April 21 2011 Thursday
Backup Exec Domino issue - if your backup hangs after BE HF 147674 try this
So everyone has Backup Exec automatically download and install updates via live update right? Right! So you read the technotes right? Wait.....there are technotes? Apparently so ;)
So hidden away inside of TECH147674 is this gem:
Before running this I had my Domino backups hanging at scanning, in fact it wouldn't even time-out or anything. It just sat there for hours and hours spinning it's wheels.
After doing the above and restarting the backup server (a Windows reboot), it now seems to be fixed.
ho hum. RTFM I guess......
So hidden away inside of TECH147674 is this gem:
After installing this Hotfix, make sure the following steps have been performed:
1. On the media server, open a command prompt
2. Change to the Backup Exec Program Files folder
3. Enter the following command
sqlcmd -E -dBEDB -i catupgrade_13_0.sql -S-l 180
Before running this I had my Domino backups hanging at scanning, in fact it wouldn't even time-out or anything. It just sat there for hours and hours spinning it's wheels.
After doing the above and restarting the backup server (a Windows reboot), it now seems to be fixed.
ho hum. RTFM I guess......
Thanks Darren, I just installed this hotfix last night. Now I don't need to troubleshoot it.