If you face an error like the following: The reason is probably that, you copied the files from a windows machines and windows removed the permissions from the files… Try one of these: Mount the iso and install from that mount point or burn the iso, mount and install from that or mount iso on [...]
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Cant Install VRTSpbx (ICS)
Posted by savasirez on March 28th, 2009
Posted in NetBackup Tips, Tips, Troubleshooting 
Tags: ICS, installics, nbu, nbu installation, netbackup, netbackup installation, vrtspbx 
6 Comments »Upgrade all products to 6.5.3 at Once (Unix)
Posted by savasirez on January 14th, 2009
To upgrade all your netbackup products at once: Extract your products into seperate folders like: /NBU/6.5.3/base /NBU/6.5.3/clt /NBU/6.5.3/bmr /NBU/6.5.3/bbs … etc
ORA-01861: literal does not match format string
Posted by savasirez on January 6th, 2009
When trying to restore a database to a spesific date, if you’re having an error like this: RMAN> run { 1> ALLOCATE CHANNEL chtape TYPE ‘SBT_TAPE’; 2> set until time ’2008-11-05:14:30:00′; 3> SEND ‘NB_ORA_CLIENT=realdb_host,NB_ORA_POLICY=rman_realdb,NB_ORA_SERV=veritas,NB_ORA_SCHED=Default-Application-Backup’; 4> RESTORE CONTROLFILE; 5> RELEASE CHANNEL chtape; 6> }
Howto Convert an Oracle RMAN Template to Script
Posted by savasirez on December 24th, 2008
If you are having difficulty in a stuation like this: You have a unix based netbackup master server and have an windows server with oracle that you want to backup through rman catalog backup, but you are unable to use the templates created by the “Backup, Archive and Restore” application on windows.
Oracle Backup started but didnt continue with Application Backup
Posted by savasirez on December 18th, 2008
If you face a problem like this: You are running oracle on a solaris machine with two interfaces. You created the script and it runs flawlesly on another machine. When you start a backup, the backup schedule starts but doesnt pass to Application Backup schedule, looks like its frozen.
Howto Upgrade to 6.5.3
Posted by savasirez on December 17th, 2008
on Windows: Just upgrade using patch gui. on Solaris: 1. extract NB_6.5.3.solaris_314587.tar and NB_CLT_6.5.3_314595.tar into the same directory in “/NBU” for example 2. run NB_update.install and enter NB_CLT_6.5.3 as the package to be installed. It will install NB_6.5.3 automatically. Confirm stop/start of the services when asked. /NBU/NB_update.install
Robtest Commands
Posted by savasirez on December 16th, 2008
Starting robtest /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/robtest Select your robot (1 to select TLD 0) ? for help
Posted in NetBackup Tips, Tips Tags: move media, nbu, netbackup, robot, robot test, robtest, robtests No Comments »Vmware ESX Server Backup with Netbackup Howto
Posted by savasirez on December 3rd, 2008
This document explains howto backup virtual machines running on Vmware ESX or Infrastructure server. Checklist 1. Consider the above picture as our environment. 2. Download and install Vmware Consolidated Backup Proxy. 3. Keep in mind that VCB will be our interface to virtual machines, they’re not directly backed up. 4. Have your SAN configuration set [...]
Posted in Howto, Netbackup Howto, Vmware Backup Tags: backup, consolidated backup, esx, Howto, infrastructure, nbu, netbackup, vcb, virtual machines, virtualization, vmware, vmware consolidated backup 6 Comments »Cleaning Tips
Posted by savasirez on December 1st, 2008
Number of cleanings left on a cleaning tape? vmquery -m <cleaning tape #> C:\>vmquery -m CLN007 ====================================== media ID: CLN007 media type: 1/2″ cleaning tape 3 (25) barcode: CLN107L3 media description: — volume pool: None (0) robot type: TLD – Tape Library DLT (8) robot number: 0 robot slot: 4 robot control host: Netbackup volume [...]
Posted in NetBackup Tips, Tips Tags: cleaning, cleaning drives, cleaning tape drives, netbackup, NetBackup Tips, Tips No Comments »Netbackup Logging Tips
Posted by savasirez on December 1st, 2008
Additional Logging Add VERBOSE = x line to bp.conf, where x is the number to set how verbose the logs will be.
Posted in NetBackup Tips, Tips Tags: logs, netbackup, netbackup logs, NetBackup Tips, Tips No Comments »Netbackup Tips on UN*X machines
Posted by savasirez on November 30th, 2008
1.2 log directories must be monitored. /usr/openv/logs(Low level logs), /usr/openv/netbackup/logs. These logs can get very big.
MS-Sql 7 Backup Howto
Posted by savasirez on November 27th, 2008
This document explains howto backup an MS SQL 7 server using Netbackup’s MS SQL backup agent. Checklist
Posted in Howto, MS-Sql Backup, Netbackup Howto Tags: Microsoft SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, ms-sql, ms-sql 7, MS-Sql Backup, ms-sql7, mssql, netbackup, Netbackup Howto 1 Comment »
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