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oughck's avatar
oughck
Level 4
14 years ago

BMR restore from a sun4u to sun4v architecture

Hi All, I have a setup of nbu6.5.6 win2k3 and all necessary components are also updated to 6.5.6. Is it possible to BMR restore a backup of a Solaris 9 sun4u box  to a sun4v box? Thanks...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    14 years ago

    Mandar? I am no BMR expert but different architechture?
    The TN says the following:
    The basic premise of a BMR restore of a UNIX server is that the image backed up by the source server will be restored to the target hardware.  As such, the image file used for the restore and the hardware system being restored to must be completely compatible.

    This statement (IMHO) disqualifies different architecture restore...
mandar_khanolka's avatar
mandar_khanolka
Level 6
14 years ago
Yes it is possible. This is example of Dissimilar System Restore (as destination hardware is different that original).
Today BMR UNIX DSR is not officially supported (FYI: Windows DSR is supported officially).
But UNIX DSR can be done by following this tech-note.
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/307662.htm

Thanks.
-Mandar