Down Master Server - Potential Solutions
I am relatively new to Netbackup and I have a question about a worst case recovery scenario. My question revolves around losing our Master server and how we could recover from that. Would it be possi...
Excellent reading material is this doc:
NetBackup in Highly Available Environments Administrator's Guide http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5183Herewith a list of DR-related TN's shared by Alex Davies at Vision in 2010:http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH50942 – conditions for support for catalog replicationhttp://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH66060 – guide to site recovery operationshttp://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH125520 – replicating catalogs with non-clustered master servershttp://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH125519 – replicating catalogs with clustered master servershttp://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH125518 – recovery procedures for dual domain catalog replicationhttp://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH28722 – partial catalog recovery/recovery without importhttp://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH72198 – recovering catalog backups from advanced disk storagehttp://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH125784 – recovering catalog backups from duplicate copiesI also found some newer TNs:http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO75161 - About catalog recovery from disk devices in NetBackup 7.0 and 7.1http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO32925 - Recovering the entire NetBackup 7.0 or 7.1 catalog using bprecover -wizardhttp://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH157454 - Catalog recovery from copy 2 on an OST devicehttp://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH127922 - More information about usage of the "nbcatsync"So, there is no 'one-size-fits-all' DR solution.... You need go through all the available documentation and decide on a solution that will work for YOUR environment.Then, do regular DR tests to perfect your own step-by-step process.
