The plot thickens a bit here.
We had to have a whole building power outage so had to bring everything
down. When we brought it back up there were a few issues (no policies or
settings were actually changed to my knowledge) but were fixed but
strangely this inconsistency has disappeared; the server that was
reporting open file issues with DHCP dbs, etc now doesn't have any open
file issues. I'm not sure if rebooting everything has got VSP doing it's
thing suddenly or if it's been fixed some other way.
Obviously I'm happy both systems are doing the same thing but I'd love
to know what suddenly fixed the open file errors. Since I first started
this thread, I've found out that VSP is setup for everything by default
unless otherwise specified (according to admin guide); I had previously
thought VSP wasn't configured for clients as we had not configured them
but it seems it is the other way around.
Perhaps the power outage made VSP work?
I'm finding the open file thing a bit hit and miss to be honest.
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From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:simon.weaver at astrium.eads.net]
Sent: Thursday, 22 June 2006 1:58 AM
To: 'Martin, Jonathan (Contractor)'; Wilkinson, Tim;
veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Inconsistencies with some open file issues?
Jonathan
As mentioned, by default I believe it makes a backup of the DHCP
Database now (at least thats how I see it in win2k3).
But yes, feel free to exclude the "live" version, if you are sure the
backup version is being made :-)
Regards
Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net
<mailto:Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net>
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin, Jonathan (Contractor)
[mailto:JMARTI05 at intersil.com]
Sent: 21 June 2006 13:23
To: Wilkinson, Tim; WEAVER, Simon;
veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Inconsistencies with some open file
issues?
The DHCP database is recreated when the DHCP network service
restarts is there isn't one already there. While it would be *nice* to
be able to recover it, I usually exclude it if I get the open file
backup errors. I think Microsoft is replacing these legacy JET
databases in "longhorn." I'd say its about time, considering this has
been an issue since windows NT!
-Jonathan
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of
Wilkinson, Tim
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:07 AM
To: WEAVER, Simon; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Inconsistencies with some open file
issues?
Simon,
I've researched the DHCP thing and by default it backs itself up
every hour, so I'm quite happy that I'm getting a backup of what I need.
However, I'm trying to figure out why one server has this issue of open
files where the other one doesn't; both are Win2k SP4.
No VSP/VSS is configured for either of the DHCP servers (VSP is
enabled on both networks but not for those servers).
I suppose I actually expect to get the errors regarding open
files but it seems strange that one server doesn't seem to have problem
with the open DHCP files. I'm probably looking for issues here but I
hate things not behaving as expected (I doubt I'll lose too much sleep
though).
Cheers,
Tim
________________________________
From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:simon.weaver at astrium.eads.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 21 June 2006 3:44 PM
To: Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Inconsistencies with some open file
issues?
Tim
Its a DHCP database - by default, you may find if its alive and
in use, you will get a status 1 back. You can backup the DHCP databse
within the DHCP Admin tool (if I recall) and make a backup copy of it.
Is one server running VSS or VSP? Check in the master properties
under Client Attributes. If the servers are not listed, add them and see
what is enabled under windows open file backup tab :-)
Also, are both servers in use? What does the Problem report show
for this box Tim? Also, confirm that the box that appears to be working
ok is definetely backing up the same file, and its not excluded.
Thanks
Regards
Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net
<mailto:Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net>
-----Original Message-----
From: Wilkinson, Tim
[mailto:Tim.Wilkinson at dsto.defence.gov.au]
Sent: 21 June 2006 00:52
To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Inconsistencies with some open
file issues?
Hi,
We have NBU6 MP2 installed on 2 separate networks; both
backing up DHCP servers (both Win2k) using ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES. One of them
backs up both Full and Incrementals without any errors, the other having
issues with DHCP files (reporting the file as being open; files such as
dhcp.mdb) for both Full and Incrementals.
I don't think it's a huge issue as such as the files
should be backed up using SYSTEM_STATE (which is implied via A_L_D) or
the MS automated backup of DHCP (residing in ...\dhcp\backup dir) but
I"m trying to figure out why one server reports issues with open files
and the other doesn't, when they're effectively backing up the same
thing.
Cheers,
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