Marianne van den Berg

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Marianne van den Berg Trusted Advisor Partner Accredited Certified

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Job Title: Solutions Architect

Biography:

I started working for a Veritas reseller in 1999, being a Solaris System Administrator up to this point in time. Having to support customers, I had to learn the traditional Veritas products - NetBackup, Volume Manager, Cluster Server.
Like other TA's I stumbled across the forums looking for answers and ended up answering more questions than finding answers. I nevertheless still learn from fellow users every day.
I live west of Johannesburg in sunny South Africa, close to my grown-up son and daughter. I love gardening, photography, getting out into Nature....

Member for: 6 years 33 weeks

Symantec Accreditations

Authorized Symantec Consultant (ASC)

Data Protection Specialization (November 2010)

Symantec Technical Specialist (STS)

Symantec NetBackup 7.5 for UNIX
Veritas Cluster Server 6.0 for Unix

Symantec Sales Expert Plus (SSE+)

Symantec Backup Exec 3600 Appliance (mid-market) (September 2012)
Symantec NetBackup 7
Veritas CommandCentral 5.2
Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 for UNIX
Veritas Storage Foundation HA for Windows 5.1

Symantec Sales Expert (SSE)

Symantec NetBackup 7
Veritas CommandCentral 5.2
Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1

Symantec Certifications

Symantec Certified Specialist (SCS)

Storage Foundation 4.0 Administrator
Symantec NetBackup 7.0 for Windows Administrator

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blog entry comment 19 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Storage Lifecycle Policy utility command, nbstlutil

You seem to shamelessly copy and paste from Semantic documentation without even referencing your sources? This is called plagiarism!!

discussion comment 19 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Unable to see medium changer

sg.build script will only update files in /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver. Check files like sg.links and sg.conf in this folder before running sg.install. I have experienced situations where I had to edit above 2 files manually to add ...

discussion comment 19 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Netbackup 7.5 with Storagetech SL500 How to ADD new TAPE via CAP

Another way would be to use Inventory GUI. Select 'Update volume configuration' option and the 'Empty media access port prior to update on the Robot Inventory' option underneath it. ***EDIT*** Too slow! Also ...

discussion comment 19 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Tape drive issue

Windows XP? I guess not! Please add VERBOSE entry to ...\Veritas\volmgr\vm.conf Stop/start NBU Device Management Service. Verify that ..\Veritas\NetBackup\logs\bptm folder exists. Create folder if not. Next time drives goes DOWN, check ...

discussion comment 19 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Netbackup 7.5 SQL Client not installing

Apologies Stuart - I read the wrong footnote - 'NetBackup 7.5 and later does not support this Operating System...' Have you tried to install any other software application on this server (e.g. trial version of WinZip, etc) to see if ...

discussion comment 19 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Netbackup Master - Media

Ensure that port 13724 is open in both directions between Master and Client as well as between Client and all Media servers that will be allowed to backup this Client. Also explained in my post ...

discussion comment 19 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Where To See exact Netbackup version.

Agree with Martin - your installation seems to be unpatched. This is what my version file looks like: HARDWARE Windows x64 VERSION NetBackup 7.5.0.4 RELEASEDATE Sun Sep 16 09:24:49 CDT 2012 BUILDNUMBER 20120916

discussion comment 19 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Informix OnBar Restore Slow using NetBackup

Test ftp transfer from backup server to AIX client. Find a file of at least 2GB in size on same filesystem as basic disk (you can even use one of the image files as this is only a test) and ftp to same filesystem that you need to restore ...

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Non barcode tapes

Please mark the post that answered your query as Solution?

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Linux File System for Master Server

Asking this question in a Symantec forum, my recommendation is Veritas Filesystem. If you are prepared to purchase a decent Volume Manager and Filesystem - Veritas Storage Foundation is the perfect solution. Read more about Storage Foundation ...

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Non barcode tapes

It all depends on the make/model of your library. I know STK libraries don't. Best to download the user guide for your library. Even if it does, using non-barcoded media is not a good idea. NBU will add default labels starting with A000... ...

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: License

Probably a good idea to log into PartnerNet and download the NetBackup Licensing Guide.

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Netbackup 7.5 SQL Client not installing

Have a look at the OS Compatibility Guide: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH76648 Only Windows Server 2003 R2 is supported with NBU 7.5..

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Netbackup Master - Media

Create bpcd folder under ....netbackup/logs folder. Connection attempts will be recorded in log file in this folder. If it seems like bptestbpcd is hanging, it is actually waiting for the client to respond. If no response, it will wait for ...

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Netbackup Master - Media

Please take note that SERVER name in bp.conf must match exactly the name that is resolved by the client (bpclntcmd -ip <server-IP-address>). You will find evidence of name resolution in client's bpcd log. *** EDIT *** Any ...

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: ops center don't show copy number

NBU will always restore from primary copy. By default, primary is copy 1. If the user needs to restore from another copy, it has to be specified from cmd or the secondary copy must be promoted to primary. When the 1st copy expires, the second ...

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Netbackup Master - Media

As from NBU 6.0, NBU uses vnetd (13724) for connection in both directions. As from NBU 7.0.1, NBU uses PBX (1556) in both directions. If PBX connectivity fails, NBU will fail back to vnetd. I tried bpclntcmd with hostname, -hn and it ...

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Netbackup Master - Media

Did you do bpclntcmd with '-ip' and '-hn' from server and from client? Which port did you test telnet on? Did you test from server to client as well as from client to server? Problem is normally with port connectivity ...

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: Expiring a backupid but the media remains full

In addition to above excellent posts, see this blog: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/understanding-how-netbackup-writes-tape

discussion comment 18 Jun 2013

Marianne van den Berg commented on: vault

Please clear solution for your own post - Nagalla has supplied you with correct answers.