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manatee's avatar
manatee
Level 6
9 years ago

bmr for master/media server

NBU 7.6.0.3

i have prepared a hyper-v vm for doing my test upgrade of my master/media server from 7.6.0.3 to 7.7.x

the master/media server is running on Oracle Linux Server 6.3

i will have the install ISO for the linux but i'm also looking at if i can do a BMR restore which should make it easy to port the physical master/media server to a VM (for testing purposes only like upgrades).

now when i started creating the BMR policy, i remembered that the selection has to be "All Local Drives". my worry is, if i go ahead with that, it will also make a backup of the 9TB partition that is mounted in my SAN. i only want to backup the system partition where linux and NBU lives.

is it possible to do what i dream of?

7.6
Linux
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    9 years ago
    You cannot protect a master with BMR. BMR database sits on the master - so master cannot be recovered via BMR.

    Master needs to be backed up and restored using Catalog backup. See Disaster Recovery chapter in Troubleshooting Guide.
    • manatee's avatar
      manatee
      Level 6
      9 years ago

      wow. i haven't used it yet but looks good compared to "dd". will check it out! thanks.

      i have finished creating an image of my OS using "dd" and was able to save it to tape and in the cloud. in case someone is wondering the progress. however, i'm stuck on the vm creation as hyper-v only supports rhel/ol 6.4 and above with native drivers.

      back to the drawing board.

      • Marianne's avatar
        Marianne
        Level 6
        9 years ago
        If all else fails, follow steps in Troubleshooting Guide:
        Install OS using same hostname, install & patch NBU to same path & same version, recover catalog.
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    9 years ago
    You cannot protect a master with BMR. BMR database sits on the master - so master cannot be recovered via BMR.

    Master needs to be backed up and restored using Catalog backup. See Disaster Recovery chapter in Troubleshooting Guide.
    • manatee's avatar
      manatee
      Level 6
      9 years ago

      hmm, i really should move NBU install location to a different partition. away from the OS partition.

      i'm doing "dd" instead as i'm only interested in the OS backup and restore.