Here is your configuration: DB2 database server name: db2server DB2 instance name: DB2 DB2 database name: SAMPLE
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Howto Backup DB2 Database Using USEREXIT Method on Windows
Posted by savas on August 2nd, 2011
Howto Restore DB2 Online Backup To Alternate Client on Windows
Posted by savas on August 2nd, 2011
There are some assumptions before starting: 1. You backed up your DB2 database online and with INCLUDE LOGS directive and with “USEREXIT ON”. 2. You created two policies to backup your DB2 database, one “type DB2″ Backup and one Filesystem backup with User-Backup schedule. 3. Database name you backed up was SAMPLE, server name was [...]
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No Comments »Howto Enable Multipath On Windows 2008 (and R2)
Posted by savas on July 3rd, 2011
Install Multipath I/O from “Features” on Windows Open MPIO through, Start -> Administrative Tools -> MPIO
MS-SQL Backup Troubleshooting
Posted by savas on May 5th, 2011
If you’re having problems when trying to backup an MS-SQL database, as well as other things, you better give a try to the following: If sql server’s hostname is written as uppercase inside the SQL batch script, try the writing the client name in uppercase inside your sql policy. It worked for me.
Posted in NetBackup Tips, Tips, Troubleshooting Tags: MS-Sql Backup, MSSQL Backup, sql backup, SQL Backup Troubleshooting No Comments »Howto Restore Controlfile as File
Posted by savas on April 27th, 2011
To be able to restore your controlfile you need to issue the following command: (Please note, Oracle Catalog is also used)
NetBackup AIR (Automatic Image Replication) Configuration
Posted by savas on March 31st, 2011
First of all I would like to state that, you should read the requirements about AIR configuration on NetBackup guides. Then I need to warn, this is quite a long howto… :)
Posted in Howto, Netbackup Howto Tags: Howto configure NetBackup Air, Howto Configure NetBackup Automatic Image Replication, Howto duplicate your backups to Disaster Recovery site, Howto duplicate your backups to DR master, Howto Replicate your backups to Disaster Recovery site, Howto Replicate your backups to DR master, NetBackup AIR, NetBackup AIR configuration 2 Comments »directory doesn’t have 1024000 KB of space available
Posted by savas on March 30th, 2011
If you face with the following error when trying to run NBCC to check your catalog database although you have enough space,
Administration Console Not Refreshing Client Version
Posted by savas on March 28th, 2011
I guess it’s some kind of a bug on NetBackup 7.1. Just close your administration console and re-open, and try again, you should be able to see your client’s version update…
Why “requested media id is not assigned to this host in the EMM database” ?
Posted by savas on March 14th, 2011
When you wanted to expire a media you faced with the following error: (master_server)/var/adm>bpexpdate -d 0 -m LT1007 Media LT1007 is due to expire at 03/20/2011 19:48:19 Are you sure that the data on this media is not critical to your business, and you are sure you want to delete LT1007 y/n (n)? y requested [...]
Be Careful with SAN Client
Posted by savas on March 12th, 2011
Be careful when backing up an Oracle through “NetBackup SAN Client”, or you might have to investigate “what the hell happened to the system while backing up through 10 channels and at a speed of 250MBytes/sec?”.
Howto Stream Databases (Parallel Backup) to Different Tapes on MS-SQL Backups
Posted by savas on March 11th, 2011
It’s actually easy.. Just add BATCHSIZE at the beginning of your sql backup script. Below is an example, a backup script which backs up every database inside MS-SQL ($ALL) to 2 tapes.
A Handy Command for SAN Client Configuration
Posted by savas on March 10th, 2011
[root@mediaserver admincmd]# ./nbftconfig -help USAGE: nbftconfig [-addclient] [-deleteclient] [-changeclient] [-rescanclient] [-listclients] [-addserver] [-deleteserver] [-changeserver] [-listservers] [-listtargets] [-listactive] [-setconfig] [-getconfig] [-verbose] [-help]
Posted in NetBackup Tips, Tips, Troubleshooting Tags: nbftconfig, san client, san client configuration No Comments »NetBackup 7.0 Installation with a Hostname Other than Default One on Linux
Posted by savas on March 9th, 2011
There has been some issues when i tried to install a netbackup 7.0 using a hostname that is different than the default hostname of the server.
vmoprcmd Command Usage
Posted by savas on February 22nd, 2011
There are different parameters that you can use, but i wanted to share one of the most useful one here…
Howto Configure Access Control on Windows (NetBackup 7.0)
Posted by savas on April 12th, 2010
First of all, I wanted to share my first successfull Access Control configuration on NetBackup, so please feel free to share your knowledge if anything is wrong or missing.
media manager found wrong tape in drive(93)
Posted by savas on November 16th, 2009
When you want to label your tapes, you faced with the following error: Reference: http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/265914.htm
Posted in Troubleshooting Tags: label error, labeling, media manager found wrong tape in drive, wrong tape 1 Comment »incorrect media found in drive index 0
Posted by savas on November 16th, 2009
You wanted to change your Media ID Generation rules after adding your Tape Cartridges, and after re-inventorying your tapes, you started facing an error like the following:
Posted in Troubleshooting Tags: exptected, found, freezing, incorrect media found, media id generation No Comments »ORA-28001: the password has expired
Posted by savas on June 29th, 2009
If you are facing a problem in your RMAN backups: ORA-28001: the password has expired As stated, your rman user’s password has expired. You should either change the password, and of course change password in every RMAN script as well.
Posted in NetBackup Tips, Tips, Troubleshooting Tags: ora-28001, oracle profile, password has expired, profile for no expiry No Comments »STATUS CODE 24: socket write failed
Posted by savas on February 24th, 2009
If you have facing a status code 24 error when trying to backup: If your client is AIX, check on the client that, the client can resolve “the ip address from hostname” and “the hostname from ip address” of the Netbackup Master server respectively.
Posted in NetBackup Tips, Tips, Troubleshooting Tags: backup failed on aix, backup problem, code 24, socket write failed, status code 24 1 Comment »Howto Restore a Mailbox from Exchange Backup (Granular Restore)
Posted by savas on January 23rd, 2009
This document explains howto restore a single mailbox from an exchange backup using granular restore.
Posted in Exchange Backup, Howto, Netbackup Howto Tags: exchange 2003 restore, exchange granular restore, exchange restore, granular email restore, granular mailbox restore, ms-exchange granular restore, netbackup exchange granular restore, netbackup exchange restore, netbackup ms-exchange granular restore 1 Comment »
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