A disaster situation for Master server
We have a current environment of 6.5.x master and 6.5.x media servers with Data Domain connected.
The master is in remote location where we don't have access to and the media servers are accessible. The backups and restores are happening as normal.
Now the remote master is gone crashed and we don't have a master. Now what we are planning to so is:
Option 1:
1. Build a new master in SUSE linux with Netbackup 6.5.5 (because we use DD for backups) in the same subnet as of the old master and the media servers.
2. Now configure the robot and drives from new master, which is seen by old media servers.
3. Create a OpenStorage disk STU.
4. Run a test backup
Now my another question is :
1. Is my "Option 1" a correct approach?
2. If Yes, then is that possible to use the old tapes (from old master) to recover the backup images using new master server?
3. If No, what is the way to work it around to bring in the old tapes used by old master and make use of the images in the tapes, so that we can restore those images inside it?
- Sri
I hope you are asking this question in prepation of master server crash...
You need to configure Hot Catalog Backups to disk or tape. Also configure email notification - after each catalog backup, you will be sent an email with exact recovery instructions.
Read Admin Guide 1 : Look for Catalog protection in Chapter 6.
You can also find Master server recovery instructions in Troubleshooting Guide.