Hi
All,
I'm after a away to
extract the files that are contained within an individual BackupId that has
multiple "Fragments" (File number on a Tape).
If I have a single
backup image and it spans many "Fragments" / File Numbers, on the media, is
there a way to extract a listing's of thos
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the client that was changed? did you remove the
Netbackup Client software, remove all traces of the old name from your master
server and then reinstall the client software as if you are treating this as a
new machine?
Regards
Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows
D
Bart
Well depending on who you talk to, its either impossible or it "is" possible
:-)
>From what I have heard, there could be a way to allow a media server to be
upgraded, but like you cannot find any documents.
Oh hang on, just found this.. Not a lot of help though :(
http://forums.veritas
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Hi
Does anyone do any DR planning with Netbackup on windows in the
event of a Disaster, or Server dies and replaced with new
hardware.
See note below
Regards
Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows
Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium
Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)Anchora
Nor was I bob :-)
I was creating a scenario about tapes with status 84 or 86 and the ability
to recover ALL data from those tapes :-)
Regards
Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
Email: [E
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Well we dont back up desktops - so outlook would not
be open.
But I have found NBU 5.1 to perform backups with status 0 all the
time. the only time I see a "1" status is if there is a file it cannot open, but
even so, its not been a critical file.
When you enable VSS/VSP -
> I agree with your comments about throwing the tape away.
> However, can we assume this scenario:
>
> Full Backup Friday of critical Server. Completed all ok, but
> during the job a status appeared (Media Write Error, or
> Media Position Error) although only once.
>
> Sunday Server Dies
>
> Co
On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 02:06:54PM -0700, Kevin Freels wrote:
> We are attempting a migration from NB 4.5FP6 on Solaris 5.8 to NB 6.0 on
> RHEL4 Linux. The big thing, of course, is the catalog migration. Has
> anyone had experience with this?
>
> Speaking with VeritaSymantec, they say that I need
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Not yet - I'm still looking at it in a test
environment.
How would you backup open windows files on Windows 2000
without it? It's quite likely that people leave Outlook open on their desktop at
the end of the day and in the past this has caused open file issues (as well as
a
I'm concerned about client-vulnerabilities down the road. Also, can
NB5x clients launch the java gui to a NB60 server?
On Thu, 4 May 2006, Jim Horalek wrote:
> Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 14:05:18 -0700
> From: Jim Horalek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 'Ed Wilts' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 'Kathryn Hemness' <[
Title: How to determine the size of a restore
How can you determine the size of a restore if the restore includes 1 parent folder with thousands of sub-directories and files within those sub-directories? I would think that this would be possible somehow, but Veritas Support states that there
Found it. Thanks.
On Thu, 4 May 2006, Ed Wilts wrote:
> Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 15:55:15 -0500
> From: Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Kathryn Hemness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NB51 support for Redhat 4?
>
> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 1
Hi,
I'm getting slow DSSU -> LTO2 tape
drive performance. I think the problem is related to the SAN since the
DSSU uses two mount points(/dssu1 and /dssu2).
I'm seeing 16MB/s on one LTO2 drive
and 27MB/s on the other LTO2 tape drive using iostat. Both drives are LVD
connected to the same card bu
Greetings!!
We are attempting a migration from NB 4.5FP6 on Solaris 5.8 to NB 6.0 on
RHEL4 Linux. The big thing, of course, is the catalog migration. Has
anyone had experience with this?
Speaking with VeritaSymantec, they say that I need to upgrade the
Solaris server to 5.x and start with the Lin
Also the afs limitation is for the 6.0 client only.
You can still run Netbackup 6.0 server just use a 5.x client
Jim
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On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 11:21:13AM -0700, Kathryn Hemness wrote:
> I'm going to be replacing a Solaris 9 NetBackup server with a RedHat
> Linux server. I need to use NB51MP5 because NB60 doesn't support
> AFS backups.
>
> The NB51 Release Notes indicate support for 32-Bit Redhat 3 for servers.
>
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wrong
spot...
you
have to remove the old system from the relevant classes/policies on the master
and add the new system name.
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I had already changed the name via the GUI on the client via
client properties. I had also changed the name in the Windows registry for
NetBackup (bp.conf is for Unix)
I appreciate these suggestions. Any other ideas?
Guy C Snyder | Systems Ana
Greetings,
I'm going to be replacing a Solaris 9 NetBackup server with a RedHat
Linux server. I need to use NB51MP5 because NB60 doesn't support
AFS backups.
The NB51 Release Notes indicate support for 32-Bit Redhat 3 for servers.
Is there anyone running a NetBackup server on Redhat 4? If so, a
The client names in your "GUI client host list" are those client names
that are a part of at least one policy.
On the client, the NetBackup client name is part of the client
properties. It sounds like your "someone" changed this name.
If you are looking for recommendations, I'll suggest you
Someone changed the name of one of my clients and it does
not appear in the GUI client host list. All systems are Windows 2000 on
NetBackup 5.1MP3.
I cannot see what needs to be done to bring this back into
the list and make it an active client again. The IPAddress did not change
and I u
Hi Bill
This may help :-)
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/249632.htm
My case was totally separate... Our computer room fried... Hence no robot
wanted to start... Hence all scratch media froze :-)
Simple when you go back into the computer room and open a door to a wave of
heat and burnt me
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Cons: Backups can fail with status
156
Pros: Well I dont use it - and even with AD, its not even used.
and yet it still gets backed up!
VSP/VSS within Netbackup will need disk space. Have you tried it
yet?
Regards
Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows
Domain Admini
Bob
I agree with your comments about throwing the tape away. However, can we
assume this scenario:
Full Backup Friday of critical Server. Completed all ok, but during the job
a status appeared (Media Write Error, or Media Position Error) although only
once.
Sunday Server Dies
Come in Monday, an
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Ok think I get it! we use SAN Media Servers here, to
backup and restore itself. But shame, you cannot use the SAN Media Server to
restore TO another client - But guess that breaks the
rules!?
Regards
Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows
Domain Administrator
EADS
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bob
Thanks for this! I guess as the post
mentions MP5 that its ONLY MP5 and above
Regards
Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows
Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium
Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3
5PU
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I use IP and its never failed yet! Even restores are fine!
Not saying it's the right way, but in our case, it does indeed work.
Regards
Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
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Simon,
Think
of a SAN Media server as a client with tape drives. If you are restoring files
from another client TO that SAN Media server and not back to the originating
client, you can use it to do the
restore.
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As Bob
said, as of 5.1MP4, a SAN Media Server can restore (its own data) to
alternate clients.
Paul
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Dan
Could try bpmedia -m - h
perhaps?
Regards
Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows
Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium
Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3
5PU
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Paul
So SAN Media Server cannot restore other
clients?
But a MEDIA Server CAN restore other
clients?
Regards
Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows
Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium
Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3
5PU
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Thanks All
the entry in /etc/securetty seemed to do the trick
Dave
--- Nicholas Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i dont know exactly on which system you are installing, but if it's
> redhat you should take a look at your /etc/securetty
> you must add a line with "rsh" on it to wo
Title: Iron Mountain & NetBackup
We used it with Vault and then wrote a
script that we could trigger to send the Vault generated file to Iron Mtn.
I have not heard of a way to do it without
Vault, but it is probably possible to pull a list of tapes you spit out of the
library, then tac
If the tape is expired AND frozen, then you may want to try
un-expiring the tape first and then un-freezing it.
The /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpmedialist -summary
command displays status of media-by-expiration proximity.
Look in the Expired section for all of your media servers.
--kathy
Show a vmquery on the volume ID
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Dan
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:07 AM
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Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Can't unfreeze tapes?
The bottom line is NetBackup REQUIRES 100% accurate, reliable, and
unambiguous name resolution.
Some considerations:
- shorter names are generally easier to read and say.
- FDQNs are more likely to be unambiguous, especially in large, mixed
environments.
- DNS makes sharing hostname information
6.0's Vault has Iron Mountain ftp file generation and upload built in, though I don't know if you want to upgrade. Our company hasn't. We just have a script or two that checks for the contents of the library, takes that and runs it through bpmedialist looking for FULL tapes. It then tosses those
Okay... I ran the summary and I do NOT see the tape in question, LL1189
in the summary report. I have ran the unfreeze command against all
media servers to ensure that I wasn't missing something and none of the
media or master servers seem to think they own the media, but it is
physically in the l
Everything came back fine with the inventory.
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Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Can't unfreeze tapes?
Ok, what happen
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This is a summary of my original post.
Yes.
functionally and legally with Netbackup 5.1 MP5
it is now possible to use a SAN media server to accomplish restores to ANY client.
this was
Etrack Incident = ET522055
explained in the README for NetBackup 5.1 MP5
>>> "Paul
Dan -
You will have to run the command against the particular media server that
'owns' the tape.
bpmedia -unfreeze -m LL1189 -h
If you run bpmedialist -summary, you will be shown a listing of tapes owned by
each media server (as well when those tapes will expire). Find the tape you
want ot
Specifying the media_server on the end does not help. I get the same
error, and just to be absolutely sure, I ran the command through all
media servers and the master server.
I still get the following error:
requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume
database
-Ori
Is it associated with another Media server than the one on which you are
trying to unfreeze it?
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Start one?
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I don't think so.
On 5/3/06, Wilkinson, Alex <[EMAIL P
I don't think so.
On 5/3/06, Wilkinson, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is there one ?
-aW
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We are on version 5.1 MP4
>From the command line:
bpmedia -unfreeze -m LL1189
requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume
database
I haven't re-inventoried the robot, yet, but will be.
Dan
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It isn't that hard to make the install scripts use SSH instead of RSH.
With your key loaded up in your SSH agent, the install is just as
easy as RSH with the added benefit of actual security.
I found that the Solaris SSH client was not good for this, but
upgrading to the Current OpenSSH made ever
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yes,
that's what you said, but it is irrelevant to the conversation about whether a
SAN Media server can backup other clients.
whether or not SSO is used (whether drives are dedicated or shared) has
no effect on whether a machine licensed as a SAN Media server can backup/rest
Inventory the robot.
What error do you get when you try to unfreeze them?
What version of NB are you using?
You do not provide enough background information.
On 5/4/06, Sixbury, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have 2 tapes that are physically located in our tape library and show up
in the
I have 2 tapes that are physically located in our tape
library and show up in the netbackup GUI. The tapes are in a Frozen state
right now, and I am unable to un-freeze the tapes. When I do a bpmedialist
from the master/media servers, the tapes in question do not show up.
It seems rat
Hi,
i dont know exactly on which system you are installing, but if it's
redhat you should take a look at your /etc/securetty
you must add a line with "rsh" on it to work
it should be something like:
console
vc/1
vc/2
.
.
.
tty9
tty10
tty11
rsh <--
regards,
Nichol
Hi all
Seem to be having an issue installing a whole bunch of clients through the java
console . Al, other unix falvours seem to be fine by adding a server entry to
the .rhosts file on the client . However have added the .rhosts file on the
client in /root and andded servername username . Addtiona
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Isn’t that what I said?
I thought someone was asking why they
couldn’t use SAN media server to do backups of other hosts and was
answering that. Apparently someone was making a statement instead.
From: WEAVER,
Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May
Is there a way to promote a Media Server (Windows 2003 cluster) to a
Master Server (Windows 2003 cluster) in NBU 6.0 ?
I've looked in all the docs I could get but nothing to find.
Best regards,
Bart Wallebroek
Swift
Backup Administrator
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Title: Iron Mountain & NetBackup
Our environment is HP-UX 11.11, Netbackup 5.1 MP3 backing up mostly HP unix with some Sun and Windows backups. We are changing offsite storage sites and have selected Iron Mountain. I’m just beginning to look into the ftp file that we will be sending to Iron
Exactly...SSO has nothing to do with this.
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>
< Devices, click on
NDMP Hosts. Under Actions, choose New > NDMP Host." FWIW NDMP uses TCP
port 1 so don't block that in any security software. You need to read
up what your version of DART requires. Older versions of NetBackup have
limits to password length, but I don't think you will h
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SSO = Shared Storage Option Jeff
:-)
Allows Servers (Media as example) to share 1
Library!
Regards
Simon Weaver3rd Line Technical SupportWindows
Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium
Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3
5PU
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