Can we restore the data to a server which is not a NBU client?
hi, everybody!
I have a problem about Netbackup restore.
Currently I need to restore data from tape(NBU 6.5.4, master is X64_linux). The Policy Type is windows.
Since the backup image is over 100G and the user wants to restore the file to the destination server directly which is not a Netbackup client.
I am not sure whether I can restore file to a non-NBU client. but I guess not since I have to select "destination client" from the "Backup,retstore and Archive" GUI..during the restore process........if the server is not a NBU client at all...I can't select it from the drop-down list....
however, I need you guys confirmation......
and if I want to restore the file to this non-NBU client directly, how should I do ? install NBU client on this server to make it a "NBU client"?
thanks very much in advance!
Good responses above...
Not clear about the meaning of - "destination server" and "non-NBU client" - in your original question - please clarify in detail...
All NBU Servers have NBU Client within them, and so, would allow a NBU restore coming to it. But, if you mean restore to a box that has absolutely no NBU software installed (no server, no client) - no, you can't restore to it, since it's NBU Client that accepts the incoming restore data, unformats it, and restores it. The OS, by itself, doesn't have any software to accept incoming NBU data, much less unformat it or restore it...
Second, the box where you restore to, should be same OS type and version as the source client OS, otherwise we can lose somethings during the redirected restore (depending on the source and target OS)...