Re: [Veritas-bu] Veritas Backup Reporter

>>From NBU 6.5 Catalog Backup Report.  
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Disaster Recovery Procedure without the DR Image File
NOTE: ONLY ATTEMPT THIS AS A LAST RESORT
If you do not have the attachment included with this email, use the
following
instructions to recover your catalog:


        1. Install NetBackup.
        2. Configure the devices necessary to read the media listed
above.
        3. Inventory the media.
        4. Run one of these:
                bpimport -create_db_info [-server name] -id L00224
                bpimport -create_db_info [-server name] -id L00544
        5. Go to the following directory to find the DR image file
           VltCat-Backup-1_1204919984_UBAK:
           G:\Program
Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\images\svcacibu1\1204000000\tmp
        6. Delete the other files in the directory.
        7. Open VltCat-Backup-1_1204919984_UBAK file and find the
BACKUP_ID
        (for example: svcacibu1_1204919984).
        8. Run:  
                bpimport [-server name] -backupid svcacibu1_1204919984
        9. Run:
                bprestore -T -w [-L progress_log] -C svcacibu1 -t 35 -p
VltCat-Backup-1 -X -s 1204919984 -e 1204919984 /
        10. Run the BAR user interface to restore the remaining image
database 
        if the DR image is a result of an incremental backup.
NOTE: This backup has multiple copies enabled, you may need to change
primary
images with the following command.
        bpchangeprimary -copy number -pn VltCat-Backup-1 [-sd mm/dd/yyyy
[ HH:MM:SS ] ] [-ed mm/dd/yyyy  [ HH:MM:SS ] ]
        11. To recover the NetBackup relational database, run:
                bprecover -r -nbdb
        12. Stop and Start NetBackup
        13. Configure the devices if any device has changed since the
last
        backup.
        14. To make sure the volume information is updated, inventory
the media
        to update the NetBackup database.

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Doug Preston

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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Veritas Backup Reporter


We tried backup reporter several years ago.  At that time we also
evaluated Aptare  and found it to be much better at generating reports
and collecting historical data. We have been using it for over 6 years
now and are very satisfied.  At that time we found Aptare to be a far
superior product. 

Aptare has some good tools for running sql scripts against it's Oracle
database which I am not sure that Backup Reporter has.  I don't know
what the latest incarnation of Backup Reporter has these days. 

Aptare has the ability to group servers into groups and run reports
against these groups.  It also records data in near real time. 
So you can get the status of a backup almost immediately. 

Their tech support is also very good. 

You can set up an avaluation with Aptare and try it out for awhile. 

=============================
Carl Stehman
IT Distributed Services Team
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
202-331-6619
Pager 301-765-2703
ckstehman AT pepco DOT com 



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Anyone using or have an opinion on Veritas Backup Reporter?  How does it
compare with Aptare?  My manager has scheduled a meeting with Symantec
and Backup Reporter is one of the topics.  I'd like to get some opinions
and a heads up before hearing the sales pitch. 
  
Wayne BeDour
IT Unix System Administrator
PH: 313-593-9876  FAX: 313-593-9621
Internet:  wbedour AT lear DOT com 
  

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