Restore from FlashBackup fails with error 2817 – Netbackup – transport mode

Another reason the restore from FlashBackup fails with error 2817 is wrong settings in the “Transport modes” section (second screen of the restore wizard).  Default settings are #1 and #2 – “san: Use san to move virtual disk data” and “nbdssl: Encrypt the virtual disk data for over-the-network transfers”.  In my environment the setting that works is #4: “nbd: Do not encrypt the virtual disk data for the over-the network trans..” (while having other 2 unchecked).

Exchange GRT backup failure (Netbackup) caused by name resolution

The most common problem with backup using Netbackup is name resolution. Servers/clients have to be resolvable by the computer name (not fqdn), which in multi-domain environment brings some challenges (servers have to be added to the hosts file on the client). Most recent problem: Exchange GRT backup finishes with status 1 (ie. not good for single item restore), which was fixed by fixing the name resolution.