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    Updated: @BackupMikko 08 May 2013

    Five Critical Decisions for Virtual Machine Backup and Recovery

    How far along are you on your virtualization journey? Most organizations already have more than half of their systems virtualized and are currently virtualizing their most business critical applications. Now you are facing the challenge of keeping your ever-expanding virtual environment protected while providing the required service level for the business critical physical systems. Managing two separate isolated environments increases complexity and introduces potential for gaps in the data protection strategy if not carefully planned and implemented. A poorly planned data protection strategy will not only increase risk to the data but will also consume more storage, restrict your recovery options and increase the time spent managing the environment. This is why it is important to understand the options and pitfalls when building a data protection strategy for virtual and mixed environments. Host-level Integration and Virtual Machine optimized...
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    Updated: inn_kam 18 Apr 2013

    Most Common Issue when EMM Server is down. How to Resolve by Symantec.

    In Netbackup ,the most common issue came i.e EMM Server is down ,  So i search in Symantec , and very hidden article came up,by Symantec, and its not easy to find this article  So i am sharing this , its excellent one. i resolved a lot from this   How to troubleshoot NetBackup Enterprise Media Manager (EMM) startup issues Article:HOWTO61176  |  Created: 2011-12-02  |  Updated: 2012-09-27  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO61176   ...
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    Updated: Manoj Matala 15 Apr 2013

    Lets Back it up ..!

    Automating Netbackup Installation without user intervention in 7.X  : As we all know netbackup client installation can be performed using  1) Install_client_files  2 ) Or mounting the cdrom and performing installation using ./install .                     The problem with above two methods is either we have to add client to policy or installation expects response constantly from user . I have a requirement to perform netbackup installation without user intervention .My requirement is to installation netbackup client software on 500 servers as part of baseline even before these are added any domain .  I have achieved this by editing "install" script code providing by netbackup .     This helped in installing netbackup as part of base line along with OS .  Summary of tasks to do to...
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    Created: Alex Sakaguchi 02 Apr 2013

    NetBackup 7.6 Virtualization Advancements

    Are you interested in seeing first hand the new advancements around virtualization backup and recovery coming in NetBackup 7.6?  Well, we've decided to host a Google Hangout as a sneakpeak into the latest and greatest, and broadcast it live from Vision 2013 in Las Vegas on 4/17.  This Hangout is open to the public and we're encouraging everyone to come check it out! We'll be showing you things like how to backup 300 VMs in 3 minutes, backing up 3TB of data in 15 minutes, and much more. Broadcasting live from the Expo Hall floor of the MGM Grand on April 17th from 12:00pm to 1:15pm Pacific time.   RSVP on our Google + page: Protecting 300 VMs in 3 min We'll be taking questions from panel members as well as those submitted through Google + and Twitter.  ...
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    Created: inn_kam 29 Mar 2013

    Symantec Technical Support on GRT individual email recovery failed error 2810

    We have one issue of restoring email, and we took support from Symantec Expert Engineer , He sort out and resolved the problem in great manner. So i want to share it with All Netbackup Users who are having problem in restoring the email from Exchange. ISSUE: GRT individual email recovery failed ERROR CODE/MESSAGE: Status code 2810 ENVIRONMENT/CONDITIONS: Netbackup 7.1.0.4 Master Server on WIndows Netbackup 7.1.0.4 Media Server whichis Exchnage 2010 Mail Server as well. Netbackup 7.1.0.4 Mail server another Netbackup 7.1.0.4 HUB CAS server EVIDENCE: 2/14/2013 16:11:56 - Info bpbrm(pid=1448) (CAS SERVER Name) is the host to restore to 2/14/2013 16:11:56 - Info bpbrm(pid=1448) reading file list from client 2/14/2013 16:11:57 - connecting 2/14/2013 16:11:57 - Info bpbrm(pid=1448) start nbfsd on client 2/14/2013 16:11:58 - Info bpbrm(pid=1448) start nbgre on...
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    Created: Gavrilov 27 Mar 2013

    NetBackup in VCS environment. Manual start without VCS

    My last few cases were cluster related. It's funny, but some customers (and even engineers)  always forget how to manage NBU when it's under cluster control. They also believe that they can easily bring NBU up by same old start\stop scripts  during the cluster's problem. It wouldn't work out. As soon as we place NBU under Cluster  control it means that it's being controlled by cluster Agent. But Agent's functions aren't limited by start\stop\monitor routines.  Let's look at possible scenario. We've upgraded both nodes and want to perform a switchover to the another node for the check. It fails. What would we do? Everyone knows that first of all we need to understand why we can't start application in the cluster. Is it NBU's problem or is it cluster related issue? We can disable AutoFailover and switch NBU's service group to the problem node again. It'll stop in OFFLINE|FAULTED state on it. What's next?...
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    Created: inn_kam 25 Mar 2013

    My Netbackup Activites and Symantec Support

    Hi i am working as Systems Engineer in one of the Vendor Side Company , and give support for Symantec Netbackup + Desktop Laptop + Ops Center for lots of Customer .and if got any complicated issue , we took help from Symantec  with excellent support. In this blog i would like to contribute my Experience for trouble shooting various cases at customer side with the help of Symantec And it wil help lots of people who are new in using Symantec Netbackup.  
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    Created: robydv 04 Mar 2013

    High Scalability with less complexity

    When selecting a backup solution for an enterprise environment performance and scalability are between the most important requirements.   I'd like to recall the two Kyle Blog entries about NetBackup scalability and why the NetBackup three-tiered approach is the winning one.   How Can Different Upgrade Methods Help or Hurt Your Backup Solution’s TCO? Lies, Damned Lies, and Infinite Scalability!!! A backup software with its configuration catalog distributed on different hosts may have scalability issues due to the problem of keeping all this pieces of information up-to-date.   The other things to consider are: ...
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    Created: kirankamreddy 25 Feb 2013

    Learn how to achieve operational excellence in your backup environment

    Has data protection got you perplexed? Are you wondering if your current data protection plan is maximizing the value of the technology assets and not underutilizing them? Join this webcast on February 26th at 10 am PST to learn how to create efficient environments with the right people, right processes and right technologies in place to provide the best data protection for your company. Highlights of the webcast include: Top operational challenges in data protection environments today A comparison of various deployment models            An introduction to a new deployment model—Managed Services   Don’t miss out on this webcast, register now! http://bit.ly/X5XEPf   
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    Updated: Ryan McCain 14 Feb 2013

    Use The Java Administration Console (GUI) To Learn What Linux/Unix Commands Are Being Run Under The Covers

    When I began learning AIX, I relied heavily on the AIX system administration tool called SMIT (GUI) or SMITTY (menu based). One of the great things about SMIT is when you "point and clicked" to create a user account, configure NFS, etc., SMIT displays the actual Unix commands being executed on the bottom of the SMIT window. This is how I learned the basics of the Unix command line. Over time I was able to do all of my administration from the command line interface (CLI) and not have to rely on SMIT. Understanding what commands were actually being run opened the door for me to write scripts that automated routine tasks, tweaked system performance, etc. etc. Fortunately, there is a similar feature in NetBackup 7.x. In order to see the command line operations being run by the Java Admin GUI, perform the following actions: 1. On the system where you are running the Java Admin GUI (likely the master server) go to the java directory. # cd /usr/...