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srikanth09's avatar
srikanth09
Level 4
13 years ago

Netbackup Migration

Hello Everybody. We have implemented NBU 7.1 for backups. We have 1 master server(standard) and 12 clients(standard). We are going to upgarde the master server to Enterprise and one of the clients ...
  • Marianne's avatar
    13 years ago

    OK, three choices:

    1. Keep hostname the same
    2. Get consulting services to migrate and change hostame
    3. Use Recovery without Import method to transfer images from old master to new master, put all assigned tapes on old master in new, RESTORE pool on new master plus write-protect them, keep Media List report from old master to keep an eye on media expiration dates. Manually move tapes as images expire to Scratch pool and remove write-protect.
      Only do this with new master still on 7.1.
      See http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/products/White_Papers/Data_Protection/nbu_wp_replicatingbucatalogs_103003.pdf