Netbackup is an enterprise-level, cross-platform backup product. It is currently owned and developed by Symantec, which acquired Veritas (the previous owner and developer) in 2005.
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Amanda, Bacula, BackupPC Which has a reliable windows client?
I wish to setup an automated backup system for three Windows XP machines in the same building to a Linux server out on the WAN. I visit each machine every few months and make a disk image for a bare metal recovery. I need a way to automatically…
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NetBackup Multiplexing for Oracle RMAN Backups
My question is... what multiplexing factor in NetBackup is recommended / do you use for Oracle RMAN backups over 1Gb/s management network to LTO3?
JB
Background:
With enterprise backup tools like NetBackup, there is the concept of Multiplexing which…
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Symantec NetBackup vs. Backup Exec - who wins!
Symantec sell two, fairly similar, backup products - we're a NetBackup house but should I be looking at Backup Exec?
Who would win in a fight and why? :)
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Problems restoring old backups in NetBackup 6.5
I had a server that was decommissioned & replaced last year, and since the server was no longer in use, I deleted it's client & backup policy from the NetBackup Admin Console shortly afterwards.
I recently got a request to restore a file from the…
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How to add a New Drive to Netbackup 6 on a Linux host?
My tape drive needed to be replaced. I am using netbackup 6 and 2.6.9 Linux. When I try to re add the device I used /dev/nst0 as it is the nstX device.
/proc/scsi/scsi shows:
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ost: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: Ultrium…
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Brick-level backup and restore with exchange 2007
In the company I'm working for, we use exchange 2007 and backup it using netbackup.
The backup is a daily complete backup of the information store and the direct corollary of this is that restores are hell. We need to restore the entire information…
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Mac Network Backup
I have a network of Mac laptops and Mac Minis. I also have an old G4 running HornWare SharePoints that allows me to use my Drobo as a network share (AFS).
Time Machine does not appear to support backup to a network share and hacks to enable this…
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NetBackup prefers "Scratch" tapes over dedicated tapes
I have a NetBackup 6.0MP7 installation running on Windows Server 2003. It functions as the only Master Server and Media Server. I swap a full set of tapes in and out every week, but leave a set of tapes with their Volume Pool set to "Scratch" in…
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How to get drive info from the solaris commandline for veritas netbackup
We use Veritas Netbackup to control our L180 tape robot at $WORK, but I'm getting some weird results from the GUI. So in the age old struggle for truth.. it's back to the commandline.
Unfortunately, I can't work out how to pull the info I need. Can…
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Exchange 2003 Install, seperate from Current Exchange 2003 Environment
Can I install an Exchange 2003 server on the same domain and subnet as an existing Exchange 2003 environment without it becoming part of the environment? Is that an option during the restore process?
The reason I want to do this is I want to try to…
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Has anyone switched from Netbackup to Acronis?
We're a site with over 100 servers and we're considering a switch from traditional file-level backups (using Netbackup) to block-level (using Acronis). Of course, with this, we're also considering a switch from the traditional tape based system…
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Switch from Solaris to Linux cut backup speed 80%. Help me get the old speed back?
First a quick overview of the environment:
NetBackup running on Windows Servers
(6.5.4 if you care) with LTO3 drives.
The backup target used to be a
Solaris 9 server, on Sun hardware,
with Veritas Volume Manger.
Rebuilt as RHEL5 box using LVM…
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How to Exclude Certain Full Backups in Netbackup as Basis for Differential?
I run a full backup of certain servers every month to a tape for off site-backup in Netbackup 6.0. The off-site backup is a different schedule and uses a different Volume Pool. When this off-site backup is run, I also still have the normal weekly…
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Netbackup. How to move frozen tape to bad_tapes pool
In the backup server one of the tape has frozen and I want to move this frozen tape to bad_tapes pool. Please let me know how to do this. I am using veritas netback
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Remove Tape from Netbackup Pool / Group
I have a created a seperate volume pool for tapes that I use for offsite backup. Once the backup is complete, I remove the tape and re-run the robot inventory.
The inventory sees that tape removed, but the tapes stay in the pool. When I try to…
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