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I have come across issues with our disk staging units as well, but it is not fragmentation...

out of two media servers, only one presents the symptom of de-staging slowing down.

System A - Maste ...

good morning,

I am Interested in asking the community thier opinions for what hardware platform works best for master only netbackup servers.

We currently are running our master in a master medi ...

Ohh great,

Sounds like I want some...

So the server 30K... The fast clients ?? How much do they cost, I would
like some of those too Smile

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounce ...

Very interesting

Regardless of cost, I have a similar setup with a T2000 and 10Gbe.

Can you tell me about any system tweaks, in particular TCP ?

Are you using jumbo frames for example ?

...

Greetings,

I've been asked to prepare a list of Attributes/Settings for Netbackup
Policies that, When modified, MAY Cause the next backup to be a Full
(ie. All files backed up regardless of modif ...

Jerald,

Thank you, I had been puzzled by that behaviour in our environment, just
never knew it was a "feature". Guess I should read MORE manuals.

We currenly back up 70-80TB between t ...

ditto, Been using the altnames since 4.5,

We have dev db servers that routinely get "refreshed" from the prod db,
so we have the altnames setup so the dev servers can only restore images ...

I previously (pre 6.x) had this set to "a couple of weeks" it may have
even been a month.

Never had any issues with it, although I do aknologe the java gui did
get slow.

If you are u ...

Kylie,

I can understand that disk space may not be available, however:

Disk mirroring.
Utilising disk mirroring, I have always found this the best
"rollback" method for most changes ...

My backup systems are Solaris, I have the "luxury" of vxfs filesystems
for my staging & database areas.

I do however back up Windows file servers, Are there any guidelines to
NTFS v ...

Greetings,

Although I am not currently defragmenting my current DSU volumes, I
previously had ~4TB in a single DSU under NBU 5.1 . This volume was
running vxfs and did receive a couple of hundred ...

Good evening,

We will be using the NBU Agent for backing up MSSQL databases
(instances),

<RANT Portion>

Configuring the policies in netbackup (6.5.1 btw) following the
"Veritas ...

Kevin,

I have not done this before, however I waspondering how I might actually
perform it.

Just some thoughs, Not knowing exactly what netbackup is trying to do at
the time,

How long does ...

Good evening all,

I'm in the process of setting up another media server which will have
7TB of staging disk.

What have your experiences been with filesystem type X's performance
over Filesyste ...

I'm not yes seeing this as a problem,

Doesn't netbackup Storage units consider all available drives, of a particular density eg HCART2, for the library eg ACS 0, that are configured in netbackup sa ...

Author	Message
Topic: Netbackup 6.5 DSSU fragmentation
amellor.au Replies: 3 Views: 808	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:36 pm Subject: Netbackup 6.5 DSSU fragmentation
amellor.au Replies: 3 Views: 808	I have come across issues with our disk staging units as well, but it is not fragmentation... out of two media servers, only one presents the symptom of de-staging slowing down. System A - Maste ...
Topic: Netbackup Master server hardware - Solaris
amellor.au Replies: 6 Views: 548	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:15 pm Subject: Netbackup Master server hardware - Solaris
amellor.au Replies: 6 Views: 548	good morning, I am Interested in asking the community thier opinions for what hardware platform works best for master only netbackup servers. We currently are running our master in a master medi ...
Topic: Okay now , this isn't funny---Sun T5140/CMT card
amellor.au Replies: 5 Views: 171	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:06 pm Subject: Okay now , this isnt funny---Sun T5140/CMT card
amellor.au Replies: 5 Views: 171	Ohh great, Sounds like I want some... So the server 30K... The fast clients ?? How much do they cost, I would like some of those too -----Original Message----- From: veritas-bu-bounce ...
Topic: Okay now , this isn't funny---Sun T5140/CMT card
amellor.au Replies: 5 Views: 171	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:43 pm Subject: Okay now , this isnt funny---Sun T5140/CMT card
amellor.au Replies: 5 Views: 171	Very interesting Regardless of cost, I have a similar setup with a T2000 and 10Gbe. Can you tell me about any system tweaks, in particular TCP ? Are you using jumbo frames for example ? ...
Topic: NBU Policy Attributes - changing
amellor.au Replies: 0 Views: 91	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:52 am Subject: NBU Policy Attributes - changing
amellor.au Replies: 0 Views: 91	Greetings, I've been asked to prepare a list of Attributes/Settings for Netbackup Policies that, When modified, MAY Cause the next backup to be a Full (ie. All files backed up regardless of modif ...
Topic: NetBackup protecting 30TB - 60TB NetApp over NDMP.
amellor.au Replies: 12 Views: 411	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:15 pm Subject: NetBackup protecting 30TB - 60TB NetApp over NDMP.
amellor.au Replies: 12 Views: 411	Jerald, Thank you, I had been puzzled by that behaviour in our environment, just never knew it was a "feature". Guess I should read MORE manuals. We currenly back up 70-80TB between t ...
Topic: Re-directed Oracle RMAN restores.
amellor.au Replies: 4 Views: 123	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:40 pm Subject: Re-directed Oracle RMAN restores.
amellor.au Replies: 4 Views: 123	ditto, Been using the altnames since 4.5, We have dev db servers that routinely get "refreshed" from the prod db, so we have the altnames setup so the dev servers can only restore images ...
Topic: 6.0 MP4: Number of jobs shown in activity monitor
amellor.au Replies: 4 Views: 247	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:45 pm Subject: 6.0 MP4: Number of jobs shown in activity monitor
amellor.au Replies: 4 Views: 247	I previously (pre 6.x) had this set to "a couple of weeks" it may have even been a month. Never had any issues with it, although I do aknologe the java gui did get slow. If you are u ...
Topic: Rollback to 6.0 Plan, in case 6.5 flakes out
amellor.au Replies: 3 Views: 134	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:29 pm Subject: Rollback to 6.0 Plan, in case 6.5 flakes out
amellor.au Replies: 3 Views: 134	Kylie, I can understand that disk space may not be available, however: Disk mirroring. Utilising disk mirroring, I have always found this the best "rollback" method for most changes ...
Topic: Speaking of NTFS:
amellor.au Replies: 4 Views: 173	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:38 am Subject: Speaking of NTFS:
amellor.au Replies: 4 Views: 173	My backup systems are Solaris, I have the "luxury" of vxfs filesystems for my staging & database areas. I do however back up Windows file servers, Are there any guidelines to NTFS v ...
Topic: Defrag DSU?
amellor.au Replies: 8 Views: 201	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:25 pm Subject: Defrag DSU?
amellor.au Replies: 8 Views: 201	Greetings, Although I am not currently defragmenting my current DSU volumes, I previously had ~4TB in a single DSU under NBU 5.1 . This volume was running vxfs and did receive a couple of hundred ...
Topic: MSSQL Agent Backups
amellor.au Replies: 2 Views: 662	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:18 am Subject: MSSQL Agent Backups
amellor.au Replies: 2 Views: 662	Good evening, We will be using the NBU Agent for backing up MSSQL databases (instances), <RANT Portion> Configuring the policies in netbackup (6.5.1 btw) following the "Veritas ...
Topic: labelling a media when it is deassigned
amellor.au Replies: 1 Views: 181	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:23 am Subject: labelling a media when it is deassigned
amellor.au Replies: 1 Views: 181	Kevin, I have not done this before, however I waspondering how I might actually perform it. Just some thoughs, Not knowing exactly what netbackup is trying to do at the time, How long does ...
Topic: Open Q to the List: What is the "Best" Filesystem
amellor.au Replies: 0 Views: 78	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:35 am Subject: Open Q to the List: What is the "Best" Filesystem
amellor.au Replies: 0 Views: 78	Good evening all, I'm in the process of setting up another media server which will have 7TB of staging disk. What have your experiences been with filesystem type X's performance over Filesyste ...
Topic: Netbackup 6.5 - disk staging Units
amellor.au Replies: 7 Views: 294	Forum: Symantec NetBackup Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:49 am Subject: Netbackup 6.5 - disk staging Units
amellor.au Replies: 7 Views: 294	I'm not yes seeing this as a problem, Doesn't netbackup Storage units consider all available drives, of a particular density eg HCART2, for the library eg ACS 0, that are configured in netbackup sa ...