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Flyinraptr's avatar
Flyinraptr
Level 5
11 years ago

Netbackup Migration/Refresh Recommendations?

Sanity check - appreciate any suggestions, advice, gotchas and confirmation before marching down this road ....   Existing environment - Netbackup v7.1.0.3 - running on Windows Server 2003 SP3....
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  • SymTerry's avatar
    SymTerry
    11 years ago

    If you have the time and the hardware, maybe you could just create a whole new NetBackup environment and run the systems parallel till retentions run out on the old system.

    When it comes time to restore an image from the old system, just refer to the old systems catalog to find out which tapes would be used, phase 1 phase 2 import those tapes to the new system, and then perform the restore as a redirected restore.

Marianne's avatar
Marianne
Level 6
11 years ago

Please double-check current NBU config - what does 'nbemmcmd -listhosts -verbose' show for master server vritual hostname?

shortname or FQDN?
If shortname, you can migrate to new hardware and new domain without the need for consulting.
If FQDN - sorry. You need consulting or go through lengthy import of all images.
(I am a trained Catalog Manipulation Consultant.)

 

Oh wait! Since you are still on NBU 7.1, there is another DIY method that is perfectly supported: Recovery without Import.

With this method, all images are copied between master servers, all Assigned media in original environment need to be write-protected and moved to a new, non-backup pool (e.g. RESTORE) on new master to prevent these tapes from being overwritten.

Best to install new environment with same NBU 7.1 version and only upgrade to 7.5 or 7.6 after images have been copied across.

Run 'Tape Summary' report with 'Verbose' option on old master to see when all assigned tapes will expire. As and when they expire, remove write-protect and move to Scratch or backup pool.

Recovery with Import is explained in this White Paper: 
http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/products/White_Papers/Data_Protection/nbu_wp_replicatingbucatalogs_103003.pdf 

(There are newer versions of this doc, but the above doc is all you need.)