Data Protector 6.11 and MS VSS exchange restore
Hi, we have a issue restoring a MS exchange 2007 VSS backup. I successfully restored a session last week and restored user email from it. I restored to a exchange recovery storage group (RSG). I then...
View ArticleRe: General questions about migrating from 6.2 to 8.1
Bob, Sorry for jumping on this post and going of topic but I'm scared now. We are moving from 6.1 to 8.x (Windows cell manager) in about two months as part of an infrastructure refresh. Would it be...
View ArticleFilenames in IDB almost full
I get a report from DP about the IDB size report, and the Filenames seemed to be getting full. So i logged a call with HP and they gave me a procedure to run, which i started last night, and was doing...
View ArticleRe: DP 9.0 Media Agent and DP 6.2 Cell Manager on the same server?
Thank you for detailed answer, I will backup current installation using this migration description in the case I will ever need it again. Kind regards, Jan
View ArticleRe: DP 7.01 - Hanging sessions
Thank you Jeremy, that command has cleaned up the IDB and set the status to failed! Tobias
View ArticleRe: DP 7.01 - Hanging sessions
And thanks to you too Bob! It was really just a internal issue, that was fixed with the named command. Thank you!
View ArticleRe: General questions about migrating from 6.2 to 8.1
Mel, I wish I had a crystal ball to see what is going to happen with DP 9. I had one case with reporting that DP 9 resolved, but this is a very small drop in a very big bucket, but, given the history...
View ArticleRe: Filenames in IDB almost full
I don't see anything to be very concerned with. The thing to understand is that 'filenames' is not a fixed value that you are in danger of exceeding. The IDB is dynamically expandable, although it...
View ArticleRe: Filenames in IDB almost full
Thanks for the reply Bob, you don't know how much hassle i've had trying to get HP to understand. So those graphs showing the filenames are near full. isn't actually true? as the filenames will just...
View ArticleRe: Filenames in IDB almost full
So those graphs showing the filenames are near full. isn't actually true? as the filenames will just grow as needed, because if thats teh case i can abort this job.----------- This is correct...
View ArticleRe: Filenames in IDB almost full
as i can see its 1 host that playing up - how do you assign multiple hosts is literally ... omnidbutil -purge -filenames server1, server2, server3 -force do you serprate server names by commas?
View ArticleRe: slow backups (my pet hate)
John, This sounds like the test i want to do, next question is how do i do the following? "After this you can create a nul file device on the media server to try sending a backup to"
View ArticleRe: Filenames in IDB almost full
From the CLI (Command Line Interpreter) Guide -purge{-filenames [host_1 [host_n...]] [-force] so, no commas, just a 'space' between each hostname The -filenames option removes all obsolete file names...
View ArticleRe: slow backups (my pet hate)
Bob, my file library is disks provisioned from eva to our media host as drive letters. These are connected to server from teh EVA over CNA cables hopefully that makes sense
View ArticleTrouble mirroring between tape and disk
We're running DP7 and I've got an LTO6 drive that we do our typical backups to, we recently added a license for the disk TB backups and I'm having trouble mirroring on both for jobs. I can run backups...
View ArticleIDB Backup getting failed
Hi!!!!!..... My IDB backup is getting failed and showing following error:- [Critical] From: DBBDA@xyz001.abc.in "[Database]: dp001" Time: 8/13/2014 5:50:51 PM Velocis server ob2_40:...
View ArticleRe: Trouble mirroring between tape and disk
You are talkiing about the 'Mirror' option in the Destination tab of a backup, is that correct? I know of people who have mirrored to different tape devices, not sure if I have ever seen it used the...
View ArticleRe: Trouble mirroring between tape and disk
Thanks for the reply Bob -- The only instance i've seen of it is here:...
View ArticleRe: IDB Backup getting failed
The only reason I could find for this is that part of the IDB is missing, in this case the Media Managemetn Database You don't state the OS-type of your cell manager, but, at a time when no backups are...
View ArticleRe: slow backups (my pet hate)
To create a nul device to backup to: Add a device with a "Device Type" of Standalone. The "Client" should be the media server which is acting as the destination of the backups you wish to test.The...
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