Netbackup Catalog Merging
Hi everybody, Can we merge a catalog with other, using same NetBackup version (8.0)? Our previous enviroment was a clustered Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 running as Master Servers and a couple of physi...
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Unfortunately, you have two options:
1. Try to restore your original setup. You wrote that you have Cluster installation. Did you try to switch to the another node? GUI issue isn't vital. If you don't have some commands (that could be a sign that something was deleted) your another node should have them because shared resource has only DBs abd configs but not binaries.
2. You can try to import everything into your new environment but it's very time consuming procedure.
I am curious about the MSDP in your clustered environment.
Was it connected to a separate media server?
Did you only have MSDP in that environment or tape as well?
If you are using tape - have you removed all used, unexpired tapes written by the clustered environment before adding devices and media in the new environment?
We go through this exercise but not frequently. The long story made short......it requires Netbackup Consulting Services to merge/migrate a catalog so that it will be supported by Veritas support in the future. They also provide a confirmation that the integrity of your newly migrated/merged catalog works as it should. It's not "free" but it depends on what value you place on your backup information. :manwink:
I see... thanks... Probably we're going to ask for a consulting service anyway... I'm exhausting my capabilities, but not very hopefull...
- In future, PLEASE ask for advise before making drastic decisions such as this.
I asume that the following refers to tape library operations such as eject and inject:
.... like import new medias and export filled ones .....
There could be a simple reason for this kind of issue - such as the 'device host' in Inventory pointing to clustered master server or one of the nodenames instead of the media server that is the robot control host.
Let's help you to fix issues.
That is why we are here, and why you have support from Veritas.
Yes, it was connected to another media server and we have tape drive as well; we removed all tape media from our previous enviroment and charged the library with new ones.
Now, to use that MSDP volume and retrive all its data, we have to recover that catalog, right?
- You can import the MSDP storage.
Herewith my own experience:
https://vox.veritas.com/t5/NetBackup/Import-MSDP-images/td-p/462337
Links to 'current' manuals in Handy NBU Links in my signature.Will try this and report later... thanks!
