[Veritas-bu] Upgrading NetBackup 6.0m4 to 6.5 [With a Twist]

2008-02-15 Thread Matthew Stier
Long ago, I started with NetBackup 3.4 running on a Enterprise 450 running Solaris 2.6 system. Over the years I've upgraded the OS to Solaris 8, and NetBackup to 4.5, then 5.1, and finally to 6.0mp4. Now I plan on taking several leaps, but am indecisive on how to take them. One leap, is from

[Veritas-bu] Any issues about moving NetBackup from Solaris 8 to Solaris 10?

2008-01-21 Thread Matthew Stier
I'm currently running NetBackup 6.0mp4 on a Solaris 8 server. I'm plan on moving it to a Solaris 10 server. Any issues if I run NetBackup within a container (zone)? On the Solaris 8 server, /usr/openv is a volume from my SAN. Any issue with moving the volume from my Solaris 8 server to the

[Veritas-bu] SUMMARY: jnbSA login screen to large

2008-01-14 Thread Matthew Stier
system, the problem went away. PS: http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ PS: There is a known font quality issue on Solaris 8 systems, when displayed on non-Sun displays. Patch 117518-02 resolves this issue. Matthew Stier wrote: Platform: Solaris 8 (SPARC) NetBackup Version: 6.0mp4

[Veritas-bu] jnbSA login screen to large

2008-01-11 Thread Matthew Stier
Platform: Solaris 8 (SPARC) NetBackup Version: 6.0mp4 Problem: Starting recently, when I start 'jnbSA' the initial login dialog box fills the screen, and only the open box icon on the left side is displaying. The entire right side is blank. No fields. No buttons. It appears that 'jnbSA'

Re: [Veritas-bu] T2000 vaulting performance with VTL/LTO3

2007-11-17 Thread Matthew Stier
Same here. But I'm looking into replacing an UE450 with a T2 box. (T5120 or T5220) Conner, Neil wrote: Let us know how it goes - I'm looking at doing the same thing with a T2000. -Neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris_Millet

Re: [Veritas-bu] clients in hosts files and forcing NICs to FULL

2007-04-15 Thread Matthew Stier
Yeap, Another conflict between Sun Microsystems and Cisco. What Cisco calls Channeling, Sun calls Trunking. http://www.sun.com/products/networking/ethernet/suntrunking/ Wilkinson, Alex wrote: 0n Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:19:59AM +0200, Clem Kruger (C) wrote: It is better to

Re: [Veritas-bu] clients in hosts files and forcing NICs to FULL

2007-04-12 Thread Matthew Stier
This is because you don't have the ports on the Cisco etherswitch configured correctly. If you turn off trunk and channel arbitration on the Cisco etherswitch (ie: set port host) Sun Microsystems servers and workstations connect without problem. I've proven this on nearly 200 Ultra-1, 2, 5,

Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore senairo

2007-02-10 Thread Matthew Stier
Since your talking remote Windows servers, have you considered NetBackup PureDisk Remote Office Edition? It sounds like it fits your needs. Deiter Scott wrote: I have been asked what we would plan to do if the following occurs. A restore is necessary at a remote site which contains a media

Re: [Veritas-bu] DSSU/DSU experience

2006-04-28 Thread Matthew Stier
olume Pool in the PTL. The 5th covers everything else. Nearly a dozen policies that backed up to two DSSU's, which feed a single Volume Pool. Ed Wilts wrote: On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 05:17:41PM -0400, Matthew Stier wrote: DSSU's do have their weaknesses. You are typically stuck with

Re: [Veritas-bu] DSSU/DSU experience

2006-04-27 Thread Matthew Stier
With the recording speeds of todays tape drives, you have to put some kind of disk in front of them, to ensure you have a steady stream of data to record. Without it, your just going to wear out the drives, even faster than before. And no matter how fast tape drives get, they will never

[Veritas-bu] Partitioning a Overland Storage NEO-8000

2006-04-18 Thread Matthew Stier
Anyone in this group, familiar with the Overland Storage NEO-8000 and it's virtual library (ie: partitioning) capability. I am running NetBackup 5.1, and have tried partitioning my NEO-8000, however, every time I attempt this, I loose little things, like being unable to eject media. I do have