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Recovering backup exec 2010

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Hi everyone,

 

I'm just wondering about the following scenario:

I have backup exec 2010 installed on a server, in which some files are backup from this server to a tape. I was wondering if this servers crashs, What would be the best way to recover the data. 

Im asking this because i'm not quit sure if my backup exec has been setup correctly in order to get the data back from the tape, in case i need to install everything from scretch.

 

Just a preventive question.

Many thanks for the support.

 

Regards,

 

 


Not Able to Open Web Console

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HI,

Please see the following details:-

Product Name:- Netbackup Operations Manager

Prduct Version:- 7.5

Platform:- Windows 2003 Server

Platform Version:- Standard Server

Brief Description of Problem:- Not able to open web console

 

 

Thnks & Regards

Bhushan

Backup Exec 2010 and Exchange Database

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Hello, 

I'm receiving errors when i want to launch a backup job for my Exchange server Mailbox Database. I have two clustered (DAG) servers named EX1 and EX2.

The errors is:

BackupExec screen_0.png

          

After googling i found a solution telling that i've to install a backup exec 2010 R3 Hotfix 180429. But nothing is changed!!

Please somebody help me.

 

Excluding SQL DB files from a file level windows backup

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Hi,

I want to make sure I am correcting in excluding these SQL Database files, I am doing this in the admin gui console >>client properties >>exclude list.

Would this work

D:\IMS_SQL_DBs\*

Or is it

D:\IMS_SQL_DBs*

 

Windows 2003 client

Thanks

 

Issue: Changing tape drive

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Hello everybody!

We have a big problem when our supplier changes a tape drive damaged. In our backup enviroment we use:
 
Library SL8500
ACSLS server versión 8.0.2
Oracle-Sun server, Solaris SunOS 5.10
4 media server on aix
After the supplier change a tape drive, we have to delete all tape drive from NBU 7.5.0.4, after we have to use wizard and create again the tape drives.
 
The issue starts, when new tape drive displays messages like this:
 
Jul  8 12:49:27 master_server daemon:err|error acsd[1900722]: ACS(1) going to DOWN state, status: Timeout waiting for robotic command
Jul  8 12:49:56 master_server daemon:err|error acsd[3317880]: ACS(1) dismount failure for volume ABC123  on drive (0,0,1,5), ACS status = 29, STATUS_DRIVE_IN_USE
Jul  8 12:49:56 master_server daemon:err|error acsd[3317880]: ACS(1) waiting to resubmit dismount request (attempt 2) for volume ABC123  on drive (0,0,1,5)
Jul  8 12:50:26 master_server daemon:err|error acsd[3407982]: ACS(1) dismount failure for volume ABC456 on drive (0,3,1,8), ACS status = 29, STATUS_DRIVE_IN_USE
Jul  8 12:50:26 master_server daemon:err|error acsd[3407982]: ACS(1) waiting to resubmit dismount request (attempt 2) for volume ABC456 on drive (0,3,1,8)
Jul  8 12:57:24 master_server daemon:err|error acsd[3317880]: ACS(1) dismount failure for volume ABC123  on drive (0,0,1,5), ACS status = 29, STATUS_DRIVE_IN_USE
Jul  8 12:57:24 master_server daemon:err|error acsd[3317880]: ACS(1) waiting to resubmit dismount request (attempt 3) for volume ABC123  on drive (0,0,1,5)
Jul  8 12:58:01 master_server daemon:err|error acsd[3407982]: ACS(1) dismount failure for volume ABC456 on drive (0,3,1,8), ACS status = 29, STATUS_DRIVE_IN_USE
Jul  8 12:58:01 master_server daemon:err|error acsd[3407982]: ACS(1) waiting to resubmit dismount request (attempt 3) for volume ABC456 on drive (0,3,1,8)
 
So we don't have idea in which part of the components is the problem. I like to know if I need run some command from the media server, or from the acs server? 
Someone have any idea?
 
Regards.
 
 
 
 

Change dedup storage unit name for appliance

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I have configured 5220 appliance as a media server with default dedup storage unit name. Can I change the storage unit name without reconfigure the appliance?

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CLI Command For Dedup Rates

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NBU Experts,

 

Do any of you know if there is a CLI command  that can tell the dedup rate for all the images created, and stored in a PureDisk pool?

For examaple, if I run bpimagelist on the master server I get some good info, but not the dedup rate for each image.

Thanks,

AVazquez

Connectivity Issues in BE2010

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I am having some trouble with BackupExec 2010. The media server is v.13.0 Rev. 2896 (64-bit).

We have 8 servers we back up- one is a SQL server, one is a Hyper-V server, one is an Exchange server, then there are a few file servers and a couple of VM's.

Everything is updated to the latest (As of 7/6) according to LiveUpdate.

The problems seem to stem from connectivity. The admin console will randomly drop the connection ot he BE database- Sometimes once in 2 hours, sometimes several times in a minute. Then I have to click the OK button and put in the password to reconnect. I have one job in particular that runs daily on the non-database information on our SQL server- sometimes it runs, and sometimes it will back up a few GB then throw an error E000846B which is a generic "lost connectivity" error. It succeeds about 2-3 out of six times a week. The backup target is a disk local to the media server, which is on a separate drive-based array from anything else (Except other backup jobs). I have since tried adding a separate network dedicated to the backups- Each server being backed up has a hardware port assigned to this backup network, which has no route to the Internet- Basically a simple LAN on a dedicated switch in which all members have static IP's and can ping each other.

In BE I have the job set to use the network connection for the backup network, and the SQL server has the remote agent set only to publish to the backup network IP address of the media server.

I have a second job that runs on this server as well- it is dedicated to backing up the MSSQL databases on the server. When I run it, it runs for less than a second and fails with an error E0000F02. The only way to get it to run is to allow it to use any network adapter it wants, which will push unwanted traffic over the production network, but does allow it to success most of the times it runs.

We never run more than two backup jobs at the same time as a tape backup, and one of those must be a local backup- This is for the sake of network communications and reducing unexpected errors. We run a B2D2T scenario, where the tape backup runs starting at 3am each day, database backups run at 12am and hyperV/fileserver backups start at 6PM.

I think the common theme here is a network connectivity issue- Our production network uses Cisco Catalyst 2960's @ 100MBPS, and the backup network uses a Netgear GS724T-300 (Chosen for solid history in data streaming applications, such as ghosting.... Any ideas why we are having these issues?

Thanks!

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Offhost Backup.

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Hi all,

In my environment, we have a Offhost Backup running, due to a failure we encountered last week, we came to know that particular Backup was not a Offline but an Offhost Backup.

 

Can anybody pls brief me on Offhost Backup.

 

I have a rough idea..but the concept is not clear.

 

 

Thanks and Regards,

.Jayaram Balasubramanian.

Phase 2 import failes with error 250 on NDMP image

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Hi I am having an issue importing a couple of NDMP images and wonder if anyone has any ideas. My issue seems similar to a flashbackup one noted here:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH23094

I have tried to include as much detail as possible, attached is the phase 1 header file.

NBU Master and media 7.1.0.4

NDMP device NetApp FC connected to tape library

Phase 1 imports are successful for all images one several tapes

Phase 2 imports success for all images except two

Failed Images have status 191 no images restored, and EXIT STATUS 250

Activity monitor Detailed status pane shows:

10/07/2013 17:54:28 - begin Import
10/07/2013 17:54:29 - Info bptm(pid=5616) start           
10/07/2013 17:54:29 - started process bptm (5616)
10/07/2013 17:54:29 - Info bpdm(pid=5616) reading backup image         
10/07/2013 17:54:29 - Error bptm(pid=5616) cannot find TIR fragment for backup id Server1_1350692233    
10/07/2013 17:54:29 - Error bpimport(pid=8052) Import of policy POLICY1, schedule Weekly_Full (Server1_1350692233) failed, the image was not created with TIR information.
10/07/2013 17:54:29 - Error bpimport(pid=8052) Status = no images were successfully processed.     
10/07/2013 17:54:29 - Info bptm(pid=5616) EXITING with status 250 <----------       
10/07/2013 17:54:29 - end Import; elapsed time: 00:00:01
no images were successfully processed(191)

Catalog Results shows:

"C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\bpimport.exe" -Bidfile "C:\Users\username1\AppData\Local\Symantec\NetBackup\20130710175428.bid" -L "C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\Logs\user_ops\NMS\username1\logs\jbpImport2-20130710175428.log" -M Master1 -l

Import phase 2 started 10/07/2013 17:54:28
17:54:29 INF - Importing policy POLICY1, schedule Weekly_Full (Server1_1350692233), media id B00281, created on 10/20/2012 01:17:13.
17:54:29 INF - Importing by reading INDEX file information only, full list not available.
17:54:29 INF - Import of policy POLICY1, schedule Weekly_Full (Server1_1350692233) failed, the image was not created with TIR information.

17:54:29 INF - Status = no images were successfully processed.

bptm log shows:-

15:29:12.813 [7068.6900] <2> main: Setting mud from bp.conf
15:29:12.813 [7068.6900] <4> report_client: VBRC 2 7068 0 Server1_1350692233 -1 *NULL* -1 *NULL* 0 1 1
15:29:12.813 [7068.6900] <2> LOCAL CLASS_ATT_DEFS: Product ID = 6
15:29:12.813 [7068.6900] <2> ConnectionCache::connectAndCache: Acquiring new connection for host Master1, query type 81
15:29:12.829 [7068.6900] <2> logconnections: BPDBM CONNECT FROM x.x.x.x.60733 TO x.x.x.x.13721 fd = 984
15:29:12.938 [7068.6900] <2> db_end: Need to collect reply
15:29:12.938 [7068.6900] <2> ConnectionCache::connectAndCache: Acquiring new connection for host Master1, query type 55
15:29:12.938 [7068.6900] <2> logconnections: BPDBM CONNECT FROM x.x.x.x.60757 TO x.x.x.x.13721 fd = 984
15:29:13.047 [7068.6900] <2> db_end: Need to collect reply
15:29:13.047 [7068.6900] <2> read_backup: retention period for import = 1209600, rl = 1
15:29:13.047 [7068.6900] <16> read_backup: cannot find TIR fragment for backup id Server1_1350692233
15:29:13.047 [7068.6900] <2> job_monitoring_exex: ACK disconnect
15:29:13.047 [7068.6900] <2> job_disconnect: Disconnected
15:29:13.047 [7068.6900] <2> bptm: EXITING with status 250 <----------
15:29:13.063 [7068.6900] <2> job_connect: SO_KEEPALIVE set on socket 736 for client Master1
15:29:13.063 [7068.6900] <2> logconnections: BPJOBD CONNECT FROM x.x.x.x.60782 TO x.x.x.x.13723 fd = 736
15:29:13.063 [7068.6900] <2> job_authenticate_connection: ignoring VxSS authentication check for now...
15:29:13.063 [7068.6900] <2> job_connect: Connected to the host Master1 contype 10 jobid <571173> socket <736>
15:29:13.063 [7068.6900] <2> job_connect: Connected on port 60782
15:29:13.063 [7068.6900] <2> bptm: Global\NetBackup Terminate Event, pid: 7068 closed.

The Phase 1 imported header POLICY1_1350692233_FULL has the TIR_INFO set to 0. I saw this as a fix in the Technote above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Database cannot be started -- unable to start database "/usr/openv/db/staging/NBDB.db

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Hi 

On 24 June my Sun Sparc T5220 Server Hang , can ping but failed to SSH ot Telnet. Found in the var/adm/message below error :

1) Do this will cause the server Hang?

2) how to fix this problem..because after perform hard reset , the server up and running until today. Is there possiblity the server will Hang again?

 TQ

Latiff

Jun 24 00:01:02 tmossbak SQLAnywhere(valid): [ID 702911 user.error] Error: Database cannot be started -- unable to start database "/usr/openv/db/staging/NBDB.db"
Jun 24 00:01:02 tmossbak SQLAnywhere(valid): [ID 702911 user.error] Database cannot be started -- unable to start database "/usr/openv/db/staging/NBDB.db"
Jun 24 00:01:03 tmossbak SQLAnywhere(valid): [ID 702911 user.error] Error: Database cannot be started -- unable to start database "/usr/openv/db/staging/NBDB.db"
Jun 24 00:01:03 tmossbak SQLAnywhere(valid): [ID 702911 user.error] Database cannot be started -- unable to start database "/usr/openv/db/staging/NBDB.db"
Jun 24 00:01:03 tmossbak SQLAnywhere(valid): [ID 702911 user.error] Error: Database cannot be started -- unable to start database "/usr/openv/db/staging/NBDB.db"
Jun 24 00:01:03 tmossbak SQLAnywhere(valid): [ID 702911 user.error] Database cannot be started -- unable to start database "/usr/openv/db/staging/NBDB.db" 

Netbackup, Solaris client installation

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Regards,

 

 

I recently install a Master Server in Windows, now im installing the clients, one of them is SOLARIS, and the problem is that the ROOT have inside the /opt, the ROOT filesystem have 98% full so i dont have space to install the client, maybe there is a way to redirect the client installation or install on another Filesystem?

 

 

 

thanks for the help

 

 

Alejandro P.

OCA reporting for Time taken to protect client

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Dear Experts,

We are trying to get a report from OCA(OpsCenter Analytics) which gives accurate information about average time taken to protect a client. both Full and INCR backups. This will be used to produce to the management after the environment gets additional hardware as Appliance as we are projecting a good performance. The curent NBU and OCA version is 7.0.1. We have tried to derive the job duration report which is available but it "sum" up all the backups ran for a client and produce the result rather than actualy time taken to complete the backup. So in a 24 hours window it shows that the client took 36 hours to complete the backup.

I am really thinking too much but not getting to a good solution for this. Please help me.

Regards,

System State restore using BEMCLI with Backup Exec 2012

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Hi All,

I am currently working on a project for which I want to have the ability to do a full system restore (File System/System State restore) from the command line. However, the BEMCLI Help document only lists a function for doing a file system restore (Submit-FileSystemRestoreJob). Is there a way to do a system state restoration from the command line as well?

Thanks,

Grant

Silent Installation commands for NBU 7.1 Java Console on Windows 7

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Have the need to build a package to install the NBU 7.1 Java Console on several Windows 7 x64 workstations.  I Am able to install manually, but would like to script the installation.  I have checked the install guide but was not able to find anything that would work.  My next course of action would be to use some sort of "send keys".

 

Please advise,

 

 


Best Practice for NBU 7.1 Java Version on Windows 7 x64

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After manual installation of the NBU Java Console on a workstation, I am having to modify permissions to the rootdrive\veritas folder for this application to work correctly.  Is that the best practice for this version on Windows 7 x64?

Backup Exec fail to install

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Hi there,

Recently we upgraded our tape system to LTO5, and we purchased Backup Exec 2012 to replace Backup Exec 12 which does not support LTO5. The tape drive was installed properly, when come to Backup installation, it just stuck at the installation screen with 10 minutes remaining forever, I check the log at C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\3, it says:

=== Verbose logging started: 10/7/2013  17:26:47  Build type: SHIP UNICODE 3.01.4000.4042  Calling process: C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe ===
MSI (c) (B4:18) [17:26:47:551]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI (c) (B4:18) [17:26:47:551]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (c) (B4:18) [17:26:47:551]: ******* RunEngine:
           ******* Product: {001B6569-BE48-4129-87EE-9354A7A3C468}
           ******* Action: 
           ******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (c) (B4:18) [17:26:47:551]: Client-side and UI is none or basic: Running entire install on the server.
MSI (c) (B4:18) [17:26:47:551]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (c) (B4:18) [17:26:47:567]: Cloaking enabled.
MSI (c) (B4:18) [17:26:47:567]: Attempting to enable all disabled priveleges before calling Install on Server
MSI (c) (B4:18) [17:26:47:567]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0
MSI (s) (0C:A4) [17:26:47:582]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (s) (0C:64) [17:26:47:582]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI (s) (0C:64) [17:26:47:582]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (s) (0C:64) [17:26:47:582]: ******* RunEngine:
           ******* Product: {001B6569-BE48-4129-87EE-9354A7A3C468}
           ******* Action: 
           ******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (s) (0C:64) [17:26:47:582]: Machine policy value 'DisableUserInstalls' is 0
MSI (s) (0C:64) [17:26:47:582]: MainEngineThread is returning 1605
MSI (c) (B4:18) [17:26:47:582]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied.  Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (c) (B4:18) [17:26:47:582]: MainEngineThread is returning 1605
=== Verbose logging stopped: 10/7/2013  17:26:47 ===
 
Any one had the same error before?
 
Thanks!

bpexpdate script

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Master Server is Solaris NBU 7.1.03

Media Server is Red Hat Linux

Data Domain DD690

I have a script that I am using but I have to answer yes to "Are you SURE you want to delete clientname y/n (n)? all the time.

 

Heres what I've done:

>./bpimagelist -idonly -d 01/01/2009 -e 12/31/2009 | cut -d ' ' -f10 > 2009imagelist.txt

>vi delimages.sh

#!/bin/sh

for i in `cat $1`

do

echo $i

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate -backupid $i -d 0

echo 'y'

done

 

>./bpimagelist.sh 2009imagelist.txt

How do I amend my script so that I don't have to answer yes manually as it goes through my 2009imagelist.txt

P.S. I'm trying to free up some much needed disk space on my Data Domain because I'm hitting the high water mark each week. Also, when I'm done running the script on the 2009imagelist.txt do I have to perform an addtional step in order to see that more free space has been restored to my data domain.

do i need to run these commands? ./bpexpdate -deassignempty -force or ./nbdelete -allvolumes or ./bpimage -cleanup -allclients

Thanks in advance for your expert help!

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Looking for in-depth information on Agent for VMware

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So for planning out my environment, I need to understand more in depth what is going on "under the hood" with the Backup Exec Agent for VMware but I am having trouble locating the information I need.

Specificially, I need to understand the information flows - what data stream goes where during a backup operation.

For simplicity of discussion's sake, let's say I have the following minimal HA cluster configuration:

  • Two hosts, ESXi1 and ESXi2.
  • On those hosts, only a single virtual server is found. VM1 and VM2 (each on thier respective hosts)
  • A single vCenter server appliance is running on ESXi1
  • The media server is a physical machine. The vCenter server is configured in BE, and all jobs are configured as jobs underneath the vCenter server.
  • The storage back-end used by ESXi is a SAN consisting of two storage controllers. Each host connects with and communicates with all SANs. The protocol used by the ESXi hosts to communicate with the SAN is NFS.
  • The backup destination is an iSCSI SAN not attached or related to the SAN used by the ESXi hosts. I don't think they're germane to the discussion, but I'm listing them for the sake of completeness.

 

The first question I'm trying to answer is, "When backing up a Virtual Machine via a vCenter server, what is/are the data path(s)?"

So say I tell BE to back up VM2. VM2 is on a different host than the vCenter server, so which of the following is the true picture of how is BE getting it's data stream?

  1. Is BE pulling its data through the vCenter server, and vCenter in turn pulling from ESXi2 via ESXi1, which in turn pulls data from the SAN(s)? Path: BE <- ESXi1 <- vCenter (on ESXi1) <-> ESXi2 <- SAN
  2. Is BE using the vCenter server simply as an window into the vSphere world, but is actually cutting out one of the middle men and using VAAI to pull data from ESXi2 directly? Path: BE <- ESXi2 <- SAN
  3. Is BE using the Remote Agent for Windows and pulling data directly from the virtual the same as it would from a physical? Path: BE <- ESXi2 <- VM2

I suspect it's #2, but I can't find much in the way of documentation to piece together a definitive answer.

The second question, which is even deeper, and a follow up to #1, is which vmKernel port types are being used? For instance:

  1. If the answer is #1 above, is the vCenter to ESXi2 communication using the VM network ports, or the management vmKernel port?
  2. If the answer is #2 above, is the BE <-> ESXi2 commuication using the VM network ports, the management vmKernel port, or the vmKernel port used for NFS traffic?
  3. More questions based on what's moving where over what links.

There is a dearth of information about BE 2012 beyond the surface level. Hopefully someone out there can shed some light...

Issue doing a restore to a Volume on a NetApp FAS 3230

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Good Friday all. I'm having an issue doing a restore to a Volune on a NetApp  FAS 3230 Filer running Ontap 7. I'm uising Netbackup 7.5.04 running on a master server running SUSE Linux:

 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 1
 
I'm restoring a 1.6 TB smvi snapshot to a destination Volume on one of our FAS 3230 Filers. I've come acrosss an error I've never seen and would appreciate some advice as to what the problem is or may be. I have tried restoring to another Volume on another filer and am experiencing the same problem.
 
The Tape Library I'm using to restore from is connected via Fibre to the Filers and is using HCART4 media.
 
Here is the issue. During the restore the the backup starts errroing out at different times during the restore. Sometimes I get 100 GB's restored and others I'm getting 200+. I've never gotten further than 300 GB's out of 1.6 TB.
 
Here is the error skipping the remainig bytes of inode 101
 
Then I get a scroll of errors saying
RESTORE: Find a chunk in inode 101. SKIPPING....
 
Then the restore terminates
 
My first thught was I have corrupted data on my tape but then I pulled another series of tapes a few weeks earlier with the same data and I'm getting the same error. Also my backup logs indicate the data backed up without issue.
 
As Always everyone's help is much appreciated.
 
Dave
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