namesort of, and tagged for the OS to swap it after reboot. so since the file in use, and the new restored file both exist, you need "some" extra space. shouldn't be a whole lot extra. Paul I should set up a filter to move Steve Wineman's "out of office" messages direct to the the trash -- -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WEAVER, SimonSent: August 2, 2006 8:38 AMTo: 'Shyam Hazari'; Spearman, DavidCc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows) I heard about this - does anyone know why the restore needs MORE disk space to recover the OS ? Regards Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows Domain Administrator 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 Astrium Limited. Nothing in this email shall bind Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation. Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Jobs won't go active
If you created a new stu on these, did you restart netbackup? Usually that will happen on a new storage unit if you don't stop and restart NBU. You can also try the following commands if you can't stop NBU right now. Sometimes it will work and sometimes you just have to restart NBU. bprdreq -rereadconfig bpschedreq -read_stunits bpschedreq -read_stu_config -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Forester, Jack L Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:11 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Jobs won't go active I've recently added a few new SAN media servers to my environment NBU 5.1MP5) and we are trying to run some test backups from these servers. The job gets submitted and shows up queued in the activity monitor and stays that way. I left one like that overnight, and it was still queued this morning. The media servers are HPUX with a Solaris master. I've checked bpsched, bprd, and bpcd logs on the master server as well as the bprd and bpcd logs on the media server. Nothing is screaming out as to why jobs from these new media servers will not go active. Other jobs to other media servers are going active almost immediately. What other things should I look into? I've checked name resolution, traceroutes in both directions, and have a support call open with Symantec. These new servers are supposed to go live this weekend. Argh! Jack L. Forester, Jr. UNIX Systems Administrator, Stf Lockheed Martin Information Technology (304) 625-3946 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Jobs won't go active
I've recently added a few new SAN media servers to my environment NBU 5.1MP5) and we are trying to run some test backups from these servers. The job gets submitted and shows up queued in the activity monitor and stays that way. I left one like that overnight, and it was still queued this morning. The media servers are HPUX with a Solaris master. I've checked bpsched, bprd, and bpcd logs on the master server as well as the bprd and bpcd logs on the media server. Nothing is screaming out as to why jobs from these new media servers will not go active. Other jobs to other media servers are going active almost immediately. What other things should I look into? I've checked name resolution, traceroutes in both directions, and have a support call open with Symantec. These new servers are supposed to go live this weekend. Argh! Jack L. Forester, Jr. UNIX Systems Administrator, Stf Lockheed Martin Information Technology (304) 625-3946 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] How many days back can Advanced Reporter report on?
How many days back can advanced reporter report on? It currently reports on 28 days. Can this number of days be configured to record history for the previous 365 days? Thanks, Mark ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify Sabeo Technologies. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. ** ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] bpstart/bpend_notify - any way to run them from the master server?
Hey all, I am looking to run some scripts on the master server when jobs kick off and/or end. I know about the bpstart/bpend scripts, but they run on the client-side AFAIK. I also know about backup_exit_notify, but I also need the start info as well. Any suggestions? -Shane ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] archiving for restore without netbackup
All - Wondering if I can archive a few large directories to tape, assuring that someone without NetBackup would be able to access the files. Basically I need to mail someone their 500g home directory. I have searched docs and the list and found nothing relatied to this, but if it is there and I searched poorly, apologies. -- Kris Reiss Systems Administrator Institute of Marine Coastal Sciences Rutgers University [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Jobs won't go active
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 04:34:31PM +0100, Whelan, Patrick wrote: I have found that if you run bprdreq -rereadconfig; bpschedreq -read_stunits; bpschedreq -read_stu_config And I've run into a case where doing this killed NetBackup to the point that no jobs ran. Safer to restart NBU IMO. NBU 6 does allow you to create STUs on the fly though. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Oracle Hot Backups using TimeFinder BCV
Anyone out there using BCV's to do hot backups of Oracle databases ? I have few questions After mounting the BCV's on the backup host 1) Do you backup the filesystems ? or Start the database on the backup host and do a hot backup using RMAN ? 2) Also how you backup the archive logs and how often ? Much appreciated -Shyam ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] archiving for restore without netbackup
If you want someone without NetBackup to access the files, use tar, dd, or cpio. I am assuming you are on a Unix box. Ken -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Reiss Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:01 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] archiving for restore without netbackup All - Wondering if I can archive a few large directories to tape, assuring that someone without NetBackup would be able to access the files. Basically I need to mail someone their 500g home directory. I have searched docs and the list and found nothing relatied to this, but if it is there and I searched poorly, apologies. -- Kris Reiss Systems Administrator Institute of Marine Coastal Sciences Rutgers University [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Oracle Hot Backups using TimeFinder BCV
There is no need to do RMAN on the backup host, just do a file system backup. I am assuming that you are doing something to put Oracle in backup mode before you do your split. As for the archive logs, it depends on how your file system was set up. If your archive logs are on the BCV volumes, then that will be moved to tape when you backup the file system. The problem with having archive logs on the BCV volumes is, when you do a restore of the BCV, you will overlay your current logs on the file system, which is very bad. What I do is make sure the Oracle archive logs are not on the BCV volumes and crontab a script to backup the logs using NetBackup and delete them when it has been backed up. Ken -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shyam Hazari Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:11 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Oracle Hot Backups using TimeFinder BCV Anyone out there using BCV's to do hot backups of Oracle databases ? I have few questions After mounting the BCV's on the backup host 1) Do you backup the filesystems ? or Start the database on the backup host and do a hot backup using RMAN ? 2) Also how you backup the archive logs and how often ? Much appreciated -Shyam ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] NDMP restore problem - NDMP_HALT_INTERNAL_ERROR Type 5 on Solaris Server with 5.1 MP4
I'm trying to restore a file from an NDMP volume and it fails with 'status 5 - NDMP_HALT_INTERNAL_ERROR'. When this happens nothing shows in the console of my NetApp filer and the message I get on the backup/restore console is WRN - Cannot restore from filepath /vol/volW5a, NDMP_HALT_INTERNAL_ERROR occurred. I've forced the restore from another drive and see the same error message. I am ordering back another tape with the same file on it to see if I can restore from it before I submit a ticket. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank You, Jamie Jamison ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP restore problem - NDMP_HALT_INTERNAL_ERROR Type 5on Solaris Server with 5.1 MP4
You have to look at the logs on the netapp. You can look in the /etc/messages file, but I suspect that you will not find anything. There is also an ndmplog (watch my spelling) If memory serve me you issue the command on the netapp of ndmpd debug xx where the higher the number the more detail. so 50 is good, I think 70 is the highest. A good chance that this will give you the info you require. After the restore can you see the file you are restoring. We have one set ofdata that always gets a return code of 5, but it is after the restore is finishedwhen it is trying to change the permissions on the file, which fails.But the filewas restored. len From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JAJA (Jamie Jamison)Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:46 PMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] NDMP restore problem - NDMP_HALT_INTERNAL_ERROR Type 5on Solaris Server with 5.1 MP4 I'm trying to restore a file from an NDMP volume and it fails with 'status 5 - NDMP_HALT_INTERNAL_ERROR'. When this happens nothing shows in the console of my NetApp filer and the message I get on the backup/restore console is WRN - Cannot restore from filepath /vol/volW5a, NDMP_HALT_INTERNAL_ERROR occurred. I've forced the restore from another drive and see the same error message. I am ordering back another tape with the same file on it to see if I can restore from it before I submit a ticket. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank You, Jamie Jamison ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
