Adding unix clients to netbackup seems very simple but you will be frustrated when you are unable to add clients and no error is prompted.

Solution to resolve this is to create a job first. When you create a job using a wizard and asked for the client server name, you can either browse or key in client server name (if client name is not in the network, keyin as per host file on your system – drivers/etc/hosts. It should be the same as hosts).

Then go to host properties-> clients on veritas. Client name should be appeared there. Try to connect and see if there is any error. If there is any erorr such as error code 46 relating to access authenticated problem, you have to check host name in your client system. In solaris, default installation path of veritas is

/usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf

view bp.conf and check the server name. It should be the same name as you placed under etc/hosts.

This is very simple but i have wasted few hours trying to figure out why veritas can’t add clients.

a waste of your time to figure out what actually happened.

My case: I am planning to migrate old netbackup server (server1) to new server with the same host name (server1). My old server has 2 media servers,server1 and server2 which means it is connected to two media servers with two different tape loaders. When i am trying to backup catalog, i have no choice but to use server2 to backup just because server1 is using SDLT loader whereas server2 and new server are using LTO so that i will be able to recover catalog using LTO tape.

However, the problem is new server,server1 is trying to recover catalog from tape backup used by media server,server2. I did a hot catalog backup using tape. When I tried to restore using netbackup disaster recovery wizard, there is an error something like ‘unable to located /usr/……/../ from <server2>’ . Since server name is different, it is doubtful whether I am able to recover catalog using tape.

In order to restore catalog, here is what i have done.

1. Instead of hot catalog backup, i did offline(cold) catalog backup.

2. Instead of tapes, i used disk backup in offline catalog backup configuration. While doing that, there is an erorr 97, requested media id is in use which actually is catalog tape being assigned to use . So  i follow this link http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH35504 for solution. I expired catalog tape and configure offline backup to disk successfully.

3. I copied catalog files to new server, server1 , then use bprecovery command to recover catalog. Exact command i use is

bprecover -r -dpath g:\offlinecatalog.

Ensure not to have any space in folder name. I used g:\offline catalog which leads to invalid command.In fact, i forgot to stop following services as per symantec doc but it is still working.

NetBackup Service Monitor service
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NetBackup Device Manager service
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NetBackup Volume Manager service

To verify before recovery, the command bprecover -l -dpath g:\offlinecatalog can be used.

As for Unix, Linux, refer to symantec troubleshooting guide at

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH52829  at page 566, the most important part of whole docs.

This method is very simple to recover catalog. No need to rely on the media to import catalog anymore.

When you download netbackup 7.1 from symantec, you probably encounter same issue as i were. I received an error as mentioned in title after i download NetBackup_7.1_Win_zip.1of2 and NetBackup_7.1_Win_zip.2of2 from symantec. It is beacause those 2 files need to me merged before you can extract. Do not try to change the file extention to .zip.  Instead run the following command.

- On UNIX systems:
cat “NetBackup_7.1_Win_zip.1of2″ “NetBackup_7.1_Win_zip.2of2″ > “NetBackup_7.1_Win.zip”

- On Windows systems:
copy /b “NetBackup_7.1_Win_zip.1of2″+”NetBackup_7.1_Win_zip.2of2″ “NetBackup_7.1_Win.zip”

That will merge into valid zip file.

Recently, i have been working on CPA offers whenever i have time after my paid job.  It is already time for me to note down things i have tried.

One of the key factor in this marketing is to make people aware of the offer. In a way, it is more like disturbing people when surfing the net like ‘hey take a look, here is a good offer that you just need to key in your email address’

Adding sound in the landing page is one of the ways to make people aware of your landing page which can increase the CTR . I look through the net and here is what i have done.

1. download nifty player from http://www.varal.org/niftyplayer/

2. zip up and place files together with audio you want to play.

3. add following code in your html page.

<object classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0″ width=”165″ height=”38″ id=”niftyPlayer1″ align=”">
<param name=”movie” value=”audio/niftyplayer.swf?file=audio/audio1.mp3&as=1″>
<param name=”quality” value=”high”>
<param name=”bgcolor” value=”#FFFFFF”>
<embed src=”audio/niftyplayer.swf?file=audio/audio1.mp3&as=1″ quality=”high” bgcolor=”#FFFFFF” width=”165″ height=”38″ name=”niftyPlayer1″ align=”" type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” pluginspage=”http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer”>
</embed>
</object>

4. In my case, I created a folder called audio in the same folder where my html page is located. Then i zipped up player in audio folder and placed my audio files in audio location, you can see my audio file name is audio1.mp3. Hope this helps.

The above sql patch is failed to update while doing monthly maintenance. When I open the log from C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Hotfix\SQL9_Hotfix_KB070895_sqlrun_sql.msp.log there is error as below.

“SQL Server Setup cannot upgrade the specified instance because the
previous upgrade did not complete. Start the Remote Registry service and go to Add/Remove
Programs, select the Change button for Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and then select SQL
instance [2] and complete the setup.”

As per instruction, I tried to follow from add/remove program and lead to another problem when I tried half way through. There is an error box prompted to look for sqlrun_sql.msi which is unable to find from system drive and prompted to insert CD.

Solution to  solve this problem,follow below instruction posted from the forum, http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/73bbe749-2cfc-4d2e-a48c-a084a52b8801/

I have tried more than twice in order to work. So if you run into any problem while trying, just reboot the server and tried again the same step.

1. Go to Add/Remove Programs, select the Change button for Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and then select SQL instance and complete the setup. Keep the dialog for SqlRun_SQL.msi open.

2. Download SQLEXPR.EXE from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=31711D5D-725C-4AFA-9D65-E4465CDFF1E7&displaylang=en

3. Run SQLEXPR.EXE and leave the dialog about another instance open.

4. Point the first dialog for SqlRun_SQL.msi to the new folder that SQLEXPR.EXE created.

5. Let the installer finish and restart the computer.