NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications

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This article documents the solution to the NetWorker Management Console (NMC) installation failure to start the gstdbinit process.

Unable to clear peer info and configure backup or restore jobs when nsrd and nsrexecd services are started with 'local admin' account.

Virtual Machine (VM) restore fails, and VM disk file is removed or zeroed out during VM restore operation. The vProxy VM was vMotioned in VMware due to VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) settings.

This article provides a general overview of how to upgrade the NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) vProxy appliance.

Instant access restore fails with Management credentials error.

NetWorker Management Console (NMC), authentication fails with an error indicating that the hostname of the NetWorker Authentication Service cannot be resolved. The login window displays messages similar to: An error occurred while validating user credentials. Verify that the NetWorker Authentication Service is running. Could not resolve host: <hostname>

After enabling View Parallel option in NetWorker Management Console (NMC), the Tab has been split and unable to reset it back.

This KB article helps to find certificate properties. Certificate key length and algorithms are verified to ensure strong security, application compatibility, regulatory compliance, and successful SSL/TLS communication between systems.

How to Change NetWorker Authentication Service port Manually

NetWorker Service will start only after completing CloudBoost's initial configuration procedure.

How to change the java heap size for the NetWorker Management Console (NMC)?

NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications - Install and Configure Oracle on AIX. Prerequisites, Installation, Linking NMDA in a Oracle environment, Create an Oracle Database Client resource for Backups,

Unable to install NetWorker client on Suse Linux 12 (x64) using rpm.

During Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) backups, nsrdmpix process memory utilization increases causing the backup process or NetWorker to stop responding.

The custom provided 0-bytes length writerlist.txt file makes the writers validation steps fail in preparation of Volume Snapshot Service (VSS) backup.

Unable to start lmgrd (Dell Technologies License Server).

When a vault Data Domain fills up, symptoms include high capacity usage, poor deduplication, and expiration failures. The root cause is inadequate capacity planning, improper backup configuration, and unchecked saveset accumulation across DD, NetWorker, Avamar, and Cyber Recovery.

The NetWorker Management Console (NMC) frequently shows an alert "Unable to connect to Data Domain DD_NAME" however, there is no observed impact to data protection operations.

In NetWorker Web UI (NWUI), save sets for traditional (non-VM) clients fail to populate during restore operations, even though backups exist and are visible using CLI or NMC.

The NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) solution is configured for Virtual Machine (VM) backups. The NetWorker server is configured with Dynamic Association (DA) rules to identify VMs at the time of backup. The NetWorker Management Console (NMC) group "Preview All Virtual Machines" returns the following error for one or more groups "Cannot invoke "COM.legato.gst.GtValueList.Iterator()" because "children" is null"

This article discusses installation of a third-party software on NetWorker vProxy (NVP) Appliance.

This article details the steps required to access the NetWorker Management Console (NMC) after upgrading to 19.13 or later.

NetWorker Services verify if running and include stopping and restarting services (both UNIX and Windows).

How to Upgrade or Install NetWorker and Best Practices before Upgrade. Use the Solve Procedure Generator for the step-by-step process.

ADMe supports most major tape backup applications but its integration with NetWorker is considerably more tightly coupled enabling it to report detailed information related to a given tape export by leveraging its different CLI backup commands.

NetWorker Management Console 19.13.0.2 and Later Fails to Install or Upgrade on Windows system.

This article provides a general overview for backup administrators and NetWorker support for troubleshooting the Data Protection Restore Client (DPRC) used to perform VMware File Level Restore (FLR) and SQL application data.

NetWorker DB2 Protectpoint backups fail with error in db2diag.log: ERROR: DB2Module::"Partition failed. No valid groupid is found for the object <directory_name>"

NetWorker "Rules" are configured to identify VMware Virtual Machines (VM) in a NetWorker Protection Group. This dynamically backs up new VMs based on the rule definitions defined and VMs that meet the rule criteria. Some or no VMs are listed. The approach outlined in this article outlines how to diagnose potential configuration issues that result in rules not identifying expected VMware resources correctly.