Backing up Informix on Netbackup 3.4.1

I had a working environment for backing up a couple of Informix Dbs. NBU is on Windows 2000 server. I reinstalled NBU (because of OS issues) which unfortunately took out all my classes (3 of them). I re-installed it in the same directory structure and, I am now trying to reconfigure the Informix Onbar class type, but the backups don't happen. The class is backing up a single Solaris 7 machine hosting Informix. It's defined as Onbar-type and has the "Default Policy" for 24x7, "Automatic Full Backup" for weekend, and "Automatic Differential-Inc" with no schedule yet. Also, i use a script on the host onbar.bkup.full that used to work until last week. I know that the automatic backups through the default policy never worked for us, and i used to initiate the backups from the host using "onbar -b -w -L 0" There's no issue communicating with the server, but it gets stuck after mounting the first tape. Here are a few things i can note: -Based on my memory for last few backups, the tapes (18 in the library) are all pretty much filled up i think, because it used to complain for volumes not available for certain backups -When i initiate the backup right now, the Drives tend to go "Down" automatically - there are 2 drives -In the logs, i see these messages regularly in bpdbm folder: Files\\VERITAS\\NetBackup\\db\\client is empty or not accessible, No such file or directory (0) 21:29:58 [2268.2312] <4> bpdbm: request complete: exit status 227 no entity was found 21:29:58 [2408.2216] <4> connected_peer: Connection from host vl-pa120-001, 192.168.1.21, on non-reserved port 3849 21:29:58 [2408.2216] <4> process_request: VSMInit() failed for stunit change: 2d -I've also tried taking ALL the old tapes out and put a brand new DLTIV tape, update the volume with DLT 2 Cartrige type, put in the necessary volume pool, and initiate the backup, but that doesn't work either. -I am not sure if i have the class not configured the right way, or there's something wrong with the drives. Lastly, i have the Catalog directory saved from the previous setup, which has teh IMAGE and HEADER files. Is it possible to restore the classes/policies from here? Any help of pointers appreciated. Thanks, Anjan

Just wanted to post a followup on this - It's working fine now. I resintalled everything with new tapes. The errors mentioned below seem normal, as they are still occurring when i have successful backups. Thanks, Anjan adave@vantage.com (adave) wrote in message news:<9524794e.0405070727.398cf1a0@posting.google.com>... > I had a working environment for backing up a couple of Informix Dbs. > NBU is on Windows 2000 server. I reinstalled NBU (because of OS > issues) which unfortunately took out all my classes (3 of them). > > I re-installed it in the same directory structure and, I am now trying > to reconfigure the Informix Onbar class type, but the backups don't > happen. > > The class is backing up a single Solaris 7 machine hosting Informix. > It's defined as Onbar-type and has the "Default Policy" for 24x7, > "Automatic Full Backup" for weekend, and "Automatic Differential-Inc" > with no schedule yet. Also, i use a script on the host onbar.bkup.full > that used to work until last week. I know that the automatic backups > through the default policy never worked for us, and i used to initiate > the backups from the host using "onbar -b -w -L 0" > > There's no issue communicating with the server, but it gets stuck > after mounting the first tape. Here are a few things i can note: > > -Based on my memory for last few backups, the tapes (18 in the > library) are all pretty much filled up i think, because it used to > complain for volumes not available for certain backups > -When i initiate the backup right now, the Drives tend to go "Down" > automatically - there are 2 drives > -In the logs, i see these messages regularly in bpdbm folder: > > Files\\VERITAS\\NetBackup\\db\\client is empty or not accessible, No such > file or directory (0) > 21:29:58 [2268.2312] <4> bpdbm: request complete: exit status 227 no > entity was found > 21:29:58 [2408.2216] <4> connected_peer: Connection from host > vl-pa120-001, 192.168.1.21, on non-reserved port 3849 > 21:29:58 [2408.2216] <4> process_request: VSMInit() failed for stunit > change: 2d > > -I've also tried taking ALL the old tapes out and put a brand new > DLTIV tape, update the volume with DLT 2 Cartrige type, put in the > necessary volume pool, and initiate the backup, but that doesn't work > either. > > -I am not sure if i have the class not configured the right way, or > there's something wrong with the drives. > > Lastly, i have the Catalog directory saved from the previous setup, > which has teh IMAGE and HEADER files. Is it possible to restore the > classes/policies from here? > > Any help of pointers appreciated. > > Thanks, > Anjan