[Veritas-bu] Clearing DSSU's.
Background: Solaris 10 master/media server with several filesystems mounted from SAN to act as DSSU's. Backups are done using cron initiated backup scripts, which call the applicable policy. Whe the policy is completed, another script dumps each DSSU to tape. Issue: Need to rebuild the filesystems hosting the DSSU's. Since these tapes are already backed up to tape, what do I need to do to purge all the images? begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:matthew.st...@us.fujitsu.com title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Upgrading NetBackup 6.0m4 to 6.5 [With a Twist]
Long ago, I started with NetBackup 3.4 running on a Enterprise 450 running Solaris 2.6 system. Over the years I've upgraded the OS to Solaris 8, and NetBackup to 4.5, then 5.1, and finally to 6.0mp4. Now I plan on taking several leaps, but am indecisive on how to take them. One leap, is from 6.0mp4 to 6.5. A second leap is from the Enterprise 450 to a Enterprise T5220. A third leap is from Solaris 8 to Solaris 10. [This leap is tied to the change in platform, I won't be able to upgrade the E450 to Solaris 10 and the minimum OS for the T5220 is Solaris 10.] I have NetBackup in /usr/openv on the operating system disk. I have the catalog (/usr/openv/netbackup/db), as a volume I mount from my SAN. Now for the choice I have to make: 1) Do I install 6.0mp4 on the T5220. Mount the catalog on the T5220 test it out, and then upgrade when satisfied? 2) Do I upgrade the E450 to 6.5, test it out, install 6.5 on the T5220 and move over the catalog, test and roll it out? 3) Or will it be safe to just install 6.5 on the T5220, move over the 6.0 catalog, and run with it. And finally, any tools to migrate NetBackup from one host to another? are the policies defined in the catalog (/usr/openv/netbackup/db) or am going to have to record them by had, and recreate them from scratch? begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Any issues about moving NetBackup from Solaris 8 to Solaris 10?
I'm currently running NetBackup 6.0mp4 on a Solaris 8 server. I'm plan on moving it to a Solaris 10 server. Any issues if I run NetBackup within a container (zone)? On the Solaris 8 server, /usr/openv is a volume from my SAN. Any issue with moving the volume from my Solaris 8 server to the Solaris 10 server? What would be the proper process? (I'm concerned about keeping the openv and non-openv files in sync? Should I upgrade to 6.5 during the migration, or should I try sticking with 6.0mp4, and upgrade to 6.5 at a later date? begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] SUMMARY: jnbSA login screen to large
Found the source of my problem. Font conflicts. Although I am running NetBackup on a Solaris 8 server, I am managing it from a Windows XP workstation, using Xming as my X-Windows server. I had set Xming to use a Solaris 10 system as it's font server. Once I changed it to use a Solaris 8 system, the problem went away. PS: http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ PS: There is a known font quality issue on Solaris 8 systems, when displayed on non-Sun displays. Patch 117518-02 resolves this issue. Matthew Stier wrote: Platform: Solaris 8 (SPARC) NetBackup Version: 6.0mp4 Problem: Starting recently, when I start 'jnbSA' the initial login dialog box fills the screen, and only the open box icon on the left side is displaying. The entire right side is blank. No fields. No buttons. It appears that 'jnbSA' does not use standard geometry flags. I can resize on the panel, on startup, to recover the login fields. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] jnbSA login screen to large
Platform: Solaris 8 (SPARC) NetBackup Version: 6.0mp4 Problem: Starting recently, when I start 'jnbSA' the initial login dialog box fills the screen, and only the open box icon on the left side is displaying. The entire right side is blank. No fields. No buttons. It appears that 'jnbSA' does not use standard geometry flags. I can resize on the panel, on startup, to recover the login fields. begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] T2000 vaulting performance with VTL/LTO3
Same here. But I'm looking into replacing an UE450 with a T2 box. (T5120 or T5220) Conner, Neil wrote: Let us know how it goes - I'm looking at doing the same thing with a T2000. -Neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris_Millet Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 11:57 AM To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] T2000 vaulting performance with VTL/LTO3 Seems like that shouldn't be the case, but OK i'll try it. Our Qlogic rep states this adapter should be fully capable of 380MB/sec, full duplex, on both ports, simultaneously. "best in industry" And the T2000 is no slouch in the PCI-E department. +-- |This was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to [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 begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] clients in hosts files and forcing NICs to FULL
Yeap, Another conflict between Sun Microsystems and Cisco. What Cisco calls Channeling, Sun calls Trunking. http://www.sun.com/products/networking/ethernet/suntrunking/ Wilkinson, Alex wrote: > 0n Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:19:59AM +0200, Clem Kruger (C) wrote: > > >It is better to combine a number of 100MB cards using CISCO trunking, > >increasing the pipe size in that way. > > Trunking is a method used to carry traffic for multpile VLANS over a single > physical link. Aggregation (aka port channeling or etherchannel) is combining > multiple physical interfacess to increase bandwidth. > > -aW > > IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Australian Defence > Organisation and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the CRIMES > ACT 1914. If you have received this email in error, you are requested to > contact the sender and delete the email. > > > ___ > 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] clients in hosts files and forcing NICs to FULL
This is because you don't have the ports on the Cisco etherswitch configured correctly. If you turn off trunk and channel arbitration on the Cisco etherswitch (ie: set port host) Sun Microsystems servers and workstations connect without problem. I've proven this on nearly 200 Ultra-1, 2, 5, 10, 30, 60 and 450's. All with HME interfaces. Cisco has known about this for year. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/12.html Paul Keating wrote: That's cuz the old Sun HME stuff wouldn't autoneg worth a crap. ;o) That's the only stuff in my env that needs to be hardcoded. Paul begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard ___ Veritas-bu maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore senairo
Since your talking remote Windows servers, have you considered "NetBackup PureDisk Remote Office Edition"? It sounds like it fits your needs. Deiter Scott wrote: > I have been asked what we would plan to do if the following occurs. > > A restore is necessary at a remote site which contains a media server > while the network connection to the master server is not functional. > Waiting for the connection to be restored is not one of our options. > I'm assuming that some piece of the catalog data on the master is > necessary to perform the restore. > > We are using a solaris 9 master/media server at the main site. > The remotes are windows media servers. > We are running netbackup 5.1 mp 4. > > > > Scott Deiter > System Administrator > Hanover Direct, Inc. > Hanover, PA > Voice: 717-633-3298 > Fax: 717-633-3101 > > ___ > 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] Is this possible ....
Back in January, I replace my old SCSI attached tape library. I now have an Overland Storage NEO8000 with 6 drives, plus a REO9000 which is sliced into multiple 1TB partitions which I have mounted on my media server (Sun Microsystems Ultra Enterprise 450 running Solaris 8 and NetBackup 5.1mp5) to use as DSSU's. In the next two months, I will be switching from systems with direct attached drives, (which I backup over the network) to a full SAN. Do I continue as I have? Backing up the clients over the (1000Base-T) network? Can the DSSU partition be shared between the client and the media server, and client write directly to the DSSU, and the media server write it to tape? Can the media server mount the clients (SAN) volume, and back it up to the DSSU directly. (Although I see this option fought with backup management issues.) begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] DSSU/DSU experience
Ed is correct. Multiple Policies can be written to the same DSSU, however, the contents of a DSSU can only be copied to a single "Volume Pool". So you going to need at least a unique DSSU for each Volume Pool you want staged. In my environment, I have 5 Volume Pools. The first is a NAS, and can feed the LTO3 drives a full speed. (So it didn't make sense to stage them) The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, are databases held on three different servers, and are backed up across a gigabit backbone. Each of these have their own DSSU on the media server. Which is then copied it's own Volume Pool in the PTL. The 5th covers everything else. Nearly a dozen policies that backed up to two DSSU's, which feed a single Volume Pool. Ed Wilts wrote: On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 05:17:41PM -0400, Matthew Stier wrote: DSSU's do have their weaknesses. You are typically stuck with one-to-one ration between DSSU's and policies. This fit my needs, but for those with a multitude of policies to manage, I can see them having problems. We have a lot of policies using the same DSSUs and have not run into any issues with doing this. The only time we have dedicated DSSUs is for databases and that's to guarantee that their last backup is on DSSU for a restore. .../Ed begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: [Veritas-bu] DSSU/DSU experience
VTL licensing was based upon the number of drives, and has or will transition to capacity of the library. DSSU is a freebie included in NetBackup 5.x+. Shyam Hazari wrote: How does the veritas licensing works for DSSU and VTL ? As far as I know, VTL is based on capacity. Is their a licensing requirement for DSSU as well ? TIA -Shyam On 4/27/06, Matthew Stier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: With the recording speeds of todays tape drives, you have to put some kind of disk in front of them, to ensure you have a steady stream of data to record. Without it, your just going to wear out the drives, even faster than before. And no matter how fast tape drives get, they will never match the throughput of disk, and thus never match them, in reducing backup windows. I recently (January) replaced a six drive DLT7000 library with an Overland Storage NEO8000/REO9000 combination. The performance difference is dramatic. And with plenty of disk, in the second "D" in "D2D2T" the wear on the tape drives have been drastically reduced. It has taken 4 months to reach the 100 hours "milestone" of per-drive wear. Something I did on a weekly basis with the DLT7000's. I originally looked at the REO9000 with the intent to use it as a VTL, but (NetBackup) licensing costs, and the virtual media overhead I encountered, in that mode, I chose to simply slice it up onto 1 TB partitions, mount them on my media server (Sun Enterprise 450 running Solaris 8) and use them as Disk Storage Staging Units (DSSU). VTL's do have their strengths. Nearly a unlimited number of virtual drives; and by using smaller virtual media; a high flexibility in the allocation of disk amongst numerous policies. They are nearly the only solution in situations, where the disk staging on the media server is not an option. Many VTL manufacturers are also PTL manufactures, and often tightly couple their offering. Even to the point of staging data from disk to tape, outside the scope of the backup software. DSSU's do have their weaknesses. You are typically stuck with one-to-one ration between DSSU's and policies. This fit my needs, but for those with a multitude of policies to manage, I can see them having problems. Steven L. Sesar wrote: > We're in the process of rearchitecting our BUR infrastructure. The > most profound change will be the addition of disk storage, as we are > 100% tape, right now. We're considering a few different disk > technologies, such as VTL, DataDomain NAS heads, as well as > traditional DSU/DSSUs. > > I've heard anecdotal evidence that DSU/DSSU functionality in NBU 5.1 > is less-than-stellar. Would anyone care to share their overall > experience with disk storage? > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > > ___ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: [Veritas-bu] DSSU/DSU experience
With the recording speeds of todays tape drives, you have to put some kind of disk in front of them, to ensure you have a steady stream of data to record. Without it, your just going to wear out the drives, even faster than before. And no matter how fast tape drives get, they will never match the throughput of disk, and thus never match them, in reducing backup windows. I recently (January) replaced a six drive DLT7000 library with an Overland Storage NEO8000/REO9000 combination. The performance difference is dramatic. And with plenty of disk, in the second "D" in "D2D2T" the wear on the tape drives have been drastically reduced. It has taken 4 months to reach the 100 hours "milestone" of per-drive wear. Something I did on a weekly basis with the DLT7000's. I originally looked at the REO9000 with the intent to use it as a VTL, but (NetBackup) licensing costs, and the virtual media overhead I encountered, in that mode, I chose to simply slice it up onto 1 TB partitions, mount them on my media server (Sun Enterprise 450 running Solaris 8) and use them as Disk Storage Staging Units (DSSU). VTL's do have their strengths. Nearly a unlimited number of virtual drives; and by using smaller virtual media; a high flexibility in the allocation of disk amongst numerous policies. They are nearly the only solution in situations, where the disk staging on the media server is not an option. Many VTL manufacturers are also PTL manufactures, and often tightly couple their offering. Even to the point of staging data from disk to tape, outside the scope of the backup software. DSSU's do have their weaknesses. You are typically stuck with one-to-one ration between DSSU's and policies. This fit my needs, but for those with a multitude of policies to manage, I can see them having problems. Steven L. Sesar wrote: We're in the process of rearchitecting our BUR infrastructure. The most profound change will be the addition of disk storage, as we are 100% tape, right now. We're considering a few different disk technologies, such as VTL, DataDomain NAS heads, as well as traditional DSU/DSSUs. I've heard anecdotal evidence that DSU/DSSU functionality in NBU 5.1 is less-than-stellar. Would anyone care to share their overall experience with disk storage? Thanks, Steve ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
[Veritas-bu] Partitioning a Overland Storage NEO-8000
Anyone in this group, familiar with the Overland Storage NEO-8000 and it's virtual library (ie: partitioning) capability. I am running NetBackup 5.1, and have tried partitioning my NEO-8000, however, every time I attempt this, I loose little things, like being unable to eject media. I do have Overland Storage working on the problem, but I want to see if anyone in the group has run into the same problem. begin:vcard fn:Matthew Stier n:Stier;Matthew org:Fujitsu Network Communications;CAE adr:Sixth Floor;;Two Blue Hill Plaza;Pearl River;NY;10965;USA email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Principal Engineer tel;work:845-731-2097 tel;fax:845-731-2011 tel;cell:845-893-0575 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
