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asousie's avatar
asousie
Level 2
8 years ago

Netbackup 7.1 Linux File Recovery

Hello everyone,      I have a client that was using netbackup 7.1 to back up their servers to tape.  This was done with a Windows Server 2008 standard SP2 machine.  I need to recover a old Linux cli...
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NetBackup 7.1
  • Michal_Mikulik1's avatar
    Michal_Mikulik1
    8 years ago

    Hello,

    you can backup/restore Linux clients with Windows Master/Media Servers and vice versa. Remember NetBackup is heterogenous system and the rule about Linux Master would be a large restriction.

    regards

    Michal

Michael_G_Ander's avatar
Michael_G_Ander
Level 6
8 years ago

In principle you need Netbackup tar to read Netbackup images, it might still be possible with gnutar which the Netbackup tar is based on originally. But is a lot of work to read tapes that way, and you might run into problems with the difference in the way Windows and Linux handle tape.

Ontrack might have a file option, but that also requires a license

I would avoid any virtualization as it usually does not play well with tape and introduce yet another layer of something to not go quite right.

Have you considered talking with Veritas about trial/short term license ? Using Netbackup would save you a lot of trouble I think.