Symantec netbackup status codes reference guide unix, windows, and linux release 7. An intelligent backup solution for smallscale backup needs. Like scan, it just send scsi commands to the library. On solaris, netbackup uses the st tape driver to write the data to the tape.
By netbackup and storage migrator for san error recovery. If you do not use a passthrough driver, performance suffers. Use the provided script to recreate the kerneldrv sg. The services called netbackup enterprise media manager and netbackup resource broker dont error, but wont remain started and the netbackup device manager service generates event log error, emm interface initialization failed, status 334. These device files must exist for all read or write io. The sg driver permits user applications to send scsi commands to devices that understand them. The solaris tape and disk driver interfaces also create a device file for each tape or optical disk drive device. Installation and upgrade checklist report for nbups 7. Netbackup error network read failed42 when backing up. For 6 gb and larger serialattached scsi sas hbas, also configure class 08 and 0101 for the sg driver. The servers are at different sites, the server at our main site is connected to our equallogic iscsi san while the server at our other site has local scsi disks.
Rebuild the dev sg and devrmt devices on a solaris server without rebooting description. Netbackup cheat sheetplease read the article netbackup cheat sheet more on unixmantra. The two major manufacturers of fc hbas are qlogic and emulex and the drivers for many hbas are distributed inbox with the operating systems. Netbackup media manager device configuration guide for unix. Netbackup utility enhancements nbcc, nbcca, nbccr, and nbsu utilities 5. Netbackup hotfix and eeb release auditor find out the releases which the eebs are included in. Search the knowledge base, download drivers and patches, submit tickets and learn from expert users in forums. The version number can also be seen using cat procscsisgversion in the new driver. May 06, 2011 netbackup media manager provides its own driver for communicating with scsicontrolled robotic peripherals. Determine if an sg driver is loaded by using the following command.
Unable to detect robot from master server after veritas netbackup. But theres still a lot of good content here, so im going to leave the existing content up for now. Determining if the netbackup sg driver is installed. Symantec netbackup 5030 troubleshooting manual pdf download. What is a driver, device file, device path in netbackup vox. Netbackup media manager provides its own driver for communicating with scsicontrolled robotic peripherals. Netbackup future platform and feature plans view the future plans for netbackup. So the update to sol10 mayde delete your sg driver or the sg config. Tld0 robotic path dev sg c0tw2002000e111c0759l1 emm server solaris10. Netbackup compatibility lists and checkers compatibility list, database, operating system. Additionally, robtest is not really a netbackup command. Netbackup uses its own driver for communicating with scsi controlled robotic devices, called scsa generic scsi passthru driver or sg driver. What the sg driver does linux documentation project. Backup central forums due to a variety of factors outside of my control, ive had to put these forums on readonly mode.
You have choosen to proceed to another eservice that requires different login. The drivers that support this new interface have a major version number of 3. A process that timed out while it connects to another process for. I added a new robot at devsgc4t5l0, saved the configuration, and ran robtest again. Drives are not being recognized by solaris 9 md1750 mis op 4 feb 05. Most drive or tape issues have a cause outside of netbackup. To manage the sg driver perform the following steps as the root user.
Netbackup training module1 backup server computing. This howto describes the scsi generic driver sg found in the linux 2. For ca mainframe or enterprise support, please call support for immediate assistance. View and download symantec netbackup 5030 troubleshooting manual online. Sybase sql anywhere database netbackup catalog has been upgraded to version 12. Netbackup latest backup status check by policy name. All storage units are configured with on demand only and are not eligible for jobs requesting any storage unit. The bsg driver also supports the sg version 4 interface which at this time the sg driver does not. For example, the testunitready scsi command is used to mount a tape. The actual command to deassign the media uses numerics of pool and status. Lsm in which the media resides is offline, the acs library software reports this offline status to netbackup. Most gui backup tools netbackup in my casewill have a window where you can see the status of your drive.
By netbackup to position tapes by using the locateblock method. I have netbackup installed on v480 running solaris 9. If that is not an option, then consider configuring aix with atape driver v 12. How to check fibre channel hbas in linux open tech guides.
About the netbackup sg driver determining if the netbackup sg driver is installed. Detemine if the sg driver is loaded into memory and remove if loaded. Use the provided script to recreate the kerneldrvnf file, append the scsa entries to etcdevlink. Netbackup 5220, netbackup 52 series, netbackup 5230. Official project description it is an intelligent backup solution for small scale needs. Amongst other improvements the sg version 4 interface supports scsi bidirectional commands. The scsi disk driver sd, once device initialization is complete, only. Netbackup can define the block size, but the commands used are at the os level. Unable to create sg driver for 6gb hba sas attached tape drive. In linux and unixlike system, the mt command is used to control operations of the tape drive, such as finding status or seeking through files on a tape or writing tape control marks to the tape.
Dec 18, 2006 understanding the scsi passthru drivers netbackup media manager provides its own driver for communicating with scsicontrolled robotic peripherals. We have just implimented exchange 2010 on two windows 2008 r2 servers in a dag cluster. The problem we experienced was that our device tree showed the correct devices, however, sgscan produced incorrect results. Drives are not being recognized by solaris 9 data recovery. You can see a lot of messages on the logs when netbackup tries to access an ibm tape library. Netbackup looks for a drive that is compatable with the media supplied, but doesnt see any drives that can use the media. Cleanup of status code 156 these status codes include numbers 42004222. Each time you add or remove a device, you should reinstall the sg driver again. The new netbackup status code 2111 has been added to this release. Now the scriptbatch file is created who will help you to take the backup via veritas netbackup. Id drivename type residence drive path status 0 hp. It focuses on the the interface and characteristics of the driver that application writers may need to know. Install netbackup device driver and configure devices. Install the netbackup sg driver on each solaris netbackup media server that hosts tape devices.
Each time you add or remove a device, you should configure the netbackup sg driver and the sun st driver again. Netbackup logging assistant to set up, collect, and upload debug logs and other information to symantec technical support. Vcs cheat sheet complete june, 2018 ramesh test123 0 veritas cluster server also known as vcs and also sold bundled in the sfha product is a highavailability cluster software, for unix, linux and microsoft windows computer systems, created by veritas software now part of symantec. If os found the drive and device files are created we can reconfigure sg driver for netbackup. Log in to your red hat account red hat customer portal. Tld0 robotic path devsgc0tw2002000e111c0759l1 emm server solaris10. Aug 05, 2007 so veritas had me rebuild the sg driver by following their technote 266501. Thus, we recommend starting to troubleshoot at the os and hardware level. Hi all, i try to configure two hp ultrium 6scsi tape drives on solaris 10 x86 but without success. This driver is called the scsa generic scsi passthrudriver, also referred to as the sg driver. Understanding the scsi passthru drivers netbackup media manager provides its own driver for communicating with scsicontrolled robotic peripherals. After rebuilding the sg driver they asked me to run the sgscan again, but i got the same results. How to configure tape drive on solaris for veritas netbackup.
How to backup and restore microsoft sql server backup via. Dec 18, 2006 netbackup media manager provides its own driver for communicating with scsicontrolled robotic peripherals. Maybe you could remove the sg driver first and do a reconfigure reboot, try to. Netbackup installs its own passthrough driver, the sg driver scsi generic. I ran vmoprcmd to check the status of the tapes and. Howto create scriptbatch file for restore of ms sql server from veritas netbackup. The only interaction with nbu is that fact that in the config the device file must be correct so that rtobtest can get to the library. When you created a sg links file, you have to append it to the etcdevlink. Howto mention the backup scriptbatch file in the veritas netbackup policy. On solaris 10 x86 with two sas attached drives, the os operating system seems to be able to talk to the drives, per command. History corporate 1987 proprietary software solution written by engineers at control data for chrysler corp.
The new netbackup status code 2111 has been added to this release with the following description. Earlier versions of the sg device driver either have no version number e. You must configure this driver properly to create device files for any device netbackup uses. Jun, 2018 vcs cheat sheet complete june, 2018 ramesh test123 0 veritas cluster server also known as vcs and also sold bundled in the sfha product is a highavailability cluster software, for unix, linux and microsoft windows computer systems, created by veritas software now part of symantec. Symantec netbackup 5030 troubleshooting manual pdf. For example, the testunitready scsi command is used to mount a. Fibre channel fc host bus adaptershba are interface cards that connects the host system to a fibre channel network or devices. Netbackup uses the passthrough driver for the following. Since netbackup is depreciating the ovpass driver for the medium changer, the easiest method is to configure the medium changer control through a linux, windows or solaris server.
To obtain error and debug information about devices and robotic software daemons, the. With the 6gb sas driver the st driver os driver could not be created. Unloading the sg driver may impact netbackup performance. Its really a nice post, the content of this blog is really awesome and extraordinary. When the update 11 was applied on solaris 10, the library cannot be comunicate anymore. The nextgeneration hewlett packard enterprise support portal for business, enterprise, and it users. Maybe you could remove the sg driver first and do a reconfigure reboot. The scsi passthrough driver sg driver on solaris allows scsi commands to be passed directly to the drive. Veritas then decided that this was still a hardware issue, and that i should call storagetek back out to take another look. The aim is to create a solution that will be very easy for anyone to use, but still very customizable and powerful for those who want advanced features.
Tracks assigned volumes media that has data them media optopenv netbackup db. Until 3 days back we were able to see tape drives and robots and now the robot has disappeared. Information about devices managed by the media server. This document illustrates how the solve this problem. Special configuration for the oracle storedge network foundation hba driver.
There are now separate cloud configuration packages for netbackup 7. See configuring 6 gb and larger sas hbas in solaris. On solaris server sometimes the fault is happened and the driver could not be recognized by the os. This driver is called the scsa generic scsi passthru driver, also referred to as the sg driver.
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