• Migrate NetVault from RHEL to Windows

    We are looking for a direct approach by which we can do a migration of RHEL based NetVault server to Windows , assuming the other approach will be to recreate all the configuration and scan all the media and tapes to rebuild index. 

  • NetVault : All tapes are showing offline..

    How to diagnose and rectify this issue.

  • How to do the Netvault Backup 12.4 to install Dell ML3 Library

    I have a Netvault server version 12.4, it is working with a several devices installed with a several TL200 and TL4000. I installed a new server with new device, a Dell ML3 Library with a two drivers, so when I try installing this new device the Netvault…

  • Netvault API how to include multiple files/directories in the include parameter?

    I'm attempting to use the netvault api endpoint /sets/restoreselection/create

    The POST request body parameters are suppose to be:
    {
    "setname": ""
    "plugin": ""
    "client": ""
    "saveset": ""…

  • Errors reported on DB2DIAG.LOG while pruning old backup images on NetVault

    Hello all,

    I have NetVault Backup set with DB2 LUW 11.5 for archive logs and backups solution. However, I am having issues reported on DB2DIAG.LOG while pruning old backup images, just like those ones:

    2022-07-30-06.24.40.040506+120 I193098144E525 LEVEL…

  • How do you do a restore from the backup of an ndmp server (SAN) once the server has been removed/replaced with one with a different name?

    If you have a SAN that you back up using ndmp, how do you restore data from backups once you have replaced the SAN. When you try to run the restore it tries to talk to the ndmp server and unsurprisingly can't find it.

  • AWS VTL Tape Library showing OFFLINE after restarting NetVault Server

    Hi Everyone,

    I added AWS VTL to my NetVault Backup two weeks ago. 

    I am working on to set up backup jobs to AWS VTL. 

    Today, I have restarted my NetVault Backup to install Windows updates. After restart, AWS Tape Library is showing OFFLINE.

    I tried to make…

  • Why tapes write half of the data to tape and jumps to other tape to write remaining data?

    Hi Everyone,

    I created two tapes of 5TiB of each in AWS.

    I have a backup job which backups up 1.25 TB of data.

    When I start the backup job, it is selecting the tape and writing the half of the data on 1st Tape(413 Gb) and jumping to other tape to write…

  • Can I REUSE available FREE space of AWS VTL Tape for my next backup job

    Hi Everyone,

    I recently setup VTL in AWS and created 2 tapes each with 300 GB of capacity.

    I have a backup job which backs up nearly 360 GB of data to AWS VTL. After running the backup job, it stored the data  on 1st tape (300GB) and used  2nd tape to write…

  • Whats the best way to pull the tape drive stats from Netvault?

    What's the best way to pull the tape drive stats like transfer rate and total data written from Netvault via the Linux terminal?

  • Netvault 13 full backup progress column shows larger amounts of data than whats on disk

    Hey There,

    After upgrading to Netvault 13.0.2 it seems that the progress column of active jobs is consistently reporting incorrect sizes for active full backup jobs. It shows a significantly larger amount of data being backed up in the progress column…

  • The single backup

    H everyone
    
    Is there any way to perform backup directly from the server that manages the tape without having to communicate with the Backup Server? I have a structure of 1 main backup server and several Tapes connected to servers that are on different…
  • How to download a license file in .dlv format ?

    Please guide the steps to download the Netvault License file  "'.dlv" format.

  • Channel-error during ndmp-backup from a netapp fas2554 to a lto-7-library. Also permanent open ndmp-sessionto the filer/tapes

    Sometime at week we got a channel-error ("wrong session")  during backups (NetVault v12.4) from our netappfiler to tapelibrary.

    We checked the logs and ask the netappsupport. During the backup I have a ndmpsession to the filer (ndmpserver/ primary…

  • Diagram data base

    Good Morning, Can anyone make the diagram of the Netvault database available, is it possible? Thanks

  • Qorestor offers NDMP &iSCSI virtual tape library (VTL) tape access protocols and works great with Netvault

    Why Qorestor ISCSI VTL 

    It is a carrier protocol for SCSI. SCSI commands are sent over IP networks by using iSCSI. It also facilitates data transfers over intranets and to manage storage over long distances. iSCSI can be used to transmit data over LANs…

  • Netvault Integration with Qorestor -> Installation of Qorestor and configuring with Netvault

    Netvault Integration with Qorestor

    Accelerate backups and add replication, variable block deduplication, and direct to storage backup by using QoreStor with NetVault 

    NetVault is tightly integrated with Quest QoreStorTm, a software-defined secondary storage…
  • NetVault and powershell

    Hi,

    I have a question. Is there opportunity to administer NetVault Backup via Powershell ? For example, can I acheive from powershell list of backup jobs that was end with success or with warning / with errors ?

    Can you help me ?

    With regards.

  • How to recover Postgress Dababase after Netvault Server unplaned shutdown

    Hi guys,

    My Netvault backup server has been shutdown unplanned. So the Postgres SQL has been crash. 

    Now postgress service could not start.

    Please tell me how to recover or fix this database.

    Thanks you very much.

    Viktor,

  • errors in NetVault 12.3.0.16 - PLEASE HELP !!!!

    Hi,

    When I enter into the  Netvault Logs, I see something like this:

    DDBoost->[1104:1B08] ddcl_ost_generate_psk_key(): Using legacy non-PSK authentication mechanism

    DDBoost->[1104:1B08] ddcl_nfs_ost_query_with_key(): OST secure query RPC…

  • Custom Report - Dedupe size and percentage

    Hi,

    I am looking at how to create a custom report that shows the jobs that completed overnight but would like it to show details on the job size along with the Dedupe statistics such as dedupe percentage, bytes ingested, bytes output, bytes deduped

    I…

  • ++ Once A Week Not All Data Is Stored ++

    Hello,

    we've got a file backup running from mo-fr in NV 12.3.0.15 on a Server 2012 R2 to LTO7 tape.
    For a while the job running on friday does only store the size of about 173GB-178GB instead of 4.6TB-5.48TB, one job/selection list for all days.

    How…

  • How to fix Netvault Backup Failed on running backup Differential and Full Backup?

    Hello Quest Community,

    Good Day. Newbie here. Its been a month of searching solution to fix this error. Note: We are using dell Ultrium tape drive and the netvault has no problem for detecting the tape drive. I also create new selection set for immediate…

  • How to fix Netvault Backup Failed on running backup Differential and Full Backup?

    Hello Quest Community,

    Good Day. Newbie here. Its been a month of searching solution to fix this error. We are using dell Ultrium tape drive and the netvault has no problem for detecting the tape drive. I also create new selection set for fullback…

  • How to fix Netvault Backup Failed on running backup Differential and Full Backup?

    Hello Quest Community,

    Good Day. Newbie here. Its been a month of searching solution to fix this error. We are using dell Ultrium tape drive and the netvault has no problem for detecting the tape drive. I also create new selection set for fullback…