Re: [Veritas-bu] 2 master servers with netbackup 6.0 MP4
Hi to all and thanks for the answers. First thing, we tried to partition the library and it didn’t work. I mean the second server was always “seeing” the robotics as controlled by the first server. Whatever we tried, we didn’t succeed to set it as locally controlled. Should we try and reinstall the second server? I think this is the best solution... As for the library partitions, we didn’t manage to assign one partition to a server particularly, you just create two partitions and the two servers are “seeing” all the drives. Is it because switch zoning or you could divide the drives between the two servers as long as you keep the same drive assignment as the partition’s? With the SSO licensing is even worse… JBoth servers can see the robotics and the drives, so zoning isn’t an issue. The problem is that on both servers the license appears as inactive and when you add on the second servers the drives they appear as limited because there is no SSO installed…. Anyways, the first topology with two master servers and two partitons is the one we would like to use so we will try to reinstall the second server…. Thanks again From: judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com To: edy2...@yahoo.com; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 9:21:04 PM Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] 2 master servers with netbackup 6.0 MP4 You have to logical libraries….. Means you have two libraries … one master controls one and its drives and its tapes, the other master controls the other library and its drives and its tapes. The NB masters know nothing about each other, and the virtual libraries know nothing about each other. If you want two MEDIA servers to share ONE library, then create one library. Add it to your master for control, if your master is also a media server add the drives to the server then to NetBackup. If you want both media servers to share the drives, then on the SAN you Zone the drives to both media servers, put in the SSO license. Once zoned the second media server should also be able to see the drives, add them to the OS, then add the second media server to share the same drives you added with the first master/media server. I am on aix 5.3 and have a TS3310 library that I have done this with. From:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Grigore Petrisor Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 4:35 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] 2 master servers with netbackup 6.0 MP4 Hi ALL I have a problem to configure two master servers with netbackup 6.0 MP4 We have two AIX 5.3 master servers installed with netbackup 6.0 MP4. The library is IBM TS3500 with 4 drives, partitioned into 2 logical libraries. The first server, server1, works ok, but the second one doesn’t. We can install on the second one the robot as a controlled robot by the first server (the inventory works fine), but when we get to drives it doesn’t install anything and the message is “no shared storage option installed”. We have the shared storage option installed, but on both servers appears as “Feature: share storage option (inactive)” and “valid: no”. The questions are: 1. did anybody experience similar problem with the license or maybe it is a configuration issue? 2. is there any other way to use the two servers independently of one another? Many thanks! ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Resetting the archive bit on windows backups
Hi Mark Extract from NBU Admin Guide I for Windows: Wait time before clearing archive bit The Wait time before clearing archive bit property specifies how long the client waits before the archive bits for a differential incremental backup are cleared. The minimum allowable value is 300 (default). The client waits for acknowledgment from the server that the backup was successful. If the server does not reply within this time period, the archive bits are not cleared. This option applies only to differential-incremental backups. Cumulative-incremental backups do not clear the archive bit. Regards M. -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Donaldson, Mark Sent: 23 March 2010 08:52 PM To: Veritas Subject: [Veritas-bu] Resetting the archive bit on windows backups This occurred to me on the way to work. Does the NB client for windows reset all the archive bits on files after the backup's completion? That's the only thing that makes sense as I see it. If it reset the bit after each file, then a last-minute failure of the backup would not let the next incremental backup what failed the previous run. -M Mark Donaldson - Systems Storage Administrator Staples - Broomfield, CO pager: 3034354...@cingularme.com (o) 303-664-2040 (c) 303-435-4766 ___ 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] Does BMR Backup support for Exchange Files?
Dear all, I want to make sure whether BMR backup will completely backup all the folders files that belong to Microsoft Exchange. Especially for this folder: C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\, because when I try to browse restore the BMR backup image (from Backup, Archive, and Restore GUI), I didn't see the *.edb files to be restored. Since the *.edb files are critical, I need to back them up regularly, but it seems that the BMR backup doesn't back them up. Does it need the agent for Microsoft Exchange? Thank you for helping. -- Best Regards, Adrian Soetanto PT. Bentoel Prima - Infrastructure Staff Jl. Raya Karanglo - Singosari, Malang Tel. (+62-341) 298 774 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Does BMR Backup support for Exchange Files?
Hi, For any DB that has data changing under you, you will typically need an agent. Justin. On Wed, 24 Mar 2010, Adrian Soetanto wrote: Dear all, I want to make sure whether BMR backup will completely backup all the folders files that belong to Microsoft Exchange. Especially for this folder: C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\, because when I try to browse restore the BMR backup image (from Backup, Archive, and Restore GUI), I didn't see the *.edb files to be restored. Since the *.edb files are critical, I need to back them up regularly, but it seems that the BMR backup doesn't back them up. Does it need the agent for Microsoft Exchange? Thank you for helping. -- Best Regards, Adrian Soetanto PT. Bentoel Prima - Infrastructure Staff Jl. Raya Karanglo - Singosari, Malang Tel. (+62-341) 298 774 ___ 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] 32 KB for BCV Based Tape backup
Please share the File List in your policy as well as where the BCV's are actually mounted. If mount points look something like this: /bcv/bcv1 /bcv/bcv2 ... And your policy specifies /bcv, you need to select 'Cross mount points' in policy attributes. Not selecting this option will backup the mount points and not its contents. Regards M. -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of NBU Sent: 22 March 2010 02:23 PM To: VERITAS-BU@MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU Subject: [Veritas-bu] 32 KB for BCV Based Tape backup Hi Forum, My setup has Solaris 10 MASTER/Media on 6.5.5. When an auto schedule of BC Tape backup runs few/all streams of the backup complete by giving 32 KB. BCV devices are made visible to Media server and backup is taken. If we refire the same then it goes well. any clue as to why this happens. I have around 26 BC's but for majority this is the problem. Thanks In Advance. +-- |This was sent by qureshiu...@rediffmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- ___ 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] Does BMR Backup support for Exchange Files?
Hi adrian I use BMR to protect the System itself (ie: The Exchange Cluster). However, I have a seperate policy that uses the Exchange Directive backups, in the form of making use of the NetBackup Exchange Agent, which is a seperate product. Therefore, BMR will not protect the Exchange Database files, as they are in use. But combining an Exchange Aware Backup Policy and a BMR Backup Policy, puts you on the right track to protect and recover the system! HTH Simon -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Adrian Soetanto Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 5:11 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Does BMR Backup support for Exchange Files? Dear all, I want to make sure whether BMR backup will completely backup all the folders files that belong to Microsoft Exchange. Especially for this folder: C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\, because when I try to browse restore the BMR backup image (from Backup, Archive, and Restore GUI), I didn't see the *.edb files to be restored. Since the *.edb files are critical, I need to back them up regularly, but it seems that the BMR backup doesn't back them up. Does it need the agent for Microsoft Exchange? Thank you for helping. -- Best Regards, Adrian Soetanto PT. Bentoel Prima - Infrastructure Staff Jl. Raya Karanglo - Singosari, Malang Tel. (+62-341) 298 774 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. -o- 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] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps
I do not believe it will work. Use this TechNote as guideline: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/337969.htm Regards M. -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Glen Vassileff Sent: 24 March 2010 04:51 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps Hi Experts We are looking at options to upgrade existing NBU 6.5.3 environment with Win 2003 Master to NBU 7. The easiest would obviously be straight upgrade. But we'd also like to upgrade Win 2003 to 2008 (by doing fresh install) at the same time. NBU 6.5 is currently installed onto a separate drive. If we are to re-install everything from scratch ... 1. Is it possible to import 6.5.3 database straight into NBU 7? 2. Do we need to restore registry entries? 3. Will installing NBU 7 binaries on top of 6.5 do the trick (as the exisiting version is on a separate disk and will not be touched by Win 2008 upgrade) ? I wonder if NBU install program will realise this is actually an upgrade (though registry entries are not present). Regards Glen ___ 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] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps
We are in the same situation. Restoring 6.5.3 catalog in NB 7.0 did not work for me. I haven't found any documents with the steps to restore 6.5.3 catalog to NB 7.0. Our NB 6.5.3 server is actually on Windows 2003 R2 x86. I have tested the following in the test lab. Keeping the same name for NB server is important. 1. We were able to install 6.5.3 on a fresh install of Windows 2008 x 86 (same name as production) and then install NB 6.5.3 on the 2008 server. (Yes you can install 6.5.3 master/media on win 2008 x86 even though it is not support by Symantec) 2. Import 6.5.3 catalog from the production server into the test 6.5.3 installed on Windows 2008 x 86. 3. After the catalog import is successful, you will need to upgrade NB 6.5.3 on Windows 2008 x 86 to NB 7.0 using 7.0 media. Yes NB 7.0 will detect this as an upgrade and will upgrade 6.5.3 to 7.0. 4. Now you are left with NB 7.0 installed on Windows 2008 x86. You will need to backup this catalog. 5. Intall Windows 2008 R2 x64 for production. Install a fresh copy of NB 7.0 and restore the catalog you created in the test lab install of Windows 2008 x86. This has worked for us in test. Thanks Simrat -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Marianne Van Den Berg Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:02 AM To: Glen Vassileff; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps I do not believe it will work. Use this TechNote as guideline: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/337969.htm Regards M. -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Glen Vassileff Sent: 24 March 2010 04:51 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps Hi Experts We are looking at options to upgrade existing NBU 6.5.3 environment with Win 2003 Master to NBU 7. The easiest would obviously be straight upgrade. But we'd also like to upgrade Win 2003 to 2008 (by doing fresh install) at the same time. NBU 6.5 is currently installed onto a separate drive. If we are to re-install everything from scratch ... 1. Is it possible to import 6.5.3 database straight into NBU 7? 2. Do we need to restore registry entries? 3. Will installing NBU 7 binaries on top of 6.5 do the trick (as the exisiting version is on a separate disk and will not be touched by Win 2008 upgrade) ? I wonder if NBU install program will realise this is actually an upgrade (though registry entries are not present). Regards Glen ___ 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 maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps
I guess this is the best way for doing this (maybe the only way) I had problems in the past while trying to recover a 6.5.3 catalog into a 6.5.4 master server. There were some schema changes in the nbu database in 6.5.4 and I had to rollback to 6.5.3.1, do the catalog recover and then upgrade to 6.5.4 Em 24/3/2010 09:25, Sekhon Simrat S. escreveu: We are in the same situation. Restoring 6.5.3 catalog in NB 7.0 did not work for me. I haven't found any documents with the steps to restore 6.5.3 catalog to NB 7.0. Our NB 6.5.3 server is actually on Windows 2003 R2 x86. I have tested the following in the test lab. Keeping the same name for NB server is important. 1. We were able to install 6.5.3 on a fresh install of Windows 2008 x 86 (same name as production) and then install NB 6.5.3 on the 2008 server. (Yes you can install 6.5.3 master/media on win 2008 x86 even though it is not support by Symantec) 2. Import 6.5.3 catalog from the production server into the test 6.5.3 installed on Windows 2008 x 86. 3. After the catalog import is successful, you will need to upgrade NB 6.5.3 on Windows 2008 x 86 to NB 7.0 using 7.0 media. Yes NB 7.0 will detect this as an upgrade and will upgrade 6.5.3 to 7.0. 4. Now you are left with NB 7.0 installed on Windows 2008 x86. You will need to backup this catalog. 5. Intall Windows 2008 R2 x64 for production. Install a fresh copy of NB 7.0 and restore the catalog you created in the test lab install of Windows 2008 x86. This has worked for us in test. Thanks Simrat -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Marianne Van Den Berg Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:02 AM To: Glen Vassileff; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps I do not believe it will work. Use this TechNote as guideline: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/337969.htm Regards M. -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Glen Vassileff Sent: 24 March 2010 04:51 AM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps Hi Experts We are looking at options to upgrade existing NBU 6.5.3 environment with Win 2003 Master to NBU 7. The easiest would obviously be straight upgrade. But we'd also like to upgrade Win 2003 to 2008 (by doing fresh install) at the same time. NBU 6.5 is currently installed onto a separate drive. If we are to re-install everything from scratch ... 1. Is it possible to import 6.5.3 database straight into NBU 7? 2. Do we need to restore registry entries? 3. Will installing NBU 7 binaries on top of 6.5 do the trick (as the exisiting version is on a separate disk and will not be touched by Win 2008 upgrade) ? I wonder if NBU install program will realise this is actually an upgrade (though registry entries are not present). Regards Glen ___ 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 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] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps
Are you going to Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 2008? If you are going to Windows 2008 R2 you need to upgrade to 6.5.5 (for compatibility reasons). My upgrade path would look something like: 1. Run consistency check per NBU 7.0 Upgrade instructions. http://support.veritas.com/docs/340464 2. Create hot catalog backup of original master. 3. Install NetBackup 6.5.5 on new master (NetBackup 6.5.3 for non-R2). 4. Restore hot catalog backup to new master. (Might want to run another consistency check here.) 5. Upgrade new master to 7.0 That could take a while depending on your catalog size, but if anything goes wrong along the way you can always go back to your original master. -Jonathan -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Glen Vassileff Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:51 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps Hi Experts We are looking at options to upgrade existing NBU 6.5.3 environment with Win 2003 Master to NBU 7. The easiest would obviously be straight upgrade. But we'd also like to upgrade Win 2003 to 2008 (by doing fresh install) at the same time. NBU 6.5 is currently installed onto a separate drive. If we are to re-install everything from scratch ... 1. Is it possible to import 6.5.3 database straight into NBU 7? 2. Do we need to restore registry entries? 3. Will installing NBU 7 binaries on top of 6.5 do the trick (as the exisiting version is on a separate disk and will not be touched by Win 2008 upgrade) ? I wonder if NBU install program will realise this is actually an upgrade (though registry entries are not present). Regards Glen ___ 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] VTL Question - Distribution of Backups
Correctly configuring a VTL setup to be optimized, there's more than a complicated answer out there... If I were you, I'd do something along the lines of the following: Assumptions, in this example you'd have 3 VTLs, 6 media servers... - each individual VTL has roughly the same throughput capability (ie: they can all sustain 400 MB/s simultaneously). - you have an evenly distributed number of media servers you can assign per VTL (ie: you have 3 VTLs and 6 generic media servers, whatever type, you assign 2 media servers drives from 1 VTL). Each of these media servers can pump through the same amount of data (ie: 200 MB/s sustained) - you don't need maximum drive availability, you need maximum drive efficiency - you're able to divvy up you data types in roughly equal amounts (ie: In this example, you'd have x3 data types, like Exchange data, Unix data, Windows data, structured data, unstructured, etc. Etc., however you define it) What I'd do, - for each VTL, assign an equal amount of drives to the two media servers that will be using it - create one storage unit group per VTL, round-robin which storage unit within the group gets assigned (so you'll flip-flop between media servers) - repeat for all your VTLs/media servers - assign 1 data type per storage unit group. So if your Exchange is 1/3 of your total full backup, assign your all NBU policies that backup Exchange to the same storage unit group. - make sure all media servers are busy an equal amount of time / are pumping through roughly the same amount during a full backup window (I like to assume incremental aren't my biggest problem, which is usually the case) Hopefully in this scenario, you'd have your best dedupe ratio per VTL (so least amount of storage used), you'd have your best throughput per VTL (because you've optimized your dedupe VTL for reading, not writing, because most of your blocks are deduped and not actually written right? ;-) and your media servers should be roughly busy for an equivalent amount of time, so you're not idling on any VTL throughout the weekend. Nice problem to have there, with the multiple VTLs. Cheers. -Original Message- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of briandi...@northwesternmutual.com Sent: March 23, 2010 9:22 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] VTL Question - Distribution of Backups We have multiple VTL's and chose to use them as a Storage Unit Group. They are capable of deduplication. The vendor states that the amount of data/VTL increases the dedupe time and we are struggling to complete this process. Supposedly the time to dedupe has nothing to do with the dedupe ratio - it is simply how much data that resides in a VTL (post Dedupe + new data). I see 2 VTL management philosophies and would like your ideas for a 3rd or a hybrid idea. The easiest to manage is to spread the data across all VTL's using NBU's balancing algorythms. However, even after dedupe processing, I expect that over time the full backup will exist in every VTL. Since total storage consumed has an impact on the dedupe process, I want to find an alternative. That's where I need your help. I've been thinking of the old college question of what is the best way to fill a jar with rocks, pebbles, sand. Spread out your 1 TB Rocks equally, Fill with 500 GB pebbles, and then define where the remaining sand goes? Storage Unit Groups don't appear to be the best fit for VTL's if you want efficiency. I would love to hear your feedback and ideas !! Brian 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 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
Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Martin, Jonathan jmart...@intersil.comwrote: Are you going to Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 2008? If you are going to Windows 2008 R2 you need to upgrade to 6.5.5 (for compatibility reasons). Almost but not quite. 6.5.5 does NOT support Windows 2008 R2 as a SERVER - only as a CLIENT. If you want to run a Windows 2008 R2 master server or media server, you need to be running NetBackup 7.0. Furthermore, the Windows 2008 servers must be running on x64, not x86 or ia64. The OS compatibility lists are your friends. http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/NBUESVR_digest.htm .../Ed Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE ewi...@ewilts.org Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/ewilts ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Resetting the archive bit on windows backups
This occurred to me on the way to work. Does the NB client for windows reset all the archive bits on files after the backup's completion? That's the only thing that makes sense as I see it. If it reset the bit after each file, then a last-minute failure of the backup would not let the next incremental backup what failed the previous run. This has always been documented--but never well--in the Admin Guide. See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume 1.(I looked in the 7.0 manual in case it's more clear than earlier versions--but it's still ambiguous on the obvious questions) Configuring hosts Configuring host properties Client settings (Windows) properties Wait time before clearing archive bit Incrementals based on timestamp Incrementals based on archive bit (fulls clear it, diffs clear if successful) There's a new (to me) technote on this that fills in a few blanks: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/239393.htm ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] OpsCenter Reprots, or Blat Reports
Good Afternoon all, I'm hopeing a scripting expert is lurking out there someplace for me...or maybe not even an expert, but someone know understands it better than I at least... Currently I run a couple of reports manually and I'd like to automate them thru OpsCenter if possible (we don't have Analytics licensed, so it's just the base NOM upgrade) or through a Blat script if it's not possible to get it from OpsCenter... Here's what I'm in need of: A report showing the backup status of a specific client (easy enough) and if it's a status 1 a list of the skipped files that were missed (havn't gotten his part figured out yet). A report showing the media ID for the tapes that were used for all of the daily backups for the last week, and another for the full backups used over the weekend (to be run on Monday's and Friday's). Like I said, I get these easy enough by going into NBU and running the reports there, but I don't have it automated yet. For the skipped files I'm currently going into the job details and doing a copy/paste to get the info we need...not a huge hassle, but if it can be automated why do it by hand, right? Thanks for your help everyone. - Mike ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps
Good point, however I suspect it would work. My testing with 2008 and 2008 R2 shows the OS are similar, with the exception of system state backups (new API by Microsoft required in R2). If he was going to R2 I suppose you could build a 3rd 2008 server, restore to that and then repeat to get to R2. I guess it depends on how much testing you are willing to commit to make the solution happen. Good luck! -Jonathan From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewi...@ewilts.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 10:28 AM To: Martin, Jonathan Cc: Glen Vassileff; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Martin, Jonathan jmart...@intersil.com wrote: Are you going to Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 2008? If you are going to Windows 2008 R2 you need to upgrade to 6.5.5 (for compatibility reasons). Almost but not quite. 6.5.5 does NOT support Windows 2008 R2 as a SERVER - only as a CLIENT. If you want to run a Windows 2008 R2 master server or media server, you need to be running NetBackup 7.0. Furthermore, the Windows 2008 servers must be running on x64, not x86 or ia64. The OS compatibility lists are your friends. http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/NBUESVR_digest.htm .../Ed Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE ewi...@ewilts.org Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/ewilts image001.jpg___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Martin, Jonathan jmart...@intersil.comwrote: Good point, however I suspect it would work. My testing with 2008 and 2008 R2 shows the OS are similar, with the exception of system state backups (new API by Microsoft required in R2). If he was going to R2 I suppose you could build a 3rd 2008 server, restore to that and then repeat to get to R2. I guess it depends on how much testing you are willing to commit to make the solution happen. There's a big difference between I suspect it would work and it's supported by the vendor. Do you KNOW what will happen if you log a call on your Windows 2008 R2 6.5.x master server? Are you going to be satisfied with them telling you to downgrade away from R2 or upgrading to NUB 7.0 before they help you? Is your management happy with suspect and guess? I know mine wouldn't be. .../Ed Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE ewi...@ewilts.org Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/ewilts ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] OpsCenter Reprots, or Blat Reports
Lawler, Michael C. wrote: Good Afternoon all, I'm hopeing a scripting expert is lurking out there someplace for me...or maybe not even an expert, but someone know understands it better than I at least... Currently I run a couple of reports manually and I'd like to automate them thru OpsCenter if possible (we don't have Analytics licensed, so it's just the base NOM upgrade) or through a Blat script if it's not possible to get it from OpsCenter... Here's what I'm in need of: A report showing the backup status of a specific client (easy enough) and if it's a status 1 a list of the skipped files that were missed (havn't gotten his part figured out yet). bperror -U -problems -t BACKUP -hoursago 24 -columns 250 -client client_name | egrep file: A report showing the media ID for the tapes that were used for all of the daily backups for the last week, and another for the full backups used over the weekend (to be run on Monday's and Friday's). bpimagelist -d 03/22/2010 -e 03/23/2010 -U -media Like I said, I get these easy enough by going into NBU and running the reports there, but I don't have it automated yet. For the skipped files I'm currently going into the job details and doing a copy/paste to get the info we need...not a huge hassle, but if it can be automated why do it by hand, right? Thanks for your help everyone. - Mike command line equivalents to GUI reports, here: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/247902.htm ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] VCDB backups of 2008 server failng :(
Hello Geeks, We take VCB backups of 2003 machines via a proxy server( Also a media server) . We are using Virtual center server 2.5 and ESX server 3.5 update 4. Recently we have migrated one of our wins 2003 server to 2008 . Bu its backups are faing with VCB though when i take its normal backup it successed. Is this any kind of limitaon of VMWare with netbackup for 2008 backups or i am lacking something ? Please advise. Thanks and Regards Pranav Batra _ The latest songs, trailers and more http://video.in.msn.com/ ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Tape drive constantly going PEND-TLD
NBU 6.5.3 Using SSO ADIC I2000 14 LTO2 drives Master server and 4 Media servers are Windows 2003 all running NBU 6.5.3 Using Veritas drivers on Master and all Media servers. I have one of my drives in a state of PEND-DLT With no jobs running on any server. I have tried removing all drives from NBU, removing the Library from NBU, stopping all services, removing PEMPERSIST2. Removing all files from \program files\veritas\netbackup\db\media\drives\ Removing all files from \program files\veritas\netbackup\db\media\tpreq\ Removing all files from \program files\veritas\volmgr\misc\ Restarting services, Recreating the library Recreating the drives Inventorying the library Wait 5 minutes and the drive goes back to PEND-TLD Anyone have any ideas oh now to fix this issue? Doug Preston Systems Engineer LERETA, LLC Client Server team 1123 Park View DR Covina CA 91724 Phone 626-339-5221 Ext 1104 Direct Line 626-667-1447 Email dlpres...@lereta.com -- NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may constitute a communication that is legally privileged. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized persons. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, notify the sender by reply e-mail so that our address record can be corrected, then please delete it from your system without copying it. --- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps
Yes Ed, from your many posts we all understand that your situation allows you infinite time for testing, retesting, and more testing. Kudos. I suspect you work for the government, probably never cross the street, except at a crosswalk. However I work in a situation where this is an acceptable shortcut, especially given that you have a untouched rock solid back out plan (put the original master back into place.) I'll try and remember to disclaimer my comments in the future This won't appease Ed Wilts' management, but for the rest of you it's ok. in the future. -Jonathan From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewi...@ewilts.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:47 PM To: Martin, Jonathan Cc: Glen Vassileff; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Martin, Jonathan jmart...@intersil.com wrote: Good point, however I suspect it would work. My testing with 2008 and 2008 R2 shows the OS are similar, with the exception of system state backups (new API by Microsoft required in R2). If he was going to R2 I suppose you could build a 3rd 2008 server, restore to that and then repeat to get to R2. I guess it depends on how much testing you are willing to commit to make the solution happen. There's a big difference between I suspect it would work and it's supported by the vendor. Do you KNOW what will happen if you log a call on your Windows 2008 R2 6.5.x master server? Are you going to be satisfied with them telling you to downgrade away from R2 or upgrading to NUB 7.0 before they help you? Is your management happy with suspect and guess? I know mine wouldn't be. .../Ed Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE ewi...@ewilts.org Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/ewilts ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] 2 master servers with netbackup 6.0 MP4
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 01:22:24AM -0700, Grigore Petrisor wrote: First thing, we tried to partition the library and it didn?t work. I mean the second server was always ?seeing? the robotics as controlled by the first server. That sounds like either a problem with the library or the configuration. The partitions should be independent just so you can do this sort of thing. Whatever we tried, we didn?t succeed to set it as locally controlled. Should we try and reinstall the second server? I think this is the best solution... As for the library partitions, we didn?t manage to assign one partition to a server particularly, you just create two partitions and the two servers are ?seeing? all the drives. Is it because switch zoning or you could divide the drives between the two servers as long as you keep the same drive assignment as the partition?s? If the drives are directly connected to the fabric, you're responsible for zoning them to the right machines. If the drives go through the library for access, then maybe you can set some access controls there. Since library partitioning is a logical construct, either the library gives you a way to control access (WWN masking or something), or it gives you independent physical ports that you can use. -- Darren ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Tape drive constantly going PEND-TLD
Thanks Jeff, I checked the library and found this drive did indeed need to be power cycled. Once it powered cycled the drive is no longer going PEND-TLD. Doug Preston Systems Engineer LERETA, LLC Client Server team 1123 Park View DR Covina CA 91724 Phone 626-339-5221 Ext 1104 Direct Line 626-667-1447 Email dlpres...@lereta.commailto:dlpres...@landam.com -- NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may constitute a communication that is legally privileged. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized persons. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, notify the sender by reply e-mail so that our address record can be corrected, then please delete it from your system without copying it. --- From: Jeff Cleverley [mailto:jeff.clever...@avagotech.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:32 PM To: Preston, Douglas Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Tape drive constantly going PEND-TLD Doug, I can't help you from the Windows side but I've seen that type of message on my hpux master when there was a problem associated with the drive or possibly the library. I'm guessing the library is OK if this is the only drive that is fail. You may check for any changes in zoning or drive replacement. If they are fibre drives the WWN will have changed and your server may not be able to talk with it anymore. Jeff On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Preston, Douglas dlpres...@lereta.commailto:dlpres...@lereta.com wrote: NBU 6.5.3 Using SSO ADIC I2000 14 LTO2 drives Master server and 4 Media servers are Windows 2003 all running NBU 6.5.3 Using Veritas drivers on Master and all Media servers. I have one of my drives in a state of PEND-DLT With no jobs running on any server. I have tried removing all drives from NBU, removing the Library from NBU, stopping all services, removing PEMPERSIST2. Removing all files from \program files\veritas\netbackup\db\media\drives\ Removing all files from \program files\veritas\netbackup\db\media\tpreq\ Removing all files from \program files\veritas\volmgr\misc\ Restarting services, Recreating the library Recreating the drives Inventorying the library Wait 5 minutes and the drive goes back to PEND-TLD Anyone have any ideas oh now to fix this issue? Doug Preston Systems Engineer LERETA, LLC Client Server team 1123 Park View DR Covina CA 91724 Phone 626-339-5221 Ext 1104 Direct Line 626-667-1447 Email dlpres...@lereta.commailto:dlpres...@lereta.com -- NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may constitute a communication that is legally privileged. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized persons. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, notify the sender by reply e-mail so that our address record can be corrected, then please delete it from your system without copying it. --- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edumailto:Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu -- Jeff Cleverley Unix Systems Administrator 4380 Ziegler Road Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 970-288-4611 ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 /Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps
I'm sorry Ed, for my testy response. I didn't mean to attack you personally. I simply meant to express that I, and many other members of this forum work on quasi-supported or completely unsupported systems every day. We understand the risks involved, we take necessary precautions, and often we succeed. So while I can appreciate that calling Symantec with an unsupported configuration might put your situation in a bind, such a situation might be completely acceptable to someone else. -Jonathan ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 / Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Martin, Jonathan jmart...@intersil.comwrote: Yes Ed, from your many posts we all understand that your situation allows you infinite time for testing, retesting, and more testing. I have a very, very large department of testers at my disposal. They just happen to work for Symantec and they test a LOT more things than I could ever hope to test. It's not quite infinite, but hundreds of them outnumber the 3 of us on our storage team. Kudos. I suspect you work for the government, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ed+wilts+netbackup The first link returned will show that you're wrong. Again. Cheers, .../Ed Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE ewi...@ewilts.org Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/ewilts ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Can NBU 6.5 database be imported into NBU 7 /Upgrade with fresh O/S NBU install steps
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Martin, Jonathan jmart...@intersil.comwrote: I, and many other members of this forum work on quasi-supported or completely unsupported systems every day. We understand the risks involved, we take necessary precautions, and often we succeed. And many other times, people do this and have absolutely no clue what they're doing, why they did it, how to undo what they did, and are absolutely shocked to discover that not only are they unsupported, they've really shot themselves in one foot, reloaded, and fired again. They may have corrupted their catalog or had to throw away days of backup information because of something absolutely stupid that they have done. They don't read the manuals and can't find the technotes. Google is beyond them. I believe that you're not normally in that group, but it's a large group and unfortunately you're probably in the minority. And that was the kind answer :-) .../Ed ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
