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  1. dmorgens

    job queued with drives still available

    Hi All, I'm seeing something odd and I'm wondering what I'm missing. NetBackup 5, MP6, 4 drive tape library. There's a DSSU duplication running and it's using 2 of the drives. There's a manually-started policy waiting to run that remains queued even with 2 drives available. Why might that...
  2. dmorgens

    eject by volume pool (and inject into)

    Hello Folks, We're looking to automate some tape ejections for DR/BCP offsiting and we don't currently have Vault. We have various pools that tapes fall into (MondayOffsite, yearlyOffsite, etc.) and I'm trying to find a way to eject tapes based on particular volume pools so that a script pops...
  3. dmorgens

    Flashbackup-Windows -- advanced client needed?

    Hello, I've been experimenting with the Flashbackup-Windows policy type to speed up some backups but we do not have the advanced client installed. The backups complete successfully and I'm able to see the image and the files backed up in the Backup and Restore interface but I'm unable to...
  4. dmorgens

    merging two sites (2 master servers)

    Hello All, We have two netbackup systems at two different sites (2 master servers, one at each site). For various reasons when we spun the systems up, we went with 2 master servers rather than master and media. Now, however, there's a push to integrate them. Is this workable? Or would one...
  5. dmorgens

    duplication from dssu image stuck on disk

    I have a policy that's set create two copies, one that stays onsite and one that goes off (using inline tape copy). Unfortunately, the policy was somehow altered and the offsite copies for several runs never made it to tape and are instead stuck in a disk stage (the copy got pointed at a disk...
  6. dmorgens

    netware client "cannot allocate a directory handle" ?

    Hello All, We're running NBU 5.0 (MP4/5) on Windows 2003 and I'm having an issue with a Novell client running Netware 5.1 SP6 (and eDir 8.7.1 10550.70) using the Target method. We're moving some Novell backups from Backup Exec (administered by our Novell admin) to NetBackup (administered by...
  7. dmorgens

    disk staging problem: "error occurred reading TIR"

    Hello All, I'm using disk staging for some backups and they are not being written successfully to tape. Our server is Windows 2003, NBU 5.0 MP4 and the clients unix (solaris and linux) running 5.0,MP3 and MP4. Here's a sample of what I'm seeing in the details of the job run...
  8. dmorgens

    successful backup but 0 byte/empty files on restore?

    Hello all, I'm seeing something troubling on some of our unix backups: A backup will run and complete successfully (no error messages) but, when attempting a restore, many files that were backed up have 0 bytes and are empty if actually restored (their timestamps appear to be correct however)...
  9. dmorgens

    disk backups: expiring image and reports?

    Hello All, I have a disk backup storage unit and some months ago I made some baseline backups and gave them an Infinite retention. It turns out they are no longer needed...how can I expire those images on the disk? Also, I don't see any of the reports allowing for info on images stored on a...
  10. dmorgens

    varying retentions on 1 tape (including infinite)

    Hello all: Here's my situation: I'm running NBU 5.0, MP4 and I'm using inline copy to create offsite archive tapes with infinite retentions for a job that regularly has 3 month retention. I have two volume pools: a 3mth pool (3 month retention) and an offsite pool (infinite rentention). The...
  11. dmorgens

    multiple schedules w/ calendar-based, spanning days?

    Hello All, We're running NBU 5, MP4 w/ a Windows 2003 master server and have an issue with some scheduling of backups in situation where policies have 2 schedules and at least one is calendar-based (I've read up on some of the issues with calendar-based scheduling but I'm hoping somebody will...
  12. dmorgens

    forcing backups to one tape?

    Hello All, I'm using NetBackup Enterprise Server (v5,MP3) on Windows Server 2003 and I'm having difficulty getting backups to run to one tape. For example: I have a policy with 2 clients on it; ideally, I would like to have both parts of that job land on the same tape. Currently, nbu grabbed...

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