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"Is there a way to check the consistency of the database?"
ADSM and new TSM Versions
AMANDA
Are there any good books on backup and recovery?
At version 5, scanned save sets showed a status of "scanned". Now at version 6, I see scanned save sets with a status of "browsable". Why is this?
Automate Linux & Windows Bare-Metal Recovery with G4L
Backup & Recovery: Ch.10 Solaris Bare Metal Recovery (Flash Archive)
Backup & Recovery: Ch.11 Intel Bare Metal Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Ch.12 HP-UX Bare Metal Recovery (Ignite-UX)
Backup & Recovery: Ch.13 AIX Bare Metal Recovery (mksysb)
Backup & Recovery: Ch.14 Mac OS Bare Metal Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Ch.15 Database Backup Overview
Backup & Recovery: Ch.16 Oracle Backup & Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Ch.17 Sybase Backup & Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Ch.18 DB2 Backup & Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Ch.19 SQL-Server Backup & Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Ch.1 Backup Philosophy
Backup & Recovery: Ch.20 Exchange Backup & Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Ch.21 MySQL Backup & Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Ch.21 PostgreSQL Backup & Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Ch.22 MySQL Backup & Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Ch.22 PostgreSQL Backup & Recovery
Backup & Recovery: Ch.23 Miscellaneous
Backup & Recovery: Ch.24 All About Data Protection
Backup & Recovery: Ch.2 Backup It All Up
Backup & Recovery: Ch.3 Basic Backup Utilities, NTBACKUP
Backup & Recovery: Ch.3 Basic Backup Utilities, cpio
Backup & Recovery: Ch.3 Basic Backup Utilities, ditto
Backup & Recovery: Ch.3 Basic Backup Utilities, dump
Backup & Recovery: Ch.3 Basic Backup Utilities, rsync
Backup & Recovery: Ch.3 Basic Backup Utilities, tar
Backup & Recovery: Ch.4 AMANDA
Backup & Recovery: Ch.5 BackupPC
Backup & Recovery: Ch.6 Bacula
Backup & Recovery: Ch.7 Near-CDP
Backup & Recovery: Ch.7 Near-CDP, rdiff-backup
Backup & Recovery: Ch.7 Near-CDP, rsnapshot
Backup & Recovery: Ch.8 Commercial Backup Software
Backup & Recovery: Ch.9 Backup Hardware
Backup Appliances
Backup Insourcers
Backup Outsourcers
Bacula
Barcodes are expensive. Can I make my own?
Bare metal recovery methods
Can I backup a client running version X to a server running version Y?
Can I backup a live database with NetBackup?
Can I get technical support from Veritas via email?
Can I search the archive of this mailing list?
Can non-root or non-Administrator personnel administer NetBackup?
Categroy:Free Stuff
Changes in logging in NetWorker 7.4
Clearcase Backup and Recovery
Continuous Data Protection (CDP) Software
Current status of Macintosh support.
DDS Restriction with NSR Server on Windows platform
Data Protection Management Software
De-duplication Backup Software
Device : read n bytes, expected block size of n
Devices in Solaris
Disaster Recovery Manager (DRM)
Disclaimers and Maintainer's Comments
Disclaimers and legal stuff
Disk Cloning Software
Disk Targets, currently shipping
Disk Targets for Archives
Do I have to do anything different for incremental backups?
Do I need to install the clients individually on each UNIX machine, or can I install the
Does NetBackup support VMS?
Does NetWorker support Microsoft Cluster Server?
Enterprise Backup and Beyond:Archive and Retrieval
Enterprise Backup and Beyond:Backup and Recovery
Enterprise Backup and Beyond:Buying Hardware and Software
Enterprise Backup and Beyond:Disaster Recovery
Enterprise Backup and Beyond:Implementing a backup system
Enterprise Backup and Beyond:Introduction
Enterprise Backup and Beyond:Storage Security
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Backing it all up
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Backup Hardware Overview
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Backup hardware
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Backup product overview
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Backup software overview
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: DB2
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Exchange
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Implementing a backup system
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Implementing database backup
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Managing a backup system
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Oracle
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Philosophy of backup
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Previously on Lost
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Remote Office Branch Office (ROBOs)
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: SQL Server
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Selecting backup system components
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Sharepoint
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: State of The Art Backup Hardware
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: State of the Art Backup Software
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Sybase
Enterprise Backup and Beyond: Virtual Infrastructure Backup
Enterprise Backup and Beyond Outline
Error 11 with OTM
Error 14 on NT Clients
Error 24 on Unix clients but WinXX clients work
Error 41 - bpbkar using 98% cpu
Free Backup Software
Full backups when running incr
General Backup Software
General info about the sybase BSM.
HP-UX OS 11 with Networker 6.01 build 174 client /usr/lib/dld.sl: Unresolved symbol: acl (code) from /opt/networker/bin/save
HP-UX device names
Here are the pros and cons of using the Wiki to store scripts
High Availability
Hostname:/directory unexpected lockf problem: Bad file number
How I can modify output of "bpdbjobs" on NBU 4.5(on version 3.4 can use "bpdjobs -report -format file nameoffile.txt")
How can I access NetBackup documention?
How can I change the retention period for a single image on a tape (not the entire tape)
How can I check the status of my tapes?
How can I create a directive to skip all instances of a file under a directory?
How can I create and delete drives from the command line?
How can I do tape duplication and off-site rotation with NetBackup?
How can I get a list of my backups and archives?
How can I get special patches for NetBackup extensions?
How can I keep up with all of Veritas' product lines?
How can I keep up with notifications and updates for NetBackup and Media Manager?
How can I keep up with notifications and updates for NetBackup and related products?
How can I learn more about Veritas NetBackup?
How can I move one server's complete indices to another server?
How can I receive email notification from NetBackup?
How can I run a command on the server that will run an nsrjb command to control a jukebox connected to a storage node?
How can I securely push a UNIX NetBackup client?
How can I see device status from the command line?
How can I tell what processes are running under Media Manager?
How can I tell what processes are running under NetBackup?
How can I tell what the firmware level of my tape drive is?
How can I tell which tapes will be needed for a particular restore?
How can I verify that a certain schedule will run at a certain time?
How can you change NetBackup's bp.conf/registry settings on multiple clients?
How can you change NetBackup's bp.conf/registry settings on multuiple clients?
How do I Email the Bootstrap Notification on an NT Networker Server?
How do I add a Media Server to an existing NetBackup environment?
How do I add a class?
How do I add a client?
How do I add a policy (formerly class)?
How do I add a robot to a Media Server?
How do I add a schedule?
How do I add a tape drive to a Media Server?
How do I add a volume pool?
How do I add a volume to the media database?
How do I add pre and post processing on NT?
How do I alter the status of a saveset from "recyclable" to "browsable?"
How do I back up a Netbackup Catalog Database that is too large to fit on a single tape?
How do I backup clients on the other side of a firewall?
How do I backup through a firewall?
How do I backup up a Network Appliance with NetWorker?
How do I bring a drive up or down?
How do I change the attributes of media?
How do I change the name of a client?
How do I check for connectivity between the RMAN target and RMAN catalog database?
How do I clear the client list in the NetBackup Windows client?
How do I compare my library inventory to the media database?
How do I configure DLT 7000 drives with NetWorker?
How do I delete a class?
How do I delete a client?
How do I delete a policy (formerly a class)?
How do I delete a schedule?
How do I delete a volume group?
How do I delete a volume pool?
How do I determine what files were backed up?
How do I disable OTM for NetWare?
How do I do a basic user initiated archive?
How do I do a basic user initiated backup?
How do I do a basic user initiated restore from a backup?
How do I email (or do something else) with the notifications, such as the savegroup completion notice, or the bootstrap report?
How do I empty my tape silo's inport (CAP) from the command line?
How do I erase a tape?
How do I exclude files and directories from NDMP backups?
How do I exclude files and directories from regular backups?
How do I get Oracle/Sybase/Informix/NetApp/etc. to back up over a private network?
How do I get a script to run before a backup job starts?
How do I get additional logging to occur?
How do I get my licenses?
How do I get technical support from Symantec?
How do I get technical support from Veritas?
How do I improve slow backup times for NetWare clients?
How do I inventory my library?
How do I know if I have a volume that is FROZEN or SUSPENDED?
How do I label media?
How do I make my directive skip/include this file?
How do I make sure that all NetBackup processes are completely shut down?
How do I modify a schedule?
How do I move my policies/schedules from one NB server to another?
How do I obtain a copy of the FAQ?
How do I properly backup my Oracle/Sybase/Informix/NetApp, etc?
How do I recover a filesystem, directory, or file?
How do I recovery a crashed Exchange server?
How do I recycle (or deassign) Netbackup database (catalog) backup tapes?
How do I recycle media?
How do I rename a NetWorker client?
How do I rename a client in Networker 6.0.x?
How do I replace media in my library?
How do I restore a tape using just the "tar" command?
How do I restore from NDMP tapes, especially without NetBackup?
How do I restore to a different server than the one I backed up?
How do I set the maximum number of client connections per client?
How do I set the maximum number of streams for multiplexing?
How do I set up a savepnpc script?
How do I show how many cleanings are left on the cleaning tape?
How do I split a directory up for multiple savestreams (and still catch any new subdirectories)?
How do I start the Backup and Restore GUI?
How do I start the administrative GUI?
How do I submit a question for the FAQ?
How do I subscribe?
How do I tell the Media Manager that I have a cleaning tape?
How do I unsubscribe?
How do I use an alternate media server for a restore?
How do you configure NetBackup to work with NDMP?
How do you configure NetBackup to work with Network Appliances?
How do you decipher the output of "bpdbjobs -report -all columns"?
How do you setup MSSQL Backups?
How does NetWorker license libraries?
How does scheduling work?
How does upgrading work?
How fast should my tape drive go? (i.e. what does it mean to "stream" a tape drive?)
How is the NetBackup product installed and configured?
How long should I keep tape archives?
How many copies can I make of a given image?
How much bandwidth will/does NetWorker use?
How often should I backup my indexes if I decide to use bpbackupdb?
How often should I clean my drives?
How often should I send tapes off-site?
How to FREEZE media after only 1 media error?
How to make OTM to work correctly in NetBackup?
I've noticed that some of my NT servers are crashing (a Dr.Watson crash, and a memory dump) when Networker try to backup REPAIRDISK:
IRIX Bare Metal Recovery
I am thinking about upgrading my master server. Must I upgrade my media servers and clients also?
I am thinking about upgrading to 3.4. Must I upgrade my clients to 3.4 also?
I am trying to install 6.0.2 on a Solaris machine and getting this error. I get it after it looks like it goes all the way through the install. pkgadd: ERROR: missing entry in contents file for /lib/X11/app-defaults/Networker
I can't back up my Netware clients.
I can't find NW for X on the ftp site.
I have a server with multiple interfaces. How do I get NetBackup traffic to go through both interfaces?
I have tapes in the library, and yet NetBackup isn't using any of them. I'm getting error 96s.
I have tapes whose physical expiration date is shorter than I'd like. How do I change that date?
If I start savegrp from the command line, I can't stop it with the GUI.
Implementing a backup system
Informix Backup and Recovery
Interesting NetBackup Links
Is NetBackup licensed?
Is there VMS support within a VERITAS NetBackup v3.4 environment?
Is there a knowledge base that I can browse?
Is there a newsgroup for NetBackup?
Is there a way that I can find out in advance what backups are going to be scheduled?
Is there a way to backup the NBU Databases onto a specific tape besides one in the NetBackup Pool?
Is there a way to check the consistency of the database
Is there a way to check the consistency of the database?
Is there an easy way to make registry changes on multiple NT clients?
Is there an user's group mailing list for Symantec NetBackup?
Is there an user's group mailing list for Veritas NetBackup?
Is there any way for me to check if all of my backup clients have all of their data protected?
Is there is a way to backup through a firewall that are in the DMZ?
Jbconfig limitations a problem in DDS
Legato insists on writing the indices for backups to the default pool.
Linux & Windows Bare Metal Recovery
Locate Orphaned VSP Files
Location of files
MS Cluster and MSSQL cluster backups - SUMMARY
Main Page
My backup/restore runs slowly. Where do I start troubleshooting?
My client doesn't seem to be using the schedule that I assigned to it. Why?
My group won't run when started manually. Why?
My library inventory and volume configuration dont match. What should I do?
Near-Continuous Data Protection (Near-CDP) Software
NetWare Client Suggestions
Networker changes the archive bit on my system. How do keep Networker from basing its incrementals on the archive bit?
On my Windows 95 client, Networker is backing up files that have not changed or even been accessed for months during both full and incremental backups. What is causing this?
One way to backup data outside a firewall.
Optical drives, currently shipping
Optical drives, end of lifed
Questions About the Command Line Interface to NetBackup (some of which is undocumented)
RPC error: failed to send chunk to MMD
Rdiff-backup
Rdiff-snapshot
Restoring an Exchange Database to a Standby server for DR or Single Mailbox Recovery
Rsnapshot
Rsync snapshots
Server can ping client, client can ping server, but the backup fails with "no NetWorker servers can be found." Why?
Should I be using the compression directives or not?
Should I make duplicates?
Software of days gone by
Some other script.sh
Somescript.sh
Stan Horwitz says...
Status 134 errors with NetBackup 3.4?
Status 74 on Win2k backup
TSM Backup Methodology
TSM Performance Tuning
TSM Schedules and their purpose
Tape Devices
Tape drives, currently shipping
Tape drives, end of lifed
Test Category - Ignore
Test Script
Testscript.sh
Testscript sh
The nsrxchsv thread won't die! How do I kill it so I can retry it?
Tru64 Bare Metal Recovery
Using This Wiki
W. Curtis Preston
WAN Optimization for Backup/Recovery
We can not get RMAN talk to networker correctly. The saveset starts on the Networker server, but it gets no data and RMAN quits.
What's the difference between the media manager expiration date (given by vmquery) and NetBackup's expiration date (given by bpmedialist)?
What's with all of these different "max jobs" settings?
What about NetWorker 5.7. What's up with THAT?
What about documention? What's available?
What about index corruption?
What about moving just one client's indices to another, or merging two server's media indices?
What are "WISS" errors?
What are ASM's?
What are XBSA error messages?
What are some of the more common configuration options for bp.conf and what are they used for?
What are some of the more common configuration options for bp.conf and what are they used for (version 3.2)?
What are the client type values, as used in bpbackup -t client type?
What are the requirements to get Exchange backed up and recovered without errors? (Exchange 5.5 sp3 on NT4 sp5 or higher)
What changes have been made at version 6 relating to retention and browse policies?
What directory structure does NetBackup and Media Manager use?
What do I need to know before I do a recovery of a whole system?
What does "not a registered client" mean?
What does a class influence?
What does a policy influence?
What files and directories should I exclude from a backup?
What if we just want to shutdown Oracle before backing up?
What is Legato's support for Windows 2000?
What is Library Sharing and Dynamic Drive Sharing like?
What is Media Managers main configuration file?
What is NetBackups main configuration file?
What is a good generic backup schedule?
What is a volume group?
What is bigasm and how do I use it?
What is busy file processing?
What is nsrjb?
What is the archive bit in NT, and how does it affect me?
What is the best way to back up my indices?
What is the difference between Cross Mount Points and ALL LOCAL DRIVES?
What is the difference between Network edition and Power Edition?
What is the difference between a backup and a "True Image" backup?
What is the difference between a backup and an archive?
What is the difference between a backup and an archive in NetBackup?