The NetBackup 6.x will be EOSL soon

Be aware, the NetBackup 6.x be will EOSL soon.  As per Symantec, NetBackup 6.x will reach End of Support Life (EOSL) by 3 October 2012. So, in order to continue receiving NetBackup support from Symantec, upgrade to NetBackup 7.x its highly recommended.

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Related post: Upgrade from Netbackup 6.5 to Netbackup 7

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Top 10 Recommended Veritas NetBackup TechNotes

Document ID: 284146

http://support.veritas.com/docs/284146

Top 10 Recommended Veritas NetBackup ™ TechNotes


Details:

TechNote ID Description
183702 NET_BUFFER_SZ, SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS and NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS – how they work and how to configure them
276739 STATUS CODE: 156 “snapshot error encountered” occurs when utilizing VSP or VSS for open file backups.
290185 Welcome to the Veritas NetBackup ™ 6.5 Upgrade Portal!
254809 DOCUMENTATION: How to configure email notifications for Windows clients using BLAT and nbmail.cmd in Veritas NetBackup ™
274063 Robtest commands that can be used to test the SCSI functionality of a robot
280202 GENERAL ERROR: When attempting to expire a media in Veritas NetBackup ™ 6.0 with the bpexpdate command, the message “requested media id was not found in the EMM database” is received.
278533 STATUS CODE: 800, NetBackup 6.0 jobs are failing with Status 800 (resource request failed).
244652 DOCUMENTATION: How to configure buffers for NetBackup in a Windows NT/2000 environment to improve performance
264924 DOCUMENTATION: How to restore an Exchange 2000/2003 database to the same or alternate client
245184 DOCUMENTATION: How to configure NetBackup for Mailbox backups of an Exchange 2000/2003 server

Note: Links to each of the documents listed in the following chart (by TechNote ID) can be found below, in the Related Documents section.

Related Documents:

183702: NET_BUFFER_SZ, SIZE_DATA_BUFFERS and NUMBER_DATA_BUFFERS – how they work and how to configure them
http://support.veritas.com/docs/183702

244652: DOCUMENTATION: How to configure buffers for NetBackup in a Windows NT/2000 environment to improve performance
http://support.veritas.com/docs/244652

245184: DOCUMENTATION: How to configure NetBackup for Mailbox backups of an Exchange 2000/2003 server
http://support.veritas.com/docs/245184

254809: DOCUMENTATION: How to configure email notifications for Windows clients using BLAT and nbmail.cmd in Veritas NetBackup ™
http://support.veritas.com/docs/254809

264924: DOCUMENTATION: How to restore an Exchange 2000/2003 database to the same or alternate client
http://support.veritas.com/docs/264924

274063: Robtest commands that can be used to test the SCSI functionality of a robot
http://support.veritas.com/docs/274063

276739: STATUS CODE: 156 “snapshot error encountered” occurs when utilizing VSP or VSS for open file backups.
http://support.veritas.com/docs/276739

278533: STATUS CODE: 800, NetBackup 6.0 jobs are failing with Status 800 (resource request failed).
http://support.veritas.com/docs/278533

280202: GENERAL ERROR: When attempting to expire a media in Veritas NetBackup ™ 6.0 with the bpexpdate command, the message “requested media id was not found in the EMM database” is received.
http://support.veritas.com/docs/280202

290185: Welcome to the Veritas NetBackup ™ 6.5 Upgrade Portal!
http://support.veritas.com/docs/290185

Veritas NetBackup 6.5 and 6.5.x Manuals and links

6.5.x Release Updates
The 6.5.x Release Updates provide documentation updates for the additional features provided in each release. The links to the documentation updates for each version is as follows:
-6.5.4 Release Update:
-6.5.3 Release Update: