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#96524 - 2002-11-20 02:20 AM Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	[Moderator (Sealeopard): Moved thread from 'General Discussions' to 'Scripts' forum] [Moderator (Sealeopard): Moved thread from 'Scripts' to 'General Discussions' forum] Anyone out there tonight that knows their way around ARCserve 2000 using the velocis engine? I've read the techdoc http://support.ca.com/techbases/as2000/as2k-1521.html and moved all the rAAA* and rdm.* files out of the database folder. Then I'm running the CLI tools against the DBs. First with the dbcheck util but it bombed on asobject, stopping the database engine. Then I restarted the engine and tried it out on astpsdat. The damn thing crawls, finding error after error so I ctrl-c to stop it and figure may as well forget about checking further since I already know it's toast. So I switch to dbfix astpsdat and the damn thing has been chugging for hours. No idea how much longer it may go and I still have asobject to deal with. In the past, I've given up on fixing and just ended up re-init'ing the DBs. Having a grey hair moment here... can't remember what these two DBs hold so not sure what I would lose. Any thoughts? [ 02. December 2002, 01:05: Message edited by: sealeopard ] _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#96525 - 2002-11-20 03:21 AM Re: Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	OK, so no ARCserve fans out there tonight eh. How about ARCserve loathers? You know... misery does love company. I put my order in for Brightstor ARCserve 9 and got my license certificate today. No media however. Wonder if it is actually shipping? I'm not in any real hurry for the media since we are talking a .0 release. Anyone taking bets on what release and SP level it will be stable? [ 20. November 2002, 03:22: Message edited by: LLigetfa ] _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#96526 - 2002-11-20 03:52 AM Re: Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	dunno. I structled 4 hours today (or was it yesterday) to get arcserve to work with exchange and gave up. co-worked said that he tried it for weeks. have to say I hate it. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#96527 - 2002-11-20 04:06 AM Re: Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Can't help you with Exchange there bud, as I run a Notes/Domino shop. Do have the ARCserve Notes agent working though. Had some trouble with it about a week ago. Darn thing ran fine for months and then decided to quit. Shoehorned in SP4 and some hotfixes and it's back in business. Well, if I can get past this DB rebuild anyway. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#96528 - 2002-11-21 02:31 AM Re: Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Well, I should have just toasted the DB and reinit'd... The damn repair is still going! This is like 36 hours now! And when (if?) it ends, I still don't know if there will be much of anyting left of value. Oh well, I wanted to to actually see this process through so I know what to expect. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#96529 - 2002-11-21 02:49 AM Re: Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11625 Loc: CA	You can expect a blank database Hmmm... Our Florida guys used Arc Serve and had problems for years. We finally got them to use BackupExec and that worked great for them while we were on stand-alone NT4 hardware. Now that were on Windows 2000 and SAN hardware we keep having issues as well with BackupExec Guess no one has flawless backup software.
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#96530 - 2002-11-21 03:00 AM Re: Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	I've got VNC running on my backup server and look in on it from time to time. Suddenly now, the DB engine is pushing the CPU to 100% and it's been stuck on the same record. Oh well, may as well kick the plug... there's 36 hours wasted. If memory serves, astpsdat holds all the tape details. If a restore is needed, the tape detail can be merged back in. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#96531 - 2002-11-21 08:24 AM Re: Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	Haven't seen the problems overhere; Running Arcserve 6.5 / 6.61 / 2000 with backup agents for openfiles / oracle agents / exchange agents... What does CAI say about this??? Have you called them... _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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#96532 - 2002-11-21 01:31 PM Re: Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
Lee Wilmott Lee Wilmott Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-09-17 Posts: 106 Loc: Bristol, UK	Lligetfa, ummm. As the database access is slow, it sounds to me [as your subject line says] as though the ARCserve databases have been corrupted. Try reinitialising them, or have you done this already? Lonkero, I am running ARCserve 2000 with the MS Exchange 2000 agent without a problem. What errors are you getting? What version of Exchange are you running? Just a few comments about BackupExec. I've used this in the past, albeit a version or two ago, and I really didn't like it. Within weeks I went back to ARCserve! Having said that Computer Associates Technical Support website is absolutely sh1te! You tell it you are using ARCserve 2000 and then run a search and the search results give you information on a whole range of products. I like the ARCserve product, but CAI's website and documentation are bad! Lee
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#96533 - 2002-11-21 02:55 PM Re: Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	As I had intimated in my last post, I ended up kicking the plug on the DB engine. On reboot, I reinit'd the DB and it went on its merry way. I've had to do this several times over the last couple of years. CA techs say I should be performing weekly mtce an the DBs (as per the URL above) but that's a load of crap. I'm thinking that when I go to Brightstor 9, that I may try using SQL instead of their wonky engine. Any thoughts? _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#96534 - 2002-11-23 07:58 AM Re: Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Les, Don't have much experience with ArcServe.. I just know Veritas is a pain in the ...! Especially, when they try to backup all servers on one Windows box (including UNIX!) 'Nuff said. Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#96535 - 2002-11-23 04:14 PM Re: Way Off Topic: ARCserve db corrupt
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Well, there's a saying "better the devil you know than the devil you don't" so guess I'm sticking with Brightstor for now. I have AD on the horizon as a challenge and may be putting in a SAN in about a year so wonder how 'Bright' the future will be. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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