[Veritas-bu] NBU 6, Windows, excluding files

2006-06-20 Thread Wilkinson, Tim
We are backing up some databases (SQL and SharePoint) and using agents to backup the actual dbs and also backing up the entire systems using ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES. The A_L_D backup jobs meet a few open db files and can't back them up (which is expected) and I'm wondering whether I can exclude t

Re: [Veritas-bu] Inconsistencies with some open file issues?

2006-06-20 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Title: Message I wont lose much sleep - if you have configured DHCP to backup itself (or using the auto method) thats ok then I guess.   Is the client software using the same version and MP as the master and the other server? Also are both DHCP servers definetely in use?     Regards Simon We

Re: [Veritas-bu] Inconsistencies with some open file issues?

2006-06-20 Thread Wilkinson, Tim
Title: Message Simon,   I've researched the DHCP thing and by default it backs itself up every hour, so I'm quite happy that I'm getting a backup of what I need. However, I'm trying to figure out why one server has this issue of open files where the other one doesn't; both are Win2k SP4. No V

Re: [Veritas-bu] Inconsistencies with some open file issues?

2006-06-20 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Title: Message Tim Its a DHCP database - by default, you may find if its alive and in use, you will get a status 1 back. You can backup the DHCP databse within the DHCP Admin tool (if I recall) and make a backup copy of it.   Is one server running VSS or VSP? Check in the master properties u

Re: [Veritas-bu] Fragment size question, something that affects us all..

2006-06-20 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Hello Justin Sorry I have been unwell. Ok, well not sure really, but are you referring to the fragmentation size on the storage unit that you can change? If I recall, I think 1TB is the max size you can set, but I thought this affected just restores Justin. Unless I am missing the point here?? R

Re: [Veritas-bu] Windows File Server "NEW STREAM" syntax

2006-06-20 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Title: Message Steve Is the file list in the stream correct? I am unsure why you are touching System Volume Information, as this should be hidden and not visible to you.   Make sure policy is set for ALLOW multiple streams.   Finally, if you were getting error 41 before, can you TRY and use

Re: [Veritas-bu] Windows File Server "NEW STREAM" syntax

2006-06-20 Thread bob944
> I have started migrating data over to a Win2k3 R2 file server > and I am > experiencing Error 41's (go figure) and so I wanted to breakout the > different volumes into streams but I get and Error 69, that > states invalid > file specification (missing ':'): NEW_STREAM > > this is what I hav

Re: [Veritas-bu] Fronting backups with disk then bleeding off to tape.

2006-06-20 Thread Ed Wilts
On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 12:47:17PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote: > Nice, the only part I worry about is what if it cannot bleed off to > tape fast enough and the disk fills up? Has this happened to you? Yes, this can happen. With 5.x, the job will fail with a status 84. With 6.x, NBU will suspend t

Re: [Veritas-bu] Inconsistencies with some open file issues?

2006-06-20 Thread Wilkinson, Tim
Not on these servers - we only run VSP on our file servers.   Cheers,   Tim From: Carlos Alberto Lima dos santos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 21 June 2006 10:40 AMTo: Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: RES: [Veritas-bu] Inconsistencies with some open f

[Veritas-bu] RES: Inconsistencies with some open file issues?

2006-06-20 Thread Carlos Alberto Lima dos santos
    Are you using VSP to backup open files?   T+   Carlos Alberto Lima dos Santos Eng. Computação – Jundiaí SP-BR * [EMAIL PROTECTED] H https://www.linkedin.com/in/tocals icq 123987362 - skype carlostoca msn only [EMAIL PROTECTED] De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

[Veritas-bu] Inconsistencies with some open file issues?

2006-06-20 Thread Wilkinson, Tim
Hi,   We have NBU6 MP2 installed on 2 separate networks; both backing up DHCP servers (both Win2k) using ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES. One of them backs up both Full and Incrementals without any errors, the other having issues with DHCP files (reporting the file as being open; files such as dhcp.mdb) fo

[Veritas-bu] RES: SQL restores

2006-06-20 Thread Carlos Alberto Lima dos santos
    Hi Mike,       See in the NetBackup for SQL administrator guide how to make a script to do a move restore, this script allow a redrected restore. If you use NBU 4.5FP3 or earlier you don't need to configure ODBC connection to do backups and restore.   T+   Carlos Alberto Lima dos Santos

[Veritas-bu] SAP backups

2006-06-20 Thread Paul Keating
Title: Message for those of you backing up SAP databases with the Netbackup for SAP agent when you call the "sap_online_backup", or similar scripts, do the jobs appear in the SAP Application's DB-13 GUI? (the SAP application's backup job scheduler) I'd hoped it would, as otherwise, the

Re: [Veritas-bu] SQL restores

2006-06-20 Thread ida3248b
Hi Mike I have had this problem, if I didn't close all the SQL enterprise manager GUI's. Regards Michael On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:35:36 -0700 (PDT), Mike Wigington wrote > Hi All, > Concerning SQL restores, does the database have to be down to restore a database from a backup and redirecting the

[Veritas-bu] RES: Windows File Server "NEW STREAM" syntax

2006-06-20 Thread Carlos Alberto Lima dos santos
    Hi Steve,       Verify if is checked the attribute "allow multiple streams" for this policy.   T+   Carlos Alberto Lima dos Santos Eng. Computação – Jundiaí SP-BR * [EMAIL PROTECTED] H https://www.linkedin.com/in/tocals icq 123987362 - skype carlostoca msn only [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Veritas-bu] SQL restores

2006-06-20 Thread Mike Wigington
Hi All, Concerning SQL restores, does the database have to be down to restore a database from a backup and redirecting the files to a different directory? I'm getting ODBC -1 and SQL state<37000> messages stating the restore fails because the ODBC could not obtain exclusive access due to the data

[Veritas-bu] BMR - Remove Missing bootserver/SRTs

2006-06-20 Thread Brooks, Jason
Recently, a server was decommissioned that was our testing BMR Linux Bootserver. It's config is now stuck in the Master's BMR Boot Servers area. Ideas on how to remove this one? Thanks, Jason Jason Brooks Computer Systems Engineer IITS - Longwood University voice - (434) 395-2916

[Veritas-bu] Windows File Server "NEW STREAM" syntax

2006-06-20 Thread Steve . Bally
All, I have started migrating data over to a Win2k3 R2 file server and I am experiencing Error 41's (go figure) and so I wanted to breakout the different volumes into streams but I get and Error 69, that states  invalid file specification (missing ':'): NEW_STREAM this is what I have in my polic

Re: [Veritas-bu] Fronting backups with disk then bleeding off to tape.

2006-06-20 Thread Paul Keating
Nope, it hasn'tthe destage to tape usually happens the morning after the nightly backups.the backup images stay on disk for a couple weeks, so you want a good quantity of disk. It may be a problem if you only have enough disk to do one night's backup, and you have insufficient tape drives

Re: [Veritas-bu] Fronting backups with disk then bleeding off to tape.

2006-06-20 Thread Justin Piszcz
Nice, the only part I worry about is what if it cannot bleed off to tape fast enough and the disk fills up? Has this happened to you? On 6/20/06, Paul Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, common in many environments. > Yes, you can use multiple streams from a DSSU to tapeworks quite > wel

Re: [Veritas-bu] Fronting backups with disk then bleeding off to tape.

2006-06-20 Thread Paul Keating
Yes, common in many environments. Yes, you can use multiple streams from a DSSU to tapeworks quite well in practice. 6 is supposed to work better than 5, in that you can group DSSUs, like regular STUs, so if one fills up, backups go to another with available space. When you destage to tape fro

[Veritas-bu] Fronting backups with disk then bleeding off to tape.

2006-06-20 Thread Justin Piszcz
Does anyone do this with a massive amount of data? Also, I noticed with 5.1MP4 its possible to use multiple streams to bleed from disk->tape but I was wondering how well this worked practice. How many people bleed off to tape using 5.1MPx? Using 6.0? How well does it work under 6 vs. 5? I know

Re: [Veritas-bu] Fragment size question, something that affects us all..

2006-06-20 Thread Justin Piszcz
Any comments on this? Simon? :) On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Justin Piszcz wrote: > Finding the sweet spot for the fragment size is a time consuming task as each > of our environments is different. > > How much does each 'index' per each fragment take up? > > Say I backup 200GB to an LTO2 tape, if I wri

[Veritas-bu] Fragment size question, something that affects us all..

2006-06-20 Thread Justin Piszcz
Finding the sweet spot for the fragment size is a time consuming task as each of our environments is different. How much does each 'index' per each fragment take up? Say I backup 200GB to an LTO2 tape, if I write an index every 2GB, how much space is lost due to the file markers? I know the fi

[Veritas-bu] Does anyone use an HP 448 1/8 Autoloader with NetBackup?

2006-06-20 Thread Justin Piszcz
I think it is an RSM (when you configure the robot) -- 1 SCSI connection for the robot and the drive, I have used this in Windows before with BackupExec, but the option 4 (RSM) specifies windows only. Is anyone running one of these drive+robot combos in UNIX or are they indeed for Windows only