I have a dell branded ax100, w/ three host servers, the two w/ the most data are netware and one small ms 2k3 box. I have the dual controllers on the ax100, along with a brocade 8 port switch. I also have a pv 132t ( adic scalar 24 ) Has anyone had experience backing up the ax100 over fiber. ...

Hi all, I would like to know a basic thing concerning the Backup and Restore client of Legato Networker. If I have an application (solaris pkg archive) that I install, should I indicate the B&R client to backup the .tar archive and the customized configuration file, or should I indicate all the...

Hi, I use Backup Exec for Windows NT v8.6. Some time ago the backups didn't work. I looked in the log files and found the following: "Unable to initialize Remote Agent for Windows NT/2000 - performing standard backup" "RSM Database cannot be backed up because the Removable Storage service is not...

Gawd, this is an awful request, but: I have a client who wants to use Backup Exec to do backups of CIFS shares (long story). I could have sworm this could be done, but apparently under version 9.1, it can't be done. Does anyone here know how to make it work? Alternatively, are there any other...

Hi all! We will have to backup a couple of file servers, located in remote offices. These servers run linux and serve files to XP Clients using samba. I am planning to do this with a NetApp NearStore R150 and their SnapVault software. The network from remote to central offices is weak and their...

I'm a newcomer to backup technologies but I've been asked to research a possible tape drive purchase. I've been looking at LTO and SDLT drives, specifically from Quantum, Overland Storage and Qualstar. I've also heard some rumblings about some SDLT drives having problems with damaging tapes but...

Hello, I have a challenge in my hands and would like your input to make a decision. We have a mobile workforce, started as 2 individuals a year ago but it is now 32 individuals. We have a central office where everybody checks in once or twice a week, but they normally work on the road,...

Hi, Can anyone point up a backup application that issues hooks/callbacks on the backup agent side. I would like to receive a callback/callbacks specifying what files are about to be backed up without using an NDMP agent. Thanks, Menny

Are their backup apps using SMI-S copy services to create backup images on disk and further support ILM with the capability to migrate the data to tape ? I know there have been demos at SNW with NetBackup doing this, but I didn't see any mention of SMI-S in 6.5...

Hi, What formats are the full and incremental dumps from a NetApp OnTAP system in? As in, is the backup data in some proprietary NetApp format? Also, what is the difference between NDMP and SnapMirror? Dvy

I have recently been hired by my employer and have been tasked with creating a backup strategy. We have a server that currently has less than 80 Gigs of drive space on it, and less than half of that is "used." To that end, I've been reviewing possible backup devices and saw something new (to me,...

I have a minor understanding of Novell and a Good understanding of Veritas. My problem is that I can not back up any of my Novell Servers. The error message I'm getting in the bpback log on the Novell servers is "Backup did not start: can't connect to host, = cannot connect on socket". On the...

All the sudden all of our backups are "queued" I uninstalled Backup Exec and Reinstalled it and it had the same results. Any ides? Pat

I run Veritas Backup Exec 9.0 attached to a Compaq MSL5026 Media Library with 2 SDLT 110/220 tape drives. I have a media set created called Monthly which is used for full weekly backups of my servers. My problem is that say I have two tapes, both which have 50gb of space free. The backup starts...

Has anyone gotten Backup Exec 9.1 to backup correctly to LTO3 drives and media? Does Veritas even have a 9.1 driver of its own for LTO3? We have a test lab installation we are checking out LTO3 drives on, and they backup to LTO2 media without a problem, but in every case we try to backup to...

Hi, how do I install patches for Veritas Backup Exec 9.1, automatically? I'm looking for an automated way, instead of installing patches manually on every media server. Something like this, to put in a bat file: patch1.exe /unattended /dontAskAnyQuestions patch2.exe /unattended...

i have a sbs 2000 server that has backup exec on it. whenever the tape goes to run, it keeps puting itself on hold. how do i figure out why it's doing this?

To my surprise, it looks like the Backup Exec 9.1 Remote Agent requires you to enable NetBIOS over TCP in order to work. It apparently uses NetBIOS discovery to enumerate devices on the network, and equally disturbing is that there is not TCP agent in any true sense. It is using file sharing...

Can anyone let if you can do a full backup of a windows 2000 server without the System state and restore just the file and directory data to another windows 2000 server that has only the Windows 2000 OS, Backup exec agent and current service pack. The server is in a windows 2000 AD domain. Thanks...

Hi, We keep on getting Event 57860 errors on our server which has Backup Exec and SQL Server running. The error message is: An error occurred while attempting to log in to the following server: "CENTRAL\SBSMONITORING". SQL error number: "0011". SQL error message: "SQL Server does not exist or...