Re: [Veritas-bu] REQUIRED_INTERFACE, anyone using private backup networks?

[veritas netbackup]

As per my understanding , its not the problem of the entry
"required_interface" in bp.conf , it seems to be the issue with the
interface issue at OS level , trying communicating the client interface with
the media /master , if this works your issue will be resolved ..

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 5:22 AM, deasnutz wrote:

> Anybody have working experience on the "require_network" or
> "required_interface" functionality?
>
> Our clients/media servers have a private network to traverse. Master is not
> connected (different site) however...v7.1.
>
> Thanks!
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[Veritas-bu] Assistance require (stats_report in ACSLS )

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Hello ,

I have found in one of your tech note that you have suggested a report
"stats_report in ACSLS " . Can you help me to configure the same in my
environment , currently i am using ACS 7.1.0 . Also not sure if it is
getting generated , so require exact path where these reports are getting
generated . Can you please assist me for this task .

Regards,
Deepak Gore
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Does anyone use their own scripts to eject tapes?

[netbackup]

Try adding:
-abort_ie 
to prevent the need for CTRL-C.

Regards,

Patrick


Kelley, Travis wrote:
> /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmchange -res -multi_eject -rn $robotnum -rt $robottype 
-rh $robothost -ml $tapeid -single_cycle 


Hi,

I wonder what the "single_cycle" do in your command? I've search in the man 
page, without finding anything related to that switch?

Usually when i do multi_eject, i do like (notice the -w, it is a must!)::
vmchange -res -multi_eject -w -verbose -rn $robotnum -rt robottype -rh 
robothost -ml TAPE001:TAPE001

But i do have to press CTRL-C after the "(press  to continue)".  If i 
press return, the tapes are put back into the library instead.

I hear that there is a way to avoid pressing CTRL-C, witch is useful in a 
script.  But i can't remember?

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Re: [Veritas-bu] Alert! Backups may not be running

[netbackup]

I have had this problem at more than one site and with more than one version of 
NetBackup, which is why I wrote a Perl script to check every morning to make 
sure everything ran. The script is NOT perfect and would need customization for 
each site, but if anyone is interested let me know.

Regards,

Patrick Whelan


Maybe it's not an isolated problem after all.  In my case it was not an
entire policy with the problem, it was certain clients within policies
that were not running.  Other clients in those policies were running OK.

I too was able to initially get them to run again by copying them to
other policies.

Jim Tageson

Netbackup Administrator

BayCare Health System

Phone: 727-467-4586

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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Alert! Backups may not be running

This is actually something which happens to me quite regularly so i 
believe symantec need to take notice of it.

My case is slightly different in that i have a number of policies for 
different SSO Media servers.

Out of the blue one of the policies does just not schedule to run yet no

change has been made to it.

A manual backup works fine yet still no scheduled backup works.

The only way i have been able to get around it is this :-

Copy the policy to a new name
Delete the old policy
Copy the new name policy back to the original name
Delete the new name policy.

I'd like to know why this happens too as as you say its not picked up in

the activity monitor.

I have it on my list to check that my report script has a known list of 
clients and to alert if any of them are not present in the daily report.

This i have not yet gotten around to doing though.

Cheers


Tageson, Jim wrote:
>
> We uncovered a situation recently where some client backups in 
> scheduled policies were not running at all. These clients were in 
> active policies with several other clients which were running just 
> fine. We discovered a total of 4 clients in 2 policies which were just

> not running their backups at all. Other clients in these 2 policies 
> were being scheduled as expected. We went for 19 days without backups 
> running on these 4 clients. Since they never were scheduled, there 
> were obviously no errors in Netbackup at all and we didn't know we had

> a problem until someone requested a restore and we saw no backups had 
> run. We opened a ticket with Symantec and they have escalated it to 
> the highest level. The problem was finally resolved by a recycle of 
> the Netbackup daemons, but no cause has been determined due to lack of

> log files during the time of the problem.
>
> Symantec believes the policies somehow got corrupted and they believe 
> this is an isolated issue and probably will not occur again. However 
> if you are not monitoring to see if all your scheduled backups are 
> actually running, you will never know you have a problem.
>
> This is just to alert other users of this issue and to urge them to 
> make sure that this is not a widespread problem.
>
> We are currently running Netbackup 6.0MP6 on an AIX master server.
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Command to Produce client and version

[netbackup]

Try the bpcoverage command


Hello All,

Does anyone know which command and flags to use to produce a list
Of clients and the version of netbackup they are running from the
command line?

I want to produce something similar to Host Properties > Clients >
Properties
With less fields.

Using netbackup 6.0
Windows Master

Thanks
Todd


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[Veritas-bu] NDMP Backups

[netbackup]

All,

Has anyone ever heard of a folder/sub-directory that would not backup? On one 
of the file systems on a Celerra all the folders on either side of the folder 
having a problem, backup with no problems, but the troubled directory backups 
nothing. This is and NDMP backup.

Environment:
NetBackup 6.5.1
EMC Celerra NDMP NAS head
EML Tape Library
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Re: [Veritas-bu] tpautoconf -a -v ... ?

[netbackup]

There are documented if you do a tpautoconf -Q :)

Hi all,

Erm, just wondering if anyone knows why "-a" and "-v" are not documented in
tpautoconf(1m) ? Are they meant to be hidden options ?

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Re: [Veritas-bu] STN

[netbackup]

It appears to be working now. Thanks for the reply though. I was begining to 
think nobody read my emails. :)


Not just you Patrick, still having issues myself altho' I note that some are 
successfully using the forum.

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[Veritas-bu] STN

[netbackup]

Has anyone else had trouble connecting to STN. I have been trying since Friday 
with no luck. It worked before for many months, but now it is failing. Before I 
go digging to deep I'd like to know if anyone else is having the same problem. 
:)

Regards,

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Re: [Veritas-bu] bpimagelist option LIST_ALL_COPIES

[netbackup]

Oops, I should have tried Mr Cheney's suggestion first, it works. So it is not 
a bug, but a documentation error. The man page does indeed show what you were 
trying to run.

 Hello,
 
Has anyone this bpimagelist option? The commandline reference says this;
 
LIST_COMPLETE_COPIES - Do not report fragments of a duplicate copy that is 
still in process.
 
The command i try to use is bpimagelist -option LIST_COMPLETE_COPIES
 
I cannot get this command to work while other options do work. Any experiences 
out there?
 
Thanks
 

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Re: [Veritas-bu] bpimagelist option LIST_ALL_COPIES

[netbackup]

Looks like a bug. All the other options seem to work.

 Hello,
 
Has anyone this bpimagelist option? The commandline reference says this;
 
LIST_COMPLETE_COPIES - Do not report fragments of a duplicate copy that is 
still in process.
 
The command i try to use is bpimagelist -option LIST_COMPLETE_COPIES
 
I cannot get this command to work while other options do work. Any experiences 
out there?
 
Thanks
 

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[Veritas-bu] Fixed (not resolved) RE: (0) TRANSIENT (IDL:omg.org/CORBA/TRANSIENT:1.0)

[netbackup]

Well, we did the three finger salute (remember it's a windoze box), and now 
everyting is working. I did work with Symantec for over an hour and learned 
many new things, but in the end the reboot fixed it.

Thanks for all the replies.

Regards,

Patrick


Call support again and raze the case to severity 1 (server down). You will
speak with a tech immediately
stefanos

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After waiting 4 hours for Symantec to call back on a sev 1 problem I decided
I would ask the real experts. Has anyone seen the above message and do you
have a clue as to what it might mean. All I can find is that it might be
related to PBX, but bpxcfg returns what it is supposed to and the service
shows it's running. This is on a windows 2003 server. vxlogview -o 103 show
that is trying to proxy to nbpem, but fails, and there is only one nbproxy
running. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Regards,

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[Veritas-bu] (0) TRANSIENT (IDL:omg.org/CORBA/TRANSIENT:1.0)

[netbackup]

After waiting 4 hours for Symantec to call back on a sev 1 problem I decided I 
would ask the real experts. Has anyone seen the above message and do you have a 
clue as to what it might mean. All I can find is that it might be related to 
PBX, but bpxcfg returns what it is supposed to and the service shows it's 
running. This is on a windows 2003 server. vxlogview -o 103 show that is trying 
to proxy to nbpem, but fails, and there is only one nbproxy running. Any help 
would be greatly appreciated.


Regards,

Patrick
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[Veritas-bu] bperror -backstat command

[netbackup]

NetBackup 6.5.1 on Windows 2003
Does anyone know why bperror –backstat –hoursago 900 does not generate a list 
for all clients? I run the command and approximately 5 clients don’t appear in 
the list, even though others in the same policy running at the same time do 
show up.

Regards,

Patrick

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Re: [Veritas-bu] Some clients in a policy do not start

[netbackup]

Thanks, will do when the manual backups finish. What exactly is the STREAMS 
file for?

Regards,

Patrick

Delete the \netbackup\db\images\\STREAMS file
If you run 6.0.6 the file is STREAMS

stefanos

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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Some clients in a policy do not start

Has anyone seen the case where one client in a policy will start when
scheduled, but the other two will not. I have copied the policy to a new
name and then back. I waited over the weekend to be sure no manual backup
was interfering with the backup. The schedules are calendar based. The
clients are all Windows 2003. This is a normal backup (not database or
exchange, etc). Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Regards,

Patrick
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Some clients in a policy do not start

[netbackup]

Sorry. NBU 6.5.1. If I run the backup manually they work fine.



On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Has anyone seen the case where one client in a policy will start when 
scheduled, but the other two will not. I have copied the policy to a new name 
and then back. I waited over the weekend to be sure no manual backup was 
interfering with the backup. The schedules are calendar based. The clients are 
all Windows 2003. This is a normal backup (not database or exchange, etc). Any 
help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
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What version of NetBackup?
Are both clients contactable?

Justin.
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Some clients in a policy do not start

[netbackup]

One of the "clients" that doesn't start, is the master server.


reinstall the client software perhaps? on the clients that do not start.

Simon 

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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Some clients in a policy do not start

Has anyone seen the case where one client in a policy will start when
scheduled, but the other two will not. I have copied the policy to a new
name and then back. I waited over the weekend to be sure no manual
backup was interfering with the backup. The schedules are calendar
based. The clients are all Windows 2003. This is a normal backup (not
database or exchange, etc). Any help or suggestions would be
appreciated.

Regards,

Patrick
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[Veritas-bu] Some clients in a policy do not start

[netbackup]

Has anyone seen the case where one client in a policy will start when 
scheduled, but the other two will not. I have copied the policy to a new name 
and then back. I waited over the weekend to be sure no manual backup was 
interfering with the backup. The schedules are calendar based. The clients are 
all Windows 2003. This is a normal backup (not database or exchange, etc). Any 
help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Regards,

Patrick
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Re: [Veritas-bu] "FREEZING media id ..." messages goingsomewhere otherthan bptm logs?

[netbackup]

I take it the reports->media logs is what you want either? Filter on 
description containing frozen.

 
Scott, I think you missed the point of my question. You just told me how to 
find the output of bpmedialist in the GUI (which I knew, and also don't care 
about).
 
I know which tapes are frozen and I know exactly where they are. I'm looking 
for log files from the process that froze them which, under NBU 5.x and below, 
was always bptm (when freezing occured during the course of normal backups or 
duplications).
 
In this case, I have 3 tapes frozen and no record in the bptm logs.
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Radian Group Inc, Unix/Linux/VMware Sysadmin / Backup & Recovery
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 215 231 1556 
 

From: Scott Jacobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:10 AM
To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; Rosenkoetter, Gabriel
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] "FREEZING media id ..." messages goingsomewhere 
otherthan bptm logs?



Gabriel,
 
You can now see it in the GUI/JAVA console interface along with the traditional 
command line filtering.. Look under Media and Device Management, Media, 
Robots.  Under layout there is "Media Status" that can be shown that will give 
you the status.  You can filter, sort and what I was pleased to find, the 
ability to "freeze or unfreeze" the media from the GUI.
 
-sj

>>> "Rosenkoetter, Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/29/2008 8:28 AM >>>
Is there a shiny new additional location to go rooting for the cause
when media is frozen under 6.x? (Specifically: 6.5.1 on HP-UX.)

I know that the bptm logs still get this some of the time, but I've got
three tapes frozen in the last week (I think, all at the same time
because of a robot failure, but I wasn't in town, so I want to be
certain) and nary a mention of any in bptm's logs.

Is this now buried in that vxul mess somewhere?

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Re: [Veritas-bu] FYI - Symantec made a change to theirFTP(nolongerallows list)

[netbackup]

 The progression of NetBackup:

CDC --> OpenVison - Good (Nice small company)
OpenVision <--> Veritas - Good (Still nice small company)
SeagateSoftware --> Veritas - So So (Large company 10x increase)
Veritas --> Symantec - Bad. (Very Large company)

What's next? Symantec --> Micro$oft - Catastrophic!! (World Domination?)

Regards,


 


Or get rid of the FTP and move ontosomething like SCP/SFTP or even RSYNC that 
both requires users to login withassigned accounts AND encrypts their precious 
software so they don’t havethe risk of download stream being compromised.
 
However, I personally don’t buy thisargument.   There are thousands of 
customers out there – how exactly dothey prevent any one of them from 
surreptitiously putting their software outthere for others once they’ve gotten 
it.  Note that I’m notsuggesting this be done and am not a proponent of 
software piracy but I reallythink this is a specious argument.  In point of 
fact most people requiresupport of the product so just pirating it isn’t going 
to get them much.   Forcommercial products like NBU the lion’s share of revenue 
is in supportrather than software sales.
 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin, Jonathan
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:09AM
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] FYI -Symantec made a change to their 
FTP(nolongerallows list)
 
I definitely think your sales team shouldbe giving you some sort of response to 
this.  But its not like Symantecisn't listening.  We know from posts here (and 
I actually got a phone callonce) that they are making changes where they can to 
accommodate us. However, this public FTP thing has got to die.  I support a 
number ofsoftware titles and no one in the industry posts public FTP or HTTP 
copiesof their softwares unless its a DEMO.  Its just too easy now days 
todownload a key from some crack website and plug that into the software 
youFTPd.  To be honest, I'm not surprised Symantec didn't do thisearlier.  They 
need to protect their intellectual property frompiracy.  End of story.
 
But to your points, their website is apain in the butt compared to FTP and 
someone here even said the website didn'twork for large downloads (that 
sucks.)  There are obvious middle pointshere and we need to suggest those.
 
1) Login Accounts using our Symantec.comcredentials for FTP
2) A non-webscripted way to get to FTP andHTTP URLs of downloads we want 
(protected, of course)
3) Only post patches to the FTP publicsite (what use is stealing a patch?)
 
Its not like Symantec killed public FTPjust to piss everyone off.  And I don't 
know that they are going toreverse course.  So perhaps we can find some middle 
ground that meets boththeir needs and ours?
 
-Jonathan
 

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-dpeaco
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:15AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];Michael Graff Andersen
Cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] FYI -Symantec made a change to their FTP 
(nolongerallows list)
Unfortunately, Symantec isn’tlistening to anyone any more. We own and purchase 
a LOT of Netbackup, Legato,and Backup Express and we pushed all the way through 
our Netbackup Sales Repand support rep about the lack of tech support response 
as well as how poortheir website is to navigate to find ANYTHING worth while to 
include the awfulway of “hunting” for a flippin patch for Netbackup. Needless 
tosay…there’s been zero response from them in about a year now.
 

Thank You,
Dennis Peacock
EBCA
Acxiom Corporation
501-342-6232 (office)
 


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Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:32PM
To: Michael Graff Andersen
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] FYI -Symantec made a change to their FTP (no 
longerallows list)
 

This is terrible, I have always used the FTP to get MPs, etc because Ineed them 
for multiple platforms and it is much easier to queue everything upin  than using the website and getting eachone individually. 

ALSO,I find the Symantec site EXTREMELY painful to use, the search function 
isalmost unusable, nothing seems organized; this is terrible news. :'-(

I have been using Google to find technotes for netbackup using the 
followingurl: (searches seer.entsupport.symantec.com for "netbackup" 
andanything within the past month) 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aseer.entsupport.symantec.com+netbackup&as_qdr=m





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Re: [Veritas-bu] Command Line for Master Server Properties

[netbackup]

Try bpgetconfig
 looking for x64 NBU 5.1 Client

Windows environment and I meant I wasn’t able to rdp or remotelylogin and take 
a look.  I wanted him to pipe the results to a txt file andemail them to me.  I 
thought about screen shots but there are so many tabs I thoughtthat would take 
a while.


 


From: Jeff Lightner[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:46 AM
To: Randy Samora; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Command Line for Master Server Properties


 


What kind of client?


 


On UNIX/Linux all the policy information is 
under/netbackup/db/class/.   Thefiles there are ascii 
text.   He could send those to you.


 


Also not sure why you’re saying he can only send “text”.  Somemail filters 
complain about things that don’t have a .txt suffix but you canadd that to 
anything.  One thing you could do is pull up the informationin the GUI (on 
Windows).  Do a Ctrl-Print Screen then paste it into aMS-Word DOC and mail 
that.  If the mail filter blocked .doc files he couldsimply at .txt to the end 
of the name of the attachment.


 




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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Command Line for Master Server Properties


 


I’m a GUI GUY but I’m trying to help a friend troubleshoot hisNBU setup.  He 
made a change in the Master Server properties for VSP butthen all of his jobs 
ran 2 or 3 times last night even though they were successful. Immediately I 
thought “Frequency” but his policy is set for a 4 dayFrequency.  I want him to 
send me the Master Server Properties setting andthe only way for him to send it 
to me is in a text file.  What is thecommand line that will pipe that 
information for me?


 


Thanks,


Randy



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Re: [Veritas-bu] How to get capacity or type of tape media

[netbackup]

Try using the scan command:
scan or scan -tape or scan -changer
Example output (scan):

Device Name  : ""
Passthru Name: ""
Volume Header: ""
Port: 2; Bus: 0; Target: 1; LUN: 0
Inquiry    : "HP  EML E-Series    1222"
Vendor ID  : "HP  "
Product ID : "EML E-Series    "
Product Rev: "1222"
Serial Number: "GB80606W91"
WWN      : ""
WWN Id Type  : 0
Device Identifier: ""
Device Type    : SDT_CHANGER
NetBackup Robot Type: 8
Removable  : Yes
Device Supports: SCSI-5
Number of Drives : 8
Number of Slots  : 230
Number of Media Access Ports: 15
Drive 1 Serial Number  : "HU10552GGW"
Drive 2 Serial Number  : "HU10552GGD"
Drive 3 Serial Number  : "HU10552GGC"
Drive 4 Serial Number  : "HU10552GP3"
Drive 5 Serial Number  : "HU10716GAG"
Drive 6 Serial Number  : "HU10716GCK"
Drive 7 Serial Number  : "HU10716G9D"
Drive 8 Serial Number  : "HU10716G9Y"
Flags : 0x0
Reason: 0x0

Device Name  : "Tape2"
Passthru Name: "Tape2"
Volume Header: ""
Port: 2; Bus: 0; Target: 1; LUN: 1
Inquiry    : "HP  Ultrium 3-SCSI  L6CS"
Vendor ID  : "HP  "
Product ID : "Ultrium 3-SCSI  "
Product Rev: "L6CS"
Serial Number: "HU10552GGW"
WWN  : ""
WWN Id Type  : 0
Device Identifier: ""
Device Type    : SDT_TAPE
NetBackup Drive Type: 16
Removable  : Yes
Device Supports: SCSI-3
Flags : 0x0
Reason: 0x0


 
All,
I am trying to figure out how I can get the capacity or type of tape media from 
NetBackup. I don't see anywhere where I can get Raw Capacity of a tape, but see 
that bpmedialist does show density. The problem is that I am seeing hcart 
instead of DLT or LTO, etc I have also tried vmquery -a, but that doesn't 
show me enough detail.

Is there anyway to get the actual raw capacity or actual media type from 
NetBackup?
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[Veritas-bu] Error code 41

[netbackup]

Hello All,

Does anyone know where I might look to find out why SQL and Oracle backups fail 
with an error code 41, but the file system backup run successfully? NBU 6.5.1 
Windows.

Regards,

Patrick
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[Veritas-bu] Disregard - RE: bpdbjobs: cannot get retention levels on serversm-gblo-nm01

[netbackup]

Problem resolved. Misspelled "media" servers name. :(

All,

Has anyone seen the above error message? Does anyone have a clue as to its 
meaning?
Environment
Windoze
NBU 6.5.1

command executed from a "media" server:
bpdbjobs -most_columns -M master_server_name

Regards,

Patrick
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[Veritas-bu] bpdbjobs: cannot get retention levels on server sm-gblo-nm01

[netbackup]

All,

Has anyone seen the above error message? Does anyone have a clue as to its 
meaning?
Environment
Windoze
NBU 6.5.1

command executed from a "media" server:
bpdbjobs -most_columns -M master_server_name

Regards,

Patrick
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Manual Backup - can't see restore

[netbackup]

I believe the restore will work as long as you don't need the registry stuff, 
but I would certainly change the policy ASAP.

my £.02 worth.

Regards

Patrick

 
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Justin Piszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes you never want to do that.

Standard = for UNIX only.
 
VMS also uses the Standard policy type.
 
In general, though, you *MUST* back up Windows data with the Windows policy 
type.  Veritas put it in there for a good reason.  
 
   .../Ed
 




On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, lottojam wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> I just figured this out this morning... I did another backup last night of 
> the same box and I was unable to see it this morning for a restore.
>
> I then noticed that I had actually set the policy to be a standard policy 
> rather than a windows policy... as soon as I swithced, I was able to see the 
> data available for reatore.
>
> Is there any issues with backing up a windows box using a standard policy 
> rahter than a windowes policy?


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Re: [Veritas-bu] Policy to only start after previous policy completed(6 MP4)

[netbackup]

If you want the second policy to run only after the first, then create a USER 
schedule in the second policy, create a bpend_notify.firstpolicy script/bat/cmd 
file and have it call the second policy. Of course if what your looking for is 
maximum tape usage this will accomplish the exact opposite.

Good luck.

Patrick Whelan


Hi all,

In order to maximise the tape useage, I want to be able to have it so no matter 
what time Policy 1 finishes, Policy 2 will not start until Policy 1 is 
completed.

Is there a way to put a dependency on policies under 6.0 MP4?  

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Re: [Veritas-bu] Windows Master Server :(

[netbackup]

Ok, 37 clients (all windows except for the below mentioned UNIX) 12GB images 
folder.

My real concern is the horsepower of the box in relation to doing all the task 
and writting to 8 SSO LTO 3 drives. The amount of data is about 30TB for full 
backups and most of the windows boxes are file & print or exchange and some 
SQL. The UNIX boxes are Oracle.

Does this help?

As to the Linux comment, I would love to, but it's not up to me. If it were up 
to me it would be a Solaris box. :)

Regards,

Patrick


You failed to menton how many clients and how much you plan on backing up, 
that is probably the most important thing, then media servers, then master 
server.

Justin.

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Jeff Lightner wrote:

> If you're more comfortable with UNIX style OSes why not use the hardware
> to create a Linux master instead of a Windoze master?
>
> I gather there are several on the list using Linux for master servers.
> (We use HP-UX for our master.)
>
> I'm not sure the hardware below would be sufficient for a master though.
>
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> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Windows Master Server :(
>
> Not being a Windows  (you can fill in the blank)
> I would like to know your thoughts on the following configuration:
>
> Microsoft Windows Server 2003
> Standard x64 Edition
> Service Pack 2
>
> Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.60GHz
> 3.60GHZ, 5.93GB of RAM
>
> Proliant DL360 G4
>
> Is this powerful enough to be a master/media server with 8 LTO III
> drives and approximately 9 windows media servers 1 solaris and 2 hp-ux
> media servers all using the same 8 drives (4 in the case of HP-UX, but
> that's another story).
>
> ANY, help will be appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Regards,
>
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[Veritas-bu] Windows Master Server :(

[netbackup]

Not being a Windows  (you can fill in the blank)
I would like to know your thoughts on the following configuration:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Standard x64 Edition
Service Pack 2

Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.60GHz
3.60GHZ, 5.93GB of RAM

Proliant DL360 G4

Is this powerful enough to be a master/media server with 8 LTO III drives and 
approximately 9 windows media servers 1 solaris and 2 hp-ux media servers all 
using the same 8 drives (4 in the case of HP-UX, but that's another story).

ANY, help will be appreciated.

TIA

Regards,

Patrick
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[Veritas-bu] Backup Exec

[netbackup]

I'm sure this is not the right forum, but perhaps someon can point me in the 
right direction as I am a complete novice with Backup Exec.

How, from the windows command line, can I execute the bemcmd command on a 
remote server? 

If someone can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.

I have tried rsh and rexec.

Regards,

Patrick Whelan
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[Veritas-bu] Vault failure after upgrade from 6.0MP4 to 6.5.1

[netbackup]

Hello everyone,

Has anyone seen a problem when upgrading a windoze server running NBU 6.0MP4 to 
6.5.1. The problem we are seeing appears to be related to the catalog backup 
part of a vault schedule. We are getting an error that NBU cannot write to a 
log file. The odd thing is the "Program File" portion has a strange character 
after the "m". I cannot find a configuration file anywhere that uses this name, 
nor can I find an entry in the registry. I have exhausted my limited windoze 
knowledge and am hoping someone has seen this or something similar. All 
suggestions welcomed.

Regards,

Patrick Whelan
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Does NetBackup 6.0x support LTO-4 drives?

[netbackup]

I could also be wrong, but I thought 6.0MP4 and 6.5 were functionally 
equivilant (i.e. support the same hardware and OS).

Regards,

Patrick Whelan


Could be wrong here, but I thought LTO4 was supported from MP4 onwards? 

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Or is it necessary to upgrade to 6.5.x?

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[Veritas-bu] What's Best Practice for SSO in NBU 5.1

[Veritas NetBackup]

Anyone has good idea what's maximum  Number of  Media Server we can share
tape Drive using SSO.

I have seen SSO Drives Shared among 20 Media Servers, 35 and 45 Servers. I'm
just curious to know.

Khajan.
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[Veritas-bu] STK 9940 Drives Disapearing from Windows Server causing PEND-ACS

[Veritas NetBackup]

Greetings,

We have been seeing SSO Tape Drive Disappearing in Windows Media Server
running 5.1MP4 consistently. During backup Tape Drive loose connection to
Media Server and drive Disappear from Device Manger. When I Scan tape drive
through tpautoconfig -t ... I don't see drives.. Backup fail with 84
Semaphore Timedout.

Anyone ever faced this issue? Any insights are appreicated.

Cheers..
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Policy settings are reverting

[Veritas Netbackup]

Did you use...seprate consoles...! I mean did you change settings using the
windows console and now trying to view them using a java console. Get back
to using the console that you used to make the changes. I had problems in
this case.

Try verifying the settings using commands.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNAN

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> Hello all,
>
> I haven't been on this list for quite some time, but somehow I got pulled
> back into the fun world of NBU admin...  I'm working on a system that I
> haven't encountered before, so I'm not fully sure how it's configured yet,
> but I ran into something really screwy, and I'm having trouble finding out
> why.  The system is running NBU 5.0MP7, with only the one master and no
> media servers.
>
> I made changes to a number of policies that were set to "Allow multiple
> data streams" -- the amount of data didn't require it, so I cleared the
> checkbox.  I went back into the system today, and all the checkboxes I had
> cleared were repopulated.  However, when looking at the job activity, all of
> the jobs are acting properly (one data stream).  I tried clicking "OK"
> instead of "Cancel" on the policy, and the setting reactivated itself.
>
> Anyone know why these settings tried to revert?
>
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Re: [Veritas-bu] VTL and Tape or SnapVault.

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Pat,

What strategy are you planning for VTL to tape, thats where we had problems.
Vault takes long so you would need to have more physical drives or less data
to be vaulted.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNAN


On 7/27/07, Kenny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> I have a large NetApp environment and I am looking for a new strategy for
> backing up my filers. I am trying to decide between using SnapVault
> technology or a VTL with tape.
>
> I am fortunate to be able to replicate all my primary filers to a remote
> location. From there I want to protect the data. I have a 7 year retention
> policy for my data. I was thinking of protecting 14 days online, then only
> monthly's for 7 years.
>
> I rarely do restores and most of the data is  flat files.
>
> With SnapVault I am able to transfer data to NearStore. It takes an
> initial baseline copy, like a full backup, then it it would only "snap" the
> incremental changes at the block level. I am thinking that this would be
> very fast for daily backups and I could eliminate tape.
>
> The alternative would be to use my existing NetBackup software to backup
> each filer via NDMP to a VTL. From the VTL I would apply the same retention.
> 14 days in the VTL then monthly's to tape for 7 years.
>
> I do not have to takes tape offsite since I am the primary copy is 300
> miles away.
>
> So I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this. I am concerned
> with SnapVault since it is all disk and corruptions may happen. It also has
> a limitation of 251 snaps. That should not be a problem with my retention
> policy, but my requirements may change? Also what would happen if I lost the
> initial baseline copy, does that mean that all the incremental snaps are
> worthless?
>
> Unfortunately if I go with SnapVault, economically I will not be able to
> use tape or Netbackup, so at that point I would not have the security of
> tape.
>
> So VTL and Tape or SnapVault.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Newbie to Netbackup using VTL

[Veritas Netbackup]

I have tried answering a few of your questions.

On 5/13/07, dy018 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



Thanks for everyone input. But i'm still abit confuse.
Maybe who can help ans the following to let me have a better
understanding.

Let's say i have 100 LAN clients altogether in 4 locations backing up thru
their media servers in their repective locations and the NAS will backup
directly thru NDMP to the tape library. My requirement is to backup both LAN
clients and NAS to the VTL and from VTL to IBM tape library and some of the
more critical backup will be using vaulting to duplicate tape to send
offsite. How would you recommand? If this is too much to ask of you, can you
help me with the following so that at least i can understand better?

1. Does a Virtual Tape Library have robot arm in the master server GUI?



Yes a VTL will look exactly like a robotic library. Robots and drives, but
in abundance :)

2. In general, media Server do not share a tape media with other media

server, hence in the VTL contain images from different client using
differernt media servers. Can all these images from different media server
able to write to the LTO3 tape? (I'm still not excatly sure how to do backup
from VTL to the actual tape library)



You will have to use Vault or create your own script to vault the images to
LTO3 tape. If your robotic library is not connected to the media server,
then you have the alternate media server option in Vault, here the images
will be transferred over network.

3. Can i set a policy retention of 1 week and written to VTL and set another

retention period of 3 weeks for the images when write to the actual tape
library from the VTL?



Yes, easy if you have vault.

4. Can we expire/delete images from the VTL after backing up into the LTO3

tape to free up more space in VTL? If yes, does it means that the catalog
will have 2 entries of the same image in different storage location?



Yes, if you have the list of duplicated images, then you can use the
bpexpdate command to expire the images.


5. Can client choose to restore either from VTL or Tape Media themselves?


Yes

6. How can we monitor backup from VTL to actual tape drive, someone suggest

BPDUPLICATE? some say using NSRclone. Can activity monitor able to trace the
backup success?


7. In the VTL, can we set how much data can a Virual tape media hold? If
there a barcode for Virtual media as well? If yes, does this media id be
same as the physical LTO3?



Thank you



But as commented in by Stuart, Vault is is not effective if you have large
chunks of data to be duplicated. We had been using it in 5.1MP4, and the
speeds were really low, and if your vault ends partially, there is no good
report of the failed images (atleast in my knowledge), you will have to scan
through the logs to find them.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNAN

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[Veritas-bu] Re: Tuning Solaris 10 for NetBackup Media Server

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ahh good to know..just saw the bug report on that.  well regardless, the iostat 
metrics tell the real story and it's a pretty picture for the T2000 if you have 
all the other bases covered.





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[Veritas-bu] Re: Disk Staging phase II concurrent drives number

[netbackup-forum]

look for technote regarding the MAX_STAGING_JOBS touchfile you put in 
/usr/openv/netbackup.  In it you put a # of max # of duplication jobs you want 
to spawn.  Default is 4 if you do not use the config file.





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[Veritas-bu] Re: set_ndmp_attr question

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This should be happening automatically (tapes with 0 vimages should expire and 
return to Scratch automatically).  Try vmquery -deassignempty and see what 
happens.  If you get an error, there is likely a problem with this process 
which should happen 2x daily by the system automatically.  You should then open 
a support case.  They'll ask for some logs and narrow down specifically what 
the problem is (i.e. images/tapes in the database associated to a decomissioned 
media server that is hanging up the process).





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[Veritas-bu] Re: Move backups off Data Domain to tape at specific intervals

[netbackup-forum]

I assume you have the DD setup as a disk stunit?  If so, use Vault to duplicate 
those backup images to real tape and it has a option for "expire original disk 
images are XX hours".

If you are using VTL, you can still use Vault, but you'll need some custom 
scripts to identify backups that have been written to VTL tapes and to then 
expire the individual backupids after they've been verified as copied to real 
tape.  (Vault does not support expiring of original backup images from tape).





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[Veritas-bu] Re: Tuning Solaris 10 for NetBackup Media Server

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Well, on our one our T2000s, we are doing several things at once.

many large SAN filesystems are mounted directly on the backup server to write 
to tape.  None of this data has to traverse the network so it is very 
fast...80-100MB/sec on a single LTO3 drive.

At the same time, incoming client backups may be writing to a VTL configured on 
the same server.  Those are typically limited to the network bandwidth of the 
gigE link.  If you have enough fast clients and/or parallel jobs active, you 
should be able to get 80-90MB/sec of incoming client backups writing.

And then you may have one or more jobs thats that are copying data from the VTL 
to real LTO3 tape drives (i.e. Vault duplication jobs).  

With the 8 core 8GB T2000, using 4GB FC HBAs to the VTL/LTO3 we've been able to 
do this all with ease.

i.e.
80MB/sec incoming client backups (network->VTL/LTO3)
100MB/sec local backups to tape (local fs ->VTL/LTO3)
100-200MB/sec VTL vault to 1-2 LTO3 drives (VTL -> LTO3)

This is about as loaded up as we have a T2000 and it maybe hits a load of 4-5 
but still 0% iowait and sustained throughput of all three tasks mentioned 
above.  With 4GB FC, you can probably do more.  The host is not the bottleneck.





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[Veritas-bu] Re: Tuning Solaris 10 for NetBackup Media Server

[netbackup-forum]

Honestly, you shouldn't have to do much.

As long as the media server is gigE and your tape drives are working properly 
(FC ones are pretty easy) I would just make sure you got the buffers set 
something higher than the default:

/usr/openv/netbackup/db/config/NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/config/SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS

Solaris 10 defaults to 25% of system memory for shared memory.  As long as you 
have more than a couple GB I recommend you use 64 and 262144 respectively.  
Your mpx settings also calculate into how much max shared mem will get used by 
buffers.

We've had great success with our T2000 servers that use FC LTO3.  In our 
environment, some higher end linux/solaris clients over the network can write 
70-80MB/sec cumulatively via a couple jobs multiplexed to a single LTO3 drive.  
We have the 8 core 8GB T2000 systems and they don't even break a sweat (load 
<.5  0% iowait, etc).  We usually load em up with lots of other tasks.

Windows clients just don't backup very fast over the network, even tuned.  
You'll have to mpx several of those clients to a single drive just to meet the 
native write speed.





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[Veritas-bu] Re: Driver issue?

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Sounds like you should maybe have the drive serviced.

Try loading a blank tape in with robtest or by hand and then using dd or tar to 
write some data to tape and see if you eventually encounter a write error that 
way.

is syslog showing any errors when the write error occurs?





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[Veritas-bu] Re: Catalog size, bpdbm, nbcc ( UNIX ) [NC]

[netbackup-forum]

Oh another idea: If you have a test environment you could copy over the config 
& images from the prod server to there and run the nbcc there to at least get 
an idea how bad it is?





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[Veritas-bu] Re: Catalog size, bpdbm, nbcc ( UNIX ) [NC]

[netbackup-forum]

We have several v5.1 master servers with 1-2TB catalog sizes (binary / 
compressed).

What we do is set the DB catalog backup to backup:
/usr/openv/volmgr/database
/usr/openv/var
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/

..so that the DB catalog backup only backs up the images for itself.

Then create a policy that backs up /usr/openv/netbackup/db/images since that is 
where the majority of the data is.

We like to split it up so the backup selection looks like this:

NEW_STREAM
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/[a-g]*
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/[A-G]*
NEW_STREAM
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/[h-n]*
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/[H-N]*
NEW_STREAM
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/[o-t]*
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/[O-T]*
NEW_STREAM
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/[u-z]*
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/[U-Z]*


As for catalog consistency checks, definately get support on the phone and ask 
about "nbcc".  You'll have to schedule downtime for the master server to do it, 
and large catalogs can take awhile (especially if they are housed on a lower 
tier of storage).

I would also recommend doing a consulting engagement if you think the problem 
is serious.





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[Veritas-bu] Re: set_ndmp_attr question

[netbackup-forum]

Make sure you setup authorization for both the Netapp you are trying to backup 
and the device host that has the tape drive.  If you've attached the tape drive 
to the Netapp, then they are the same and one entry will cover it.  However, if 
you are using Remote NDMP on a media server and are backing up the data over 
the network via 3-way NDMP, you'll also need to setup auth for the media server 
itself.

Also, error code 99s are extremely generic for NDMP backups.  Even though it 
suggests checking set_ndmp_attr, that is not always the problem.

Get the bptm pid from the job detail, and then get on the media server used for 
the backup.  

grep  /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bptm/ | grep NDMP

The real problem should be evident from the output.  If your media server is 
windows, you'll have to adapt the path above accordingly.





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[Veritas-bu] Re: Hardware Recommendations for new setup

[netbackup-forum]

Hey Dom,

thanks for the reply.

You're right, 2 is possibly scraping the barrel a bit but personally I feel 6 
would be overkill. The windows backup server (BackupExec 11d) for example is 
connected to a Dell Powervault LTO3 changer (8 slots) and we cope without a 
problem. I will put down 4 LTO 3's and then if more are needed I will order. 
But yes, the 2TB is for a full weekend backup. Nightly inc's are usually around 
the 300~400GB range.

Any particular reason for the slow output from the Windows client's? I can 
pretty much saturate the 1GB link (private backup LAN) currently on the clients 
without too much trouble.

Looked at the T2000, nice little box. Any particular config (CPU/RAM/HDD's)? 
This project is likely to go ahead in the next 4~6 weeks so not too sure on 
timelines for NB 6.5 or x64 support.

Cheers,
Dale





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[Veritas-bu] Hardware Recommendations for new setup

[netbackup-forum]

Hi all,

Im planning to move our backup infrastructure onto a centralised platform as it 
is currently split between Backup Exec for our Windows tin and BackupEdge for 
the Unix / Linux boxes. Generally speaking both backup platforms have been 
reliable but we are missing the robustness, flexibility and enterprise level of 
NetBackup so I am speccing out some hardware.

I would like to incorporate D2D2T as well so I'd like some recommendations on 
hardware (server and staging) and any 'gotchas' on what I've got in mind. I 
will be backing up around 100 clients, an equal mix of Windows 2003 / RHEL, 
usual Windows file servers, some MS SQL / Informix DB's and an Exchange 
cluster. A typical full backup is just under 2TB.

What I have in mind;

Sun Fire Platform (not sure on spec)
Quantum / Adic Scalar i500 with 2 x LTO-3 drives (SCSI)
A staging platform (a NAS device possibly, Quantum Snap server or along those 
lines, something compatible with NetBackup before spooling off to tape)

Any recommendations on the above or your what you currently run in-house would 
be great.

Many thanks,

Dale





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[Veritas-bu] Quickest way to restore servers

[netbackup-forum]

Need some help...my situation is this...had a major corruption on our SAN which 
corrupted over 100 servers (VMs).  Many of the servers wrote to the same tape 
(SSO / Multiplexing).  NBU 6.0 w/ MP4.  The issue I am having is if 10 svrs 
wrote to that same tape, server 2 won't kickoff until server 1 is done w/ that 
tape...is there a quicker way...

If I duplicate that tape to SAN disk, will I be able to pull muliple data 
steams from that data?





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[Veritas-bu] Re: NDMP restoration paths

[netbackup-forum]

Darren,

This would be consistent with the behavior that we have implemented with our 
server.  In the previous post (several minutes ago) you can see that Veritas 
sends an "original_path" nlist value that contains the path relative from the 
saved filesystem.  We fell back on simply adding this original path name to the 
end of the specified destination directory.

-- Joe

>I think when I've done it, it has restored the entire path down
> from the backups point.  So the name of the volume isn't there,
> but the path under the volume is.
>
> I'm sure in a test I did with one file, it restored four or five
> directories to contain that file.
> -- 
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> Senior Technical Consultant TAOShttp://www.taos.com/
> Got some Dr Pepper?   San Francisco, CA bay area





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[Veritas-bu] Re: NDMP restoration paths

[netbackup-forum]

So I can confirm that the NDMP behavior is different (ie, recreating the 
absolute pathname) than normal restores?

We are in the process of developing an NDMP server and noticed that Veritas 
sends ambiguous restoration path information, forcing us to always tack on the 
original path name, regardless of which restore option the user selects.

On the backup (includes a subdir called dir_A and a file inside called 
file.ext):
FILESYSTEM=/top_level

Restore file.ext in original location:
FILESYSTEM=/top_level
ORIGINAL_PATH=dir_A/file.ext
DESTINATION_DIR=/top_level

Restore file.ext to different location "/top_level":
FILESYSTEM=/top_level
ORIGINAL_PATH=dir_A/file.ext
DESTINATION_DIR=/top_level

So in the first restore scenario, we would expect a file called 
/top_level/dir_A/file.ext.  In the second, the user would want 
/top_level/file.ext.  However, given the information Veritas sends us through 
NDMP (v3), we can't differentiate between the two cases.  Better to always 
restore the original absolute path name.

I just wanted to verify that this is a Veritas quirk and that we weren't 
missing something stupid.

Thanks,

-- Joe

>In my experience it has been the later, but then maybe I have been
>missing something.
>
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[Veritas-bu] NDMP restoration paths

[netbackup-forum]

Hi all,

I have a question concerning the restoration path behavior of NDMP restores 
with NetBackup.  If I have a file like so:

/dir_A/dir_B/file.ext

I select it for restore, and then say "Restore everything to a different 
location (maintaining structure)..."  to:

/dir_C

Is "file.ext" restored to "/dir_C/file.ext", or will it be restore to 
"/dir_C/dir_A/dir_B/file.ext"?





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[Veritas-bu] Re: Test message - please ignore this one too

[netbackup-forum]

Replying via the forum.





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Re: [Veritas-bu] SQL Backup

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Anas,

Can u provide the restore logs..! Just click on Monitor Status (NB SQL
agent), check verbose and click refresh.

Just cut paste the necessary contents available in the large window...!
These are just the basic error messages but reveal quite a lot. For indepth
troubleshooting require dbclient logs.

How did u ascertain that the restore went fine. The activity monitor might
show u a success but the logs would report errors.

If u know how to use the MSSQL query analyzer, check whether any restore
processes are still running (i'm bad with SQL).

On 4/22/07, Anas Kayal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 Greetings All,



I just started backing up SQL Server 2005 using Netbackup SQL Agent. I
created a separate SQL policy for the machine with Application and Automatic
Backups within it. I then went to the machine I ran the Netbackup SQL Agent
and specified the correct connection properties and then specified which
DB's to backup.



The backup went find and a separate process went on for each specified DB.
Once finished. I removed the DB's from my test server and went back to the
original machine and through the SQL Agent I performed a restore for one of
the specified DB. Netbackup restored it successfully.



When I went to the SQL Server I can see the DB but it states that its
"Restoring". Its been restoring for the past 3 hours and it's a very minimal
DB.



Am I doing something wrong here? Is this the correct procedure for backup
and restore?



Best regards,



Anas

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Re: [Veritas-bu] HP LTO3 FC drives "locking up" [NC]

[Veritas Netbackup]

We have already a firmware upgrade this Dec, all drives are on 58W now.

Every time a drive stops responding, I need to reboot the entire library.
Any problem - rebooting the library solves the problem most of the times.

Its seems like a internal communication issue with the library.

I have sent support tickets to HP, and asked them to give me long term
advice, but it seems the are happy resolving the problem with a reboot.

Regards,
BIJU

On 3/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


BIJU,

> The robtest works and i'm able to move media in and out.
If I understood you correctly and you are able to load / uload tapes, then
it is a different scenario.

Otherwise ...
My drives lock up hard. They go offline, disappearing from the fabric and
do not respond to the hard reset ( holding the front pannel button for
more than 15 secs ).

Check the version of the f/w you have an make sure to load the latest one
( I beleive it is currently L58S/009.822 )

If you have direct support from HP, ask them when the new LTO3 microcode
is scheduled for release and plan to upgrade. It may address this problem.



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Re: [Veritas-bu] HP LTO3 FC drives "locking up" [C1]






Hi Misha,

We have HP ESL Library and we face the same problem atleast once in a
month.

NBU 5.1 MP4

HP ESL 712 E

The drives go dizzy and fail to respond, the management software the LCD
panel all show thumbs up. The robtest works and i'm able to move media in
and out. "mt" just hangs and netbackup is not able to read the label. It
seems like an internal comm'n issue in the library.

Replacing the drives also does not help.  The library has to be rebooted
to solve the problem. In my case even the switch port shows "Online".

The HP support team world wide has never been able to crack the mystery.

Regards,
BIJU

On 3/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
Folks,

did anyone notice a problem with HP LTO3 drives in SSO configuration,
running NBU 5.1 on Solaris 8 ?

Once - twice a week I have bptm debug logs reporting in the middle

22:03:41.746 [19156] <2> send_brm_msg: MEDIA NOT READY
22:03:41.746 [19156] <2> write_data: attempting write error recovery, err
= 5
22:03:41.746 [19156] <2> tape_error_rec: error recovery to block 1485323
requested
22:03:41.746 [19156] <2> tape_error_rec: attempting error recovery, delay
3 minutes before next attempt, tries left = 5
22:06:41.739 [19156] <2> io_ioctl: command (0)MTWEOF 0 from
(overwrite.c.488) on drive index 43
22:06:41.739 [19156] <2> io_ioctl: MTWEOF failed during error recovery,
I/O error
22:08:40.745 [19156] <2> tape_error_rec: cannot read position for error
recovery, scsi_determine_bt ret -1 CDB 0x12 SK 0x0 ASC 0x0 ASCQ 0x0

and immediatly after in /var/adm/messages I see

Mar  5 22:03:41 vepanyup03 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],70/SUNW, [EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL 
PROTECTED],0 (st297):
Mar  5 22:03:41 vepanyup03  SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout':
giving up
Mar  5 22:07:40 vepanyup03 bptm[19156]: [ID 832037 daemon.error] scsi
command failed, may be timeout, scsi_pkt.us_reason = 6
Mar  5 22:07:47 vepanyup03 fctl: [ID 517869 kern.warning] WARNING:
3654=>fp(1)::GPN_ID for D_ID=150500 failed
Mar  5 22:07:47 vepanyup03 fctl: [ID 517869 kern.warning] WARNING:
3655=>fp(1)::N_x Port with D_ID=150500, PWWN=500104f0005ddda2 disappeared
from fabric
Mar  5 22:08:40 vepanyup03 bptm[19156]: [ID 832037 daemon.error] scsi
command failed, may be timeout, scsi_pkt.us_reason = 6
Mar  5 22:09:01 vepanyup03 scsi: [ID 243001 kern.info]
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],70/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 (fcp1):
Mar  5 22:09:01 vepanyup03  offlining lun=0 (trace=0), target=150500
(trace=284)
Mar  5 22:11:40 vepanyup03 bptm[19156]: [ID 498531 daemon.error] user scsi

ioctl() failed, may be timeout, errno = 5, I/O error

Drives "lock" up and becomes iresponsive.
Front panel light show no signs of problem with solid green light on.
Pressing eject button does not do anything.
Brocade 4100 switch port does not "see" the drive anymore and shows
"In_Sync" instead of the "Online".

The only way to bring the drive back is the powercycle.
A minute or two after the powercycling I can eject the tape and see
fctl: [ID 517869 kern.warning] WARNING: 3799=>fp(1)::N_x Port with
D_ID=150500, PWWN=500104f0005ddda2 reappeared in fabric
in /var/adm/messages

Drives and library are at the latest f/w revision.
SUN and STK are clueless, but still looking for the last week.

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Re: [Veritas-bu] SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS number for HP LTO3 drives [C1]

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Team,

What if I have both the ESL (LTO-3) and the VTL (Ultrium-2) drives on the
same server.

What to I set, is there any guideline for an environ with mixed set of
drives.

Regards,
BIJU

On 3/26/07, Chris Freemantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 Misha,

Try 256 kB

if you search on "LTO-3 SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS"  and "netbackup tuning guide"
you will find a number of very useful documents. As a starter, have a look
at -

h71028.www7.* hp* .com/ERC/downloads/5982-9971EN.pdf

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/244652.htm

You should be aware that Windows server 200 SP1 limits the
SIZE_DATA__BUFFERS to 64kB, see

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907418/

this seems to be fixed in SP2 (thanks to Ric Davis for that info)



http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/183702.htm

Sugest "NOTE: For Digital Linear Tape (DLT) drives, the number that seems
to give the best performance for SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS is 65536 "

I wonder if anyone has SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS number for HP LTO3 drives ?


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[Veritas-bu] Netbackup Error 6 - RMAN logs no error

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi List,

Of late we have been seen a number of backups end with error 6 for parent
stream, while the child streams end successfully.

The DBA has been able to restore the data too. But we cannot ignore the
error as it would be a confusion in event of a disaster.

I have analyzed the DBClient logs and find the backup exit with 0 and no
indications of any failed messages.

Anyone seen similar problems.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNAN
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[Veritas-bu] 219 when number of jobs are high??

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi,

Just wanted to know if anybody has faced the issue of jobs failing with 219
when the total count of jobs on the system is high.

Re firing the jobs after a few minutes succeeds, but not immediately.

We are using

Netbackup 5.1 MP4
on Solaris 9 Sparc 64 bit.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNAN
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Re: [Veritas-bu] The communication between master and media servers

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Justin,

Do you mean I shd make a storage grp per se Media server ??

I have media servers

1. mediaA - Ult3-1
2. mediaB - VTLA-1; VTLB-2

So I create 2 storage groups and group the STU.

Regards,
BIJU

On 3/14/07, Justin Piszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Asiye Yi?it wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a big NB environment. One master server and 11 media servers. One
> media server is hang, jobs can not start. So, could you please tell me for a
> healthy NB environment, do I need all media servers are up? As you know, it
> is not possible theoretically. Could you please tell me how can we overcome
> if my media server goes down suddenly, What should I do?
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Asiye Yigit
> >
> >
> >
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>
> You should create a storage unit group and place the storage units into
> it, (each media server) then if one is down or being used to capacity, it
> will read the next one (under 5.1) and use it.
>
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Re: [Veritas-bu] HP LTO3 FC drives "locking up" [NC]

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Paul/Misha,

Hey I forgot to mention that I get the same error message in
/var/adm/messages


> Mar  5 22:07:40 vepanyup03 bptm[19156]: [ID 832037 daemon.error] scsi
> command failed, may be timeout, scsi_pkt.us_reason = 6


Just try mt -f /dev/rmt/cbn stat

In all probability it will just hang.

Regards,
BIJU

On 3/7/07, Paul Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


That's where I'd be focusing my investigation.

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>
> > If that doesn't work, get STK to swap it out.
> > If it's multiple drives (all?) it could be the library controller.
> > The STK libraries intercept the drive to augment the WWN and AL-PAs,
> > so it could be in the libray and not in the drive.
>
> That's what I'm thinking now too.



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Re: [Veritas-bu] HP LTO3 FC drives "locking up" [C1]

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Misha,

We have HP ESL Library and we face the same problem atleast once in a month.

NBU 5.1 MP4

HP ESL 712 E

The drives go dizzy and fail to respond, the management software the LCD
panel all show thumbs up. The robtest works and i'm able to move media in
and out. "mt" just hangs and netbackup is not able to read the label. It
seems like an internal comm'n issue in the library.

Replacing the drives also does not help.  The library has to be rebooted to
solve the problem. In my case even the switch port shows "Online".

The HP support team world wide has never been able to crack the mystery.

Regards,
BIJU

On 3/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Folks,

did anyone notice a problem with HP LTO3 drives in SSO configuration,
running NBU 5.1 on Solaris 8 ?

Once - twice a week I have bptm debug logs reporting in the middle

22:03:41.746 [19156] <2> send_brm_msg: MEDIA NOT READY
22:03:41.746 [19156] <2> write_data: attempting write error recovery, err
= 5
22:03:41.746 [19156] <2> tape_error_rec: error recovery to block 1485323
requested
22:03:41.746 [19156] <2> tape_error_rec: attempting error recovery, delay
3 minutes before next attempt, tries left = 5
22:06:41.739 [19156] <2> io_ioctl: command (0)MTWEOF 0 from
(overwrite.c.488) on drive index 43
22:06:41.739 [19156] <2> io_ioctl: MTWEOF failed during error recovery,
I/O error
22:08:40.745 [19156] <2> tape_error_rec: cannot read position for error
recovery, scsi_determine_bt ret -1 CDB 0x12 SK 0x0 ASC 0x0 ASCQ 0x0

and immediatly after in /var/adm/messages I see

Mar  5 22:03:41 vepanyup03 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],70/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL 
PROTECTED],0 (st297):
Mar  5 22:03:41 vepanyup03  SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout':
giving up
Mar  5 22:07:40 vepanyup03 bptm[19156]: [ID 832037 daemon.error] scsi
command failed, may be timeout, scsi_pkt.us_reason = 6
Mar  5 22:07:47 vepanyup03 fctl: [ID 517869 kern.warning] WARNING:
3654=>fp(1)::GPN_ID for D_ID=150500 failed
Mar  5 22:07:47 vepanyup03 fctl: [ID 517869 kern.warning] WARNING:
3655=>fp(1)::N_x Port with D_ID=150500, PWWN=500104f0005ddda2 disappeared
from fabric
Mar  5 22:08:40 vepanyup03 bptm[19156]: [ID 832037 daemon.error] scsi
command failed, may be timeout, scsi_pkt.us_reason = 6
Mar  5 22:09:01 vepanyup03 scsi: [ID 243001 kern.info]
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],70/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 (fcp1):
Mar  5 22:09:01 vepanyup03  offlining lun=0 (trace=0), target=150500
(trace=284)
Mar  5 22:11:40 vepanyup03 bptm[19156]: [ID 498531 daemon.error] user scsi
ioctl() failed, may be timeout, errno = 5, I/O error

Drives "lock" up and becomes iresponsive.
Front panel light show no signs of problem with solid green light on.
Pressing eject button does not do anything.
Brocade 4100 switch port does not "see" the drive anymore and shows
"In_Sync" instead of the "Online".

The only way to bring the drive back is the powercycle.
A minute or two after the powercycling I can eject the tape and see
fctl: [ID 517869 kern.warning] WARNING: 3799=>fp(1)::N_x Port with
D_ID=150500, PWWN=500104f0005ddda2 reappeared in fabric
in /var/adm/messages

Drives and library are at the latest f/w revision.
SUN and STK are clueless, but still looking for the last week.

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[Veritas-bu] Catalog backup gives error - media in use

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi,

While I'm trying to backup catalog via java console OR bpadm,

I choose a tape or DSU for catalog backup, it does'nt work and ends with
error "media in use".

I tried to expire the tape since it had only catalog backup, but does'nt
work bpexpdate exits with error.

Any clues would be helpful.

Regards,
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[Veritas-bu] Adding a media server - tpautoconf hangs

[Veritas Netbackup]

I was trying to add a media server to the existing setup.

We have SSO license installed on the media server.! 6 drives SSO shared
and zoned (FC via brocade 3850) with the media server.

I can see the rmt entries in iostat -En (Both master and media are solaris 9
with Netbackup 5.1 MP4), my tpautoconf -t just hangs, no output even if I
keep it running for hours...!

Any ideas as to where I could be going wrong, is a SSO license reqd on the
media server too for tpautoconf to work.


Regards,
BIJU KRISHNAN
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Re: [Veritas-bu] bpstart_notify exit status

[Veritas Netbackup]

I had thread going for RMAN backup failures..!

Can the bpend_notify.$policy script check the RMAN logs and end in error. I
want RMAN errors to reflect on the netbackup GUI.

Regards,
BIJU

On 12/9/06, Bobby Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 Status 74 is when the bpstart does not finish with a 0 or does not finish
before the timeout value.

Data is not backed up if a 74 occurs.



Bobby Williams
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 What happens if bpstart_notify exits with a status greater than 0? Will
this cause the NetBackup job to fail? If not, is there a way to get the
NetBackup job to fail if the bpstart_notify script fails?



Thanks in advanced!



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Re: [Veritas-bu] Reg: how to restore the data from one master server to another master server in netbackup 6.0

[Veritas Netbackup]

Just try this trick and trust me it works!

Say my local master server is masterindia (10.16.17.22) and
My offshore master server is masteruk (10.16.18.99)

I know bring the tapes from masteruk to masterindia for restore, copy the
image files via ftp, thus eliminating the need for phase1 and phase2
imports. Now when I restore it gives error 5.

Add a line to /etc/hosts on masterindia at the very bottom

10.16.17.22   masteruk

Ur restore would go fine.

Regards
BIJU

On 12/1/06, ramaswamy savi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


HI

 I have two master server, one is in offshore with tape library and
another master server in onsite with standalone drive connected.  I have
send the tape to onsite to restore the data in their master server , and
catalog has been uploaded to thier server from the dbimages directory.

When i click resore , it is listing all the data but it it refering
to offshore server and i am not able to restore in windows platform.

both the machine is windows with netbcakup 6.0

Appreciate if u provide the solution. thanks in advance.

Regards
Hemalatha


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Re: [Veritas-bu] RMAN backups - incomplete streams

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Steven,

This sounds good, if its fine can u please help me embed the same trick.

Is it in the "Selection" script {the RMAN script} or bpstart script, this
clue wd help.

Regards,
BIJU KRISHNAN

On 12/2/06, Steven L. Sesar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 Unfortunately, this is a limitation of NBU's Oracle agent. The exit
status that you see in the activity monitor is not necessarily the exit
status of your backup. It is the exit status of the SCRIPT that NBU runs,
which kicks off your RMAN backup.

What we did to get around this, was to build one monolithic script, which
parses input passed to it from NBU when any given Oracle policy runs. Based
on that (and a few other proprietary things), the script shuts down the apps
associated with the SID that is about to be backed up, shuts down the SID,
brings it up in startup mount mode, then builds and executes the RMAN code.

The "trick", that we coded in, was that if RMAN fails, the script will
exit with an artificial exit code, which in turn, gets passed to the
activity monitor.

Now, anyone that looks at the activity monitor, can trust the exit status
of any given Oracle backup.

--Steve



Veritas Netbackup wrote:

Hi All,

I find it strange, say a RMAN backup has 3 streams, 2 of them complete and
one of them does not appear et all. The backup would still show up as
complete. The reasons like commn failure e.t.c. are logged in the
dbclient.

The RMAN catalog displays backup error but the veritas catalog backup is
success.

I have logged a support request and we are working towards resolving such
errors. Would be great if the list can help me.

Regards
BIJU KRISHNAN

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Re: [Veritas-bu] RMAN backups - incomplete streams

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Michael,

My problem is no error et all. And still the DBA seems to report that the
backup has failed. Much to our dismay, the restore of the very successful
backup also fails. EOF file error @ DR restore. Initially we thgt its
problem with the media, but later we fortunately had a similar situation
here on-site, checked with the DBA and he found that the backup had reported
error.

Its impossible from me to scan the multitudes of dbclient log files that are
generated. I'm totally at the mercy of my DBA to report errors and correct
them.

Gurus,

Any techniques you use for a large enivorn??? pls post so that I can derive
some strategy to tackle this situation.

Regards,
BIJU

On 12/1/06, Sponsler, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 I have noticed that the "parent" oracle backup (ie Full or
Differential-Inc) backup, that actually runs the RMAN .sh script, will
sometimes fail with an error 6.  Looking into the logs, I notice that I get
an Oracle error that basically says: "Cannot gain sole ownership of Control
File, failure."  The "Default Application Backup" will run later will a
success, status 0.  But the fact that the parent fails with error 6 gets on
my nerves.  I've talked to my Oracle DBA about this, and he says it's
correct, and I'm to expect it from time to time.  I *really* wish that
Netbackup would regulate that job to queued until the control file is
ready.l

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Hi All,

I find it strange, say a RMAN backup has 3 streams, 2 of them complete and
one of them does not appear et all. The backup would still show up as
complete. The reasons like commn failure e.t.c. are logged in the
dbclient.

The RMAN catalog displays backup error but the veritas catalog backup is
success.

I have logged a support request and we are working towards resolving such
errors. Would be great if the list can help me.

Regards
BIJU KRISHNAN

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[Veritas-bu] RMAN backups - incomplete streams

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi All,

I find it strange, say a RMAN backup has 3 streams, 2 of them complete and
one of them does not appear et all. The backup would still show up as
complete. The reasons like commn failure e.t.c. are logged in the dbclient.

The RMAN catalog displays backup error but the veritas catalog backup is
success.

I have logged a support request and we are working towards resolving such
errors. Would be great if the list can help me.

Regards
BIJU KRISHNAN
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Re: [Veritas-bu] I need some additional help to backup oracle.

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Chris,

Just test this command on ur master

*bpclclients* -allunique -noheader | grep $client_name > anyfilename

The next command, that I am not sure is

updatedb ORACLE -ClientList anyfilename

It will prompt for confirmation and you are done. Follow the steps Carl has
given u to verify ur installation.

Regards,
BIJU

On 11/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



Ok ,
It looks like you have the licenses.  If you have installed the client
software you should be good to go.

On the client you should have this directory
/usr/openv/netbackup/ext/db_ext/oracle
That indicates that the Oracle Agent software is installed on the client

in /usr/openv/netbackup/bin you should have these two binaries
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root bin  1273900 Apr 12  2005 libobk.so.1*
-r-xr-xr-x   1 oracle   dba  2141272 Apr 12  2005 libobk.so64.1*

I addition you need to link the oracle library to one of these binaries
depending on if you are using 64 bit Oracle
You should have this link in your /oracle/product/10.2/lib directory

lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root  38 May  3  2006 libobk.so ->
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/libobk.so64.1

Do you have your RMAN scripts set to backup to tape?



=
Carl Stehman
IT Distributed Services Team
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
202-331-6619
Pager 301-765-2703
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 *Krzys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*

11/27/2006 11:30 AM
  To
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Re: [Veritas-bu] I need some additional help to backup oracle.







When I look at the licenses that I have installed on my server I have this

listed, is this the add-on license that you refering to or this is
something
else?

Thanks for help.


License Key: 
Date Added:  Mar 30, 2006 at 23:16:45
Host:mybkhost
Product: NetBackup
Client count:0
Expires: No Expiration Date
Feature: Oracle extension

License Key: 
Date Added:  Mar 30, 2006 at 23:14:53
Host:mybkhost
Product: NetBackup
Client count:0
Expires: No Expiration Date
Feature: Oracle extension


On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> It is an add-on that you need to purchase from Symantec and install
> separately.  It interfaces RMAN to the tape backups managed by
> Netbackup
>
>
> =
> Carl Stehman
> IT Distributed Services Team
> Pepco Holdings, Inc.
> 202-331-6619
> Pager 301-765-2703
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> Krzys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 11/27/2006 10:00 AM
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> To
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject
> Re: [Veritas-bu] I need some additional help to backup oracle.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Oracle agent, is that some additional software I need to download and
> install?
> or is it already installed in my backup server/slient installation but I
> just
> need to enable it on a server with a license?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I also recommend that you use the oracle agent...  There is no need to
>> shut down the databases, and it is much faster.
>>
>>
>> =
>> Carl Stehman
>> IT Distributed Services Team
>> Pepco Holdings, Inc.
>> 202-331-6619
>> Pager 301-765-2703
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject
>> Re: [Veritas-bu] I need some additional help to backup oracle.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I recommend you use the agents. They will do cold backups when the
>> database is free although they will fail
>> when the DB is busy. So you need to choose a time when the DB will be
>> quiet and can be quiesced.
>> Otherwise you need to do hot backups with logs etc. This is what i
>> recommend.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 23/11/2006 01:14 PM
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>> cc
>> veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
>> Subject
>> Re: [Veritas-bu] I need some additional help to backup oracle.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/22/2006 1:25 PM, Krzys wrote:
>>> You guys are so much more helpfull than any other place... even with
>> symantec
>>> support I dont get that much support as from you g

Re: [Veritas-bu] LTO-3 and MPX

[Veritas Netbackup]

We have ESL 712E and MPX=8 while the policy has a MPX=15, since I'm quite
new to netbackup, my assumption is that the lower denom would override.

We have got upto 40 Mbps with 2 drives for a LAN backup and thats quite a
good show :)

Just check whether u vault, if yes then take into consideration since vaults
are some kind of restore.

One question, why do we need to reduce MPX for slow and small clients.

Regards,
BIJU

On 11/23/06, Hampus Lind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


 Hi all,



How good/bad are LTO-3 drives when it comes to multiplexing? Would we see
great performance degradation if we set MPX to 4 on 1 LTO-3 drive and the
run 4 simulations backups to that drive?



I understand it can depend a lot on our clients as well…



Thanks and regards,



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Re: [Veritas-bu] Howto restore list of files

[Veritas Netbackup]

using the GUI quite simple..!

Use the Backup Archive and Restore {left pane} -> Select
. master
.source -> be careful to select appropriate backup type here
. destination -> be careful ; the default is ur master server

Somewhere on top of the bottom right pane is the image selection list. Select the images u want to restore.

This shd display a browseable list of folders in the left bottom pane.

Just select those dirs files and click preview; insert the specified tape into the library and click restore.

You could then choose to restore the files to a diff location - or the same.

Best of Luck :)

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNANOn 11/15/06, john hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Re: [Veritas-bu] installing client on linux

[Veritas Netbackup]

Do a 

bpcoverage -c client-name

from the master/media server before setting out for backups.

Regards,
BIJU KRISHNANOn 11/15/06, Krzys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You are tight, I had to add to hosts file on my client machine IP address of myserver, and thats what I did so I did pass that error but I am getting nowdifferent type of an error:INF - Server status = 236
and it does point me to:Status Code: 236Message: the specified client does not exist in an active class within theconfiguration databaseExplanation: A client name was not specified or the specified client does not
exist.Recommended Action: Activate the required class, correct the client name, or addthe client to a class that meets your needs. After making the correction, retrythe operation.So anyway I did some more investigating and on my mediaserver I did not have
entry in hosts file and that is why it was failing Thank you so much foryour help... I finally got it working :ChrisOn Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Mansell, Richard wrote:> This is usually a DNS/name resolving issue. 
i.e. the resolved name for> the NetBackup server is not the same as the one given to the client on> installation of the agent. Do an nslookup of the NetBackup server IP> address on the client and see what it comes back with. You may need to
> add the fully qualified domain name for the NetBackup server to the> client backup utility.>>>> -Original Message-> From: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Krzys> Sent: Wednesday, 15 November 2006 9:48 am
> To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu> Subject: [Veritas-bu] installing client on linux>> I am new to netbackup and strugling a bit with this whole concept etc..
> I always used legato and just have small problems maitaining> netbackup... Anyway I installed networker client on my linux box, I> configured bp.conf to point to the right server. I then added that
> client on server to a existing policy, but when policy gets executed> that client is failing.>> So I started netbackup on my local client box and I wanted to backup> /root directory just for testing purposes and I do see job added to a
> queue on my backup server, but its not executed.>> what did I miss? can I start backup localy on a client and have it> executed tight away? Why it is queued?>> when I look at job detail of that job that failed I get something like:
> access to the client was not allowed(59)>> I did double check that my client can talk to server by issuing:> ./bpclntcmd -pn> expecting response from server myserver> myclient myclient 
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Duplications running very slow

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Whats is the MPX value in the policy and the storage unit..!

Is ur vault slow OR are they manual dups, is the destination drive the same make and model. Are they connected pt-pt or fabric.

What is the wait io on the system during the vault OR dup ???

These are few things I can think of.

Regards,
BIJU KRISHNANOn 11/14/06, Delgado, Jess J CIV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:











Hi everyone,


I've got a problem with our dupe's running very slowly.


We have the following:

We are running 5.1 mp5 enterprise


Master = pc running windows 2000

Media server = SGI Origin 2000 running IRIX 6.5

Tape library = StorageTech L700 with 4 DLT7000 and 4 SuperDlt


I've also recently started to try vaulting images from the library.

So, I am trying to dupe from tape to tape. The dupes are taking days.

A 7 gigabit image took almost 48 hours to complete.


I've checked out all the settings I
could think of. Our regular backups are running a little slow (but I
know that is because of the way I am attaching to our Netapp box) but
not this slow.


Any ideas on what to check? I've even
monitored cpu usage on the SGI box using top. When the dupe's are
running, cpu is 99% idle.

When backups are running, the cpu is 30-40% idle. So it looks like it's just sitting there doing nothing.



Any ideas?




Thanks



Jess




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Re: [Veritas-bu] Vaulting

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Hi,

Well if you have a huge volume of data, then its imperative that you
have a dedicated resource for backup operations and administration.

Vault will definitely help you manage the offisite backups as it rolls
out a eject list of tape ids, after duplication, which you can deliver
offsite.

We use it for VTL to Physical tape duplication, the vaults are
confiured to duplicate images which match a certain criterion and
report the media ids used in the process.

And yes ED's right, given the right config and management practices, its really a precious feature.

Regarding licences, just a give a phone call to Veritas licensing dept.

http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/contact_sales.jsp

And also some partner contacts in Quatar, search via link 

http://partnerlocator.symantec.com/public/search/

You shd be able to get a trial license with their help.

Regards,
BIJU KRISHNAN










On 11/12/06, Anas Kayal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
















Greetings All,

 

Im kind of new to Veritas. Im running NetBackup 5.1 with mp5
on a windows server. Now I'm having a lot of problems managing my tapes
with all these barcodes and manual backup logs. I also have weekly and monthly
backups that go to a remote site. I also handle the system side of the company so
im pretty busy. I need a better way to know whats going on with my tapes and
when they expire. I read about vaulting and I think it can help me with my
problem. Now I need to know 2 things:

1.   
Will
vaulting help me??

2.   
How
can I get it? Im in Qatar and
my local veritas dealer hasn't supplied any licenses for vaulting in Qatar yet. Is there
somewhere I can download a trial version to get the feel of it?

 

Anas Kayal

System Administrator

IT Department

Urban Planning and Development Authority

 





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Re: [Veritas-bu] Strange speed problem...not the norm

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Does the traceroute from master -> client and client -> master show the same path.

If yes then its really complex, if no then check whethther any segment
in between has been a victim of broadcast or huge data transfer.

There is Symantec tool provided by support, run and send the output to
support, and it seems they would quickly tel u the reason.

Regards,
BIJUOn 11/2/06, Dave Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Cant find a technote on it.only find the windows one. Just been busy onsomething else. Gonna have to man bpbkar and work it outClooney, David wrote:>> Did you try using bpbkar to a null device on the client , might be you
> client after all ??>> You might have a coffe grinder inside the client :-)>>> -Original Message-> From: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dave> Markham> Sent: 02 November 2006 14:59
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>> Strange>> WEAVER, Simon wrote:>>> What is the switch set at? That needs to be verified with the Network>> bods in your business Try changing the Network cable - sounds daft,
>> but one step I would perform!>>>> Regards>>>> Simon Weaver>> 3rd Line Technical Support>> Windows Domain Administrator>>>> EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)
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>> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Strange speed problem...not the norm>>>>>> Has anyone seen this before?>>>> Netbackup 5.0 mp3 Solaris9 connected to L700 via fibre.
>>>> I have a network client on a 100Mb network which is beyond slow>>> backing up.>>> Looking at the gui ( i know not accurate ) details for a job shows>> like 127kb/s.
>>>> Doing an scp of a 128mb file from master server to the client is quick>>>>>> < 20 secs. Doing an scp of the same file from client to master it>> gives ETA of over an hour, which comes down to like 20-30 minutes.
>>> Obviously wrong.>>> So first thing on the solaris client i did was force the nic to 100>> full autoneg off. Then doing an scp seems to be quick both ways.>>> Great.
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Re: [Veritas-bu] >>Pre-requisites for SQL backups Windows 2000/20 03

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Yeah guys,

I have already done that, i just wanted a few examples or expereinces from any one of you.

This was an attempt to roll out a small guide explaining our clients the impact of any change on the system that affects backup.

On windows 2000 with SQL 2000, a normal administrative NT acount works
well, whereas on windows 2003 with SQL server 2005, some special rights
have to be granted to such a user on the SQL server front.On 10/25/06, WEAVER, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Biju
My own advice would be to check the manuals for the 
pre-requirements. not too sure why you are getting problems on windows 2003 
though.
 
You should also be able to download the PDF manuals on the 
Symantec Web Site.
Regards
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  >>Pre-requisites for SQL backups Windows 
  2000/2003Dear All,Does any one have a checklist 
  or doc on the pre-requisites required ona. Windows, ex: users, 
  privleges e.t.cb. SQL 2000/2005 user and privleges,Info : 
  Netbackup server on Solaris 5.1 MP4Currently we face a uphill task 
  almost everyday resolving SQL and Nt related errors. Sometime solved by adding 
  MP4, or starting the services with a privleged user, using the sa on the API 
  e.t.c.The problems are more complex when we deal with windows 
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[Veritas-bu] >>Pre-requisites for SQL backups Windows 2000/2003

[Veritas Netbackup]

Dear All,

Does any one have a checklist or doc on the pre-requisites required on

a. Windows, ex: users, privleges e.t.c
b. SQL 2000/2005 user and privleges,

Info : Netbackup server on Solaris 5.1 MP4

Currently we face a uphill task almost everyday resolving SQL and Nt
related errors. Sometime solved by adding MP4, or starting the services
with a privleged user, using the sa on the API e.t.c.

The problems are more complex when we deal with windows 2003.

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Re: [Veritas-bu] Viewing vault duplication performance.

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Thats awesome speed Richard,

I'll be in office in an hour and check the NBU GUI admin console for the feature.

I never explored that earlier.

Thanks will revert today night {IST}

Regards,
BIJUOn 10/20/06, Mansell, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My vault duplications are running at up to 160MB/s. My environment isWindows based and we have a 4 LT03 drive HP library.I did try turning on multiplexing but found that the write throughputgot worse the more I multiplexed so I have turned it back off for the
moment.The buffers will have an affect on performance. FWIW mine are set to:-C:\..\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\config\SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS_DISK  1048576C:\..\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\config\NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS  64
C:\..\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\config\ NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS_DISK64C:\..\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\config\ SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS 262144C:\..\VERITAS\NetBackup\NET_BUFFER_SZ  
1048576What read speeds are you getting during the duplication process? If youhave a look in the 'All log entries' report in the gui you should see afigure for the read as well as the write process after each image is
duplicated.RegardsRichard-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Viewing vault duplication performance.

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Darren/list,

Revoking this thread since its absolutely essential to me. I read the mails, went to office and did a

grep "Kbytes/sec" log.100906 in the bptm folder.

I found that no single value was above 22 Mbytes/sec, shd that mean that my vaults are not above 22 Mbytes/sec.

Is there anything specific in the log which I can search for clarifying my vault speed.

Regards,
BIJUOn 10/12/06, Darren Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Use 2 GB fragments at the storage units. Then you can check bptm log.> It has all the info you want in kb./secThere used to be several issues with duplicating and fragment size.  I*think* that these issues are (supposed to be) addressed in 
6.0, butI've been hesitant to attempt it.If it gets me what I need, I'll probably try it.For now though, it seems like I've hit a wall.  None of my duplicationsare going faster than 27MB/s (LTO3s).  I'll have to keep poking...
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[Veritas-bu] \\\\\ Raw FS backup : Sybase IQ /////

[Veritas Netbackup]

We have a new datawarehouse RDBMS, Sybase IQ 12.6

Since its not supported by Symantec, we have decided to backup {cold} the devices {raw}.

The database is arnd 2.4 TB but the devices are arnd 5 TB, how much will netbackup have to backup.

2.4 TB or 5 TB.

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Re: [Veritas-bu] Writing perl scripts for performance enhancement in NBU5.1

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Hi Raghu,

Please visit http://search.cpan.org/search?query=netbackup&mode=all

Are u a pro @ perl and newbie to netbackup or vice versa.!

The foll is a set of perl modules for netbackup - all in one -

http://search.cpan.org/~dutchman/NBU-0.90f/

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNAN
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Client Hostnames

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Hi Jon/Eric,

Well we use $hostname_NBI {NetaBackup Interface} for the client with a dedicated backup interface.

And yes we use the hosts file at both ends.

Jon, why shd we use the DNS service for resolution, what are its
advantages over FLAT file resolution. Say my DNS server is down,
would'nt that affect my backups.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNANOn 9/28/06, Martin, Jonathan (Contractor) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:





Right now my site uses HOST names, but with our new 
servers' I'm going 100% DNS.  I've tested this in ONE case right now and it 
has worked 100%.  It is how I am going to configure all my new backup 
servers and clients.  We've got about 120 clients, 40 of so have high-speed 
"backend" 1GB Nics.
 
1 - Add a "connection specific" DNS Suffix to the "Backend" 
(Backup Network) connection.  That is backup.company.com.  Make sure 
you have PRT (reverse DNS) records for these IPS, especially for the Media 
servers.
 
2 - Configure your media servers to query DNS in a specific 
order STARTING with backup.company.com followed by 
company.com site.company.com 
etc...
 
When your media server looks up a client it will query 
client.backup.company.com, and use that IP if returned.  If that query DOES 
NOT return a valid IP it will continue querying company.com etc until it finds a 
valid HOST entry in DNS.  I've tested this in ONE case with our current 
setup and it seems to work GREAT.  It alleviates me adding -backup entries 
to my client configs, adding host file entries to direct traffic and generally 
is the "cleanest" way I can come up with to configure multiple backup 
networks.  You could just implement step number 1 and then use 
client.backup.company.com in your policies, but we're not using FQDNs right now 
so I'm avoiding them like the plague.
 
The only problem I can see with this method is verifying 
that the backup policy uses the backend connection.  I.E. if the DNS query 
of client.backup.company.com fails then it will continue the DNS queries and 
fine the client.company.com DNS entry and try backing up over the "front 
end."  That's not a huge problem for me right now, because my DNS is rock 
steady and backing up over the backend isn't exactly mission critical, but to be 
extra careful you could add the "required interface" option to your clients 
which is an extra step, but should make this bullet-proof.
 
-Jonathan


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EricSent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:38 PMTo: 
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Hostnames

We have public and backup networks.  All clients 
have a public network which is typically 100Mb and some clients (larger clients) 
have a backup network which is typically GbE.  This seems to be pretty 
typical in larger organizations.  
Given the above scenarios, my question is… in 
Netbackup what do you name your clients with backup nic's?  
Option #1: Add a dns entry of the client name with a 
"-backup" suffix and assign it's backup ip.  Do the same with the 
Master/Media server and add their -backup hostnames as additional servers from 
within the netbackup client software
Option #2: Instead of using dns, simply add the 
-backup hostname client alias to the local hosts file on the Netbackup 
Master/Media servers and assign the backup ip.  Do the same with the 
Master/Media server and add their -backup hostnames as additional servers from 
within the netbackup client software
Option #3: Simply override the actual client's 
hostname IP with it's backup ip by adding it to the local hosts file on the 
Netbackup Master/Media server.  Do the same with the Master/Media server in 
the client's hosts file and leave the non -backup hostnames as servers in the 
netbackup client software.  This alternate method would overwrite the DNS 
record of the actual client and Master/Media hostnames with the hosts backup 
IP.  
Also, is it best practice to use FQDN's, or 
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Re: [Veritas-bu] How do we duplicate skipped images in vaulting

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Hey Richard,

"One of the reports generated during the eject phase 
also lists images that have not been duplicated."

Thats what I'm looking for, I can maybe atleast reduce the recovery point by firing an off-schedule backup...!

Regards,
BIJU KRISHNAN
On 9/25/06, Mansell, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:





We run with the Vault permanently set to level 
5 logging. Info for failed images is then captured in the sessions 
directory in the log for that particular vault stream. You can tell from the 
activity monitor which duplicating session failed as it will say something like 
10 of 12 images duplicated. You then look in that session log for the 
specific problem. e.g.
 
03:19:23 INF - Beginning duplicate on server ccobkp01 
of client ccovcs01.03:19:25 INF - Beginning duplication on server ccobkp01 
of client ccovcs01, creating copy 2 on destination media id GC901203:38:14 
INF - host ccobkp01 backupid ccovcs01_1157711364 write failed, media write error 
(84).
 
or 
 
05:27:39 INF - Duplicating policy SQLLog schedule 
SQLLog backup id ccobwpci01_1157990414 copy 1 created on 09/12/2006 04:00:14 on 
source path E:\05:27:39 INF - Backupid ccobwpci01_1157990414 copy 2 already 
exists05:27:39 INF - Duplicate of backup id ccobwpci01_1157990414 failed, 
the entity already exists (226).
 
One of the reports generated during the eject phase 
also lists images that have not been duplicated.
 
Regards
 
Richard

  
  
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  [Veritas-bu] How do we duplicate skipped images in 
  vaulting
  Yes thats true,The problem is that I have just enough VTL 
  space to hold data for 3 days. We engage 8 Gen3 drives 3-3-2 for the vaults {3 
  at at time}. We are in the process of changing the polcies to implement daily 
  vaulting, but would take some time. For now it happens that we are not able to 
  overlap one of the vaults in the 3 day period. Thus we end up loosing some 
  images.How can quickly get a list of skipped images during the vault. 
  There shd be some way to extract this list from the files in the 
  "/usr/openv/netbackup/vault/sessions/" directory. I could then probably 
  manually duplicate them.Any suggestions are welcome since I have run 
  out of ideas.Regards,PP BIJU KRISHNAN
  
   


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Re: [Veritas-bu] How do we duplicate skipped images in vaulting

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Yes thats true,

The problem is that I have just enough VTL space to hold data for 3
days. We engage 8 Gen3 drives 3-3-2 for the vaults {3 at at time}. We
are in the process of changing the polcies to implement daily vaulting,
but would take some time. For now it happens that we are not able to
overlap one of the vaults in the 3 day period. Thus we end up loosing
some images.

How can quickly get a list of skipped images during the vault. There
shd be some way to extract this list from the files in the
"/usr/openv/netbackup/vault/sessions/" directory. I could then probably
manually duplicate them.

Any suggestions are welcome since I have run out of ideas.


Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNANOn 9/23/06, David Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
* Veritas Netbackup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-09-23 01:41]:> Hi All,>> We have partially completed Vaults (error 1), its possible that the VTL> media is in use when the Vault is attempted or that the image expired before
> the vault could duplicate it onto the Tape.>> How do I find a list of such images, so that I can refire the backups and> reduce the risk. Incase of a monthly backup this is more important.
>> We use the foll vaults> 1. Weekly vault 3. Quarterly Vault> 2. Monthly vault 4. Offsite Vault.>> Currenlty we are not sending all backups offsite.If you set up the vault profile correctly, it will try over several days
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[Veritas-bu] Small files FS backup too slow

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We have a Windows 2003 client, I have installed NB with MP4 patch. 

The D:\ drive has directories with small log files in thousands, now
that we have increased the client timeout to 1800, the backups seem to
start, but the estimation and backup of the files seem to take forever.
Just while I was leaving office today, the backup was running at a
snails pace of about 80Kbytes per sec.

The NT backup as per the Windows admin finishes in about 1/2 hr. Netbackup of C:\ and H:\ drives are fine.

Any solutions

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[Veritas-bu] How do we duplicate skipped images in vaulting

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi All,

We have partially completed Vaults (error 1), its possible that the VTL
media is in use when the Vault is attempted or that the image expired
before the vault could duplicate it onto the Tape.

How do I find a list of such images, so that I can refire the backups
and reduce the risk. Incase of a monthly backup this is more important.

We use the foll vaults
1. Weekly vault 3. Quarterly Vault
2. Monthly vault 4. Offsite Vault.

Currenlty we are not sending all backups offsite.

Regards,
BIJU KRISHNAN
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Re: [Veritas-bu] How important is Processing Power?

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Hi Jon,

Processing power is important, a month ago I had posted to the list and I got some real good inputs from our gurus.

We use Sun Fire 6900 server with dual core processors, by merely
upgrading to high clock speed processors, we have observed improved
performance in read writes and also avoiding the backups from aborting
with 155.

We backup arnd 10 TB a day and use 4 dual core SPARC procs of 1500 Mhz.
I have learnt from the list and some docs that having multiple media
servers helps see a quantum leap in performance.

Regards,
BIJU KRISHNANOn 9/23/06, Martin, Jonathan (Contractor) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm speccing servers etc and management ever wanting so pinch a pennywants to know how important dual processors are.  Not only is there theadded server expense, but both Windows and NBU licenses for multipleprocessors are more expensive.  We're looking at Intel Dual Core Xeon
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Re: [Veritas-bu] total full backup

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Is there a command or script to retreive clientwise backup size for the last 24 hrs.

We have multiple data streams per client.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNANOn 9/13/06, Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If your Master Server is some kind of UNIX
 
bpiamgelist -hourago 24 | grep IMAGE | awk '{tot+=$19}END{print tot/1024/1024}'
 
... will tell you the total GB backed up in the previous 24 hours.
 
You can use more parameters of bpimagelist to, for example, only
look at data from one policy, or a certain date range, or a specific
client. These parameters are documented in the NetBackup Commands
manual, or you can get some hints by running bpimagelist -?
 
 
On 9/13/06, Adeday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

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Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Shadow Copy Components:\

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Sorry to top post but I still am working on the same problem.

My FS backups have'nt started yet. The server has SQL 2000 32 bit,
support asked me to put 32 bit client and 32 bit MP4 patch. the system
has AMD x64.

And yes the SQL backups are still going fine. Support needs some log files which I will be providing on Monday.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNAN
On 9/15/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
I just fixed the same problem here.
 As it turns out, the problem we had was that we had Xeon processors
in our x64 system.  These where not supported until 5.1 MP 4.  I
had to uninstall all patches, and the 5.1 GA client, then install the client
again using the winnt.x64.exe file for MP 4.  Since doing that, I
no longer get the error 13 on the Shadow Copy Components:\ directive.

> Hi All,
> 
> We have a strange problem,
> 
> client = Windows 2003 x64
> 
> Netbackup = 5.1 MP1
> 
> We get error 13 while backing up the FS on the server, the backup
does not
> even begin, it just waits for first write and then times out. The
beauty is
> that the SQL backups are working notrmally.
> 
> Any suggestions know fixes!
> 


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Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup VTL tuning

[Veritas Netbackup]

Some more snippets from the best practices guide...!

~

It works as follows

1. Initially a 5 GB area is allocated on LUN.
2. When the backup software fills the initial 5 GB, the disk library
allocates another 5 GB area. The new area might be on a different LUN.
3. The disk library software will continue allocating 5 GB pieces in
this way untill the total maximum capacity of the emulated tape is
reached.

~~~

I hope this clarifies.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNANOn 9/7/06, Veritas Netbackup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes Paul,

My privlege, the following section shd suffice, though I can mail u the entire doc offline {Pls let me know}.
Its the CDL Admin guide available from EMC powerlink that describes, and I had got some inputs from the EMC support engineer.

===
The Tape Capacity On Demand feature allows you to allocate a small
amount of space when you create your virtual tapes, and later
automatically allocate additional space as needed. If you do not use
this option, the Disk Library server will allocate each virtual tape at
the full size of that tape. You can enable Tape Capacity On Demand
only while creating a virtual tape library or virtual tape drive. The
Tape Capacity On Demand for virtual tape libraries or drives is
enabled by default.
The Tape Capacity On Demand feature will appear only if you have
enabled the Advanced Tape Creation method.===

I too am confused as to whether I'm looking at the right direction, and
yes increasing the MPX level seems to the only solution now.
On 9/7/06, Paul Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:





This 
is confusing due to the fact that the tape sizes are variable. This doesn't fit 
into the paradigm most of use are used to with tape.
 
if you 
want to use fewer tape IDs, you should probably increase the MPX level, and 
somehow force larger amounts of data on each tape ID. (increase min size of 
media ID)
 
with 
only 4 drives, you can only run 4 streams at once, unless you have a MPX >= 
1,  (max # of streams := # of drives x MPX) so I'm a little confused 
as to how the number of streams affects the number of media IDs used, unless the 
CDL marks a tape as "full" at the end of a job.
 
The 
variable size media thing is confusing. I would be interested in browsing the 
CDL docs that describe this.
 
Paul
 
 
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  -Original Message-From: 
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  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Veritas 
  NetbackupSent: September 6, 2006 3:09 PMTo: Paul 
  KeatingCc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: 
  [Veritas-bu] Netbackup VTL tuningHi Paul,Thanks 
  for your concern. Its a minimum of 5 GB that a tape can contain. The tape 
  grows tilll the max vol size.Since the problem appears confusing, I'l 
  narrate some details1. We have say 10 TB of VTL, I use 3 TB a day, The 
  VTL shd ideally last 3 days. But say if my vault does not complete on time, I 
  have to free some medias from the ones on VTL which have already been 
  duplicated.The more I free, the more the operator uses. He fires 
  atleast 120 streams at once on the system during peak.What I have now 
  concluded from the lists suggestion, is that increasing the MPX value of the 
  media will help in consuming less media ids & shd i set a policy for 
  limiting number of conseq streams,.About the total number of media id 
  {880} I'll check and let u know.Regards,PP BIJU KRISHNAN
  On 9/5/06, Paul 
  Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
  wrote:
  


 
 
 
-- 



-Original Message-From: 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
] On Behalf Of 
Veritas Netbackup 

Basically I would like to  use 
less media ids and hence increase tape utilization. the VTLs can grow from 
5GB and above. 
 

Can you set the tape size to start at a value higher than 
5GB?
I still really don't understand the issue.
 
You have 4 drives, each will use a tape, obviously..but no more 
than 4 tapes can be used at once, as you only have 4 
drives.
 
so if you start 10 backups, and have 10 streams per backup, then 
you'd have 40 jobs running to 4 tapes, and 60 jobs 
queued.
 
correct? 
 
can you provide more 
clarification? 

  your data has to be all backed up, if 
  you've got 10 TB, you've got 10TB, there's no question 
  there. 
  If you want it backed up to fewer virtual 
  tape IDs, then define your virtual media as starting at 100GB or larger, 
  is that possible with the 
  CDL? 
  Why the 880 ID limit? is 
  this a limitation of the CDL? Your license?
   
  your multiplex le

Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup VTL tuning

[Veritas Netbackup]

Yes Paul,

My privlege, the following section shd suffice, though I can mail u the entire doc offline {Pls let me know}.
Its the CDL Admin guide available from EMC powerlink that describes, and I had got some inputs from the EMC support engineer.

===
The Tape Capacity On Demand feature allows you to allocate a small
amount of space when you create your virtual tapes, and later
automatically allocate additional space as needed. If you do not use
this option, the Disk Library server will allocate each virtual tape at
the full size of that tape. You can enable Tape Capacity On Demand
only while creating a virtual tape library or virtual tape drive. The
Tape Capacity On Demand for virtual tape libraries or drives is
enabled by default.
The Tape Capacity On Demand feature will appear only if you have
enabled the Advanced Tape Creation method.===

I too am confused as to whether I'm looking at the right direction, and
yes increasing the MPX level seems to the only solution now.
On 9/7/06, Paul Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:





This 
is confusing due to the fact that the tape sizes are variable. This doesn't fit 
into the paradigm most of use are used to with tape.
 
if you 
want to use fewer tape IDs, you should probably increase the MPX level, and 
somehow force larger amounts of data on each tape ID. (increase min size of 
media ID)
 
with 
only 4 drives, you can only run 4 streams at once, unless you have a MPX >= 
1,  (max # of streams := # of drives x MPX) so I'm a little confused 
as to how the number of streams affects the number of media IDs used, unless the 
CDL marks a tape as "full" at the end of a job.
 
The 
variable size media thing is confusing. I would be interested in browsing the 
CDL docs that describe this.
 
Paul
 
 
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  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Veritas 
  NetbackupSent: September 6, 2006 3:09 PMTo: Paul 
  KeatingCc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: 
  [Veritas-bu] Netbackup VTL tuningHi Paul,Thanks 
  for your concern. Its a minimum of 5 GB that a tape can contain. The tape 
  grows tilll the max vol size.Since the problem appears confusing, I'l 
  narrate some details1. We have say 10 TB of VTL, I use 3 TB a day, The 
  VTL shd ideally last 3 days. But say if my vault does not complete on time, I 
  have to free some medias from the ones on VTL which have already been 
  duplicated.The more I free, the more the operator uses. He fires 
  atleast 120 streams at once on the system during peak.What I have now 
  concluded from the lists suggestion, is that increasing the MPX value of the 
  media will help in consuming less media ids & shd i set a policy for 
  limiting number of conseq streams,.About the total number of media id 
  {880} I'll check and let u know.Regards,PP BIJU KRISHNAN
  On 9/5/06, Paul 
  Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
  wrote:
  


 
 
 
-- 



-Original Message-From: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
] On Behalf Of 
Veritas Netbackup 

Basically I would like to  use 
less media ids and hence increase tape utilization. the VTLs can grow from 
5GB and above. 
 

Can you set the tape size to start at a value higher than 
5GB?
I still really don't understand the issue.
 
You have 4 drives, each will use a tape, obviously..but no more 
than 4 tapes can be used at once, as you only have 4 
drives.
 
so if you start 10 backups, and have 10 streams per backup, then 
you'd have 40 jobs running to 4 tapes, and 60 jobs 
queued.
 
correct? 
 
can you provide more 
clarification? 

  your data has to be all backed up, if 
  you've got 10 TB, you've got 10TB, there's no question 
  there. 
  If you want it backed up to fewer virtual 
  tape IDs, then define your virtual media as starting at 100GB or larger, 
  is that possible with the 
  CDL? 
  Why the 880 ID limit? is 
  this a limitation of the CDL? Your license?
   
  your multiplex level x 
  your number of drives defines tha max number of jobs that can runnot 
  the number of policies you fire.
   
  f'rinstance, I fire 
  almost all of my policies at once...a couple hundred clients, but with 3 
  drives x MPX=8, a maximum of 24 jobs can run at once.when a job is 
  finished, if another job is queued, it writes to the same tape until the 
  tape is full.
  what defines the max size 
  of your virtual tapes?? could that be a 
  problem?
 Paul =

Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup VTL tuning

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your concern. Its a minimum of 5 GB that a tape can contain. The tape grows tilll the max vol size.

Since the problem appears confusing, I'l narrate some details

1. We have say 10 TB of VTL, I use 3 TB a day, The VTL shd ideally last
3 days. But say if my vault does not complete on time, I have to free
some medias from the ones on VTL which have already been duplicated.

The more I free, the more the operator uses. He fires atleast 120 streams at once on the system during peak.

What I have now concluded from the lists suggestion, is that increasing
the MPX value of the media will help in consuming less media ids &
shd i set a policy for limiting number of conseq streams,.

About the total number of media id {880} I'll check and let u know.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNANOn 9/5/06, Paul Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:





 
 
 
-- 

  
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  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Veritas 
  Netbackup 
   Basically I would like 
  to  use less media ids and hence increase tape utilization. the VTLs can 
  grow from 5GB and above. 
   
  Can you set the 
  tape size to start at a value higher than 5GB?
  I still really 
  don't understand the issue.
   
  You have 4 
  drives, each will use a tape, obviously..but no more than 4 tapes can be 
  used at once, as you only have 4 drives.
   
  so if you 
  start 10 backups, and have 10 streams per backup, then you'd have 40 jobs 
  running to 4 tapes, and 60 jobs queued.
   
  correct? 
  
   
  can you provide 
  more clarification? 

  your data has to be all backed up, if 
  you've got 10 TB, you've got 10TB, there's no question 
  there. 
  If 
  you want it backed up to fewer virtual tape IDs, then define your virtual 
  media as starting at 100GB or larger, is that possible with the 
  CDL? 
  Why 
  the 880 ID limit? is this a limitation of the CDL? Your 
  license?
   
  your 
  multiplex level x your number of drives defines tha max number of jobs that 
  can runnot the number of policies you fire.
   
  f'rinstance, I fire almost all of my policies at once...a couple 
  hundred clients, but with 3 drives x MPX=8, a maximum of 24 jobs can run at 
  once.when a job is finished, if another job is queued, it writes to the 
  same tape until the tape is full.
  what 
  defines the max size of your virtual tapes?? could that be a 
  problem?
 Paul 

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Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup VTL tuning

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On 9/5/06, WEAVER, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:







I 
think I understand the question :-(
If you want more streams to write to one media, you need to ensure 
the storage unit multiplexing is set higher (ie: lets say 10 as an example) 
and the Backup Policy SCHEDULE needs to be set to 10. This also assumes you have 
10 streams in your policy.
Basically I would like to  use less media ids and hence increase tape utilization. the VTLs can grow from 5GB and above.
As long as Max Concurrent Jobs is set to a high number (ie: 99 
jobs) then 10 streams would run concurrently at the same time, on the same 
media.
 
If you want more streams spread across more media, the schedule 
within the policy should be set lower. In this example, if I have 4 tape drives 
and I set to schedule to 3 streams, then essentially all 4 tapes drives would be 
used for the backups (based on the fact the tapes drives are not in 
use).

So your opinion is to increase  streaming, but if I fire 10
policies at one go, I  wd have  100 streams, 100/10 = 10
medias reqd. The next policy wd have to go onto a different tape. The
VTL has arnd 880 medias spread across 4 drives. So if my operator sees
100 free medias he keeps firing backups {theres plenty to fire} and
this exhausts my tapes.
Does this help answer the question? Or have I gone off the rails 
.
No you have understood the question, but need more help in devising
both policies and techniques in utlizing the Virtual tapes. The virtual
tapes can grow in size but the media ids are limited. I want the
backups to use less media ids. We have arn 1500 streams per day, the
VTL media mux is 4, ie 1500/4 = 375

Somehow I aint getting it right :(

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  [Veritas-bu] Netbackup VTL tuningHi List,We have 
  a Clariion Disk Library with MPx set to 4.At the momment the admins 
  fire backups and after 4 streams of backup are started, a new media is used to 
  write the backup.Since the CDL tapes can grow from a minimum of 4 GB 
  to whatever size is available in the volume, it seems to me that the tape 
  utilization is not optimum.As a consequence I need to consequently 
  free medias and add the to SCRATCHPOOL OR provide less medias in SCRATCHPOOL 
  so as to limit them from firing too many consequitve backups.Any 
  suggestions for this scenario??? Shd we disable multistreaming in the 
  policy??? Will this increase tape util??Any suggestions for a VTL 
  & netbackup combination to increase performance and tape utilization are 
  welcome.Regards,PP BIJU KRISHNAN

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[Veritas-bu] Netbackup VTL tuning

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi List,

We have a Clariion Disk Library with MPx set to 4.

At the momment the admins fire backups and after 4 streams of backup are started, a new media is used to write the backup.

Since the CDL tapes can grow from a minimum of 4 GB to whatever size is
available in the volume, it seems to me that the tape utilization is
not optimum.

As a consequence I need to consequently free medias and add the to
SCRATCHPOOL OR provide less medias in SCRATCHPOOL so as to limit them
from firing too many consequitve backups.

Any suggestions for this scenario??? Shd we disable multistreaming in the policy??? Will this increase tape util??

Any suggestions for a VTL & netbackup combination to increase performance and tape utilization are welcome.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNAN
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[Veritas-bu] Windows 2003 woes

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Hi,

I have a strange problem,

1. Client Windows 2003 x64 FS with MP4 -> problem with SQL backup, gives error 2.

2. The same client without MP4, SQL backups are fine but the FS backup fails with 13.

I have escalated this issue to support but they need a more verbose output in the logs I have provided.

Anybody having a similiar issue.

Netbackup Server = 5.1 MP4
Platform = Solaris 9 on 64 bit Sparc.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNAN


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Re: [Veritas-bu] Archive bit and disk defrag tools

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi Lewick,

What would true image restore do and what are the consequences.

I would really like to know such options which can speed up backup -> 

The other day we enabled "Stripe" for a SQL backup and we have got double the throughput.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNAN
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brooks,JasonSent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:07 AMTo: 
veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Archive bit and disk defrag toolsFolks,Have you ever experienced a defrag utility resetting the archivebit?  It appears that we may.  We had a server last night backup about
95% of it's file store on it's internal disk (defragged by diskkeeper)while a SAN drive backed up about 5% (not managed by diskkeeper).  Thiswas all on a Differentil-Incermental schedule.  The client is set to use
the archive bit for differentials, so we're wondering if diskkeeper mayhave reset the archive bit, or actually set it on numerous files, ondefrag.  Also, the defrag would have ran in-between backups.Jason
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Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Shadow Copy Components:\

[Veritas Netbackup]

Hi All,

We have a strange problem, 

client = Windows 2003 x64

Netbackup = 5.1 MP1

We get error 13 while backing up the FS on the server, the backup does
not even begin, it just waits for first write and then times out. The
beauty is that the SQL backups are working notrmally.

Any suggestions know fixes!
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KB913648

 

 

Regards

 









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Hi





What do
you mean download and update the VSS version? Are you referring to Windows SP1
?





not
aware Microsoft do a VSS update on its own?





 





 



Regards

Simon Weaver

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Windows Domain
Administrator 

EADS Astrium Limited,
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I also faced the same problem , it is because of the
VSS verion , download the updated VSS version from the Microsoft site and
refire the backup 
Regards,
Abhishek Dhingra







 
  
   
  
  
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When using ALL LOCAL DRIVES,
that does include the Shadow Copy. 
Is the client running the same MP and
Client version of NetBackup that is on your Master Server? In other words, the
client is not running older software, compared to the master running the latest
version? (ie: 5.1 MP2) 
  
Thanks 

Regards 

Simon Weaver

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I am trying to backup a Windows server 2003( with SQL on it) client using
ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive and I don't see Shadow Copy Components:\ getting
backed up. I created a separate policy for the Shadow Copy Components:\, but
still the backup finishes successfully with zero bytes. I don't see any error
messages in the event manager. Any idea what might be wrong ? I enabled the
Volume Shaow Copy and Microsoft Shadow copy provider services, but still no
luck. 
  
I have other windows 2003 servers, which backup the shadow copy just fine eve
though Volume Shaow Copy and Microsoft Shadow copy provider services are
disabled. 
  
Much appreciated. 
  
-Shyam 

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Re: [Veritas-bu] Clarification - Policies

[Veritas Netbackup]

Simon,

If you remember I had posted a problem, where my cum incremental backup
would be as close as the FULL backup on SUN. The daily update as per
the app admin was arnd 4 GB.

With the help of multiple responses I zeroed in on the problem and
found that the FULL and INCR policies were different. Since then we
have combined both into one and the backups really matching the
calculations.

Regards,
PP BIJU KRISHNANOn 8/29/06, WEAVER, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:







All
I 
just wanted clarification on this, to be 100% sure I understand what is 
happening.
 
NBU 5.1 MP2 Win2k3 + 2 SAN Media Servers + thousands of 
clients
 
Scenario: Have a Policy that does Incr & Full for CLIENT1 - 
Policy is called "Backup_Client1"
I 
have have a 2nd Policy, that is deactivated called 
"Manual_Backup_Client1"
 
now, lets assume the full backup for Client1 failed. If I turn on 
the Manual_Backup_Client1 policy, it performs and completes the backup without 
any problems.
 
But am I right in thinking the archive bit would be set correctly, 
so that when the Policy "Backup_Client1" runs, it is "aware" a full backup was 
completed successfully?
 
My thinking is, the policy WONT have a clue, as the Policy that 
performed the backup is different, and therefore may not share this 
info!
 
Clarification?
 
Thanks
Regards
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Re: [Veritas-bu] >>NBU 5.1 MP4 bptm performance tuning<

[Veritas Netbackup]

Thanks to all your responses, and yes we would try and suggest a new
media server to the management. Actually we had already suggested a
addl media server and have a SSO for our media server.

But I aint really clear as to when the scheduler is invoked. In the case mentioned below the admin has arnd 3000 policies and it takes 40 mins for the scheduler to run thru.

1. How do I estimate the run thru time for the scheduler on my server???
2. How do we set the correct interval for say about 1000 policies, or is 10 a perfect value for all occasions??
3. OR do I need to be bothered, is it managed automatically.

Thank you once again for leading me in the right direction.
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3000 
policies??
Am I reading this right!?
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Windows 
Domain Administrator 
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  veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 
  >>NBU 5.1 MP4 bptm performance tuning<<
  
  We have around 3,000 
  policies and it takes about 40 minutes for BPSCHED to get through 
  them.
  
  
  From: 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Clooney, 
  DavidSent: Tue 8/29/2006 5:56 AMTo: Shekhar Dhotre; 
  Veritas Netbackup; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: 
  [Veritas-bu] >>NBU 5.1 MP4 bptm performance 
  tuning<<
  
  Agree with the last two entries.
   
  In my opinion the wake up interval has nothing to do 
  with it. It sounds like the server is being hammered, new media server 
  required.
   
  D
  
  
  From: 
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  DhotreSent: 28 August 2006 14:42To: Veritas Netbackup; 
  veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 
  >>NBU 5.1 MP4 bptm performance tuning<<
  
  
  >>Any suggestions to reduce CPU load on 
  netbackup server, especially as to what might be invoking these bptm 
  processes??
   
      I would split the backup load by 
  adding another media server. 
   
  
  
  
  
  From: 
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On Behalf Of Veritas 
  NetbackupSent: Saturday, 
  August 26, 2006 3:54 PMTo: 
  veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject:
 [Veritas-bu] >>NBU 5.1 MP4 
  bptm performance tuning<<
   
  Hi,Our netbackup master-media server a SF6900 
  with 4 dual core CPU's and 16 Gb of memory is 100% utilized all the times. The 
  only time it gets some respite is during the afternoon, when users do not want 
  to load their system with backup processes.Even with 20 Active backups 
  our server indicates a minimum of 95 % util. I checked ps -ef and found 
  numerous bptm and bpsched processes.How can we reduce the bptm 
  processes??? I spoke to an ex-colleague and he opined that we change the 
  scheduler invocation to 20 mins from the default 10 mins in the global 
  attributes. Since we have around 1000 policies and hence the scheduler might 
  not able to complete its first round and meantime nbu would invoke another 
  one. This overlapping he said shd be reduced.Any suggestions to reduce 
  CPU load on netbackup server, especially as to what might be invoking these 
  bptm processes??Regards,PP BIJU KRISHNANNetbackup 
  Team,ICICI Bank Ltd.India
  
  
  
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