Can we retrospectively replicate backup images to another master
Hello,
I have searched quite a bit on this and this probably isnt possible but still want a confirmation. Is it possible to replicate existing backup images of clients in a backup policy through a SLP or manually to another site.Thanks.
Netbackup version 7.5.0.6 on windows 2008R2 Enterprise
I have never tried it, but it seems that other users have successfully used nbreplicate for this purpose.
See these links:
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/does-anyone-know-format-bidfile
...some notes...
Testing Manual Replication (push) From master01 To master02
FYI - nbreplicate is a push type command, it is issued on the master server of the source domain.
nbreplicate commands can only be issued on master (master/media) servers, not on media servers.
nbreplicate requires that SLP exists on target NetBackup domain with an 'Import' stage.
Firstly, we need the de-dupe password of the target master02...
CLIsh / Appliance / ShowDedupPassword
...which is used as '-target_pwd' in the nbreplicate command below.
...if data classification is different between source backup, and the SLP import on the target NetBackup domain, then you will need to specify the data classification of the SLP on the target domain, using the '-dc' switch...
...on sending master01:
nbreplicate -backupid master01_1409999999 -cn 1 -rcn 102 -slp_name SLP_AIR_from_01_to_02 -dc Silver -v -target_sts master02 -target_user root -target_pwd ****
...after a few minutes, on receiving master02, check for pending imports:
nbstlutil pendimplist
...FYI - If you push/replicate a backup image that contains a BMR portion, then after import a restore job will automatically run on the receiving master to populate the BMR client details.
...have tested:
- push from MSDP on master01 to MSDP on master02 worked ok (for an image that was saved via SLP to MSDP)
- push from MSDP on master01 to MSDP on master02 worked ok (for an image that was saved straight to MSDP)
- push from MSDP on master01 to MSDP on master02 worked ok (for an image that was saved straight to adv.disk then manually duplicated to MSDP))
- push from adv.disk on master01 to MSDP on master02 failed with status 228...
...i.e: Skipping backup id master01_1409999999, fragments exist on media which does not support replication
