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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.

36 thoughts on “FAQ”

  1. Hi, anyone can help me withthe following questions?
    I want to generate a document that gives me the detail of different backup specifications.
    Data Potector generates this?
    Thank you

  2. Hi Daniel,

    Sometimes when I use Brick I notice that IE is not able to display the data in its browser.. When I investigate more the complete auto generated directory lib is empty.. Something missing on the Cellmanager server ??

    Henry

    • Hi Henry,

      I have seen this behavior for some older BRICK versions and when Unix or Linux is used. The error occurs when launching BRICK and the files are extracted.
      Can you try to run latest version (assuming you are on 8.X or 9.X)? If not possible copy the lib folder from a working version.

      Best regards
      Daniel

    • Hi ABC,

      it depends how you do the restore. There are different ways to recover your cell server.
      Best is to browse through all methods in doumentation to get an understanding what best works for your site.

      Best regards
      Daniel

  4. Hi Daniel, looking for advanced documentation on DP oracle integration commands and parameters. Want to create custom scripts so we can allocate databases to their own channels and initiate from the local oracle server. Started by generating scripts using the gui to create, but the documentation is thin on this subject. We have several hundred DB’s on the instance and creating a spec for each one is useless as that’s what the gui limits you to. Trying to get specific information on how to include multiple clients in the script, not sure if its a line entry for each or a delimited list on a single statement. Looks like this:

    CLIENT “DEV1” server.domain.xx

    Thanks for any input.

    • Hi Peter,

      unfortunately it is not possible to mix backup of databases from different clients into one backup specification.
      If you have 100 of databases, you should configure the Data Protector templates, to get all things prepared.
      The RMAN commands used in DP are the standard RMAN commands, please refer to Oracle documentation.

      Best regards
      Daniel

  5. Hi,

    I have a question.
    I’m using DP 8.13 on RedHat.
    When i installed new windows clients via ob2install i want to add encrypted password into input file.
    Is there any option/command etc. to do this. I don’t want to put passwords in plain text.
    Kind regards,
    Tsvetan Krastanov

    • Hi Tsvetan,

      I do not believe you can add an encrypted password for ob2install script.
      However, I recommend to raise an enhancement request on this matter.

      Best regards
      Daniel

  6. Hi all, i found a workaround, with omniinetpasswd I’ve added a default user for installation server and into input file I’ve putted “-” instead of password.
    However, i also found how to encrypt the passwords, all DP IS have command: util_cmd. this command encrypt password.

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