He said that the total number of Version 6. Management Headaches Other users interviewed for this story cited problems with NetBackup 6. Phil Rand, a senior systems analyst and systems administrator at Seattle Pacific University and a user of Version 6. The university has received binaries from Symantec in advance of Maintenance Pack 4 to help fix some of the problems, Rand said. Muhammed Shafi, a senior Unix administrator at Pactiv Corp.
Shafi said a multi-streamed backup was able to restore files from only one stream. In comparison, he said, Version 5. He noted, however, that his company is having configuration problems with advanced features such as database backup and restore. Adams contended that the number of bugs reported in Version 6. Often it provides specific information, which is useful when the status code can result from a variety of problems.
If the problem involved a backup or archive, check the Status of Backups report. This report gives you the status code. If you find a status code or message in either of these reports, perform the recommended corrective actions. See the Status Codes Reference Guide. Check the system log UNIX or the Event Viewer Application and System log Windows if the problem pertains to media or device management and one of the following is true:.
You cannot correct the problem by following the instructions in NetBackup status codes and messages. You cannot correct the problem by following the instructions in media and device management status codes and messages.
These logs can show the context in which the error occurred. The error messages are usually descriptive enough to point you to a problem area. Read the applicable enabled debug logs and correct any problems you detect. If these logs are not enabled, enable them before you retry the failed operation. If you performed corrective actions, retry the operation. If you did not perform corrective actions or if the problem persists, continue with the next step.
If you see the problem during a new installation or upgrade installation, or after you make changes to an existing configuration, see the following procedures:. See Troubleshooting installation problems. See Troubleshooting configuration problems. The media contain a non-NetBackup format. These library tapes may have been written outside of NetBackup. By default, NetBackup only writes to a blank media or other NetBackup media. Change this behavior by using the following procedure:.
To allow NetBackup to overwrite foreign media, add the following to the bp. The Allow Media Overwrite property overrides the NetBackup overwrite protection for specific media types. To disable the overwrite protection, select one or more of the listed media formats. Then stop and restart the NetBackup services for the changes to take effect. Do not select a foreign media type for overwriting unless you are sure that you want to overwrite this media type.
The media is a tape formerly used for the NetBackup catalog backup. For example, the log entry may be the following:. The media is frozen because it is an old catalog backup tape which NetBackup does not overwrite by default. The bplabel command must label the media to reset the media header. The media is intentionally frozen. You can use the bpmedia command to manually freeze media for a variety of administrative reasons.
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