My company bought a new server. How to optimal moving NBU 8.1.1 from one server to another ? NBU Catalog, Policies, two media servers, Robots Tape Libarary ? Storage will be different - the two raid array of this new server.
I think it 's easier to make a new installation. Do I need to change secure tokens on clients and how?
It will be easier to move existing catalogs and configs to the new server.
When the new master has the same hostname and disaster recovery package and catalogs have been recovered (as per NBU documentation) the security certificates will be recovered as well.
What is the 'Storage' used for?
Basic/Advanced/MSDP?
Or just NBU installation and catalogs?
Old Storage was Advanced and the part of disk array of HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array MSA2000 ( Fiber channel interface).
New sroradge - simple raid array with SATA disks in LSI raid-controller AVAGO SMC3108 ( card PCI-E).
If I create RAID 6 it will be enough in terms of write speed than RAID 10? I don 't want to lose half the drives in RAID 10.
I do not personally have experience with your new storage, but Raid-6 is acceptable for backup storage.
Even NBU appliances uses Raid-6 for dedupe storage.
To migrate to new server and storage, I suggest the following:
Before intended cutover, ensure ALL images on Advanced Disk have been duplicated to tape.
Expire all disk images (important to only expire disk copies) and remove Advanced Disk config from NBU config.
Run catalog backup and recover on new server.
Re-run device config on new server to re-add robot and drives (paths would probably be different).
Add new storage to NBU as Advanced Disk or MSDP. Update policies and/or SLPs with new STU.
Documentation:
Using catalog backup and recovery to transfer NetBackup catalogs between Windows master servers as part of a hardware refresh
http://www.veritas.com/docs/000041076
