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[Veritas-bu] Backup NetApp With Win2K NBU Server

2003-03-13 13:50:02
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Backup NetApp With Win2K NBU Server
From: jonw AT n2h2 DOT com (Jon Walton)
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:50:02 -0800 (PST)
Did you click "Backup Network Drives"?  If you don't, it will only try to
backup local filesystems.

-Jon

On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Ron Lyman wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Chris Madden wrote:
>
> > 3) Backup via the client.  This setup means that you are backing up the
> > files from the perspective of the client that has the NetApp mounted.  So in
> > your case I'd think you'd put in the NB filelist the mounted drive letters
> > of the NetApp.  In this case this checkbox you speak of doesn't matter since
> > you are explicitly telling NB what you want to backup.  Keep in mind that
> > the NetBackup Client service on the Windows box must run as a domain userid
> > that has access to the share otherwise when NB goes to read the files it'll
> > fail because the local system account doesn't have network access rights.
>
> Thanks Chris.  This option 3 is what I'm trying to accomplish.  I map a
> drive to the NetApp share and try to back it up by setting the path
> directive as the mapped drive (eg. L:\) on the client machine.  When I
> launch the backup, activity monitor shows that it goes through the motions
> of mounting and positioning the tape and ends with the error "none of the
> files in the file list exist(71)".
>
> I checked the Client service, and changed it to log on using a domain
> admin account, with the same results.  It was the local system account
> previously.
>
> Any other ideas?  Anyone?
>
> Thanks,
> Ron.
>
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