Re: HP DP 8.10 Backup IDB : [Critical] From: OB2BAR_POSTGRES_BAR@ "DPIDB"...
Dear Sebastian, Before applying the patched bunble812, made a backup of the IDB disk to secure a restore if necessary. It was not made any restore after applying patche bundle812 and this problem...
View ArticleRe: Import of tapes from old cell manager
UNless you have a copy of the IDB from before you re-installed, export to MCF file is not going to work. You would have to switch to the old IDB version, expor tthe MCF file, but the current IDB back...
View ArticleRe: Import of tapes from old cell manager
Yes, Bob is right. MCF export will only work if you have a copy of the old IDB. If you have one, you could just fire it up in a VM and do the export there. This would be the fastest solution. Do you...
View ArticleRe: DP8.1 filesystem backup a mountpoint with 6million files
I don't see a reason why OB2NOTREEWALK=1 will prevent incremental backups. It will disable one of treewalks and speed up the backup a bit. VBDA will backup all files based on the information stored in...
View ArticleRe: Backup & Restore Very slow from EMC LUNs ON HP-UX Client
Hello Sebastian, Thanks for the reply. Even I am suspecting read performance so please could you guide me what all parameters I should look into and try to tune to resolve this issue. As per suggestion...
View ArticleRe: Backup & Restore Very slow from EMC LUNs ON HP-UX Client
Please adjust the parameters -vol / -trees /etc before you run the script. You've benched the backup performance of /etc on the local disks. :)If you have questions on how to resolve this, ask in the...
View ArticleRe: Import of tapes from old cell manager
I still have the old IDB but the problem is that both the media agent servers have been upgraded to the new version. I will try and import one tape at a time after our nightly backups have completed....
View ArticleRe: Virtual machine setup for cell manager
What I am seeing is that my two tape drives are now actively writing to tape but by session is still running on my CM. There appears to be lettle to no network activity on the CM server. I am not...
View ArticleRe: Virtual machine setup for cell manager
First of all, Data Protector A.08.10 and patch bundle 8.12 on top seems to be pretty stable. Works quite well for many of my customers now for upgrades and new installations. Stay away from A.08.00,...
View ArticleRe: Import of tapes from old cell manager
Setup a new VM (with the same name and isolated network), place the IDB copy on the same filesystem location and install DP 6.21. It should detect the database. For the MCF export no physical...
View ArticleRe: Import of tapes from old cell manager
I actually still have the old vm. I got to the screen that you mentioned and I was able to "copy catalog to file" option. The "Export" option was giving me problems. I will export the individual tapes...
View ArticleRe: Need Data Protector 6.11 download info
Thanks - Would a license for 6.11 work with DP 7 or DP 8?
View ArticleRe: Autoloader 1/8 G2 LTO6 6250 FC & Data protector over SAN switch on EVA4400
Hi, given the MA host is on 2003 and thus a little older, it's probably just the LTO tape driver that doesn't recognize LTO6 yet. Upgrade that driver to the latest version from HP, make sure the drive...
View ArticleRe: Does anyone knows if I can use dp 6.11 old agents on DP 8.0
Is a new license needed when moving from 6.11 to a newer version of DP?
View ArticleRe: Virtual machine setup for cell manager
Hi, just to add some clarification: What I am seeing is that my two tape drives are now actively writing to tape but by session is still running on my CM. There appears to be lettle to no network...
View ArticleRe: Need Data Protector 6.11 download info
As long as you don't change the IP address of your Cell manager DP 7 - YesDP 8.0 - YesDP 8.1 - No, requires an entire new set of licenses
View ArticleRe: Does anyone knows if I can use dp 6.11 old agents on DP 8.0
As long as the IP address of the Cell manager does not change DP 7.x - yesDP 8.0 - YesDP 8.1 - No, needs a whole new set fo licenses
View ArticleError Granular DP 8,12.
Hi Folks, I have this error when try to restore one mailbox with Granular: System.Management.Automation.RemoteException: The call to...
View ArticleRe: Need Data Protector 6.11 download info
Hi Bob, Do yuo know if the client doesn't have contract can request the licenses for 8,12? Regards
View ArticleRe: Defensive locking on Linux?
Hi Andre Did you ever find a workaround for this? We have similar issues with numerous servers. That was not a big problem when we were running DP5 up to DP6.20, but we upgraded last November to DP8...
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