How to perform alternate media server restore?
Hello,
I'm performing restore to alternate media server operation. I've followed below steps before performing restore on alternate media server.
1) Configure Master server and Media server (7.1) on two different windows 2008 x64 servers
2) Created a basic disk storage on master server,configured policy to take a backup on this STU.
3) Now in order to restore using other media server (the one who did not write the backup image) I went to Host properties > Master server > General Properties and in right pane of that window under section 'Media host override' clicked on 'Add' button.
4) Put Master server as original backup server and Media server as 'restore server'.
5) Restart Netbackup services using bpdown.
6) Took manual backup. It was successful
7) Now tried to restore the same backup.
Here I was expecting restore would now be successful as it is geting read & written by alternate media server (my media server here). But restore job failed with error 'media write error) status 85 and remain in incomplete state..
Please let me know if the steps I carried are corret or do I've made mistakes in my configuration? Also please let me that in case of restore from alternate media server, do we need storage unit (disk or tape) be shared between all the media server's in configuration? In my case shared between master server and media server.
Thanks,
Amit