Re: [Veritas-bu] KMS issues in SSO environment?!

2010-03-05 Thread Eagle, Kent
istaff.com [mailto:judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:59 PM To: adam...@medsch.ucsf.edu; Eagle, Kent; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] KMS issues in SSO environment?! The bottom of the doc says for Solaris only. There is another doc that says

[Veritas-bu] KMS issues in SSO environment?!

2010-03-04 Thread Eagle, Kent
Greetings, We are running NBU 6.5.3.1 with a Quantum (ADIC) i2000 Scalar library. We currently have a bunch of LTO2 drives, but want to switch to LTO4 and get rid of our inline encryption appliances. We know about QEKM and QSKM, but are trying to go with a more vendor neutral solution. Also, an

Re: [Veritas-bu] Which is Best for My NetBackup Master - 32

2009-07-17 Thread Eagle, Kent
day, July 17, 2009 10:51 AM To: Eagle, Kent Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Which is Best for My NetBackup Master - 32 On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Eagle, Kent wrote: Avoid putting a page file on a fault-tolerant drive, such as a mirrored volume or a RAID-5 volume

Re: [Veritas-bu] Which is Best for My NetBackup Master - 32

2009-07-17 Thread Eagle, Kent
Karthikeyan, An easy thing to do is to look at the performance tab of Task Manager during a time of heavy usage. There you will get an idea of how the cpu load is distributed, and what your memory utilization looks like. It's just a snapshot in time, but it's a good place to start. If you want mor

[Veritas-bu] Release date for 6.5.4?

2009-03-04 Thread Eagle, Kent
Has anyone heard anything specific regarding the release date for 6.5.4? Kent C. Eagle MTS Infrastructure Engineer II, MCP, MCSE Visit our website at www.wilmingtontrust.com Investment products are not insured by the FDIC or any other governmental agency, are not deposits of or other obligat

Re: [Veritas-bu] Encrypting offsite tapes

2008-11-11 Thread Eagle, Kent
Hello Rongsheng, I think there may also be a 4th option, though potentially more expensive than an appliance solution if you don't already have the hardware- IF you have LTO4 at your primary site and you either have (or don't need) LTO4 read capability at your offsite: You could create a policy

[Veritas-bu] Status 23: socket read failed _ on 6.5.2 W2K3 Master

2008-07-31 Thread Eagle, Kent
Recently upgraded our test environment Master server from 6.0MP5 to 6.5MP2 Now receiving intermittent errors. >From Job Details: "Status 23: socket read failed" " "7/29/2008 6:07:51 PM - Info bpdbm(pid=2812) deleted 1 expired records, compressed 0, tir removed 0, deleted 0 expired copies so

Re: [Veritas-bu] bpstart_notify.bat, bpend_notify.bat, and multiple streams

2008-07-15 Thread Eagle, Kent
Upon further review, it appears PARENT_START_NOTIFY and PARENT_END_NOTIFY are potential candidates to handle at least most of the scenario I've described below, but I can't seem to find any sample scripts... -Original Message----- From: Eagle, Kent Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 1

Re: [Veritas-bu] bpstart_notify.bat, bpend_notify.bat, and multiple streams

2008-07-15 Thread Eagle, Kent
Additional info below. -Original Message- From: Eagle, Kent Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:37 AM To: 'veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu' Subject: bpstart_notify.bat, bpend_notify.bat, and multiple streams O.k., I can find many old posts regarding bpstart_notify.bat, bpend_

[Veritas-bu] bpstart_notify.bat, bpend_notify.bat, and multiple streams

2008-07-15 Thread Eagle, Kent
O.k., I can find many old posts regarding bpstart_notify.bat, bpend_notify.bat, and multiple streams; but none that are very current. Has the issue of multiple streams and running these batch files been rectified (triggered by the parent job, rather than the streams), or is scripting still require

[Veritas-bu] Aptare SC on VM?

2008-06-25 Thread Eagle, Kent
Anyone running Aptare storage Console on a Windows 2K3 VM guest? I'm trying to avoid bogging down an existing machine with yet another app, and certainly trying to avoid (GASP!) hitting the budget! ;-) Kent Eagle MTS Infrastructure Engineer II, MCP, MCSE Tech Services / SMSS Visit our web

Re: [Veritas-bu] A cautionary tale about media vendors (cont'd).

2008-04-10 Thread Eagle, Kent
Back in the bad old DLT IV days - We had a media vendor beating down our door; touting low cost media, and offering to buy our old media, sell us used, or both. They too claimed that they would destroy all the old data via a multi-step process, while maintaining a comprehensive "chain of custody"

Re: [Veritas-bu] Bpexpdate Issue

2007-12-19 Thread Eagle, Kent
Daniel/Justin, I know in 6.x all the databases are supposed to be on the master, but... Be sure to run the command(s) from the media server that wrote the tape. That should do the trick. Let us know how you fare, Kent Eagle MTS Infrastructure Engineer II, MCP, MCSE Tech Services / SMSS ---

Re: [Veritas-bu] Tapeless backup environments

2007-10-19 Thread Eagle, Kent
. - Kent -Original Message- From: Jeff Lightner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 12:36 PM To: Eagle, Kent; Curtis Preston; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Tapeless backup environments Not an attack - just a question: Did s

Re: [Veritas-bu] Tapeless backup environments

2007-10-19 Thread Eagle, Kent
ll attend the class after all. I'm beginning to think I'll be entertained. End transmission. Regards, Kent Eagle MTS Infrastructure Engineer II, MCP, MCSE Tech Services / SMSS -Original Message- From: Curtis Preston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:41 P

Re: [Veritas-bu] Tapeless backup environments

2007-10-18 Thread Eagle, Kent
Sorry, but I just can't keep from jumping in at this point. Not taking either side, but... Are you seriously suggesting that a quote from "Wikipedia" constitutes empirical scientific research? I could place a posting on there that either concurs with, or totally rejects the position of that postin

Re: [Veritas-bu] Error 41 on Catalog Backup using NBU 6.0MP4?

2007-08-29 Thread Eagle, Kent
Doug, We have also seen these errors occur in the manner you describe. We traced it to the "Pempersist" issue, which Veritas support confirmed WAS NOT fixed in MP3 OR MP4 as they originally posted in the MP4 notes. Each maintenance pack claimed the next was going to fix the issue. Sigh... See the

Re: [Veritas-bu] excluding a single host

2007-04-24 Thread Eagle, Kent
There is also another wrinkle to this methodology (at least in versions prior to 6.0) that I don't think has been discussed yet - If you remove the client from the policy, and the client only lived in that one policy, you have lost all your client host properties (exclusions, email addresses, etc.

[Veritas-bu] Sun StorageTek Business Analytics (formerly known as GSM)?

2007-04-06 Thread Eagle, Kent
Greetings, Is anyone running Sun StorageTek Business Analytics 5.1 (formerly known as GSM) on a Windows 2003 NBU 6.0 Master server? Sun is supporting up to NBU 5.1 on W2K and W2K3 Master servers, but are saying they need you to switch to a Solaris Master in order for Sun StorageTek Business Analy

Re: [Veritas-bu] Return code 84

2007-03-23 Thread Eagle, Kent
Welcome to the wonderful world of NetBackup vs. Emulex! Try the following touch file, which fixed our issue. < install_dir >\ Volmgr\ database\ NO_SIXTEEN_BYTE_CDB See this technote for details (It didn't directly apply to our environment either, but it did fix the problem...) http://seer.suppor

[Veritas-bu] NO_SIXTEEN_BYTE_CDB touch file. Anyone else need this?

2007-03-05 Thread Eagle, Kent
Environment: NBU Enterprise 6.0 MP3 Master Server - Windows Server 2003 SP1 HBA Emulex LightPulse LP11002-E Media Servers - Windows Server 2003 SP1 HBA Emulex LightPulse LP1 Encryption -NeoScale CrypoStor FC702. Firmware fc-2.3.2-Build3 Li

Re: [Veritas-bu] Vault Printing Problem

2007-01-26 Thread Eagle, Kent
Mike, Silly questions, but - Have you double checked your syntax [forward(and back) slashes]? Do you have any report criteria checked in the vault reports column like "Picking List for Robot"? Good luck, Kent C. Eagle Systems Engineer, MCP, MCSE Tech Services / SMSS ---

Re: [Veritas-bu] Symantec ?!Support?!

2007-01-08 Thread Eagle, Kent
Patrick, One additional benefit of opening the case via email support is that when you get the confirmation email, you generally get a case number. Having run the gauntlet of Veritas/Symantec Tech Support numerous times in the past, I've learned to call support with the "existing case number" in

Re: [Veritas-bu] DataDomain ddr460 restorer storage unit setup

2006-12-15 Thread Eagle, Kent
Hi Jamie, We've been using a DD460 for a while now with great success. Compression/de-duplication, or whatever you want to call it, does indeed get better over time. One note of caution I'd throw your way is to ensure that your DD460 is setup properly to send the daily alert summaries and daily a

Re: [Veritas-bu] Does CryptoStor Tape play nice with SSO?

2006-12-08 Thread Eagle, Kent
Jason, We've been using several CryptoStor FC702 models for over a year now. Our shop is Win2K3 Master & Media servers, with 7 FC LTO2 drives in a robot. They are all SSO. We chose the CryptoStor product over the others we were evaluating primarily on the simplicity of their key management strat

Re: [Veritas-bu] Media write error at NDMP

2006-11-14 Thread Eagle, Kent
17:02:01 -0800 (PST) From: Yoseph Leleputra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Media write error at NDMP (Yoseph Leleputra) To: "Eagle, Kent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset

Re: [Veritas-bu] Media write error at NDMP (Yoseph Leleputra)

2006-11-10 Thread Eagle, Kent
Yoseph, Are you using Emulex LP11002 HBA's? We had an issue with Status 84 errors on just our Master after a firmware upgrade on our i2000. All HBA drivers and firmware had remained the same. The media server has LP9000's, and was fine! Frustrating!!! The solution was to disable use of 16 byte C

[Veritas-bu] Commvault galaxy user forums?

2006-08-24 Thread Eagle, Kent
Greetings, A bit off topic, but does anyone have suggestions for any Commvault galaxy user forums that are on par with this one? Thank you, Kent Eagle Systems Engineer, MCP, MCSE Tech Services / SMSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit our website at www.wilmingtontrust.com Investment products are not

[Veritas-bu] New 6.0MP3 Master server, old 5.1MP3 Media server

2006-08-08 Thread Eagle, Kent
I haven't been able to find the answer to this question in the SAG... We have an existing windows 5.1MP3 environment with 1 Master and 1 Media server. We are tossing our catalog (only 2 weeks right now) so we don't intend to do an NBPushdata. We want to take the existing Master off the network, th

[Veritas-bu] Status 84 errors after ADIC i2000 upgraded to i4 firmware

2006-06-29 Thread Eagle, Kent
Greetings, Has anyone else experience Status 84 errors after upgrading the firmware on their ADIC i2000 to i4 (4.4.2 or 4.3.x)? We didn't have the problem on i3, and it went away when we downgraded the version. The other half of this equation is that along with the robot firmware, our IBM LTO2 dr

[Veritas-bu] Launching user backup from batch or script on Windows client?

2006-06-21 Thread Eagle, Kent
Greetings, I'm curious to see if there's a CLI command or API call that can be used to launch a user backup schedule in a policy from a 6.0 MP2 installation on windows 2003 client or media server? I'm basically trying to set up an external trigger to start the backup. Alternatively, something tha

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.0 MP2 post install errors

2006-06-12 Thread Eagle, Kent
ED] Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 3:17 PM To: Eagle, Kent; Cc: Lee Anne Pedersen Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.0 MP2 post install errors You have to buy the vault license to start this service . There is a thechnote but I can' find it right now And yes, all netbackup services

Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.0 MP2 post install errors

2006-06-09 Thread Eagle, Kent
erting. Thanks again, Kent Eagle Systems Engineer, MCP, MCSE Tech Services / SMSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Lee Anne Pedersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 5:55 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Cc: Eagle, Kent Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NetBa

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring Windows shared folders

2006-06-08 Thread Eagle, Kent
Tony, The Share itself is more an object or property of Active Directory than a file attribute. As long as the share properties (share name, path, etc.) and permissions have remained the same, you'll get the folder back, including any NTFS references to it being shared, when you do your restore.

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.0 MP2 post install errors

2006-06-08 Thread Eagle, Kent
Greetings, Has anyone encountered the following error when attempting to launch the Administration Console after an installation of NetBackup 6.0 MP2? "Adaptive Server Anywhere Network Server encountered a problem and needed to close." Clicking "OK" in the error dialog for the error above yields

[Veritas-bu] re: ADIC i2000 Scaler Robot and LTO3 Drives

2006-04-13 Thread Eagle, Kent
Hi Diane,   We have an i2000, but have not installed an expansion cabinet yet, which it sounds like you have. My suggestion would be to check the ADIC console in partition view to see if the partitioning for the slots in the extended area you’re trying to use for NetBackup are defined co

[Veritas-bu] RE: Veritas-bu digest, Vol 1 #4996 - 5 msgs

2006-03-23 Thread Eagle, Kent
From: Eagle, Kent Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:36 PM To: 'veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu' Subject: RE: Veritas-bu digest, Vol 1 #4996 - 5 msgs Is the machine/policy type the same when you specify the servers for source/destination in BAR? Re: exchange, sql, NT? If it's

[Veritas-bu] Backing up EMC Centera with NB 6.x Windows Master server?

2006-03-17 Thread Eagle, Kent
Is anyone using NetBackup 6.x on Windows to back up an EMC Centera? I can only find vague references indicating it requires NDMP, on which I also can't find any info. Allegedly, some release of NB 6.x will have specific hooks/extensions for Centera? Thank you, Kent C. Eagle Systems Engineer, M

[Veritas-bu] Identifying vault duplication tapes

2006-03-15 Thread Eagle, Kent
NB 5.1 MP3 W2K Master & Media servers. I've got a couple clients that write their primary copy to disk. There are a couple different policies that do this. We've got an early am off-site requirement that precludes waiting until we run our am vault eject profiles to do the duplication. So, what we

[Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.x Minimum hardware recomendations

2006-02-15 Thread Eagle, Kent
Greetings, Has anyone encountered a document for NetBackup 6.x that indicates Minimum or recomended server hardware for Windows 2003 Master/Media servers? I understand "your mileage may vary" based on environment, data size, etc.; but there have to be at least some minimum guidelines so I can pus

[Veritas-bu] Duplication job killing NB Catalog job

2006-01-10 Thread Eagle, Kent
Greetings, Windoze 2K3 Master & 2 Media servers, NetBackup 5.1MP3 SSO, ADIC I2000 fiber LTO2. I have 2 interrelated questions: 1. We have 2 clients being backed up to the same DSU. The clients reside in independent policies, but are often running concurrently, for at least part of their active t

[Veritas-bu] re: Version information after FP9 Upgrade

2005-11-07 Thread Eagle, Kent
> Isamar Maia wrote, in part: > >I just upgraded my Windows NBU 4.5 Datacenter client with FP9 patch. > >... The problem is that when I open "Help->About", it is still > >showing FP6 instead of FP9. >From a command prompt, in the "Install path\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin\admincmd" directory (That's wi

RE: [Veritas-bu] error code 134

2005-11-03 Thread Eagle, Kent
Hi Frank, I don't think you have yet stated what NB version you're on or what OS you're using? We experienced jobs failing with 134's instead of 196's after upgrading our Master & Media servers to 5.1 MP2 on Win2K. The issue was fixed by upgrading to 5.1 MP3(It also fixed exit status 41 errors we