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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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Netbackup, Backup Selections Missing From Backup

So I have a Linux server that is now gone, and that was being backed up by Netbackup 6. When I go to restore, I don't see the folder listed. I set the timeframe far back, and the policy to standard. I do see some other folder like /etc and /var,…
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View Permissions of Netbackup 6 Windows Backup

Can I view what the permissions are of a windows folder (users and groups) of a netbackup backup (without actually restoring any anywhere)? The Java GUI would be preferable if possible.
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Is it possible to backup and restore a Netbackup Master server using Windows Server Backup?

I have installed Netbackup 8.2 master server on Windows Server 2019 system. I read this document , which says you neet to re-install OS and Netbackup itself, then the catalog in order to restore NetBackup Master Server. I wonder if its possible to…
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Netbackup refuses to use tapes in library

Sometime over the Thanksgiving holiday, my Netbackup installation decided that it no longer liked the tapes in my library. It had worked fine a week ago with no changes that I can think of, besides moving the new week's set of tapes into the…
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How does backup deal with existing snapshots in snapshot based backup

I have a question regarding backups and VM's that contain snapshots. If i have a VM running in vmware with 2 snapshots and a snapshot based backup runs overnight, will it delete all of my snapshots or will it only delete the one it creates during…
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Automate NetBackup agent installation via RPM

We have an automated process of deploying new RHEL VMs. However, there's still an annoying manual step to install a NetBackup agent on the machine. This requires coyping a large archive (~ 1 GB) to the machine, extract the archive and run an…
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To Delete a tape from the ACSLSlibrary

Hi Anyone there can help me out for an issue as below: There was a stuck tape in the drive and so the stuck tape was removed, but i need to logically delete the tape entry from NB, so that the same media can be inserted back for operations. Netback…
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NetBackup with VSS and Instant Recovery - Failing to delete old snapshots

We are attempting to implement Microsoft VSS for snap-shotting in our NetBackup 6.5.3.1 environment. The clients are both 32 & 64 bit Windows 2003 Server. Snapshot parameters are: Instant recovery is enabled Maximum snapshots = 1 Provider type =…
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Symantec NetBackup restore - Incremental backup

We are using Net Backup as a corporate solution. Incremental backups are taken daily during the week and then a weekly backup is done at the weekend (Saturday). My colleague has restored a folder to how it stood at 14:00 on a Tuesday. The problem…
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NetBackup license error despite license installed

have been using NetBackup with for a few months now. So far I have been running NetBackup on a single server. Back-ups on guest are perfect, I would like to use NetBackups VMWare Support as well, so I installed NetBackup Media Server on a Windows…
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SQLSTATE 42000 on Restore after restoring native backup from NetBackup tape

My environment is Windows Server Standard 2003 SP2, SQL Server 2000 SP4 with a few additional patches, NetBackup Admin console 7.1 and NetBackup Client 6.5.3. I take nightly full backups that restore with no problem. I also perform nightly server…
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Setting up a secure, automated hard drive backup for DNS-321

My company currently has a d-link DNS-321 hard drive. I want to have it automatically back itself up onto one or more other external hard drives (that need to be purchased). I would like the solution to be relatively straight forward/newbie-proof,…
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If I deactivate a policy in Netbackup, do the retention periods still apply to existing backup images?

Using NetBackup 6.5.6 on Windows 2003. If I deactivate a policy, do the retention periods still apply to existing backup images?
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How well does backupexec work with Linux and archive format?

Having read this server fault question , people said that Backup Exec's Linux support is not as good as Netbackup. Has anyone had a good amount of experience with using backup exec with Linux, if so, how was it? Also, for both Netbackup and Backup…
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NDMP with NBU 7 issue

I am having issues with NDMP and NBU 7.0 I get the following error: Error bpbrm(pid=2540) db_FLISTsend failed: file read failed (13) Error ndmpagent(pid=2660) terminated by parent process Error ndmpagent(pid=2660) NDMP backup failed, path It…
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