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New forum discussion 22 Nov 2011

JoeH posted: BLIB Requires Last Full Backup

I do not need a solution (just sharing information) Just wanted to provide a heads up on something we found out about using the BLIB backups for VMWare. We typically setup the following: VMDK Full backups using Mapped Ful

discussion comment 22 Feb 2011

JoeH commented on: can NBU std clients work with NBU Entreprise Server?

The Enterprise Client is basically the regular client with advanced features to do snapshots and off-host backups, and support the hypervisors, etc. All of the clients can be used together in your backup system without any trouble. The standard ...

discussion comment 04 Dec 2009

JoeH commented on: BMR 6.5.4 : BMR Boot Server

For BMR Boot servers, you need a separate boot server for each type of OS load ie Windows, RedHat Linux, Solaris x86, Solaris Sparc, SUSE Linux, etc. The boot server contain that shared resource tree where the local hardware ...

discussion comment 04 Dec 2009

JoeH commented on: Client backup Encryption

Be sure to keep a copy of your key passphrase in case you need to rebuild the server or restore the data to another host. You will need to setup the keyfile on the new server to restore data there but it will work. We have run ...

discussion comment 29 Sep 2009

JoeH commented on: Complete Newbie Question!

We have a Windows Master and Windows Media servers and we backup AIX, Linux, Solaris, and even had an RS6000 one time. It works very well. Be sure to keep an eye on the Symantec Support site for NetBackup to keep up with updates. ...

blog entry comment 29 Sep 2009

JoeH commented on: Introducing the NEW! Vision Community

I understand that Symantec has a lot of products but we were a Veritas NetBackup customer and now Symantec NetBackup. There used to be an entire conference dedicated to backup. We have hundreds of backup licenses and hundreds of ...

discussion comment 16 Jun 2009

JoeH commented on: Has certification helped you?

I was certified on NetBackup v5 a few years ago. At the time, I was managing 2 NetBackup environments for a data center offering Managed Services. The main reason to get the certification was to be able to provide customers ...

discussion comment 16 Jun 2009

JoeH commented on: Maximum no of Netbackup Media Servers in 1 Netbackup Master server

I agree with Stumpr. I would like to add that you need to remember that you need to have space for the NetBackup Catalog data or the EMM database as well which grows for every media server and based on the amount and type of backups ...

discussion comment 16 Jun 2009

JoeH commented on: Snapshot error status 156 using VCB

discussion comment 16 Jun 2009

JoeH commented on: Best type of media server to install?

That answer is correct, using the Storage Unit Groups is the best way to let the NetBackup Master Scheduler do the load balancing for you. You have to physically assign drives to a server and then grouping them this way works ...

discussion comment 28 Apr 2009

JoeH commented on: Active Directory support

Here is the announcement of the Active Directory Agent in NetBackup 6.5.4 Pre-Availability release. Notice AD Agent with GRT is the last one. What are the key new features NetBackup 6.5.4? The marquee features of NetBackup 6.5.4 ...

discussion comment 21 Apr 2009

JoeH commented on: Configure policy of Windows sharedFolders

Are you doing this with a GUI or from command line? From the GUI: If you want to create a backup selection in a policy and you have already created the policy, just go to the right side and right-click in the window and select ...

discussion comment 21 Apr 2009

JoeH commented on: NetBackup Processes

Best place to find the backup processes and what they are is to download the NetBackup Commands manuals. Go to support.symantec.com Select the NetBackup product Select Documentation on the right side of the page For NetBackup 6.5, ...

discussion comment 20 Apr 2009

Joe Hayes 2 commented on: New tapes going in Netbackup pool instead of scratch pool

I agree with Bob, you should setup a barcode rule. You can get there by right-clicking on Media and selecting Inventory Robot, then Update Volume Configuration radio button will activate the Advanced Options... button where you can ...

discussion comment 20 Apr 2009

Joe Hayes 2 commented on: Question on Catalog backups on tape

If you are using the Hot Catalog backups, then you can keep multiple copies of the catalog on a tape or disk location. The new Hot Catalog backup feature allows you to take Full and Incremental Catalog backups. Then using the Catalog ...

video comment 17 Apr 2009

Joe Hayes 2 commented on: Backup Reporting - Bad days and Good Days

This was a funny video. We used to use NOM when it first came out and had quite a few issues. We switched to Aptare Backup Manager and have been very happy. It even has a nice web portal as well. Joe

discussion comment 21 Feb 2007

Joe Hayes commented on: Cluster system state backup failed

This is a communication error and I do not think it has anything to do with Shadow copy or the policy.The last time I saw this error, it was because someone installed NetBackup v5.1 client without any of the maintenance packs. This happens ...

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