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Glen_Harrison's avatar
Glen_Harrison
Level 4
13 years ago

Move robot control

Currently media serverA controls TLD1, media serverB controls TLD0.   In a DR situation we have to configure media server A to control TLD0 as media serverB is gone. Do I have to delete and re-ad...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    13 years ago

    Mark is correct - 'normal' attempt to delete devices from the GUI or cmd will produce an error.

    Rather use  '\veritas\netbackup\bin\admincmd\nbemmcmd -deletealldevices -machinename (server_name) -machinetype media'
    Note: This will remove ALL configured devices for the specified host.

    See http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH64327

    Please remember to also configure restores to be done by serverA after you have run Device Config Wizard.

    Master Host Properties -> Master -> General server -> Media host override

    Please also read through this TN for hints and tips: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH65274

    The TN is written for a Unix environment and is based on Catalog restore procedure. You will obviously skip this step.

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watsons
Level 6
13 years ago

Actually it's unclear what your DR situation is... is it a total site down which involves master server and those 2 media servers? Or just the media serverB (which can be at a remote site)?

If only media serverB is unavailable, and in real life, you can't do anything on it - not even shutting down its NBU services. That case you can still physically connect TLD0 to media serverA, no need to change TLD1, but just add an additional TLD0 onto it. The key is to have serverA OS recognizes the new device (TLD0), only then device configuration would work.