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AndresV
Level 6
6 years ago

Recovery Netbackup Master/Media server and MSDP

Hi guys, I have a Master/media (same server) is running in a Windows 2008 R2. I´m planning to move it to another blank hardware with windows 2012 I will keep same hostname and IP address (of course...
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windows server 2012
  • Mouse's avatar
    Mouse
    6 years ago

    This might be confusing, but the troubleshooting guide is for troubleshooting and typically the easiest way to troubleshoot a problem is to use the same components that's my assumption why this guide is written this way. 

    Veritas will support a migration between Windows versions, see the relevant guide here: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/article.100022623.html

    For your specific case, I'd suggest two things that will make the migration a bit easier:

    1. Don't store NBU catalog backup on MSDP itself. Put it on Basic or Advanced Disk or tape
    2. Make a record of MSDP pool credentials. You may need them to re-add the pool, there is a procedure to reset them but it's an additional step which is avoidable
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Mouse
Moderator

This might be confusing, but the troubleshooting guide is for troubleshooting and typically the easiest way to troubleshoot a problem is to use the same components that's my assumption why this guide is written this way. 

Veritas will support a migration between Windows versions, see the relevant guide here: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/article.100022623.html

For your specific case, I'd suggest two things that will make the migration a bit easier:

  1. Don't store NBU catalog backup on MSDP itself. Put it on Basic or Advanced Disk or tape
  2. Make a record of MSDP pool credentials. You may need them to re-add the pool, there is a procedure to reset them but it's an additional step which is avoidable
AndresV's avatar
AndresV
Level 6
6 years ago

Thanks guys,
This whole process was pretty smooth, however I got a "entity not found" error when I try to run a backup with every agent-based client.
I´ll open a about this and I´ll keep you informed guys.

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    6 years ago

    AndresV 

    Did you follow advice from Amol_Nair regarding DR package installation on new master? 

    In case NetBackup is higher than 8.1 then the 1st step would be to perform the installation as DR master server providing your DR package then follow all the above mentioned steps to configure MSDP and then perform the recovery.

    You can also have a look at this post:
    https://vox.veritas.com/t5/NetBackup/227-no-entity-was-found/m-p/857249