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discussion comment 22 hours 45 min ago

mph999 commented on: then what will happen to that copy 1 which is offsited

You need to read the answers we give carefully ... From my post ... "ONE of the copies is the 'Primary' copy ... " From the definition I gave .... "... this means is that this is the copy NBU will try ...

discussion comment 23 hours 14 min ago

mph999 commented on: then what will happen to that copy 1 which is offsited

..to add to Mariannes excellent posts ... There is nothing special about multiple copies - they are simply that, another copy of the 'same' data. One of the copies is the 'Primary' copy - all this means is that this is the coy ...

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: How to configure mixed media in netbackup 6.5

You define the LTO3 and LTO4 drives with different densities, for example hcart and hcart2 - it doesn't matter what they are, as long as they are different. You define the LTO3 tapes with the same density as the LTO3 drive, and, the same for ...

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: What is image clean up job in Netbackup?

Yes, it cleans from EMM ... Please explain why you are so concerned about this - NetBackup should be left alone for cleanup - if it goes wrong, we will fix it, it is it working, forget about it. If you run cleanup commands without understanding ...

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: Catalog archives and NetBackup "in an inactive state"

I will contact one of the BL engineers and have a chat about it. At the moment, the advice is as before - it is unknown what could happen, hence the manuals saying no other jobs running. Martin

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: backups job are hanging

Do all these steps ... 1. Answer the questions Mariane posted above I don't know if you are on windows or unix - but in netbackup\db\config do you have files called SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS on the media ...

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: what is the basic functionality of these commands

SCSI - Small computer systems interface. From Wiki ... Small Computer System Interface (SCSI, /ˈskʌzi/ skuz-ee)[1] is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers ...

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: Upgrading components.

I was asked this a while ago, I checked with backline, and was told that : a) It would probably break OpsCenter b) It's unsupported (as mentioned) Martin

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: What is image clean up job in Netbackup?

Yes, Image Cleanup in Activity Monitor clears up Basic Disk/ Advanced Disk and tape. Martin

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: What is image clean up job in Netbackup?

You need to start a new thread for DD issues/ commands. How image cleanup works has been explained, and was the question for this thread. Please start a new thread for a new questions, and, mark the post in this thread that helped you the most ...

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: Issue with DSSU Cleanup post relocation

OK, I see you sent the bpdm log already - thx. The HWM event is seen in the 226 log (74971 times in fact ... ) so I think we can say it works ... I don't know which STU is not clearing down ??? but ... Looking in bpdm ...

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: What is image clean up job in Netbackup?

Why should it be full - the image cleanup will take care of it .. If it is full, either something has gone wrong, or, the DD is not large enough to hold your backups with the retention period you have set. M

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: What is image clean up job in Netbackup?

Yes, but it is the communication to the DD device will be via the OST plugin - we are not really involved with that (it is provided by DD) and should 'just work' - so, although a little more complex, from the NBU side, it is the ...

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: Netbackup does not clean expired images

Not quite, this command actually deletes the fragments off the disk ..., the is the actual storage unit. " The nbdelete command removes all deleted fragments from the disk volumes that are specified on the command line. ...

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: update emm databases

NO - this procedure is incorrect - it should only be used when updating the device mappings file, and as part of a documented procedure. http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH55064 Martin

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: How netbackup knows what tapes to be ejected in vault

Marianne makes a good point about the assign time of the tape. After the first backup, it is meaningless ... BUT ... ... we do use it in support, for example during NBCC analysis ... Martin

discussion comment 13 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: Satus 96 - job didn't restart according to retry delay

I've never seen one - a quick search didn't find anything. Best bet, would be to log a call - if you can get those log details sorted for when you do this it would be excellent ... The call will also need ... nbsu -c -t name of the ...

discussion comment 12 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: Issue with DSSU Cleanup post relocation

Hi Sammeer, Due to a bit of confusion, we actually meant to ask also for the bpdm log - please accept out apologies for this. We need this log, for the same time period as the other logs. Martin

discussion comment 12 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: duplication jobs hanging

Please answer the following - it is impossible to give any answers on what you have posted so far ... 1. The exact error message (if an error is given) 2. How are you making the duplication, for example, are you using ...

discussion comment 12 Feb 2012

mph999 commented on: what is the basic functionality of these commands

The sg driver is used to pass scsi commands to tape devices that cannot be passed via the stand operating system driver. For example, when mounting a tape, a 'test unit ready' scsi command is sent to the drive - without the sg ...