On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 03:37:54PM -0500, Dhotre, Shekhar wrote:
>
> >>This makes it much easier if you ever have to swap an HBA (and we have
> had one fail on our master/media server) - I only >>have to update 1
> zone.
>
> If you configure port based zoning ,then you even don't have to make
>
Got it. Found some old MNT_BY_SLOT_x_x files lying around in
volmgr/misc.
Duh :)
Thanks,
Jan
-Original Message-
From: Chaves, Jan Amcil L.
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:26 AM
To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: vmphyinv "File name already exists"
Hello! I get t
Hello! I get this output whenever I do vmphyinv:
vmphyinv -rn 0 -slot_range 1 7 -d hcart -non_interactive
Waiting for mount of media from TLD(0), slot # 1 on host mktibackup
Could not mount media from TLD(0), slot # 1
File name already exists
We're running NB 5.0 MP5 with two TLDs, TLD(0) and
Title: Message
Yes, I am mounting it to the SIME server.
Yes, I can see the database files. Yes, I even tried copying these files to a
different directory. That is what I don’t understand. I have no exclude
list yet when a backup runs for that directory, only the directories are backed
Title: UNIX RAW PARTITION RESTORE QUESTION
All..
My original e-mail got stepped on by someone replying with another question in it, so I changed my subject and will ask my question again, here goes..
Our environment is HP-UX 11.11, Netbackup 5.1 MP3 backing up mostly HP unix with some S
Title: Raw Partition Restore
15:52:34.820
[964.1180] <2> bprd: socket fd from accept() is 40815:52:34.820
[964.1180] <2> listen_loop: request complete15:52:34.883 [1836.2136]
<2> bprd: Created terminate event:"NetBackup Terminate Event, pid:
1836"15:52:34.883 [1836.2136] <2> bprd: Created su
>>This makes it much easier if you ever have to swap an HBA (and we have
had one fail on our master/media server) - I only >>have to update 1
zone.
If you configure port based zoning ,then you even don't have to make
zone changes -just swap the failed HBAs or drives .
Shekhar Dhotre
ICT Storag
Title: Raw Partition Restore
add entry in the hosts file .
run bpclntcmd -hn hostname and -ip on media and client
servers .
restart the services
check if the client has master and media server listed
- add fully qualified domain name .
enable the logs on client -there is a batc
On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 10:50:46AM -0500, Paul Keating wrote:
> Just curiousthose of you who admin your own zones/FC switches.
>
> How do you zone your drives/servers?
>
> for each HBA port, do you create a zone for the HBA port and all drives
> visable to it?
> ie. one HBA and 3 drives =
Title: Raw Partition Restore
I just
rebuilt a server, new OS (WIN2003) and new hardware, but same network location,
server name etc etc...
When I go
into archive and restore I can see the old server's past backups but
for some reason the media server cannot connect to this machine. I'v
I am trying to get a command line report that would give me the same
information as you can get in the Activity monitor. Specifically, when
you click on a job in the Acitvity monitor, right click and select
Details, you see the file list.
I am trying to set some automated emails up. They just do
After running getting them back, put an "ENABLE_AUTO_PATH_CORRECTION" entry in the vm.conf file.>>> "Xu, Ying" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/4/2006 10:08:39 am >>>
Try running "sgscan tapes" to see if you could see all your tape drives. If you dont see all your tape drives, you need to fix that problem f
Title: Message
Not
with SIME.
SIME
integrates with Exchange to take a snapshot of the exchange database to a
flatfile that can be backed up to tape, mounted on another exchange
server.
basically the same as telling SQL to do a hot backup to a flat file,
then using netbackup to backup th
I expired the image via the gui.
Thanks for setting me strait
Karl
Exchange database backup requires NBU Exchange Agent.
From: "Lee, Kenneth (SBS US)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: Subject: [Veritas-bu] EMC SIME with Exchange 2003Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:20:13 -0500
NetBackup 5.1 Solaris
Client: Exchange 2003 server.
I am using EMC SIME to backup Exchange.
Title: RE: [Veritas-bu] DLT drives going down
Try
running "sgscan tapes" to see if you could see all your tape drives. If
you dont see all your tape drives, you need to fix that problem first, then
remap the drives.
From: Xu, Ying [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 200
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You should use bpexpdate or the GUI to expire the backup image if
you want to actually remove the file. But there is a default threshold of 80%
on dssu's in NBU6 I think. Not sure what the problem is you are having, but the
natural behavior of dssu's
"Steven Cashman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote on 01/04/2006 10:21:35 AM:
> Also be aware of how DSSUs operate. They will keep images that have
> been moved onto tape available on the disk until the disk starts
> getting full. Then as NBU needs more space it will start removeing
> older images. D
DSSU manages the space automatically ...although you
will see df -k output as 100% full - I would not worry about it . if you
delete the files /images you may not be able to restore the data . if you really
need to remove the images then use bpexpire command . I have 6TB of DSSu on
Title: Message
I agree with kate :-)
Shekhar
Dhotre
ICT Storage
Engineering.
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Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss
says "Go!" - a leader says "Let's
Title: Message
I have zoned 2 HBA to 4 drives ,Our AIX master and
media server have : 4 HBAs each - two for IBM SAN drives 2 for LTO3 tape
librray .
the backups goes to IBM SAN (DSSU) first
and then from there to IBM3584 LTO3 librray .
there is also a Multiprotocol rout
Try running devfsadm -c tape to get the drives back.
--On Wednesday, January 04, 2006 3:44 PM + Dave Markham
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Im seeing Drive downs on my systems using fibre. They seem to have
dissapeared from 2 of the media managers also.
running netbackup 5.0 mp4 with Sun L70
I would do the following :
>From sun server run : I have netbackup running on AIX servers .
1) robtest -mount a scratch tape into one of the drives .
2)run a tar back to the tape of /tmp- if the tar backup is successful
then the OS and drives are fine - move to the NetBackup part.
3)Go back to
Title: Message
Definitely NOT.
Use
the GUI and expire the PRIMARY IMAGE of backups that have been moved off to tape
already.
~Kate
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Hi,
I have a SAN with two DSSU's on the
same partition(probably not the best thing).I need to free up some space
on my DSSU's because I'm running out of space.
Should i be using rm on the files i
want to delete?
Thanks
Karl
Title: RE: [Veritas-bu] DLT drives going down
You need to remap the tape drives with device tree. This problem might occur if you reboot the server while one tape drive had issues, so the mapping messed up on OS. It happened a couple of time in our environment.
-Original Mes
Title: Message
Just
curiousthose of you who admin your own zones/FC
switches.
How do you zone your
drives/servers?
for each HBA port,
do you create a zone for the HBA port and all drives visable to
it?
ie. one HBA
and 3 drives = 1 zone?
ZONE_A =
Server1_HBA0 & DRIVE0 & DRIVE1 &
Im seeing Drive downs on my systems using fibre. They seem to have
dissapeared from 2 of the media managers also.
running netbackup 5.0 mp4 with Sun L700 library 5 LTO2 drives, 3 of
which are shared SSO option to 2 other media servers.
All connected via a san switch ( what type i dont know as
Check that the /dev/rmt/* entries match the devices in the robot. You can
see if they do by inserting a tape into the drive and then issuing a
mt -f /dev/rmt/* status for the /dev/rmt/ number you have the drive
configured
to. It should show a device is present, if not then you have a
configu
Title: Message
Ok,
what about re-running the DEVICE Manager wizard to see if NBU thinks something
changed back in October?
Let it
find the robot / drives again? maybe there is a scsi ID change
somewhere?
Simon
WeaverTechnical SupportWindows Domain Administrator
EADS
AstriumTel: 02392-708
The scsi bridge is the culprit here .. seen it
been before many times -replaced scsi bridge with pure fiber LTOs -
everything is working fine after that .
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barber,
Layne (Contractor)Sent: Wednesday, January
Title: Message
tapes stay in the drives and must be manually ejected. The
robot doesn't remove the tapes because it thinks they are not there. It is
acting as if the OS is losing communication with the device since robtest's
unload command comes back with "device not present".
From: WEAVER,
Title: Message
Thanks! We too had the hand replaced in the robot (they
actually tested it at their lab afterwards and it was faulty). We have to up the
drives as well when the scsi bridge has been cycled. Also, the drives may go
down over night or go down the next night. But 2 days is the max
Title: Message
Different hardware and software, but when we had a
problem with drives going down, it was caused by problems on the robot. Power
cycling the robot would usually get the robot going again, but it would often
leave the drive(s) in a DOWN condition, and you had to manually UP them
Title: Raw Partition Restore
Our environment is HP-UX 11.11, Netbackup 5.1 MP3 backing up mostly HP unix with some Sun and Windows backups. I am doing a raw backup on one of the Sun servers and need to test the restore. I can’t find any info on the steps for a raw restore, searched Symanti
Title: Message
IF it
happens at the end of the job, may be worth checking the robot itself
perhaps?
Do the
tapes STAY in the tape drives when the error appears? In other words, does the
Robot manage to REMOVE the tape from the Drive?
Simon
WeaverTechnical SupportWindows Domain Administr
Title: Message
Everything has been power cycled several times. The drives
appear to go down at the end of a job.
From: WEAVER, Simon
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 04,
2006 08:47To: Barber, Layne (Contractor);
veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] D
Title: Message
ACtually just one more thing I noticed - you said they checked cables -
what about REPLACE? Reason I say this, is due to the amount of time its been
working (June to Oct) and we are now in Jan, so I think its safe to say it
sounds like H/W
Simon
WeaverTechnical SupportWindows
Title: Message
I
assume its been physically powered down / restarted the drives /
robot?
Also,
do the tapes go into a DOWN STATE during the middle of a backup, or beginning or
would you say very random?
Simon
WeaverTechnical SupportWindows Domain Administrator
EADS
AstriumTel: 02392-7
Title: Message
They have upgraded the FW to the latest/greatest and
checked cables. I agree on the polling.
From: WEAVER, Simon
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 04,
2006 08:21To: Barber, Layne (Contractor);
veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RE: [Veritas-bu] DLT dr
Title: Message
Hm
what about Firmware for the SDLT tape drives?
Any
loose cables / connections or possible to change Scsi
connectors?
Not
too sure why they feel the software is polling a drive could cause a
problem? - if anything I would say polling a device is probably good as
Netba
We have an issue of
drives randomly going down every night. NBU 5.0 mp5 HP-UX 11.11 STK L180 w/ STK
3400 scsi bridge.
For some reason, 1
or more drives go down at random every night when backups run. Different tapes
and different drives. Backups will be running fine and then drives begin t
Hello Andrew
Here is what I have from an earlier mail (for extract just change t to x)
I have had succes with listing the files on a tape with Netbackup tar when I
know the blocksize.
For nonmultipexed tape, blocksize 256k:
/usr/openv/netbackup/tar -itvf -b 512
For multipexed tape, blocksize 2
Title: Message
I did
believe (when I used to backup Exchange) that one license coverd all the
exchange servers.
With
Symantec now holding the NBU License rules, it could well
change
Hope
this helps
Simon
WeaverTechnical SupportWindows Domain Administrator
EADS
AstriumTel: 02392-708
Sandy
Have you tried using a different tape to backup the DB? How large is it?
Is there any logging enabled to see at what point the backup of the DB
Fails?
Also, is it stored on a disk with sufficient space?
What is the retention periods? You could use bpexpdate to force them out of
Netbackup, a
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