Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 Backup selections browsing

2006-07-13 Thread Wilkinson, Tim
Title: Message I suppose in the greater scope of my original question, I'm talking about both.   I only use Windows console and it's the first one that you mention but it can be installed on other computers (go through server install and install 'Remote Administration console'); it doesn't ha

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 Backup selections browsing

2006-07-13 Thread Mansell, Richard
Title: Message I have only ever used NetBackup 6 (on a Windows server) and the only consoles I have discovered so far are the 'NetBackup Administration Console which gets installed as part of the server install and the 'NetBackup - Java Console' which can be installed separately. Are you ref

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 Backup selections browsing

2006-07-13 Thread Wilkinson, Tim
Title: Message It's the Windows Netbackup remote admin console; this is different from the Java console isn't it (at least the CDs seem to think it is)? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mansell, RichardSent: Friday, 14 July 2006 9:58 AMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.

[Veritas-bu] NBDB upgrade

2006-07-13 Thread Brandon Zermeno
FYI, If you are running NBU6 and followed the instruction on page 557 of the Admin guide and changed the NBDB database password, the installation of MP2 and MP3 will fail. I would like to thank Veritas for that little “feature”. The update works  after you set the password back to the defaul

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 Backup selections browsing

2006-07-13 Thread Mansell, Richard
Title: Message Huh, is there a non java remote admin console or is that something you get with a UNIX Master?   Regards   Richard From: Wilkinson, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 14 July 2006 11:47 amTo: Mansell, Richard; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: R

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 Backup selections browsing

2006-07-13 Thread Wilkinson, Tim
Title: Message This is the thing though; with a remote admin console (non Java version) on Windows-based machine (connecting to a Unix Master), I can't browse either, so it doesn't look like it's an issue with using the Java GUI.   Cheers,   Tim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

[Veritas-bu] Getting Media Manger error(s) on atleast 13 client systems....

2006-07-13 Thread Joseph Despres
NBU = 4.5 fp9  Solaris 9 on both the master and the media servers in question. Master = 440r  Media = 240r.. All failures are on windows systems.. and most are Lotus Notes systems.. I have seen this error on other media server...  but I think they are getting hit by

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 Backup selections browsing

2006-07-13 Thread Mansell, Richard
Title: Message Paul   The browsing Tim appears to be talking about is on the backup selections tab in a policy so the server must get a list of file systems and files via the agent on the client, not physically mount file systems.   I think it is just a feature (or lack of) of the Java GUI.

Re: [Veritas-bu] Sun branded Emulex SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 problems?

2006-07-13 Thread Chapman, Scott
Title: Message Does anyone know if this issue exists if Solaris 8 is the OS, not Solaris 10?  I was planning on installing one of these cards next week . . .   Thanks!     -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob StumpSent: Thursday, July

Re: [Veritas-bu] Vault Catalog?

2006-07-13 Thread Liddle, Stuart
yes.and it works quite well. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barber, Layne (Contractor)Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:00 AMTo: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: [Veritas-bu] Vault Catalog? Is it possible to setup a vault to only d

Re: [Veritas-bu] Sun branded Emulex SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 problems?

2006-07-13 Thread Bob Stump
The fix was found by a UNIX admin using google. symantec dropped the ticket after saying, "It's a Sun problem" VERITAS would have done the google, discovered the patch, downloaded it, and set it up for me to download.   Is that why VERITAS Software was in all uppercase letters while symantec uses

Re: [Veritas-bu] Moving media from one master to another.

2006-07-13 Thread Mark.Donaldson
One master to another is a "bpimport" procedure, I'm afraid. "bpmedia" is only for media-server to media-server. -M -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Horalek Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 1:44 PM To: Veritas-Bu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Mo

[Veritas-bu] Moving media from one master to another.

2006-07-13 Thread Jim Horalek
Anyone know how to move media from on mastet to another master? Cavat old server is an Sgi(Unix) New server is Windows. Note: I'm not trying to keep the same hostname for the master. Bpmedia ?? NBU 5.0 Thanks. Jim ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] NB6 MP3 Linux :: Services not starting

2006-07-13 Thread Dustin D'Amour
Anybody ever have services not starting if the master server gets rebooted?    I get all the same ones which are the ones listed in the following image http://www.imagereality.com/Images/Veritas/servicesNotStarting.JPG       Dustin D'Amour Coyote Solutions Group 505.742.0066 www.c

Re: [Veritas-bu] Vault Catalog?

2006-07-13 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 01:00:06PM -0500, Barber, Layne (Contractor) wrote: > Is it possible to setup a vault to only do a catalog backup and eject it > w/o it doing anything else? (vaulting other backups etc.) Yup. When you create the vault profile, just check the box beside "skip duplication st

[Veritas-bu] Vault Catalog?

2006-07-13 Thread Barber, Layne \(Contractor\)
Is it possible to setup a vault to only do a catalog backup and eject it w/o it doing anything else? (vaulting other backups etc.)   Thank You,   Layne Barber ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:34:16PM -0400, Brooks, Jason wrote: > Paul, > You must be a seer, or highly experience. :-) > > What we found was that with the move, all the switch ports were > set to Auto, but my master & media were at 100-Full. Had a network > engineer correct the port a

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread Paul Keating
*raises hand* I've seen linux too. -- > -Original Message- > From: Ed Wilts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: July 13, 2006 12:46 PM > To: Brooks, Jason > Cc: Paul Keating; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited > > > We've all been the

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread Paul Keating
*shrug* Well my grandmother and her sisters tell fortunes, but I don't think I've inherited their abilities. Seen plenty of these issues...one or two a week on the client side.if I come in at 8am and there's a backup job still running, pushing data at sub 100KB/s , I'd say better than 99 in 1

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread Brooks, Jason
Yep, we're predominantly a Windows shop, but we do have a few dozen linux servers. jason > -Original Message- > From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:53 AM > To: Brooks, Jason; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Backup

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread Brooks, Jason
Paul, You must be a seer, or highly experience. :-) What we found was that with the move, all the switch ports were set to Auto, but my master & media were at 100-Full. Had a network engineer correct the port and it's all good! I will soon look at moving to auto, since we have Gi

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 & Library Based Tape License

2006-07-13 Thread Jimh
Title: Message Thanks, your correct.   You didn't see my second post which immediately followed correcting myself. (it was stuck in my outbox)   Here's right out of the 6.0 p&p guide.(same statement is in the 5.0 and 4.5 guides.) NetBackup Library Based Tape Drive NetBackup support for ta

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 Backup selections browsing

2006-07-13 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:24:12AM -0400, Paul Keating wrote: > a unix host can't natively mount a windows share.(ie NFS vs CIFS) so > a unix master/media cannot inspect the filesystem of the windows client > to "browse". >From the master: # bpdir -M Browse away! .../Ed -- Ed Wil

Re: [Veritas-bu] Sun branded Emulex SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 problems?

2006-07-13 Thread Bob Stump
There is a potential for data loss. I experienced it. It is possible for the entire tape to become corrupted. Thankfully, this was on a new NetBackup installation so I was able to catch up with new full backups. The fix is a Sun patch 120222-10   http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetke

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon
LOL ok so I made a mistake with a name :-) Not once... Not twice but 3 times!! Justin I am sorry :-) Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Jason No worries - Also, do you have a lot of Windows clients? Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Brooks, Jason [mai

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread Jeff Lightner
Are you sure you didn't intend THIS one for "Justin" :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WEAVER, Simon Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:29 AM To: 'Brooks, Jason'; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revi

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread Paul Keating
Verify that your network ports are configured properly, and that you're running at FULL duplex. If you're running GigE, then boths sides should be configured as Auto-Speed/Auto-Duplex, and when you mouse over the little network icons on your system tray, you should get 1000Mb/s-Full. If one side

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread Brooks, Jason
Simon, Thanks. I've confirmed with our Networking group, and it does seem that something was misconfigured, or missed. I'm waiting for a test job to run and see if the speeds are any better. Lately, this one has ran at 18K/sec. We'll see. I'll let the list know what I find, to either '

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Jason First things first - Network infrastructure! Something definetely sounds a little "off" here. Also, ensure all Network related clients are talking at correct maximum speed, as if they were before the move. (ie: Say you were running at 1GB Full, ensure the backbone runs at this type of speed

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread Brooks, Jason
We have the following: Master - Win2k3 SP1, NBU 6.0MP2 Media (1) - Win2K3 SP1, NBU6.0MP2 We backup everything to the media server on their respective subnet to either SAN disk for DSSU, or some go straight to tape. Our tape library is an ADIC Scalar i2K with 2 fibre LTO3s connected to our SAN.

Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Can you give any further clearer details as to what your setup is? What was the speeds BEFORE the move? Is there anything differently configured compared to how it was before the move? What about clients - are the clients with slow throughput are SAN Clients or LAN ? Regards Simon Weaver 3rd L

[Veritas-bu] Backup Speeds Revisited

2006-07-13 Thread Brooks, Jason
Okay folks. I have a sort of shotgun question - it's big and all kinds of places/ways to approach, but I need some pointers of where to start. In late June, we physically relocated our NBU Master and Media servers. Their fibre was reconnected to the SAN, and additionally, we activated a policy to

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 Backup selections browsing

2006-07-13 Thread Paul Keating
Title: Message been like that as long as I can remember.   a unix host can't natively mount a windows share.(ie NFS vs CIFS) so a unix master/media cannot inspect the filesystem of the windows client to "browse".   Paul     -- -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.0 Upgrade Checklist

2006-07-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon
~Ed Well that's not strictly correct - what you could do is perform a "migration" to 6.0 rather than an upgrade :-) 1) Implement new NBU Server 2) upgrade old NBU Clients to latest version and ensure they can communicate with your new Master 3) Configure with your existing hardware tape robotic l

Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.0 Upgrade Checklist

2006-07-13 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:23:47AM +0100, WEAVER, Simon wrote: > Steve > There is a Veritas Installation Guide (PDF) that is well worth a read. It is > not long, and gives some good clear breakdowns as to how to upgrade or move > or install a clean version of 6.0 > > >From my perspective (and bei

Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 6 & Library Based Tape License

2006-07-13 Thread Wright, Mike \(IT\)
Title: Message Jim,   I think you're getting confused with Backup Exec licensing where more than 1 tape drive per media server requires an additional license.   NBU Enterprise/Data Centre (which is ALL I've ever seen running across 100s of sites in Europe) allows you to use as many standalo

Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.0 Upgrade Checklist

2006-07-13 Thread bob944
> Looking to take the plunge to 6.0, we need to for SPS2003 > backups. I am looking for a checklist for the upgrade > process. We are a Windows shop, I have a 2003 Master, > 1 x Win2k3 Media server and 4 x Win2k SAN media servers > that I need to upgrade. All servers are at 5.1 MP4. > > The 6.

Re: [Veritas-bu] Roll back to previous MP

2006-07-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon
LOL sorry I meant Justin :-) The Add / Remove - part of Windows Clients (Or Windoze as Paul refers to it!!) Thanks Justin Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [Veritas-bu] Roll back to previous MP

2006-07-13 Thread Justin Piszcz
Jason? :) It might, I have not tried it.. Or perhaps Add/Remove programs -> and do it that way? On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, WEAVER, Simon wrote: > > Excellent Jason - I will retain this even though I don't know unix! > I assume this method would work on other Unix platforms? > > Regards > > Simon Wea

Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.0 Upgrade Checklist

2006-07-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Title: Message Steve There is a Veritas Installation Guide (PDF) that is well worth a read. It is not long, and gives some good clear breakdowns as to how to upgrade or move or install a clean version of 6.0   From my perspective (and being a Win2k3 setup) my checklist would be   1) Ensure FU

Re: [Veritas-bu] Roll back to previous MP

2006-07-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Excellent Jason - I will retain this even though I don't know unix! I assume this method would work on other Unix platforms? Regards Simon Weaver 3rd Line Technical Support Windows Domain Administrator EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS) Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU Email: [EMAIL PROT

Re: [Veritas-bu] Roll back to previous MP

2006-07-13 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Title: Message If its Windows, it should have created an uninstall option to remove it.   If not, I am afraid its either:   1) call to Veritas to manually remove it 2) Reinstall NBU and recover from last known NBU Catalog Backups (assuming they have not been used AFTER the MP was applied).