FAQ
BRICK FAQ: The script displays “Out of memory”
The script might display a message “Out of memory” and dies. This can happen when the filesize of the debug.log is too big (at least 1 GB). In this case try to cycle the debug.log.
BRICK FAQ: The script cannot be started on RedHat
As the script was developed with the 32bit version of Perl (for compatibility), on RedHat systems you may receive the error: ‘/lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory’. In this case you may install some required libs with the command ‘yum -y install glibc.i686’ before you can use BRICK.
BRICK FAQ: The generated BRICK reports show wrong values for Data Protector 8.0 environments
The reports generated in BRICK utilize the standard Data Protector commands. As there is a bug in this version the result presented by BRICK might be wrong too. Please open a support request to get the fix. After applying the fix the advanced reports should display the correct values in reports.
BRICK FAQ: The runtime of the BRICK script is very long and seems to hang for the DNS check
In larger environments with many clients in cell or with slower DNS servers the runtime of BRICK might be higher than expected. In this case use the parameter -no_dns
to skip this specific check. This will increase the runtime of BRICK.
BRICK FAQ: The listing of the local groups is very slow and produces a large file
The root cause of this problem can be found in the WMI query used in BRICK. If nested groups are used, the WMI query walks through the AD and will no limit the search to local groups, even if specified explicitly. This will cause a very long runtime of BRICK. At the moment no solution is available, however, the mechanism to retrieve local groups will be changed with version 1.1 of BRICK and will be configurable.
BRICK FAQ: During the execution of BRICK the RDS daemon / service dies unexpectly
For the checks done by BRICK Data Protector commands are used only. The unexpected event will be accour as well when the command is used without BRICK. The problem was reproducable in a non patched DP 6.20 cell. With the installation of the current patches the problem was solved.
I love this site, but there are many things that are in german that I would like to read. I run what I can through google translate, but I am very interested in the BRICK tutorial. So is my boss. Is there any plan to have an English version? I am very new to Data Protector.
I am trying to create reports on backup jobs completed on Data Protector Enterprise v7 and have them sent by email. But nothing seems to work. I have tried Send Method either in Email or Email (SMTP) and I have tried format either in HTML or ASCII but with no avail. I tried different time frames in past periods but no difference.
I have no Data Protector Reporter installed. Is this software mandatory for getting reports?
I had use Data Protector Express v4 in the past and I was able to get email notifications…
Did I miss some settings?
Please help! Thanks
Hi,
Have you configured your global file?
Best regards
Daniel
Hi Daniel,
wir versuchen uns gerade an Brick scheitern aber schon am Anfang mit der Fehlermeldung:
as non admin user you are not allowed to run Brick..
Welcher Admin Account ist hier gemeint?
Danke und bis demnächst im B+S Projekt!
Grüße
TV.
Hi Thomas,
you need to execute with “run-as” on Windows. On Linux/HP-UX you need to be a root user.
Best regards
Daniel
Hallo Daniel,
habe das gleiche Problem wie Thomas. Wenn ich brick unter Windows als Netzwerk-Admin (der auch gleichzeitig lokaler Admin ist) ausführe, erhalte ich die folgende Meldung:
Init environment …
Error:
As non-admin user, your are not allowed to run BRICK.
Mit “runas” komme ich auch nicht weiter.
Gruß Gerhard
Hi,
I use the Win32::IsAdminUser() Perl module/function to determine if the user is admin user or not. As described in the module: “Returns non zero if the account in whose security context the current process/thread is running belongs to the local group of Administrators in the built-in system domain; returns 0 if not.”
So, can you please check if you meet this conditions?
Best regards
Daniel
What if I would like to install in on my work PC but I am not Admin of the system? What Admin rights does the windows version need to talk to an HP-UX DP environment?
Hi ,
Please let me know from where I can download DP V 5.5 ?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Hi,
Data Protector 5.5 is no longer available for download, for already several year to be more specific. The last supported version is 7.03 and current version is 9.04.
Try to upgrade you environment to current version.
Best regards
Daniel
Hi Daniel, have you encountered any issues configuring DP 9.0 (104 patch) Exchange 2013 SMB integration? We\’ve been struggling for nearly a month, besides permissions issues we can\’t see anything that might be wrong, even the mapi powershell indicates it\’s functioning normally on the mailbox server. This is the error we keep getting:
[12:8564] The Microsoft Exchange MAPI interface can not be intialized.
Thanks for any input.
Hi Peter,
as far as I know SMB is not supported. I guess support for Single Mailbox Integration ended some years ago with introduction of Exchange GRE.
As of this fact, I did not use it anymore, sorry – can’t help this time.
Best regards
Daniel
Hi Daniel, guess I should drop the old terminology. We are attempting to deploy the Exchange GRE but keep encountering mapi related errors. The documentation is so ambiguous, we’re not even sure where the mapi cdo should be installed. The integration guide doesn’t even discuss this requirement.
Hi Peter,
As far as I remember, mapi will not ne used to run GRE.
Have you completely checked and followed the Integration Guide?
Best regards
Daniel