Home twoway mirrors of external mailing lists veritas netbackup topic advanced. Before you upgrade the netbackup server software, you must back up your netbackup catalogs and verify that the catalog backup was successful. Please add verbose entry to usropenvvolmgrnf on mediadrc and restart nbu. These jobs are being written to a datadomain 890 configured as an ost target for the backups.
The remote netbackup host has to be configured with the same version of netbackup as the host you started the application on. This media header allows the netbackup software to verify the tapes identity for future operations. An invalid media server or windows netbackup remote administration console made a request to the netbackup request daemon bprd or netbackup database manager daemon bpdbm. I have made the necessary entries to the kerneldrvnf file and have rebooted with the reconfigure option set. Restore failes with error 2850, media position error 86. I attached the joblog, if you wany any other infor. Sometime over the thanksgiving holiday, my netbackup installation decided that it no longer liked the tapes in my library. Oftenly facing issue as clone backup fails with status code 190 says found no images or media matching the selection criteria. A list of compatible hardware and software may be obtained within the veritas netbackup release notes or on the veritas support web site. This eol does not apply to client support for either platform. The following table shows the approximate binary size of the netbackup and media server software, and the netbackup client software requirements for each platform and operating system supported by. Backup jobs fail with a netbackup status code 86 media position error and the systems device driver returns an io error while netbackup was positioning media tape or optical disk. Out usual fix for this is to recycle the backup servers however due to the nature of the information being backed up this is done by someone else and. Backup jobs start to fail with a netbackup status code 86 media position error.
Netbackup media server, netbackup client and the ostplugin the ostplugin is installed by default on netbackup 7. Backup jobs start to fail with anetbackup status code 86 media position error. Netbackup client software enables server directed backup, archive, and restore operations on entire folders or individual files that reside on your netbackup client. Weve been having jobs fail with a status 84 seemingly at random. Contents of the netbackup media kit starting with this release, symantec is delivering netbackup in both cdrom and dvd media formats. Backup exec has been around in one form or another since the early 1990s and has a reputation as one of the more reliable backup products on the market. Here is the complete list of netbackup status code for the version 8. Trevor best thing to do with this type of error is to narrow down to tape or drive. Use the netbackup media list report to show the retention levels, volume pools, and status active and so on for all volumes. Both of the media servers in the environment one aix and one windows are seeing these.
The very first time a netbackup tape is used for either a normal backup or a catalog backup, a media header is written to the tape. If this is in a netbackup installation where the master and one or more media servers are on a different network and between a firewall then the following may apply. Getting help you can find answers to questions and get help from the netbackup documentation and from the veritas technical support. Troubleshooting robot or drive issues in netbackup veritas. For netbackup software and host requirements, see the following topic. Installation and upgrade checklist report for nbups 8. Nbux netbackup perl extensions list nbuxusers archives. Understand how veritas netbackup can serve not only as your standard for data protection but as a platform for enterprise data management. All netbackup, media manager, and aro core processes. Veritas netbackup software supports tape drives and libraries from a larger number of vendors. All netbackup and media manager command line programs. I am running ndmp backups of a netapp filer ontap 8. Most times this is noticed during a restore when a particular tape is required, yet the restore details state that it is waiting on. On windows systems, the directory path to this command is \ netbackup \bin\admincmd\ nbkmsutil listkeys kgname.
We have been using ndmp to backup netapp snapshot for about 2 years now. Netbackup 191 errors may occur on both bpduplicate and bpverify jobs. To install software to these clients, follow the instructions in the install. Also check that bptm log folder exists under usropenv netbackup logs. The systems device driver returned an io error while netbackup was positioning. Fix for netbackup error 191 on netbackup duplication jobs. Netbackup statuscode inside hardware mediamanagerstatus techno os software whatisnew howto inside veritas netbackuptm storage troubleshoot mediastorage news appliance enterprise virtualization netapp switch tapedrive vmware acronis addson apache application aruba citrix cloud emc network server. On solaris, netbackup uses the st tape driver to write the data to the tape. Can you install netbackup client software on the clients. Veritas netbackup microsoft windows users guide zedat. Operation status shows the status of a netbackup operation. Please confirm hardware and software compatibility before continuing. There is time where you need to failover master server from one site to another via symantec vcs due to hw issue, dr activity and such on the active node, often time you will have no issue.
The veritas private branch exchange pbx software is part of the infrastructure core services. Hi all, we are currently running veritas netbackup. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. All netbackup and media manager user interface programs.
Symantec netbackup status codes reference guide zedat. This product may contain third party software for which veritas is required to provide attribution to the third party third party programs. What are some common netbackup status codes and what do. What are some common netbackup status codes and what do they mean. On unix netbackup servers, check for error or status messages in the system log or standard. Use the netbackup media summary report to check for active volumes at the correct retention levels.
Installation and upgrade checklist report for netbackup server 8. In some cases, error messages in the netbackup log indicate a backup. The services called netbackup enterprise media manager and netbackup resource broker dont error, but wont remain started and the netbackup device manager service generates event log error, emm interface initialization failed, status 334. Is there any state of level where we can set a sleep command before starting cloning and after finishing original backup. Turn logging up toverbose 5 for the bptm process on the problematic mediaserver. Symantec veritas netbackup service logic error arbitrary.
Symantec netbackup troubleshooting guide unix, windows, and linux release 7. Veritas status codes, messages, explanation and action. If the above does not resolve the issue, please continue. Enter the same name used in the netbackup server list. We are currently having a few issues where were unable to log in due to several errors. Kms backups are failing with status 86 media position error. Netbackup, and includes coverage for enterprise media manager, a component of netbackup used for media and device management. Netbackup master processesdaemons daemons that runs on master server bpcd netbackup client service bpcompatd netbackup compatibility service supports legacy service bpdbm netbackup database manager ltid netbackup device manager nbemm netbackup enterprise media manager nbjm netbackup job manager. Included in release means that version of the netbackup appliance software contains the information needed for configuring that cloud provider, so installing an rpm is not required. There is no netbackup deduplication software installed on the target system. All ndmp backup are failing, either on status 86, media position or on status 24, socket write failed24.
Turn logging up to verbose 5 for the bptm process on the problematic media server. The systems device driver returned an io error while netbackup was positioning media tape or. Eol for netbackup master and media servers running on hpux and aix. Backup jobs fail with a netbackup status code 86 media position error and the systems device driver returns an. I am using an exabyte robotic tape library w mammoth 2 drives and running veritas netbackup 3. Compared to software, hardware configuration has roughly four times. A known bug exists, which was supposed to be fixed in 6. Netbackup catalog backups error with a media position error error code 86 on a. Starting with the next major release of netbackup, the. See netbackup requirements for snapshots and snapshot replication on page 25. Veritas status codes, messages, explanation and action recomendations march 10, 2012 leave a comment here you can find all the information related to the veritas status codes. But it does not seem to be messages file on media server showing the errors mediadrc.
Veritas infrastructure core services tm installation guide for unix located in the docs directory on either the unix or windows version of the veritas infrastructure core services cd starting and stopping the ics what is pbx. Veritas netbackup release notes unix, windows, and linux. For example, trying to move a tape from slot 86 to drive 2. On windows systems, the directory path to this command is \netbackup\bin\admincmd\ nbkmsutil listkeys kgname. On windows, these daemons are the netbackup request manager and. Ill investigate this once im home again after the weekend no netbackup system where i am right now do the other example scripts seem to work right. Page 86 adding the disk space of a new expansion storage shelf adding the disk space of an expansion storage shelf from the netbackup appliance. If you run vmoprcmd command does it show all drives are up and running may be there is some problem with drive configuration you can run device configuration again see if it comes up. The systems device driver returned an io error while netbackup was positioning the. Recovering the netbackup media server disk for unix and. Netbackup uses only what it needs to restore the requested files. Netbackup asks the os to position the tape at various points in the backup. Hi, attached is a small script which produces a csvformatted ascii table with 7 fields.