Veritas netbackup release notes unix, windows, and linux. Gnu tar is distributed along with the scripts for performing backups and restores. Using tar for full and incremental backups paul whipp. The tar command you list assumes that the first file in an alphabetic listing of the current directory is a compressed tarfile, and tries to extract that. Im looking for some way to troubleshoot incremental backups with tar on linux. To reduce the size of your tar file, you would issue the following command. I tested it here before posting, but had typed incorrectly. Netbackup hotfix and eeb release auditor find out the releases which the eebs are included in. Extract data from a netbackup tape without using netbackup. Netbackup redirected restore to an alternate location fails with status code 2800.
There are plenty of utilities that attempt to automate backup and restoration but often, in their attempts to make it simpler they make life harder. If we are on a standalone system with no netbackup installed and the binaries just usropenvnetbackupbintar really are available, just load the tape. We noticed that while you have a veritas account, you arent yet registered to manage cases and use chat. Netbackup training module1 backup server computing. Symantec netbackup for microsoft exchange server administrators guide for windows release 7. When recovering an exchange mailbox store to a recovery storage group rsg, the restore fails with a netbackup status code 185 tar did not find all the files to be restored. I am using the virtual name shortname to back up the client.
But when i go to reboot the server it does not boot with the below errors. Manages the transfer of images between the client and storage devices. Code 185 microsoft exchange server computer file scribd. Jul 15, 2011 in the below article we will briefly touch the installation of netbackup client software barriers cause by the old tar package already installed in solaris9 environment netbackup server 7. Find answers to netbackup sap redirected restore from the expert community. Btw, i searched nbu troubleshooting guide and found under status 5 portion, it said. Block size is set to 0, which basically uses whatever the tape drive wants to use. If you have questions regarding an existing support agreement, please email the. Netbackup patch failed with tar failed unpacking client. There are several shell scripts that run in our production environment aix 595 lpar mc, which has sufficient memory 14gb physical memory and horsepower 5cpus.
You can also compress a regular file using the same command, but gzip is used primarily with tarballs. Do the files inside have absolute path names, relative path names, or no path names. Netbackup was really not designed to backup workstations so you have to make the environment clean and pristine to avoid status code s. There is no console login prompt after the reboot and cant ping the server so it doesnt seem to restore networking etc. Then simply replace the c option with the x parameter line so. Find answers to netbackup sap redirected restore from the expert community at. Additionally, bptm manages the netbackup media database and provides information for the media list report screen. Go to the extracted package path and check the path that you are really at the exact place and run the. For all permanent setups we recommend using something more professional for backup, either a traditional backup software open source or commercial or rsync with. For information on how to configure tar and vxms logging refer to the the how to troubleshoot netbackup for vmware vsphere backuprestore in netbackup 7. Alternate path filelevel restore of folders from a vmware. Tar file write error 10054, status 14 file write failed. Race conditions have been fixed that in some cases briefly allowed files extracted by tar x sameowner or plain tar x, when running as root to be accessed by users. Even if there is a good chance those scripts may be satisfying to you, they are not the only scripts or methods available for doing backups and restore.
I can restore the client in one location but in two other locations the job fails with a status 5. The panic is caused when an exiting thread drops the last reference to a lazyunmounted vxfs filesystem where that fs is the last vxfs. Restore fails with error 5 the restore failed to recover the requested files. Veritasbu how to use tar command available in netbackup hi anyone has idea on how to use the tar command available with netbackup usropenvnetbackup. Cant recover my oracle linux server with netbackup nbu.
As you are pulling it across the network, it may pay to fix the block size to something smaller ive used 5120 and 10240 in the past when going. Netbackup sap redirected restore solutions experts exchange. History corporate 1987 proprietary software solution written by engineers at control data for chrysler corp. The tar half of the command is the same as above, with the omission of the f option to pipe the archive via standard output to ssh and onto the networked computer. Difficultmust search entire backup tar t difficultmust search entire backup cpio it simpleindex at front restore t ease and speed of finding a particular file. These eventually fail with a status 5 in the activitymonitor. To use the new features that are included in netbackup for exchange in netbackup 7. Veritas netbackup for hyperv guide unix, windows, and linux release 6. Follow the installation instructions in the patch readme file and make sure the libsfr. On unix clients, this program talks to bprd on the master server when a user starts an archive. Find answers to netbackup restore partially successfull from the expert community at. The program seems to wnat to do everything but simply dump the. Restoring a backup in emulation mode fails with the following errors in the netbackup logs. Im trying to compress files, but i use other user say there are two user here, user 1 test1 and user 2 test2 i logged in as user 2 test2 then, i wanted to compress files in the user direc.
If you tried to restore files from a flashbackup backup after a netbackup patch was installed, the patch may not have been installed properly. Should be replaced with the name of the computer in question on the network. Also see the media manager device configuration guide. The fact is tar is successful, but prints out warning that those socket files are ignored. Problems with restore of individual files when you restore. This product may contain thirdparty software for which veritas is. Exiting with failure status due to previous errors tar command failed status1 after searching for these errors, grep tar in relevant log files, you find the following. Single file restore from vmware backup image fails with. Uses class information from the netbackup confguration databases on the master server to determine which clients to backup and when to start them and which storage units to use. Its easy to join and its free heres why members love tektips forums. For demonstration and special use purposes relaxandrecover also includes an internal backup method, netfs, which can be used to create a simple tar. In our case the directory option told tar to start backing up from the root of the file system so thats where we would want to copy the tar ball to.
Gnu tar actually provides an option to suppress warnings. A tar did not find all the files to be restored occurs on. Symantec netbackup status codes reference guide zedat. Veritas netbackup emergency engineering binary guide nec. This can be caused when the tar binary has been removed on theclient. We dont expect that any tar archives in practical use have type n records, but if you have one and you trust its contents, you can decode it with gnu tar 1. Linux unix tar full and incremental tape backup shell. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. This and the other options which make tar print status information can be useful in monitoring tar. Netbackup redirected restore to an alternate location.
Paul whipp 9 years, 6 months ago 44677 hits there is a lot of confusion about tar when it is used for incremental backups. If rbak does not exit with a status message, netbackup cannot determine whether the. It also handles comms between backup and media manager software. If, in fact, that file is a proper archive, how was it created.
Almost every linux admin use this utility for backing up their critical data which is something call tar, tar allows you easily and quickly backup your files folder or your entire system. Backup files and directories in linux this tutorial is related to backup files and directories in linux using tar and cron jobs. Gnu tar is a very good choice its reliable and makes it easy to backup and restore a server basic syntax. Exiting with failure status due to previous errors followed the suggestion from people who replied and removed the v. Netbackup future platform and feature plans view the future plans for netbackup. I have got some problems with my tape library and i want to check if i can restore the old tapes with tar command directly instead of using the veritas netbackup since i will nee.
Single file restore from vmware backup image fails with exit. Netbackup problem while running a redirected restore to an alternate location, the restore fails with status code 2800. Getting errors while making backup of whole centos with tar. A process that timed out while it connects to another process for. Lotus pointintime restore via san client fails with status. If the files you want to backup is too large or too many, it may take very long time. Netbackup restore partially successfull solutions experts.
You could ignore the socket ignored errors using the below command which avoids running a find command that could take a long time to complete. Deselect the commit after last backup set is restored option, and attempt the restore again. In a vmware environment, the netbackup client software must be installed on the virtual machines that have exchange running. If the failure is not during a netbackup job, examine the exit status of the operation.
Occasionally verify the integrity of the backup process by comparing original files and directories with their backups. Here is the complete list of netbackup status code for the version 8. A closer look at the bpbrm log will show the job failed witha status 49 client did not start. Every attempt to get at the data on the tape points to it not even being a tar archive. Using it twice causes tar to print a longer listing see verbose member listing, for the.
Now that you have a perfectly configured linux server on vultr, you need to choose a backup solution for it. Symantec netbackup status codes reference guide unix, windows, and linux release 7. Ive got huge datasets about 3tb that need backing up to tape. Netbackup compatibility lists and checkers compatibility list, database, operating system. Possibly maintain a list of hashes of the backed up files to make the comparison quicker. Recovery manager for exchange data protection edition 5. I am trying to backup my ubuntu workstation by the help of this guide and are running into trouble as the tar command outputs exiting with failure status due to previous errors. On unix, passthrough paths to the tape drives have not been established.
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