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Jeffrey Redington

Jeffrey Redington
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discussion comment 09 Jan 2006
Jeffrey Redington commented on: Media server gone
While the suggested solution will work around the problem, it will continue to leave the NetBackup databases in a corrupt state. If that is not a problem for you then the solution is fine. However, as I said before the proper resolution to ...
discussion comment 28 Dec 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: netbackup client
I highly recommend exceed or reflectionx or similar program over either the remote admin console or the Java GUI. It just eliminates a lot of headaches. However, if not, and you are running XP I believe that Bob is right and you will have to use ...
discussion comment 28 Dec 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: frozen media
Not to beat a dead horse, but I would run a cleaning job on it and then if it still fails with the same error on multiple media, then call the manufacturer and replace the drive.
discussion comment 28 Dec 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: Media server gone
No the errors will cause nothing but annoyance. You can eliminate them but will have to open a case with VRTS/SYMC support to do have them clean up the databases. It can be a time-consuming process. It is up to you.
discussion comment 06 Oct 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: Things to exclude on NT/2K/2003 - a definitive list?
If you are using an older version of the client then you could see those files being missed. Otherwise there shouldn't be an issue. I back up about 20-30 Windows 2003 servers and have never had an error on any of the OS files.
discussion comment 06 Oct 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: SMTP client for windows
How about Blat for windows? It has the added bonus of being the program that NetBackup and Symantec/Veritas recommends. Even better there are Veritas technotes on setting up blat to work with NetBackup. Here is the link to Blat for Windows: ...
discussion comment 29 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: KB per second
Looking at the waiting for full buffer messages you have, I would increase the communication buffer size to 64 or 128 from the default of 32. That may help if the problem is not NIC or switch based.
discussion comment 29 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: KB per second
Tim,You might want to increase the number of data buffers you have to improve performance on your backups. Since it is waiting for empty buffers, increasing the number of buffers should improve that situation and the backup speed. Be careful ...
discussion comment 29 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: Reference for Backup throughput
One other thought, make sure that the Emulex HBA driver is up to date. Older drivers had multiple issues including throughput problems.
discussion comment 29 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: Reference for Backup throughput
Danny,Not only does the test that was referenced earlier test for network bottlenecks but it also shows you the maximum possible throughput for the backup server in question. Network and SAN speed are not the only bottleneck possibilities. It is ...
discussion comment 28 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: Update lto2 to lto3
That's right in that case you would need 2 storage groups.
discussion comment 28 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: Update lto2 to lto3
Those 3 drive types should not all be in the same storage unit becuase of the chance of an newer lto tape being loaded in an older model drive and not being able to read it. The only time you would want to mix lto2 and lto3 media is if the older ...
discussion comment 28 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: Update lto2 to lto3
Yes, hcart3 refers to a logical structure in Netbackup. Any LTO drive (lto, lto2, or lto3) can be labeled as hcart, hcart2, or hcart3. It does not matter unless there are different lto drive densities in the robot. For example you have lto2 and ...
discussion comment 28 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: Update lto2 to lto3
That is exactly correct. You can either recreate the drives and storage unit as hcart or you can specify one drive as hcart and create a storage unit for it that you will use to read and restore the old tapes. It is up to you.
discussion comment 27 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: NetBackup header information
Yes, all NetBackup tapes contain that statement regardless of whether they are a data or a catalog tape.
discussion comment 26 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: restoring zero byte files
Not unless it is an undocumented switch on a command line somewhere. I know the bp.ini pretty well and there isnt anything in there about 0 byte files.
discussion comment 26 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: NetBackup header information
Unfortunately, I can't give you any more exact information than is in the technote and what I have told you. Every NetBackup header will be 1024 chars and will contain media id and This is a bp tape. Everything else is padding with 0's to make ...
discussion comment 22 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: restoring zero byte files
I don't know of a way to restore 0 byte files in Netware with NetBackup either. I would have thought restoring the folder would work but if that failed also, I know of no other way. You may want to open a case with support in case there is an ...
discussion comment 22 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: Windows command to re-inventory a library
Actually,You can copy the media id generation rule into the bp.conf file on the media servers so the update will work from any of the media servers.
discussion comment 22 Sep 2005
Jeffrey Redington commented on: restore database with backup exec
In 5.1 the license is included but you do have to install it as a seperate option. Once it is installed there is a long drawn out process to import the Backup Exec tapes into NetBackup and then from there it is easy. You simply specify in the ...

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