Re: [Veritas-bu] Is the veritas-bu list still alive?

2017-05-30 Thread Dwayne Adams
Hello,


I work as a contractor and can report that traditional enterprise backup jobs 
are still strong.  Though I am never just a backup administrator.  Another 
thing to consider is that other backup products have been gaining because the 
cost of Netbackup was deemed pretty high.  Also, I am not sure if Netbackup is 
the best product in the space any longer with EMCs offerings and hardware 
pairings, Data Domain, Avamar, etc...

-Dwayne Adams



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I am thinking a couple of things may have happened.



1  First, the keeper of this may have moved on thus resulting in an 
obsolete and eventually unmonitored and closed off email distro list.



2  Secondary thoughts are companies may have drifted away from 
using backup software in general or the interest in having a dedicated person 
for backup has dropped considerably with VMware and cloud technologies such as 
AWS and Microsoft Azure making tape backup strategies an obsolete thought in 
those companies IT leadership minds.





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yeah me too. No active users in this forum...surprised

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I know I've been gone for a while, but I was surprised to see the
archives stopped in 2016.

Did something happen I don't know about?
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Oracle DB server and NetBackup Media Server on same machine for RMAN?

2013-11-13 Thread Dwayne Adams
Jeff,

 

I would be careful about making a DB server a NBU Media Server.
 It sounds like a great idea until you realize that you married your
backup system to the DB server and it now has a dependency with the DB server.
 You should weigh the alternatives and see if it is really worth the
dependency to the backup system.  I believe there is a SAN Media Server
license that will allow you to backup data for that server only.  Of
course you will need the RMAN\Oracle license as well.

 

Regards,

 

Dwayne Adams
Dwayne C. Adams, Jr.
Netbackup Guru and Windows Systems Administrator
email: dc_adam...@hotmail.com
cell:x
website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dcadamsjr
 

From: jlight...@water.com
To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 19:48:26 +
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Oracle DB server and NetBackup Media Server on same 
machine for RMAN?












Does the Netbackup Media Server license on a host include the Oracle client 
like the Netbackup Client itself does?
 
On reviewing the guide at 
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=contentid=DOC3672 it talks 
about the client but always seems to suggest that the client has to be pushed 
to a separate media server (or the master/media server).
 
We need to do a large RMAN backup per vendor of an Oracle DB so I’m thinking of 
making this Oracle DB server its own media server so it can push directly to 
tape and deduplication storage units rather than having to transfer over the 
network
 to a separate media or master.It just isn’t clear to me this is possible 
and I need to know.   This is NetBackup 7.1.
 
I know for it to be a media server I have to get the license for standard media 
server and the shared storage license.   Do I need any other license for 
Oracle/RMAN to work on a media server that backs only itself up?  Do I need to 
full
 media server license instead of the back itself up one if it is doing its own 
RMAN client on same server?



 
 

 
 
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Archive options

2013-10-09 Thread Dwayne Adams
Hello,
Do you archive data for long periods of time (think 7 to 18 years)?  If so, 
please share your experience in long term backup platform independent archiving 
solutions you are using or have considered.  (LTFS?, what else besides tape?)
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Veritas-bu Digest, Vol 89, Issue 12

2013-09-15 Thread Dwayne Adams
Daniel,

Do you have experience with the EMC hardware?

Dwayne

DWAYN

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To: Tom Moore thomas.mo...@cox.net, veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu, 
Dwayne Adams dc_adam...@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Veritas-bu Digest, Vol 89, Issue 12

EMCs strategy is NDMP through an NDMP accelerator node that has an initial full 
and then only sends the changes thereafter but each backup is considered a full.


Daniel






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Tom,

Thanks. Interesting.  That is a horrible way to backup volumes.  That was the 
solution before NDMP. CommVault suggested the same thing.  EMC has a hardware 
solution that they say gets good Dedupe rates with inline NDMP stream backups 
with an incremental forever strategy.  I wanted to see if the Netbackup 
Accelerator offers similar features.

Dwayne

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From: Tom Moore thomas.mo...@cox.net
Sent: September 14, 2013 11:24 AM
To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Veritas-bu Digest, Vol 89, Issue 12



Per conversations with engineering, ndmp does not dedupe well.  It was 
suggested that we mount the volumes to a media server and run it to a dedupe 
pool.  Ymmv

Cheers,

On Sep 14, 2013, at 10:00 AM, veritas-bu-requ...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu wrote:

 Netbackup NDMP Dedupe
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Veritas-bu Digest, Vol 89, Issue 12

2013-09-14 Thread Dwayne Adams
Tom,

Thanks. Interesting.  That is a horrible way to backup volumes.  That was the 
solution before NDMP. CommVault suggested the same thing.  EMC has a hardware 
solution that they say gets good Dedupe rates with inline NDMP stream backups 
with an incremental forever strategy.  I wanted to see if the Netbackup 
Accelerator offers similar features.

Dwayne

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Sent: September 14, 2013 11:24 AM
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Per conversations with engineering, ndmp does not dedupe well.  It was 
suggested that we mount the volumes to a media server and run it to a dedupe 
pool.  Ymmv

Cheers,

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 Netbackup NDMP Dedupe
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup NDMP Dedupe

2013-09-13 Thread Dwayne Adams
Hello,
Can someone share their experience with NDMP stream Deduplication using 
Netbackup Accelerator?
Thanks,
Dwayne Adams
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/power-netbackup-deduplication-application-awareness-and-global-deduplication

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Re: [Veritas-bu] 100% disk to disk

2013-09-12 Thread Dwayne Adams
Is anyone using Replication Director as a replacement for backups to tape in a 
100% disk to disk environment, or do you  use VTLs and Dedupe?  Also, what are 
you doing for filer\ndmp backups and Dedupe?
Thanks,
Dwayne Adams


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To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:35:31 -0400
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 100% disk to disk




For the sites that have gone completely to disk, did you have to make 
adjustments to your retention period(s) ? I'm also curious on how you're 
handling your archival requirements ...

Thanks,
/Steve


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 Message: 1
 Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:58:18 -0700
 From: Dwayne Adams dc_adam...@hotmail.com
 Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 100% disk to disk
 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
   veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
 Message-ID: bay174-w16d101d5366db902528ef5f5...@phx.gbl
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 Hello,
 Who is really doing all disk backups for all their data sets today?  I keep 
 hearing about the demise of tapes.  This email is a survey to see if shops 
 are really doing this.  I have yet to see it in any of my contact positions.
 Thanks,
 Dwayne Adams
 
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Re: [Veritas-bu] 100% disk to disk

2013-09-11 Thread Dwayne Adams
Hello,
Who is really doing all disk backups for all their data sets today?  I keep 
hearing about the demise of tapes.  This email is a survey to see if shops are 
really doing this.  I have yet to see it in any of my contact positions.
Thanks,
Dwayne Adams


 

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Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Strategy

2013-06-13 Thread Dwayne Adams
Hello,
What are you seeing out there in terms of backup strategies in the petabyte+ 
data set range?  Is there mostly D2D?   Synthetic fulls, Netbackup Accelerator, 
Infinite INC?  What is a the best white paper floating around?  
Thanks,
Dwayne
Dwayne C. Adams, Jr.
Information Technology Professional
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Post upgrade 7.5.0.5 issues?

2013-05-16 Thread Dwayne Adams
Len,
Thanks for the info.
-Dwayne

From: len.bo...@sas.com
To: vidit.ko...@blackrock.com; jpis...@lucidpixels.com; dc_adam...@hotmail.com; 
veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Post upgrade 7.5.0.5 issues?
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 17:19:52 +









The technote has an url to enable the download of an eeb to fix the issue.
 


From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu 
[mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu]
On Behalf Of Kohli, Vidit

Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 1:16 PM

To: Justin Piszcz; 'Dwayne Adams'; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu

Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Post upgrade 7.5.0.5 issues?


 
There is major bug in 7.5.0.5 as per Symantec, so better wait for 7.5.0.6
 
nbsl experiences a memory leak which results in a core dump.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH201979

 
Product
The following versions of NetBackup are affected by this issue:
NetBackup 7.5.0.5
 
Summary
The nbsl daemon crashes intermittently and creates a core dump. It was observed 
that memory consumed by nbsl was constantly growing, and when it reached 
somewhere around 4GB, nbsl would crash.
 
This issue is scheduled to be addressed in the following release:
·
NetBackup 7.5 Maintenance Release 6 (7.5.0.6)
 
 


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[mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu]
On Behalf Of Justin Piszcz

Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:13 PM

To: 'Dwayne Adams'; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu

Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Post upgrade 7.5.0.5 issues?


 
Hi,
 
Unsure for Windows, for Linux/64-bit and 7.5.0.5:
 
Yes there is a problem with ghost jobs: (you will see 100s-1000s of jobs Active 
but they really complete)
 
This EEB fixes that issue:
https://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=contentid=TECH203521
 
Justin.
 


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Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:52 PM

To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu

Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Post upgrade 7.5.0.5 issues?


 

Hello,
 
I am starting to plan for a 7.5 upgrade from 6.5.6 in an environment that I am 
consulting at for the next few months.  Has anyone run into any major bugs or 
issues with 7.5.0.5 after the upgrade?  I am running Windows x64 as my master 
with
 multiple NDMP filers and no media servers.
 
Thanks,
 
Dwayne Adams

 
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Post upgrade 7.5.0.5 issues?

2013-05-15 Thread Dwayne Adams
Hello,

 

I am
starting to plan for a 7.5 upgrade from 6.5.6 in an environment that I am
consulting at for the next few months.  Has anyone run into any major bugs
or issues with 7.5.0.5 after the upgrade?  I am running Windows x64 as my
master with multiple NDMP filers and no media servers.

 

Thanks,

 

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Re: [Veritas-bu] Post upgrade 7.5.0.5 issues?

2013-05-15 Thread Dwayne Adams
Thanks Justin for sharing.  Yikes
-Dwayne
From: jpis...@lucidpixels.com
To: dc_adam...@hotmail.com; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Post upgrade 7.5.0.5 issues?
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 17:12:33 -0400

Hi, Unsure for Windows, for Linux/64-bit and 7.5.0.5: Yes there is a problem 
with ghost jobs: (you will see 100s-1000s of jobs Active but they really 
complete) This EEB fixes that 
issue:https://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=contentid=TECH203521
 Justin. From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu 
[mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Dwayne Adams
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:52 PM
To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Post upgrade 7.5.0.5 issues? Hello, I am starting to 
plan for a 7.5 upgrade from 6.5.6 in an environment that I am consulting at for 
the next few months.  Has anyone run into any major bugs or issues with 7.5.0.5 
after the upgrade?  I am running Windows x64 as my master with multiple NDMP 
filers and no media servers. Thanks, Dwayne Adams   
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Apple xsan backups

2007-08-31 Thread Dwayne Adams
Hello,

Is anyone using Backup Exec or Netbackup to backup a Apple Xsan?  Please
share the details of your setup.  Do you use a StoreNext on another machine
to plug your backup server into the shared file system..etc.  I have been
tasked with developing a backup solution.  I would like to build on our
existing Symantec backup infrastructure...


Thanks in advance.


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Re: [Veritas-bu] Reg: update MP4 patch to multiple client at a time

2007-08-30 Thread Dwayne Adams
Hello,

What are others doing to backup Xserver/Xraid with Netbackup or Backup Exec?
Are there any options for LAN free backups?

Thanks in advance.


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Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP Multiplexing?

2007-08-30 Thread Dwayne Adams
I think NDMP v5 has multiplexing in the design spec.

http://www.ndmp.org/info/ndmp_mission.shtml


-Dwayne Adams


On 8/30/07 2:07 PM, Darren Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 NONDMP is never multiplexed...only one stream to a tape drive at a
 time.=20
 
 True for NDMP storage units (tapes attached to an NDMP host).  I don't
 believe there's a way to ask an NDMP host to multiplex to a local drive,
 Netbackup or otherwise.
 
 ...with NetBackup...
 
 (There are products that multiplex NDMP images together.)
 
 Can NetBackup not multiplex NDMP-Remote jobs (NDMP streams to a standard
 Media Manager storage unit)?  I had just assumed that since it's the
 Media Manager talking to the tape, the contents of the stream would be
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Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP Performance

2007-08-21 Thread Dwayne Adams
Hello,

I tested changing the block size using these settings with Onstor filers
and came up empty.  I matched block size changes on the filer with
SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS_NDMP.  Every test of changing the block size resulted
in I/O errors.  In the end NDMP performance seems to be highly dependent
on the performance of the underlying file system you are backing up
along with NDMP throttling to guarantee a certain level of performance
for the users accessing the data during the backup.  I have also read
that you don't have the 64k limit in Windows if you use the VERITAS
drivers.

-Dwayne Adams
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David
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP Performance

Good idea,

From the unix world myself, however we have overcome the blocksize
limit
on our windows media servers with Microsoft KB907418.

2003 SP1 I presume

Anyhow I think they have now bundled the fix into the next SP release
and is therefore not available for download. I have a copy of the fix if
you need it.

Dave



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I put in a call to Symantec Tech Support on this, given that its not
documented anywhere and the tech indicated this is the write to tape
block size.  So given that your tape drive can handle it, setting this
as high as 256KB can net you performance improvements.  I however am on
Windows, so 64K seems to be it for me.

-Jonathan 

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I was under the impression that if the drives are directly attached
there is not a lot that can be done from an NBU point of view.

If you are running a 3 way scenario then the touch file could possibly
make a difference, I seem to remember from the past that if you are in a
3 way setup you can change the way the NDMP mover agent starts with
regard to buffers.

Dave

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Boyle
Sent: 21 August 2007 04:06
To: Martin, Jonathan; Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NDMP Performance

The answer may depend on what device is at the other end of NDMP. 
I was told that with NetApp NDMP that changing the buffer did not change
performance due to the way that the WAFL filesystem handled things. 
It would be interesting to revisit this and see if they had made any
changes to enable larger buffers sizes improve performance. 

Some of the other NDMP devices with different filesystems may show an
improvement.

len

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin,
Jonathan
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 3:12 PM
To: Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NDMP Performance

Anyone know anything about the SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS_NDMP touch file?  Is
this even still valid?  I can't seem to find anything about it in NBU
documentation, just a reference in the archives of this mailing list.
Is this worth investigating as a performance enhancer for NDMP?

-Jonathan

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Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Exec Reporting

2007-08-06 Thread Dwayne Adams
Hello,

 

I just joined a new organization that uses Backup Exec 10d for backups
after working with Netbackup 4.5 - 6.0 for the last 4 years.  What are
others using to report on Backup Exec?  I have 4 BE sites and would
like to combine reporting for all locations.  

 

Thanks in advance

Dwayne Adams



 




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