Are you running multiple streams from that client? Or running separate
jobs for difference Drive letters?

Is it only one or a small group of your clients you're seeing this error
on?

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry [mailto:juanino AT yahoo DOT com] 
> Sent: June 17, 2005 1:46 PM
> To: Paul Keating; Veritas List
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] status 156 snapshot error
> 
> 
> I get it using Microsoft VSS as well. (the 156 error).
>  It's every couple of nights.  Veritas pointed me to
> http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/276739.htm
> which basically says I might be running out of space,
> but I don't think that is the problem.  Any way, just
> wanted to let you know it's not just VSP that causes
> the 156's.
> 
> --- Paul Keating <pkeating AT bank-banque-canada DOT ca>
> wrote:
> 
> > Ok....a little more research here may be uncovering
> > something.
> > 
> > I'm backing up a cluster, which has two physical
> > nodes...each physical
> > node as C: and D: local drives, as well as R:, S:,
> > T: and U: which are
> > data stores. Each data store is made available as a
> > file share via a
> > virtual node on the cluster.
> > 
> > In other words:
> > 
> > phys_file_srvr_1    C:\ D:\
> > phys_file_srvr_2    C:\ D:\
> > 
> > virt_file_srvr_a  R:
> > virt_file_srvr_b  S:
> > virt_file_srvr_c  T:
> > virt_file_srvr_d  U:
> > 
> > So I am backing up R, S, T, U via their respective
> > virtual names, so
> > that regardless of which side of the cluster (phys_1
> > or phys_2) the
> > service is living on, I can back it up cleanly.
> > 
> > I back up C, D, and System_State:\ via BOTH phys
> > nodes.
> > 
> > Since I'm backing up all or R, S, T and U
> > simultaneously, I'm thinking
> > it may be possibly an issue of backing up U:, and
> > netbackup is trying to
> > write the VSP snapshot of U to a drive that is being
> > backed up by
> > another job.
> > 
> > Reading the manual, it says you cannot create a
> > snapshot on a drive that
> > already has it's own snapshot on another disk.....as
> > when you are
> > backing up two drives simultaneously....you cannot
> > snapshot C to D and D
> > to C.
> > 
> > So I guess I need to set the jobs to snapshot
> > everything to one drive,
> > say D:, then turn off snapshots for backup of the D:
> > drive.
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Shyam Hazari [mailto:shazari AT gmail DOT com] 
> > > Sent: June 17, 2005 9:01 AM
> > > To: Jim Langston
> > > Cc: Paul Keating; Veritas List
> > > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] status 156 snapshot
> > error
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I do get them once in a while. This was caused by
> > VSP.
> > > 
> > > I try to cleanup _vrts_frzn_img_xxx folders from
> > C:\Program 
> > > Files\Veritas\NetBackup\Temp\ 
> > > 
> > > -Shyam
> > > 
> > > On 6/17/05, Jim Langston
> > <jlangston AT northeastmedical DOT org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Paul,
> > > >  
> > > > I get several times a week.  I'm using 5.0MP4 on
> > W2K.
> > > >  
> > > > I can't seem to find why I get them. Anyone have
> > any idea?
> > > >  
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > Jim
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > > > [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]
> > On Behalf
> > > > Of Paul Keating
> > > > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 8:26 AM
> > > > To: Veritas List
> > > > Subject: [Veritas-bu] status 156 snapshot error
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > anyone get this often? occasionally?
> > > >  
> > > > recommended remedy?
> > > >  
> > > > Win 2003 cluster client 
> > > >  
> > > > Solaris 8 NBU 5.0 MP4
> > > >  
> > > > I've got it twice this week on the same client.
> > > >  
> > > > Paul
> > > 
> > 
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