Wednesday, December 12, 2018

HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 6


QUESTION NO: 6
 

What is a core migration?


A. A manual process during the upgrade of the Data Protector Cell Manager 7.x to Data Protector 9.00
B. Aprocess that occurs when upgrading from Data Protector 8.x to Data Protector 9 00
C. Aprocess that migrates all DCBF files to a new DCBF 2.0 format
D. Aprocess that migrates the SQL portion of the IDB

Answer: C

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Five things backup administrators should know about VMware Consolidated Backup

How VMware Consolidated Backup Works

Consolidated Backup consists of a set of utilities and scripts that work in conjunction with a third-party backup software. To ensure that Consolidated Backup works with the specific backup software, either VMware or your backup software vendor provide integration modules containing any required pre-backup and post-backup scripts.
The third-party software, integration module, and Consolidated Backup run on the VCB proxy, a physical or virtual machine that has Microsoft Windows operating system installed.
For specific versions of Microsoft Windows, see Configuring Windows on the VCB Proxy.
VMware Consolidated Backup Usage Models
To store and manage virtual disk files, ESX Server uses a variety of physical storage devices, including local disks, NAS storage, Fibre Channel SANs, or iSCSI SANs.
For more information on different types of storage, see ESX Server 3 Configuration Guide or ESX Server 3i Configuration Guide.
The type of storage device your ESX Server system has access to determines how you set up the VCB proxy and the transportation method Consolidated Backup uses to access virtual disk data.
Consolidated Backup provides the following methods of accessing virtual machine disk data:
• SAN Mode – Use with Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage to completely off-load backups to a physical VCB proxy.
• Hot-Add Mode – Use with any type of storage to perform backups by a VCB proxy set up in a virtual machine.
• LAN Mode (NBD Mode) – Use when your environment does not permit the use of the SAN or Hot-Add modes.

VMware Consolidated Backup Workflow | Types of Backups | Performing Image-Level Virtual Machine Backups

VMware Consolidated Backup Workflow | Types of Backups
VMware Consolidated Backup Workflow
Before using Consolidated Backup, you need to configure and schedule a backup job for each virtual machine or a group of virtual machines.
At the scheduled time, the backup software starts the backup job on the VCB proxy. When the backup job is launched, the following steps take place:
1
The backup software calls the pre-backup script, which performs these tasks:
a
(Optional) Runs your custom pre-freeze script in the virtual machine.
The pre-freeze script prepares the critical software components in the virtual machine for a backup. See below Running Custom Quiescing Scripts.
b
Quiesces the virtual machine.
c
Puts the virtual machine into snapshot mode.
Changes to virtual disks are stored for later writing. The virtual machine can continue to operate during this process.
d
Unquiesces the virtual machine that was quiesced in Step b.
e
(Optional) Runs your custom post-thaw script in the virtual machine.
The post-thaw script reverses any changes made by the pre-freeze script in Step a.
f
Makes the virtual machine snapshot available to the third-party software:
For image-level virtual machine backups, see below Performing Image-Level Virtual Machine Backups.
For file-level backups of Microsoft Windows virtual machines, see below Performing File-Level Virtual Machine Backups.
2
The backup software performs an ordinary backup of the virtual machine snapshot moving the data to a backup medium. The virtual machine can continue to operate during this process.
3
The backup software calls the post-backup script, which performs the following tasks:
a
Unmounts the virtual machine snapshot from the backup proxy.
b
Takes the virtual machine out of snapshot mode, committing to disk any changes made while the machine was in snapshot mode.


Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Netbackup (CLI) Important Commands (Useful Commands) and Explanations


NetBackup: Create Backup Policy in Veritas NetBackup (Symantec) – Verify Windows or Unix Policy

Being a NetBackup backup administrator we should know minimum commands to manage our regular tasks with a simple CLI commands, here I listed few which should know by every NetBackup administrator.

Master Server
1) Check the license details
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/get_license_key

2) Stop and Start the netabackup services

WINDOWS:
Stop the NetBackup Services. 
\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\bpdown /f /v
start the NetBackup Services.
\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\bpup /f /v

UNIX:
i) /etc/init.d/netbackup stop (start)       —>  graceful stop and start
ii) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.kill_all    —> Stop backup including GUI sessions, ungraceful
iii) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.start_all —> Start the backup                   
iv) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/initbprd      —> starts the master server
v) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/vmd           —> starts the media server
vi) /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/jnbSA        —> Starts the GUI sessions

NetBackup: Install Client Software in Veritas NetBackup (Symantec) – Windows OS

NetBackup client must be installed on the computer before creating a backup policy, client software can be installed by locally (CD ROM)  or remotely via network. Here is the small tutorial about installing client on Windows 2003 server.
Run browser.exe from CD ROM or HDD. Setup will start, Select Installation menu, then select Client Software Instillation.
NetBackup: Install Client Software in Veritas NetBackup (Symantec) – Windows OS
Click Next on welcome window.

NetBackup: Create Backup Policy in Veritas NetBackup (Symantec) – Verify Windows or Unix Policy

NetBackup: Create Backup Policy in Veritas NetBackup (Symantec) – Verify Windows or Unix Policy
Backup policy has to be created to backing up the client data over the network, before crating a policy; install Symantec NetBackup 7.5 client on remote machine. While doing the post configuring it might ask you to create data backup policy or you can create new backup policy from admin console.
Backup policy can be created from Admin Console.

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

UpgradeCheck script download and Use | Prerequisites & pre-check before upgrade to DP 10.03


UpgradeCheck script download and Use | Prerequisites & pre-check before upgrade to DP 10.03

If you want to upgrade Data Protector version to 10.03, need refer this post. It provides pre-check script to make sure all prerequisites are met before upgrade your Cell Manager from older version (DP 8.1x, DP 9.0x) to DP 10.03. This script (UpgradeCheck) will abort a DP 10.03 upgrade or produce a warning message when attempting to do a DP 10.03 upgrade if adequate system requirements are not met. Most importantly, perform upgrade with this script will help to avoid many errors during upgrade DP 10.03.

Note:

-This is a PL script. It can use to pre-check before upgrade to DP 10.03.
-It is released in ZIP format. Need to extract it to use.

UpgradeCheck script download:

UpgradeCheck1003.zip
direct link (17 KB)
Content:
UpgradeCheck.zip (8 KB) for Windows
MD5 checksum: e5cfdfbd3b0fa83946feeb488eadaacb
UpgradeCheck.tar (40 KB) Linux/HP-UX
MD5 checksum: 6625e92583ad69958e15ac111f798900
Need download DP 10.03 software? Download here.

Warning!

This Script will abort a DP 10.03 upgrade or produce a warning message when attempting to do a DP 10.03 upgrade if adequate system requirements are not met.

Checks Performed:

Friday, August 31, 2018

HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 4



Q-4 : Which method should you use to export a Data Protector client from the cell?

A. The internal database context of the Data Protector GUI
B. The ornnidbutil command-line utility
C. The omnidownload command-line utility
D. The Clients context of the Data Protector GUI

Correct Answer: D

HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 3


Q 3. What is a core migration?


Option 1: A manual process during the upgrade of the Data Protector Cell Manager 7.x to Data Protector 9.00
Option 2: A process that migrates the SQL portion of the IDB
Option 3: A process that occurs when upgrading from Data Protector 8.x to Data Protector 9 00
Option 4: A process that migrates all DCBF files to a new DCBF 2.0 format

 Ans: Option 4 

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HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 2


Q 2. When the Automatic device selection restore option is used, what happens if the original device is NOT available"?


Option 1: Restore waits until the original backup device is available
Option 2: If the original backup device is not available, the restore fails
Option 3: Restore uses the next available device of the same device type
Option 4: Restore picks up a device with the device policy. Device may be used for restore

 Ans: Option 4 

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HP0-A113 HP ATP - Data Protector v9 (Exam 1 Questions) - Question 1


Q 1. When configuring a backup, when does Static Device Allocation occur?


Option 1: When the same devices are used for full and incremental backup

Option 2: When each object defined in the backup specification is linked to a specific logical device

Option 3:When strict media allocation policy is used

Option 4: When no multipath device is used



 Ans: Option 2 

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Create a Bootable Windows PE RAM Disk on CD-ROM (Mini OS CD) - Walkthrough


Create a Bootable Windows PE RAM Disk on CD-ROM

This walkthrough describes how you can create a bootable Windows® PE RAM disk on CD or DVD. Windows PE RAM enables you to start a computer for the purposes of deployment and recovery. Windows PE RAM boots directly into memory, enabling you to remove the Windows PE media after the computer boots.

Step 1: Set up a Windows PE build environment

PART3 - INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF - HP DATA PROTECTOR

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PART3 - INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF - HP DATA PROTECTOR


HP Data Protector - Frequently asked Questions. Find some below most repeted interview questions as a starter of HP Data protector Interview Questions Sets. This will be a Set 1 as we add more pages with many more Interview questions as soon as possible,

Check Here for more upcoming Interview Questions on - HP Data protector X.X

Find the Answers below for each question at the end of this page.

PART2 - INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF - HP DATA PROTECTOR

HP-dataprotecter-interview-questions

HP Data Protector - Frequently asked Questions. Find some below most repeted interview questions as a starter of HP Data protector Interview Questions Sets. This will be a Set 1 as we add more pages with many more Interview questions as soon as possible,

Check Here for more upcoming Interview Questions on - HP Data protector X.X

Find the Answers below for each question at the end of this page.

HP Data Protector - [61:12500] cannot connect to inet for getting file system list on host


cannot connect to inet for getting file system list on host


Sample Error Log :
[Critical] From: BSM@cellsrv01.in.com "backup_spec_01” Time: 8/16/2014
[61:12500] cannot connect to inet for getting file system list on host" winclnt01.in.com".


Reason may Caused by:

Host may be down or Data protector client services (Inet) down.

HP Data Protector - TSM Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service

TSM Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service


Sample Error Log :
ANS9999E ntrc.cpp(928): Received Win32 RC 1450 (0x000005aa) from FileRead(): ReadFile '\\xxxx\. Error description: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.


Solution:

>> Edit the dsm.opt file by adding the param "MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP YES".
>> Save it.
>> Try a manual backup and check if the backup completes.

If not, this error needs attention from platform end.

>> Windows OS has the paging file space memory that needs attention.
>> Issue can be resolved by adding/modifying "PoolUsageMaximum & PagedPoolSize" in registry

For more info, please refer the article from microsoft.

Your backup should be successful, once this is fixed.

Hp Data Protector - [81:52] Not a valid mount point => aborting [Solved]



Hp Data Protector


Sample Error Log :

[Critical] From: VBDA@winsrv01 "winsrv01 [/F]" Time: 5/26/2014 9:28:58 AM
[81:52] /F
Not a valid mount point => aborting.


An attempt to backup the specific drive (F:/ in this example) connected to the DP client machine was failed and no data will be backed up by DP.

Zero KB Archive backup from a Specified Linux [Resolved]


Zero KB Archive backup from a Specified Linux [Resolved]

Archive backup of all the databases from a specific linux server was completing successfully with 0 bytes of data backed up.


Example Error Log :


[Normal] From: BSM@cellsrv01.in.com "dbclient01_DB01_AR" Time: 03/03/14 07:15:23
Backup session 2014/03/03-86 started.


[Normal] From: BSM@cellsrv01.in.com "dbclient01_DB01_AR" Time: 03/03/14 07:23:36
OB2BAR application on "dbclient01.in.com" successfully started.


[Normal] From: BSM@cellsrv01.in.com "dbclient01_DB01_AR" Time: 03/03/14 07:23:36
OB2BAR application on "dbclient01.in.com" disconnected.


[Normal] From: BSM@cellsrv01.in.com "dbclient01_DB01_AR" Time: 03/03/14 07:23:37


Thursday, January 7, 2016

Part1 - Interview Questions of - HP Data Protector

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HP Data Protector - Frequently asked Questions. Find some below most repeted interview questions as a starter of HP Data protector Interview Questions Sets. This will be a Set 1 as we add more pages with many more Interview questions as soon as possible,

Check Here for more upcoming Interview Questions on - HP Data protector 8.X