Re: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients

Hi James,

The colon and the backslashes in this path: can’t create file: usr:\local\pathname\to\file (WIN32 3:The system cannot find the path specified.) have me concerned. AFAIK, this is not a valid path in Linux and I would expect to see something like /usr/local/pathname/to/file instead.

Can you verify that's what it says? If so, then try to do an alternate restore to a different location on the box and force it to something like /tmp/filename or /var/tmp/filename or even retyping the original path correctly. We could at least narrow down the ability for you to restore. If that works and the original path selection (default) is throwing the above error, then there is something more serious wrong as it is passing the incorrect path syntax for some reason and the OS is rightfully complaining.

Rusty Major, MCSE, BCFP, VCS ▪ Sr. Storage Engineer ▪ SunGard Availability Services ▪ 757 N. Eldridge Suite 200, Houston TX 77079 ▪ 281-584-4693
Keeping People and Information Connected® ▪ http://availability.sungard.com/
P Think before you print
CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system.

"McDonald, James F. II" <JAMES.F.MCDONALD.II AT saic DOT com>
Sent by: <veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>

03/31/2011 09:23 AM

To	Patrick <netbackup AT whelan-consulting.co DOT uk>, <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
cc
Subject	Re: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients

No worries..I’m not offended.

The policy type is Standard within the GUI but I am not sure about the binaries. I installed the Linux client, which I downloaded from Symantec a couple years ago, and basically left them alone. I rarely needed to perform restores on this system, so I would just restore the file to the Windows desktop and transfer it with a CD. Recently though, our developers have made a series of “mistakes” and I am starting to revisit this issue. My lack of knowledge on NBU installed on Unix/Linux is clearly hindering things. Ask all the simplistic questions you need, because it will get me going in the right direction.

James McDonald
System Administrator
SAIC - IISBU
410-312-2232

From: Patrick [mailto:netbackup AT whelan-consulting.co DOT uk]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:16 AM
To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients

You did check the policy type? Are you sure you have the correct binaries installed on the Linux box?
In the backup and recovery GUI what policy type do you specify?
It is a Linux file your trying to restore to the Linux box.

Forgive the simplistic questions but I’m just trying to eliminate the obvious. J
It is probably something very simple, but I don’t have a similar environment here to test it. L

Regards,

Patrick Whelan
VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for UNIX.
VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for Windows.

netbackup AT whelan-consulting.co DOT uk

Description: cid:image001.gif@01C99E80.E2717A60

From: McDonald, James F. II [mailto:JAMES.F.MCDONALD.II AT saic DOT com]
Sent: 31 March 2011 15:08
To: Patrick; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients

Patrick,

I just tried to restore a small file (old virus scan log) and I received this error in the restore status window: can’t create file: usr:\local\pathname\to\file (WIN32 3:The system cannot find the path specified.)

James McDonald
System Administrator
SAIC - IISBU
410-312-2232

From: Patrick [mailto:netbackup AT whelan-consulting.co DOT uk]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:29 AM
To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients

I guess the first thing I’d check is if the policy type is standard. As you’ve only had windows in the past this might have been missed. Otherwise there is no difference doing restores to alternate OSes than the master. I have done windows to NIX, NIX to windows, etc.

Regards,

Patrick Whelan
VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for UNIX.
VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for Windows.

netbackup AT whelan-consulting.co DOT uk

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of McDonald, James F. II
Sent: 31 March 2011 13:56
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients

We have a development system that is currently being backed up with a Windows master/media server and approximately 10 Linux clients. I have been unable to successfully restore directly from the Windows server to the Linux clients. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions on how to restore directly between the two? I have never installed a Linux NBU master/media server (because we only had a Windows version of NBU until now). Are NBU master/media servers on Linux equivalent to the Windows version (GUI, command-line commands, etc.)?

The system is currently running a Windows Server 2003 master/media server running NBU 7.0 and all the clients, at this point, are RedHat Linux.

James McDonald
System Administrator
SAIC - IISBU
410-312-2232
_______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT eduhttp://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu

_______________________________________________
Veritas-bu maillist  -  Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu