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Category Archives: NetBackup
NetBackup Exchange status code 1542
Exchange 2007 CCR, NetBackup 7.5 policy is configured to backup from the passive node. Backups for the cluster fail with code 1542: An existing snapshot is no longer valid and cannot be mounted for subsequent operations(1542) The detailed status shows something … Continue reading
NetBackup bpfis and bpbkar32 memory issues with VMware backups
I noticed events mentioning low memory conditions on my NetBackup 7.1 media servers, during the times when they’d be busy doing evening backups. These servers have 32GB of RAM, so I was surprised to see them saying out of memory. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004, bpbkar32, bpbkar32.exe, bpfis, bpfis.exe, diagnosis, event, event id, events, exhaustion, log, memory, netbackup, resource, symatec, tech161502, tech186680, veritas, vmware
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Symantec NetBackup SQL agent issues
Finally managed to get this working today after much struggling (and trying not to have to wade through the 200-odd pages of not-easy-to-read NetBackup for SQL Server Administrator’s guide). So, I installed the NetBackup client, patched to version 7.1.0.4 and … Continue reading
Partial workaround for NetBackup UAC “Run As Administrator” annoyance
Isn’t it annoying how NetBackup 7.x seems to need you to randomly run bits of it “As Administrator” or from an Administrator command prompt on Server 2008 R2? For example, running the BPMedia command from a normal (non-Administrator) command prompt … Continue reading
Tidy/Remove VMware Snapshots – possibly created by NetBackup
Diagnosis I’ve found that sometimes Symatec NetBackup v7.0/7.1 doesn’t remove the snapshots it takes of VMs whilst it’s backing them up direct from the SAN. These snapshots don’t show in the vSphere Client GUI: However, viewing the VM disk configuration … Continue reading
NetBackup VMware status code 156 failure
Using NetBackup 7.0.1 and vSphere 4. Tried to backup a new v7 VM and got a 156 failure from NetBackup. Within vSphere client the following error was displayed when NetBackup tried to take a snapshot of the VM: Cannot create … Continue reading
Import certificate to Symantec OpsCenter web server (Tomcat)
Symantec NetBackup 7 users may have Symantec OpsCenter for reporting purposes. OpsCenter is a web-based system, running under Tomcat. It doesn’t appear to provide a method of importing your own certificates, and so you always get a security warning when you visit the site, … Continue reading
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