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NetBackup Disaster Recovery

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The procedures in this article explain how to recover your data if the system disk fails on a NetBackup master server.

NetBackup Access Control (NBAC) a brief overview

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The NetBackup Access Control (NBAC) is the role-based access control that is used for master servers, media servers, and clients.

Move a NetBackup image catalog to new location

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In preparing to move the NetBackup image catalog from one location to another, it is recommended to perform a full catalog backup beforehand.

How to configure robots for NDMP devices

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The NetBackup NDMP extension with a tape device attached to the NAS device allows a NetBackup Master Server to backup/restore files from a NAS device.

NetBackup Recovery without Import

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Veritas NetBackup now supports a method of recovering image information without having to import from a tape.

Troubleshooting NetBackup frozen media issues

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Frozen media is the media that NetBackup does not use for backups. NetBackup stops directing the backups and the archives to frozen media.

Veritas NetBackup cheat sheet

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This a quick cheat sheet of the commands that can be used when using Veritas NetBackup

Configure KMS encryption on a UNIX NetBackup server

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This article provides the necessary actions needed to install and configure Key Management Service (KMS) encryption on a UNIX NetBackup master server.

Configure KMS encryption on a windows NetBackup server

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This article provides the necessary actions needed to install and configure Key Management Service encryption on a windows NetBackup master server.

Upgrading NetBackup 5.x to 6.0

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This article provides simplistic overview steps of performing an upgrade of your NetBackup environment from 5.x to release 6.0

Resolving OST backup failures

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This article lists steps on how to resolve data domain connection failures with OST allowing storage partners to deliver backup and recovery solutions

DD Boost with Symantec NetBackup

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OpenStorage software gives NetBackup visibility into the properties and capabilities of the Data Domain storage system

NetBackup Catalog overview

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The NetBackup catalog is the internal database that contains information about NetBackup backups and configuration.

NetBackup 6.0 Restore Process Flow

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The steps correspond to the information shown in Figure 1 (below). Please refer to Figure 1 while reviewing the steps outlined.

NetBackup 6.0 Backup Process Flow

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The steps correspond to the information shown in Figure 1 (below). Please refer to Figure 1 while reviewing the steps outlined.

Symantec NetBackup 7.5 New Features

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Symantec released NetBackup 7.5 on the 03/05/2012 which includes some new features and changes for physical and virtual environments.

Running NetBackup Reports from Command line

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This post provides the command line equivalents for running the NetBackup reports available in the NetBackup user interface

Deleting invalid entries in NBU job monitor

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Because the bpjobd.act.db file contains active and queued jobs, deleting it will only remove the unwanted job, since no other jobs were running.

Changing GUID of Imported Media in NetBackup

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This will change the GUID of the media in the NetBackup media database, once complete you will be able to perform operations with this media.

NetBackup 7.6.1 Maintenance Release 1 now available

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This release contains over 300 fixes including resolutions for commonly downloaded EEBs, customer escalations, and critical internally found defects.

How to analyze NetBackup unified logs

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For legacy NetBackup logs which is located under /usr/openv/netbackup/logs , below numbers can indicate to you the severity when troubleshooting.