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karan_t
Level 3
8 years ago

Master server migration

Hi All

We need to set up a new master server with the same catalogue in another datacenter, as we are doing a service separation of some services.

the older master server will still exist as it is being used by the service provider.

both the old and new DCs use the same domain

The primary master server is using a short server name is EMM.

I understand the master server name needs to be the same in this case to do a proper recovery of the older the catalogue.

The question is if there is a way to keep the short server name same and a different FQDN but in the same domain

The below illustrates the question better (example not actual server names)

current server name in EMM xx

FQDN in current DC xx.corp.com

 

can we set up the new master using the below

new Server name in EMM xx

FQDN in new DC yy.corp.com

 

 

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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    8 years ago
    xx.corp.com and xx are not the same.
    Catalog recovery will fail at relational db restore. You may as well prepare new master server with new name.

    You have 3 choices:
    1) Get a catman consultant to perform catalog migration.
    2) Import all tapes that you want to take to new DC.
    3) Use Recovery Without Import method (Google the TN) to recover image catalog.
    Tapes will be unassigned and you will need to move all tapes with valid images to non-backup pool to prevent overwrite.
    You can run NBCC and submit to Support to generate script that will assign media.



  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    8 years ago

    Recovery Without Import is meant for situations like these and master names can be different. 

    Importing tapes is a lengthy procedure that is done in 2 steps - howto procedure in this TN:  http://www.veritas.com/docs/000029918 

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    Marianne
    Level 6
    8 years ago
    xx.corp.com and xx are not the same.
    Catalog recovery will fail at relational db restore. You may as well prepare new master server with new name.

    You have 3 choices:
    1) Get a catman consultant to perform catalog migration.
    2) Import all tapes that you want to take to new DC.
    3) Use Recovery Without Import method (Google the TN) to recover image catalog.
    Tapes will be unassigned and you will need to move all tapes with valid images to non-backup pool to prevent overwrite.
    You can run NBCC and submit to Support to generate script that will assign media.



    • karan_t's avatar
      karan_t
      Level 3
      8 years ago

      Thanks Marianne

      Does the recovery with import work if the master server names are different, I am assuming it does because the whitepaper does not mention anything about master server name

      note the facility in the new DC is never going to be used for backup, it is purely a facility to restore files from legacy tapes, the number of tapes in the catalogue is 14000+. 

      all of these tapes are already offsite (ie archived). The next question is how do we import the tapes from source to target, can you point me to any relevant doumentation

      Thanks

      Karan

      • Marianne's avatar
        Marianne
        Level 6
        8 years ago

        Recovery Without Import is meant for situations like these and master names can be different. 

        Importing tapes is a lengthy procedure that is done in 2 steps - howto procedure in this TN:  http://www.veritas.com/docs/000029918