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Dip
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14 years ago
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BMR Boot Server software for HPUX 11.23 IA64

Trying to implement a Boot Server to create SRT and boot media to recover HP-UX 11.23 IA64 clients. I installed NetBackup 6.5 Client, Downloaded NB_65_BMRs_20070723 which includes Boot server software and tried to install and get software is not supported:

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        Installing NetBackup Bare Metal Restore Boot Server


NetBackup Bare Metal Restore Boot Server software is not supported on
HP OS level B.11.23.

NetBackup Bare Metal Restore Boot Server installation failed.

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One or more of the Add-On Product installations failed.

 

After reading on NB updates found out IA64 11.23 Boot server support was added from 6.5.4. Applied 6.5.4 Client patch following NB_BBS_6.5.4 also failed with below error.

ERROR: You must first install the BMR Boot Server Base Release.
ERROR: Pack NB_BBS_6.5.4 will not be installed.

Please help me if anyone here have a HPUX 11.23 Boot server configured and working?

Environment:

NBU Master is 7.1.0.1 on RedHat Linux 5.5

BMR is initialised and working correctly for Red Hat, SuSE, HPUX 11.31 IA64, Solaris 10, 9 and 8.

 

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  • Yasuhisa_Ishika's avatar
    Yasuhisa_Ishika
    14 years ago
    BMR client is not thoroghly supported on HP-UX 11.23 IA64. Thus, you can not create SRT for it, and can not protect it by BMR. Take system backup by other way(using ignite or so), and protect data by NetBackup.

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  • mandar_khanolka's avatar
    mandar_khanolka
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    BMR support for HP-UX IA64:

    BMR component      |        HPUX IA64 version     |    Added in NB release

    bmr master                            11.31                                  7.0

    bmr boot + client                    11.31                                  7.0.1

     

    Thanks.

    mandar

  • Dip's avatar
    Dip
    Level 4
    14 years ago

    Which means IA64 11.23 Clients are not protected at all in 7x Environment? Is there a way we can create 11.23 SRT on 11.31 boot server?

  • Yasuhisa_Ishika's avatar
    Yasuhisa_Ishika
    Level 6
    14 years ago
    BMR client is not thoroghly supported on HP-UX 11.23 IA64. Thus, you can not create SRT for it, and can not protect it by BMR. Take system backup by other way(using ignite or so), and protect data by NetBackup.
  • SATYA_Y's avatar
    SATYA_Y
    Level 2
    14 years ago

    Is there a reason why BMR is not supported on HP-UX 11.23 IA64 ?

  • Yasuhisa_Ishika's avatar
    Yasuhisa_Ishika
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    I suppose Symantec made a decision regarding with development resource, potential customers, lifetime of 11.23, etc.

  • mandar_khanolka's avatar
    mandar_khanolka
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    So when we added bmr support on HP IA64, requirement was for 11.31 and onwards. 11.23 required different handling at different BMR processes and needed qualification as well. Due to probably less demand on 11.23, that support was not developed/tested/enabled.

    Thanks.

    Mandar

  • Dip's avatar
    Dip
    Level 4
    14 years ago

    Thank you all for your input. We have implemented Ignite to protect IA 11.23