Re: SOS copy/restore performance
Thank you Ales, what you write makes sense to me. I did some testing with some surprises: 1. when MAs and SOS storage are on the same client with the tape device, increasing number of MA increases...
View ArticleUpgrade DP 6.20 to 7.0
I have DP 6.20 with patches installed in a Server with Windows 2003 X86 server and I want to upgrade to DP 7, so I have installed a new DP 7.0 In a Windows 2008 R2 Server (X64).Would be posible to...
View ArticleData Protector 9 specification
Hi, Can someone give me the link on the document about the Data Protector technical specification ? (if it exists ???) I don't found it. Why is it too complicate to get it in the HP website ? I would...
View ArticleRe: Data Protector 9 specification
Ok, found it. http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=c04109270
View ArticleRe: Data Protector 9 specification
Download free trial, documentation is part of the SW, no need to install it, maybe you can download it separately but I don't know where....
View ArticleTape Backup without Protection and setting it to Permanent
Hi, We have a tape backup from August that was mistakenly not set to Permanent. Now it shows as protection "none". The selections are no longer availbe in the data protector database to restore. I can...
View ArticleRe: Vepa_bar.exe error, DP7
Hey, Can you copy paste the related event log error message. If it is a side-by-side type of an error then it is a VC redist package problem and to solve we would need to download the new one off M$...
View Articleset right Block size for drive in DP 8.13
I upgraded Data Protector software from 7.0.3 to 8.13 and drive block size is set to 64 KB.What right value should it be ? 64 or 256 KB?
View ArticleRe: set right Block size for drive in DP 8.13
Hi, the new default for Blocksize is 256K. Normally and if not configured in old environment, the blocksize is automatically set to 256K. If you need to backup HP-UX, stay with 256K, If you have a...
View ArticleRe: Tape Backup without Protection and setting it to Permanent
Hi, it seems that the information regarding the catalog protection got already purged. If the media was not overwritten or reformatted, please export the media and import the the media including the...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade DP 6.20 to 7.0
Hi, you can export the IDB on old cell server and import the IDB on new server. On new server you need to change the cell name for the ID using omnidbutil command. Best regardsDaniel
View ArticleRe: Tape Backup without Protection and setting it to Permanent
Thanks Daniel for your help. The Tapes still exist and the data is write protected. What do you mean by export the media. ? What does that do? thanks
View ArticleRe: Vepa_bar.exe error, DP7
Hi, Unfortionatly this is not the error that I was hoping to see. Since this started occuring after M$ update I guess you can try to install this resist pkg again since it might be broken somehow....
View ArticleRe: Vepa_bar.exe error, DP7
Hi, This error can be two things1- Communication including CM and vCenter .You can add these variables in both server in the file omnirc file:OB2SHMIPC = 0OB2IPCKEEPALIVE = 1OB2INETTIMEOUT =...
View ArticleRe: Get Installation server patch level
I checked for any command to so this, and did not find any. You can assebble a list of patches, but, it is a fairly laborious process I think that your best bet is to use teh GUI. Go into the Client...
View ArticleRe: Data Protector 6.11 to point to NFS storage deice
You would probably have to configure a File Library using the instructions found in online help In the GUI, go to Help -> Help Topics, and search for "file library" nfs You will find only ne...
View Article61:17102 not enough licenses "Drive extension for SAN / All Platforms"
Hello all, I am getting the following error when attempting to run a Data Protector backup: [61:17102] not enough licenses "Drive extension for SAN / All Platforms" This is on HP-UX 11.31 on an rp4440....
View ArticleRe: HP Data Protector
Hi Samy, not all Backups can be restored by SessionID, this is a normal behaviour.Session Restore e.g. is possible for filesystem backup, but not for Oracle or MSSQL backups. In these cases you need to...
View ArticleRe: Vepa_bar.exe error, DP7
Ok, there are some snapshots and without snapshots the backup works.But in the past, thebackupworks withsnapshots.
View ArticleRe: DP and Exchange Integration 2010+
Hi, its not clear why Exchange+ backup did not trunctated the logs. When you select Full or Incr backup it should do that. Can you post session messages and DP version? The VSS should also truncate...
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