[Samba] Samba and BackupExec

Chris McKeever cgmckeever at prupref.com
Wed Feb 19 20:12:16 GMT 2003


I needed to install thier UNIX agent to even start to backup to/from the
linux box..but it looks like you have two machines that are working well,
are they WIN2K machines or linux machines?

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Carville [mailto:stephen at totalflood.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:04 PM
To: Samba List
Cc: Chris McKeever
Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and BackupExec


On Wednesday February 19 2003 11:51 am, Chris McKeever wrote:
> What OS..I had a similar issue with SuSe, and since they dont supprot it I
> need to change to REDHAT.

Oops sorry,  I am using Redhat 7.2 with the stock 2.4.7-10 kernel.  BE is 
version 8.6 rev 3808 running on a W2K server.

> You are using thier backup agent?

Only from the Exchange server to the backup server.  From there I define a 
folder on the Linux box as a device and tell BE to  write the backup data to

the share.  I do not use BE to backup any of the UNIX boxes -- I don't know 
If I'd live long enough for it to complete :-)

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Carville [mailto:stephen at totalflood.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:46 PM
> To: Samba List
> Subject: [Samba] Samba and BackupExec
>
>
> I am using Veritas BackupExec to backup Exchange to a RAID -5 set on a
> samba
>
> server.  These backups always fail on verify with. "An inconsistency was
> encountered on the storage media".  The information store backup goes so
> far
>
> as to mark the folder offline.  Two other machines back up to the folder
> with
> no problems.
>
> Veritas is claiming that samba is at fault and has to be upgraded, 
> However,
>
> considering they told me this without even asking what version I am using,
> I
>
> figure they are just pointing fingers and I wasted the price of the
support
> call.  So, is anyone aware of problems backing up and exchange server to a
> samba share that would not affect other NT backups.
>
> I am using samba 2.2.1a

-- 
Stephen Carville
UNIX and Network Administrator
DPSI (formerly Ace USA Flood Services)
310-342-3602
stephen at totalflood.com


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