HP Data Protector - [61:12500] cannot connect to inet for getting file system list on host

Sample Error Log :

[Critical] From: BSM@cellsrv01.in.com "backup_spec_01” Time: 8/16/2014
[61:12500] cannot connect to inet for getting file system list on host" winclnt01.in.com".

Reason may Caused by:

Host may be down or Data protector client services (Inet) down.

Resolution :

Troubleshooting steps for Windows clients are as follows:

1. Check if the client (i.e. winclnt01.in.com in above error) is pinging from the cell manager, if not check the issue with platform team.

2. If the server is pinging, telnet the client using port 5555 

#Telnet <Client name> 5555(eg: #telnet 5555 cellsrv01.in.com)

3. If the telnet failed, login to the windows client and check whether “Data protector Inet” service is running or not. If not start the “Data Protector Inet” service, Just by right clicking the service and restart it.

4. If the Data protector service is not listed in the “services.msc”, the DP agent might be removed from the client. Push the DP agents on this client from cell server.

5. If the telnet failed using port 5555 even data protector service running, check with platform team to open the port.

Troubleshooting steps for UNIX clients are as follows:

1. Follow the steps 1 and 2 as explained above.

2. If the telnet failed, login to the UNIX client and check for the Omni entries in /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf using the commands below. If not found, DP client needs to be reinstalled.

[root@unxclnt01:/root]

# egrep omni /etc/services

omni 5555/tcp # DATA-PROTECTOR

[root@unxclnt01:/root]

# egrep omni /etc/inetd.conf

omni stream tcp nowait root /opt/omni/lbin/inet inet -log /var/opt/omni//log/inet.log

3. Check if the port 5555 is listening using the command below. If not, raise a request to platform team to enable the port and start the inetd daemon.

[root@unxclnt01:/root] # netstat -an | grep 5555

tcp 0 0 *.5555 *.* LISTEN

4. Check if the ‘inetd’ daemon is running, if not start it using the below commands:

[root@unxclnt01:/root] # ps -ef | grep inetd

root 2144 1 0 Aug 10 ? 7:20 /usr/sbin/inetd

# /etc/inetd –s

Follow above steps to Solve iNet issue easily .. Good Day..:)

HP Data Protector - TSM Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service

Sample Error Log :

ANS9999E ntrc.cpp(928): Received Win32 RC 1450 (0x000005aa) from FileRead(): ReadFile '\\xxxx\. Error description: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.

Solution:

>> Edit the dsm.opt file by adding the param "MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP YES".

>> Save it.

>> Try a manual backup and check if the backup completes.

If not, this error needs attention from platform end.

>> Windows OS has the paging file space memory that needs attention.

>> Issue can be resolved by adding/modifying "PoolUsageMaximum & PagedPoolSize" in registry

For more info, please refer the article from microsoft.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304101

Your backup should be successful, once this is fixed.

Hp Data Protector - [81:52] Not a valid mount point => aborting [Solved]

Sample Error Log :

[Critical] From: VBDA@winsrv01 "winsrv01 [/F]" Time: 5/26/2014 9:28:58 AM
[81:52] /F
Not a valid mount point => aborting.

An attempt to backup the specific drive (F:/ in this example) connected to the DP client machine was failed and no data will be backed up by DP.

Solution :

In Windows :

Login to the windows client machine and check if the drive is accessible.

Check if the drive is local drive or zoned drive and the zoning still exists.

In case the zoned drive no more exists, you can exclude it in the backup spec.

If the drive exists on the server and it is accessible, try deleting files under the \tmp folder on the windows client machine and rerun the backup.

Default path to tmp folder for windows 2003/NT/XP:

C:\Program Files\OmniBack\tmp

Default path to tmp for windows 2008:

"C:\ProgramData\Omniback\tmp"

Zero KB Archive backup from a Specified Linux [Resolved]

Archive backup of all the databases from a specific linux server was completing successfully with 0 bytes of data backed up.

Example Error Log :

[Normal] From: BSM@cellsrv01.in.com "dbclient01_DB01_AR" Time: 03/03/14 07:15:23

Backup session 2014/03/03-86 started.

[Normal] From: BSM@cellsrv01.in.com "dbclient01_DB01_AR" Time: 03/03/14 07:23:36

OB2BAR application on "dbclient01.in.com" successfully started.

[Normal] From: BSM@cellsrv01.in.com "dbclient01_DB01_AR" Time: 03/03/14 07:23:36

OB2BAR application on "dbclient01.in.com" disconnected.

[Normal] From: BSM@cellsrv01.in.com "dbclient01_DB01_AR" Time: 03/03/14 07:23:37

Backup Statistics:

Session Queuing Time (hours) 0.00

-------------------------------------------

Completed Disk Agents ........ 0

Failed Disk Agents ........... 0

Aborted Disk Agents .......... 0

-------------------------------------------

Disk Agents Total ........... 0

================================

Completed Media Agents ....... 0

Failed Media Agents .......... 0

Aborted Media Agents ......... 0

-------------------------------------------

Media Agents Total .......... 0

================================

Mbytes Total ................. 0 MB

Used Media Total ............. 0

Disk Agent Errors Total ...... 0

What was causing this??

Is there any transactions happening in these DBs or not??

Any patching on server or DB that prevents the data transfer??

Why DP doesn't err anything??

No idea until we checked the seaudit log. The inet service was restarted from an local admin account, from then onwards the DP processes were lacking the root access rights which prevented from reading the data.

05 Mar 2014 04:47:42 D SURROGATE useradm1 Read 69 2 USER.oradba /opt/omni/lbin/inet 198.10.10.2 root

Solution:

Once again the inet daemon was restarted from root.

Commands to restart the DP inet service from Linux client:

#/etc/init.d/omni stop

#/etc/init.d/omni start

Part1 - Interview Questions of - HP Data Protector

HP Data Protector - Frequently asked Questions. Find some below most repeted interview questions as a starter of HP Data protector Interview Questions Sets. This will be a Set 1 as we add more pages with many more Interview questions as soon as possible,

Check Here for more upcoming Interview Questions on - HP Data protector 8.X

Set 1: - Top 10 Inter View Questions  with Answers - HP Openview Data protectore 8.X

Find Answers - as Red Marked

Question 1:
Data Protector is using port _____ as the default communication port. 
A. 5050
B. 5057
C. 5555
D. 5057


Question 2 :
In a MoM (Manager of Managers) environment, devices and media may be shared across several cells by the ______________________. 
A. MMDB (Media Management Database)
B. CM (Cell Managers)
C. CMMDB (Centralized Media Management Database) 
D. SM (Session Managers)


Question 3 :
What is the correct order of automatic actions performed by the Data Protector Snapshot Agent? 
A. Creates the backup, performs an ioscan, and configures LUN assignments, reconfigures LUN security.
B. Deletes LUN security settings, creates snapshot LUNs, configures the backup host, creates new LUN security settings and performs the backup.
C. Creates alternate paths for backups, starts the integration agents, copies LUN access permissions and exports the volume groups.
D. Creates the snapshot, configures the volume groups, and mounts the file systems on the backup host. 


Question 4 :
When backing up over the network, which of the following best describes the flow of data? 
A. directly from disk to backup-device
B. from disk via memory of destination system to backup-device
C. from disk via source device further on via network to memory of destination system and finally to backup-device
D. from disk to memory of source system, then to network further on to memory of destination system and finally to backup-device 


Question 5 :
On a UNIX host, which configuration file contains the settings required to listen to the network communication port (default 5555) and to start the inetd process?
A. /etc/services
B. /etc/inet.conf 
C. /etc/dpinit.conf
D. /etc/netporttcp.conf


Question 6 :
What is the format that Data Protector uses to store information to its central database on the Cell Manager? 
A. binary format
B. ASCII format 
C. XML format
D. HTML format


Question 7 :
Running backups with Data Protector, what will be the impact of using a higher logging level? 
A. the amount of detail on files and directories written to the Data Protector database will increase 
B. the amount of detail on files and directories written to the Data Protector database will decrease
C. the amount of detail on files and directories written to the Data Protector database will not change


Question 8 :
The Continuous Access integration of Data Protector can only be used with ______ disk arrays.
A. hp storageworks EVA
B. hp storageworks VA
C. hp storageworks XP 
D. EMC Symmetrix


Question 9 :
Data Protector Cell Manger Single Drive Starter Pack for HP-UX or Solaris contains which license options?
A. one cell manager running on any platform 
B. one cell manager running on HP-UX
C. one concurrently used backup device connected to a UNIX host
D. 49 backup agents
E. unlimited number of backup agents 


Question 3 :
On HP-UX, what does the directory /var/opt/omni/db40 contain? 
A. the internal database
B. the depots for agent installation
C. the configuration backup
D. the old databse when migration from OBII 4.x



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passing the exam for which you are preparing.

Resolve System Restore Disabled By Group Policy Error In Windows

The System Restore feature in Windows is useful for restoring your PC back to older settings in case some application or settings start hampering its functioning.

If you get the error, “ System Restore has been turned off by group policy. To turn on System Restore, contact your domain administrator “ while trying to access system restore then it could be possible that your firm’s IT department(if it’s your office workstation) has blocked it, or it got turned off automatically due to some reason.

Error Resolved with following simple steps. 

Method 1: 

Enable System Restore Configuration Interface through Group Policy Editor.

Step 1. Click Start button, click Run and type gpedit.msc.
Step 2. Expand Computer Configuration and then expand Administrative Templates.
Step 3. Expand System, and then click System Restore.
Step 4. Double click on Turn off System Restore.
Step 5. On the Setting tab, select Disabled.
Step 6. Double-click Turn off Configuration, and then on the Setting tab, select Disabled.
Step 7. Exit the editor and reboot your PC.

Method 2: 

Note: Make sure that you backup your registry using File->Export before you attempt to make any changes.

Step 1. Press Start start button. Click Run. Type regedit and click OK.
Step 2. On the registry editor double click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder to expand it.
Step 3. Expand SOFTWARE folder.
Step 4. Expand Policies> Microsoft> Windows NT> SystemRestore.
Step 5. On a right panel right click on DisableConfog and DisableSR and select delete option from right hand menu.
Step 6. Exit the editor and reboot your PC.

These two method are work well on home editions and professional versions of Windows XP and higher.

After restarting your PC, Go to start button and type System Restore in a search box (In Windows 7,8, Vista).

System Restore window will appear now.

That was how you resolve System Restore disabled by group policy error in Windows.

15 Must Know Windows Run Commands - Updated

On the Microsoft Windows operating system, the Run command is used to directly open an application or document whose path is known.

We will show up you 15 awesome Run commands that’d helps you to bypass a series of clicks, thereby making things faster in your daily usage of Windows.

Do note that the Run hasn’t disappeared in Windows 8 either. It might not show up like it did in its predecessors, but a simple Win+R keystroke would bring it up. Hence knowing how to use it is only going to help you.

Note: To run these commands, press Win+R button to open the Run box, type in the command you want to run and press the enter key.

Here are the Commands start from :

1. cleanmgr

To do a disk cleanup with a simple steps which is having a default program, no need to use any third party applications to clean your system (temp, Internet cache junk... etc.)

Probably, the easiest way to clean up the junk files accumulated in your computer. Run the command to open up the Windows Disk Cleanup Manager, select the drive you want to clean and click ok. Computer will then scan the particular drive for junk files and give the option to clean them.

2. %userprofile%

Just like the previous command, this will open up the user profile directory for the particular user. You can access your picture, music, videos and other personal folders easily from here.

3. control

If you want to open your system Control Panel, this command will open it up for you directly. You’ll be surprised how few people know this one. So many of my so called geeky friends had no notion about this one.

We will be seeing how to open certain Control Panel settings directly as we proceed.

4. %programfiles%

We have to open program files most of the time to run and manage installed applications. This command will open your Program Files folder directly no matter on which drive Windows is installed on your computer. It’s better than opening Windows Explorer and then navigating to the folder manually.

5. compmgmt.msc

The command will open Computer Management, directly which you open conventionally by right-clicking on My Computer (or Computer), and selecting Manage. One can manage shared folders, manage disk services and take care of other management stuff using that window.

6. firewall.cpl

Want to disable or enable firewall quickly? Type in firewall.cpl in the Run box and press enter. Takes you right into Windows Firewall.

7. fsmgmt.msc

Keep track of all the shared folder and devices using this command. You can control sharing on your computer easily from here.

8. Open Web Browser (iexplore, chrome, firefox, opera)

These commands will open up Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, and Opera on your system respectively if they are installed on your computer. That’s not all. You can append the URL of the website at the end of the browser name to open the website directly. For e.g. if you want to open Guiding Tech on Chrome, open Run Command and type in Chrome www.guidingtech.com and press enter. For the note, this command is my personal favorite (no points for guessing why).

9. msinfo32

Probably, the easiest way to see your computer’s complete system info. Here you can find all the hardware and software information you will need to know about your computer.

10. Netplwiz

This command is useful for a multi-user computer. Administrators can directly open User Account advance configuration and configure any account they would like. Other users, however, can edit and change their personal account preferences.

11. osk

Abbreviation for On Screen Keyboard, this one opens it on your computer screen. You can use these on screen keyboards to fight keyloggers while browsing through a shared public computer.

12. Logoff/shutdown

As the name speaks, these commands quickly logoff a user or shut down the computer respectively. You can also use “shutdown –a” to abort a system shutdown, but you have to be very quick while using the command.

13. utilman

We have seen how osk can open the on screen keyboard Windows utility, but if you want to use magnifier or a narrator, this command will open up the full utility manager for you.

14. wuapp

This command will open up the Windows Update Manager for you. You can then install and configure your Windows updates from here.

15. write

Just as the notepad command is used to open Windows Notepad, write launches the default Windows WordPad. Oh, you never knew this existed, did you? Try it out.

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