[Veritas-bu] How much change can Netbackup take - Recovery

[Kennedy, Cameron]

In testing how we could migrate off of AIX, I was able to migrate to
Linux using the standard DR recovery methods. 

My Linux server was considerably different. It was a 32bit Intel RHEL
OS, different network setup entirely, different server name, though, I
had a host file alias of the original name pointing to the new name. I
didn't have a tape library - only a standalone. My disk configuration
and symlinks I made the same as the original and then I just ran a
through the standard catalog recovery process using the GUI. It all
worked very well. Naturally I installed the same version of NetBackup
and patch levels. 

 

 

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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 5:36 PM
To: VERITAS-BU at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] How much change can Netbackup take - Recovery

 

First, I'll talk about what's supported if you do it yourself.

If the master server is server A, then the name can not be changed.
Additionally, the architecture can't change.  So, support-wise, you're
on your own unless you contract with Symantec.

That said, I'd be surprised if what you're doing won't work with a bit
of effort.  Because you're Unix all the way, and in the end the master
server's host name won't change, I think that you should be able to get
away with installing the master server software on B, reconfiguring the
devices, and then rsync'ing the catalog from A to B.  Then change the
name from B to A.  As long as you've used DNS all the way, the IP
addresses shouldn't matter.

I think you can pull it off, but if it breaks, you get to keep both
pieces.  Once everything is up and working, you should be able to get
support on your new config.  However, don't try and call them if you
have trouble getting the services functioning on B or you'll deserve
what you get :-)



On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Dennis Peacock
<netbackup-forum at backupcentral.com> wrote:


Greetings and thought I'd ask the talent here 1st:

Server A is going away.
Customer want to keep the Netbackup "backups" for data recovery.
Customer wants to move the Netbackup environment over to server B.

Server A - HP-UX Superdome, IA64 O/S
Server B - IBM Server, AIX 5.3 O/S

Server A's name will change to server C
Server B's name will change to server A

The IP address from server A can NOT be moved as there are applications
hard coded with server A's IP address.

Can Netbackup and it's catalog be moved over to Server B (to be renamed
A) with a different IP address, different O/S, and different hardware
platform??

\Or are we looking at contracting with Symantec Netbackup Consulting
Services to do a catalog migration/hack???

	 

	    .../Ed 
	
	Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE 
	ewilts at ewilts.org



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