Since the latest patches for Data Protector (621, 701) the kernel version 3 for Linux is supported to install a new client using installation server. In general there shouldn’t be a problem during the installation, however when you receive following error message (i.e. for OpenSuse or SLES 11 SP2): Unsupported architecture/OS type (Linux CLIENT 3.1.9-1.4-desktop #1 SMP PREEMT …) Skipping Client!, you have 3 options to handle on – 2 workarounds, 1 solution. Workaround 1: do a local installation of core.rpm and da.rpm on the client (packages can be extracted from installation server). Workaround 2: copy the file /etc/os-release to /etc/novell-release on the client in question and start the push installation using GUI. The solution will be the installation of a hotfix (the QCCR number I post as soon I have the fix received).
Yearly Archives: 2012
BRICK – Backup Related Information Collector and Keeper
BRICK – A new tool for Data Protector!!! Interested? Continue to read here:https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/brick/.
Update 2012/08/21: new version (v0.11) released, for more information please refer to the ChangeLog, a lot of enhancements were done. Please use link above.
Please see screenshot below.
Please comment on page: https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/brick/.
Enhanced Help: The help system was enhanced too.
******************************************************************************* * * * BRICK v 0.11 * * * * Backup Related Information Collector and Keeper * * * * CoPyRiGhT (c) 2012 Data-Protector.org - Daniel Braun * * * ******************************************************************************* BRICK - Backup Related Information Collector and Keeper Usage: brick < -full|-reduced|-long> -p=< path for output > [-support] [-fixed] [-log] REQUIRED: -full runs all checks - recommend for maximum 75 server in cell / environment (includes full DNS check and check of the internal database, reports for last 7 days, ...) or -reduced runs reduced checks - recommended for larger cell / environments (short DNS check, no check of the internal database, reports for last 2 days, ...) or -long runs additional IDB checks - not recommended for larger cell / environments as runtime of script will increase. Use this mode in smaller environments or when request by support. -p, --path "path to write output", example: -p=c:\temp Use " to quote directories with spaces, example: -p="C:\Documents and Settings\User\temp" OPTIONS: -support will collect additional files for support and generates a special html site for support with most asked questions -fixed reuse existing path for output, content is not deleted before execution, so be careful -v, --version display the version of script and exit -h, --help print this help. Please see generated changelog for additional information. It is recommended to run the script as administrator / in admin mode. Please keep in mind that WMI must be installed to run the script. EXAMPLES: - To collect data as report: brick.exe -full -p=c:\temp\brick brick.exe -reduced -p=c:\temp\brick brick.exe -long -p=c:\temp\brick - To collect data as report and include files: brick.exe -full -support -p=c:\temp\brick brick.exe -reduced -support -p=c:\temp\brick brick.exe -long -support -p=c:\temp\brick Mail bug reports and suggestions to daniel-braun(at)data-protector.org. Return codes: 0 - OK, no errors in script ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 - end of script after displaying help (option -h used) 2 - end of script after displaying version (option -v used) 3 - end of script after displaying params - error missing required parameter 10 - script was not started on cell server 11 - unable to create or open bricklog.html 12 - the output path cannot be the root directory of the drive 13 - unable to create homedir for BRICK 14 - unable to create a required folder for the BRICK report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 99 - unspecfied error - line number in script is displayed
OMNISPEED – average speed of sessions
Update 2012.07.24: Sometimes it can take longer than expected… however the new version has been finished. All language settings were tested (I got a lot of feedback, thanks. To get a list of supported languages use -language – see help). In addition in the new version historical data / sessions are displayed (Example -session=2012/07/24-2). The version number has been changed to A 00.01.04. There will only one Version for both platforms – 32Bit and 64Bit. The new version can be found below.
[wpdm_file id=2]
To calculate the speed of your backup jobs is not a easy task within Data Protector, you need to monitor the session, to write down the start time, to write down the GB written and finally to calculate the speed. So, here are the good news, this work I automated for you. Please donwload the new tool omnispeed from link below, it allows you to monitor the backup performance online without any manual work – please see screenshots. To install the tool extract the version (x86 or x64) into the bin folder in omniback on your cell server and execute it, thats it. If you are not running on Windows, please have a look at help screen. Please keep in mind: the values displayed are the total throughput for the currently running sessions, troughput for one session (current and total) will be displayed in next version.
[wpdm_file id=3]
For this version only backup jobs are listed, the monitoring of restore, copy and consolidation jobs is postponed to further version. In next version and with a given session ID as option there will be a switch to display the performance for the job to be refreshed per 5 seconds. This will include total and current throughput. Also in next version you can expect the results from closed sessions and for single objects. On systems running locale set to with French, Japanese, Chinese or Arabic locale the software is not supported and will not run (If you help me translating I can make it work). For non german and non english systems, please read help to get localized version.
Update 2012.05.08: Added danish and bulgarian locale, the GB/h is an average, modified the code to display the word average in help and in the output. Added a comment that if option -server is not used localhost is assumed. Version of tool changed to A 00.01.01
I look forward to further suggestions and hope you will enjoy the tool.
DPcfgCreator
DPcfgCreator – An additional tool for Data Protector!!! This time written by Stephan Voss, he wanted to ease the modification of the Data Protector config files. For more details please refer to his site at http://hpux.de/?s=dpcfgcreator.
Current Patches DP 6.21
If you own a valid support contract you can download the patches from http://support.openview.hp.com/selfsolve/patches, for login you need the HP Passport account.
Older messages for the patches will be moved to the end of this article.
Update 2012/06/22: HP released on 2012/06/07 and 2012/06/22 new patches for DP 6.21; the patch bundle DPXXXBDL_00621 is a requirement to install the new patches. As always keep in mind to follow the right installation order and to read the description for the patches.
- Windows
- DPWIN_00564 – SharepointGRE patch
- DPWIN_00573 – Oracle patch
- DPWIN_00581 – CORE patch
- DPWIN_00577 – Disk Agent patch
- DPWIN_00578 – Media Agent patch
- DPWIN_00579 – VE Agent Patch
- DPWIN_00580 – VMWARE GRE patch
- DPWIN_00575 – Cell Server patch
- DPWIN_00576 – Cell Console patch
- DPWIN_00563 – Documentation patch
- DPWINBDL_00621 – Data Protector 6.21
- HP-UX (Itanium/PA-Risc)
- PHSS_42998 – Core patch
- PHSS_42999 – Oracle patch
- PHSS_42773 – Documentation patch
- PHSS_42857 – Cell Server patch
- PHSS_42858 – Cell Console patch
- PHSS_42860 – Media Agent patch
- PHSS_42859 – Disk Agent patch
- PHSS_42855 – VE Agent patch
- DPUXBDL_00621 – Data Protector 6.21
- Linux
- DPLNX_00200 – CORE patch
- DPLNX_00201 – Oracle patch
- DPLNX_00193 – Documentation patch
- DPLNX_00196 – Cell Server patch
- DPLNX_00197 – Cell Console patch
- DPLNX_00198 – Disk Agent patch
- DPLNX_00199 – Media Agent patch
- DPLNX_00194 – VE Agent patch
- DPLNXBDL_00621 – Data Protector 6.21
- Solaris
- DPSOL_00494 – CORE patch
- DPSOL_00495 – Oracle patch
- DPSOL_00487 – Documentation patch
- DPSOL_00490 – Cell Server patch
- DPSOL_00491 – Cell Console patch
- DPSOL_00492 – Disk Agent patch
- DPSOL_00493 – Media Agent patch
- DPSOL_00488 – VE Agent patch
- DPSOLBDL_00621 – Data Protector 6.21
Update 2012/05/16: HP released on 2012/05/03, 2012/05/10 and 2012/05/16 new patches for DP 6.21; the patch bundle DPXXXBDL_00621 is a requirement to install the new patches. As always keep in mind to follow the right installation order and to read the description for the patches.
Update 2012/03/22: The patche bundle DP621 with time stamp from 2012/02/24 is not a new release; only the timestamp was changed. Sorry for the confusion, thanks to support bringing light into the dark. However, you need to install the known hotfixes after installing the patch bundle DP 6.21. The multipathing problem is fixed with SSPNT620_008.
Update 2012/02/24: The patche bundle for DP 6.21 was rereleased in a new version, the solved problems can be found within the patch description.