[Veritas-bu] VMWAre and Hyper-V backup and recovery; plus Solaris..strategies and approaches???
Hello What product mix and configurations are being used to backup and restore/recovery VMware and Hyper-V systems. How are folks setting up in order to provide for individual file recovery and entire open-hot images? Client per machine or physical, host, other product mixes? My focus has been on Windows OS, but, what strategies are also being used relative to Solaris VM capabilities? Thanks. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Could you read my tape? I threw it out my car accidentally and you caught it. BackupExec/Netbackup
If I lost a tape - say SDLT or LTO-x - that was written with Backexc 9.0 and someone on this forum found ithad the write hardware...and either a version of BackupExec 9 or greater, or, an instance of Netbackup.could you read my tape? The tape is non-encrypted. Could you read that tape with the "ntbackup" iteration on a plain jane Windows XP workstation given hardware was available? Could you do it if the tape was encrypted --- and had as long as necessary to attempt to crack the encryption. Thanks. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] I miss NBU!
I had to switch to Legato Networker. I miss NBU! How much I miss Netbackup! Networker's client centric focus provides So much less functionality and flexibility that was one was appreciative for having. Any problem that I may have ever encountered with Netbackup was nothing compared to overall loss of use of the product. Just wanted to vent. Thank you for listening fellow Netbackup folks. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] SQL server alternate client restore - error 5 with bptm error. Help needed.
I'm trying to do a SQL database restore using NBU client and getting a server error 5. Client side logs show: <16> bpcd setup_sockopts: setsockopt 1 failed: h_errno 10022 Need advice/assistance on how to troubleshoot this. Sincerely, Jim Siano [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] nothing like last minute....are there any Daylight Savings Time issues with Netbackup? DST. DST.
Nothing like last minuteare there any Daylight Savings Time issues with Netbackup? I'm starting to get hit with all kinds of obscure application DST patches that came out of the woodwork. Just wondering? ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Perflib_perfdata_*.dat open files generating one code
I exclude Perflib_Perfdata_*.dat on each window's client exclude list via remote regedt entry. I have NBU 5.0 mp6 with VSP/OFO option activated. I think the key is getting the Underscore plus wild card. I didn't know you could exclude globally like I can with Legato Networker 7.3.1 One would never need these files in the recovery of machine in a disaster. What are you procedures for recovery of your machines? Today's Topics: 5. Windows Open File/ File exclusion question ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Message: 5 Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:40:11 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Veritas-bu] Windows Open File/ File exclusion question To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] m.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Running NBU 5.1 MP5. I have a number of W2k clients and some 2003 clients that consistently get status 1 for backup. I have excluded these files from backup but NBU still tries to back them up and fails. The files that cannot be backed up or skipped are: C:\WINNT\system32\Perflib*.* I have defined the exclude list to skip these files for "All Schedules" and "All Policies". C:\winnt\system32\perflib*.* perflib* Anyone seen this before? Vincent Mase Perot Systems ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Can someone help me find if there is a client for NBU 5.0 MP6 for windows!! Attack of systemstate failure again.
Hello folks I'm loosing my mind to see if there is a newer windows client For 5.0. I install 5.0GA right now and can't find anything newer for 5. My master is running 5.0 MP6. I can find security patches for mp6 but It appears only to be for a master server. My clients won't update it. The thing I install now has to be several years old now. I'm looking for a simple *.exe that will do the trick Ultimately why: Many of my windows boxes with 5.0Ga client on them just hand on SYSTEM STATE on tons of machines. One system state job will tie up a physical drive for hours and hour and hours with requeues. I can't exclude System state from the class. I have over a 100 windows machines in a couple of classes and I have to do ALL-DRIVEs in policy. Why: because many of my machines have all kinds of different drive letters and they change from time to time. Without ALL DRVIEs I have chance of not capturing something in a backup. I'm hoping a newer client will stop the failure of the SYSTEM_STATE. IF I run SYSTEM_STATE only in a manual on demand backup -- it backs up fine. It's only when it in a class and trying to multistream with the other drive letters. Please help...at least find me the exact path (http or ftp) of a newer 5.0 MP6 client if one exists. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] System State backup failure revisited -- did anyone get any answer
Hello: When I run a class full of Windows 2003 servers on the weekend, I get multiple severs with a failed SYSTEM_STATE job. I then rerun them manually (system state stream) and everything comes through fine. Only when scheduled do these things intermittently bomb out -- but not all hosts. In search of this forum's archives, I see other people had the same problem but no resolution is provided in follow up threads. Class is set to capture ALL DRIVES and multistreaming is set. My system is NBU 5.0 MP6. My wintel clients are client 5.0GA. I have searched the Veritas downloads site for a corresponding NBU 5.0 MP6 32-bit client but search was futile. Please advise -- but not directly to my emailbut to the forum Please help. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Are the archives of these postings still online somewhere?
Are the archives of these postings still online somewhere? I used to be able to hit a web site and browse the threads as opposed to saving a scad of daily emails. Thanks Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] looking for latest Windows NBu client downloads......
I'm looking for the support web page on Veritas for the latest windows clients to download. Need help. I want to make sure I have the latest wintel client for NBU 5.0 MP6. My system states keep timing out on backup but everything else captures fine. Not sure what else to do at this point. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Netbackup 5 to 6: deal or no deal
Netbackup 5.0 mp6 to 6.x mpX Are there really outstanding, compelling features or reasons to move from NBU 5 to 6? Unix master backing up unix/wintel variants. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] AIT-4: deal or no deal.
Has anyone had similar bad experiences with AIT-4 tape drives? I've had the need to replaced failed ones quite often. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Dual processors: deal
I wouldn't sell your self short: get dual processors, true raid, hotspare, copper gigabit. Your backup system is too important to penny pinch and is the first domino that needs to be stood up in a disaster. >From what I've seen Veritas software purchasing comes in Tiering with the same price for 1-2 processors; next tier for 2-4, etc. How much money are you really going to save? In one year (or less) or backup environment may grow and you'll end up needing more processing power. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Legato vs NBu
I've been using NBU 5.1 and below for several years. I'm brand new to NW. Just had a training class in NW 7.3. My shop will need to use both for several reasons. >From what I seen thus far -- and I'll try not to be an NBU bigot -- is that the NBU interface is one package and easier to use. NW 7.3 interfaces are separate tools and are clumsy. Perhaps I'll be less clumsy with time. NBU appears to be more master server centric and NW more client focused. One really great thing about NW 7.3 is the ability to set a complete exclude list at the "master" server as opposed to each client. I don't know how many registries I've had to change by hand or at the client options on the master. Both products indeed have +/- are each have weakness/strengths. I believe cost is relatively the same. NW licensing is cumbersome and can lead to confusion but locks licenses to node. Veritas tracks licenses but holds you to an honor system. NBU you need to track each client somehow on a spreadsheet as not to go over your legal limit. I'll end up backing up my Legato NSR "master" server with my NBU system and vice versa for best of both worlds. AS long as each product helps to get lost files and systems back, I'm happy as an IT, Business Continuity/DR guy. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] import an expired media: invalid media pool. help!
Hello. I have a tape that I need to try to get files from; however, the media date expired: The tape is loaded in my robotic. The tape was moved to the scratch pool by the automatic scheduling. My first error message was invalid media pool. I changed the media pool from scratch to a general use pool. My second error message was INF= found no images matching the selection criteria that were ready for phase 2 import. I attempt to do an import of the media but am spinning my wheels: (NBU 5.0) Action: import from CATALOG choice menu. Master and media server are one in the same. I know the approximate weekend the tape was used and I know what hosts were on the tape. I was working a restore from the tape but then Business conditions halted the action. I did however write lock the tape. I have about 6 tapes that I need to do this for. The images on the tapes are all related to a SQL application backup. I need some advice on if I’m doing this correctly. Sincerely, Jim ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] RE......simple test restore
Bob: If I had pick one file to that type of task, it would be some innocuous default picture in "all users" profile. Or, I would go after the lmhosts.sam file that is in %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etcThe sample file has no bearing on operation as it is just a sample. The only thing you need to watch in all this is the location of the system root. WindowsNT, 2000 and 2003 have different paths for the system root (e.g C:\winnt; c:\windows). Good luck at restoring 1000 hosts. I'd be more concern with the overall restore of the box and associated process: what is yours? JCS From: "Bob Stump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2006/08/18 Fri AM 09:11:14 EDT To: Subject: [Veritas-bu] massive test restores I want to do a very simple test restore to ALL of my clients (over 1,000). I will bprestore /etc/issue to /tmp on all UNIX boxes. What file would be good to use on widows servers 2000/2003? And what restore folder could I use for them? ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] cumulative incremental - best to use: when?
At one time I used cumulative inc. for just about everything; however, then the realization that is was eating up tape galore. Would cum.incr. be more advantageous for certain situations. I was thinking in one case a database system called DOORS. It generates thousands of small files changing each day. The system has no export capability in order to restore one big blob--at least in the world I support. If I had two restore a doors db, then I'd could theoretically have to pick and choose hundreds of files if not thousands to get things back. Would cum.incr. be the best approach that specific endeavor. Or where else would it be best used overall from those on the list using that formula? ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Is there a similar email forum for Legato Networker....I know this is sacra religious
Hello. I know this is sacra religious but is there a similar email forum for Legato Networker software. I'm now supporting both in my current world and would like to tap a similar resource. Thanks jim ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] MS SQL restore - master client vs. client side restore
Hello. Running NBU 5.0. Have some wintel clients with SQL agent installed. Is is true that the SQL restore using the agent can only be done client side and not form the NBU master console? Also the issue I ran into, was that the DBA performing the restore had to run restore jobs and then kill them off to give the tape number needed for the restore. I then have to retrived said tapes from off site. Is there a better way using the native NBU master gui to perform this function or do SQL installs require them to be done from the master client. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] System State Windows 2003 just taking "forever"
Anyone experienced a System State job stream that seems to just take forever on certain hosts? I can run the job manually on demand with no problem but sometime the scheduled job takes forever. The other partitions seem to be captured normally. Just random system states just go on and on and on like the energizer bunny killing a tape drive during critical window. jcs ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Unix Master, Windows Media server possible?
Hello: Can one have a Unix master and a Windows 200x media server? Wasn't sure if I could have that combo. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Windows 2003 Recovery Procedure - RFC
Hello: My recovery procedure is as follows for a restoration of a wintel box. Please RFC. I do not use Bare Metal product, ghost, Acronis or any other layer: 1. provide similar hardware including array controller 2. rebuild fresh OS -- without service packs! 3. during setup create a local account called Recover and assign password (in case OS goes goofy). 4. do not join to any domain - yet. Standalone workgroup mode 5. ensure TCP and DNS connectivity to the Netbackup host 6. install Netbackup client - latest should suffice. 7. reboot. 8. do a test restore of a single file from the master server. This validates NBU operations, network, etc. 9. Fire in the hole: restore system state, all file systems as necessary. Overwrite active files option should be chosen. Exclude from restore the following files for optimization if files exist on the initial load a. C:\Cmdcons (if exist) b. C:\documents and settings\administrator c. C:\boot.bak d C:\boot.ini e. Cmldr f. Config.sys g. Dossa_setup.log h. Sossa_unisntall i. iO.sys j. msdos.sys k. System volume information from any partition l. C:\program files\common\veritas\netbackup.dll; grasbt.dll; sigcomp2io.dll m. c:\windows\system32\drivers\vsp.sys n. Pagefile.sys (if on backup image) o. C:\program files\veritas\netbackup 10. reboot. 11. test. 12. apply any service patches, fixes as necessary. I've been fairly successful with this method. Please comment and critique. Sincerely, Jim Siano, sysadmin Lockheed Martin / Enterprise Information Systems Moorestown, New Jersey site Phone: 856.722.4783 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.motown.lmco.com/~jsiano (internal to LMCO) https://lmco.cdrs.ldrps.com/ldrpsweb/ldrps.asp Disaster Recovery ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] NBU: small office WAN config - deal? or no deal?
Hello: Deal or no deal? Or should I say - remote media server or no remote media server? I've got an instance of NBU 5.0 mp3 doing backup chores for a good bevy of Windows and Unix machines pretty much limited to a relatively close WAN all attached to main fiber backbone. One Master /media media server combo attached to a Qualstar AIT4 robotic. However, I've got odd ball machine is multiple router hops away in another state and another part of the country -- on a relatively shared, slow link. Backup times because on the host at this location to the Qualstar are way more than they should be that and causes a tape drive to be tied up. The entire window suffers. Would it make any sense to place a small tape device at the remote site and install a local media server? (DEAL) I'm think, the main NBU instance in my data center would do all the controlling/tracking/scheduling but without the overhead of pulling the data across the wire to the local robotic. I have another remote office with about 4 wintel boxes that could take on the same notional scheme. My other option (NO DEAL) would to put standalone Backup Exec instances at each of the remote sites and have all local tape and scheduling/controlling. The remote offices don't have dedicated IT support staff. I'm hoping I could put everything under one Netbackup umbrella. Let me know your thoughts. Deal or no deal. Sincerely, Jim Siano, sysadmin Lockheed Martin / Enterprise Information Systems Moorestown, New Jersey site Phone: 856.722.4783 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.motown.lmco.com/~jsiano (internal to LMCO) https://lmco.cdrs.ldrps.com/ldrpsweb/ldrps.asp Disaster Recovery ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
