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knbu
Level 4
10 years ago

Remove the tape drives from exisiting netbakup & add to new setup

Hello Team,  We have a setup where netbackup version is 7.6.0.4 on solaris 11 OS. The tape library is IBM TS3500. We are configuring new media server with Linux RHEL6.4. Now we are planning to rem...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    10 years ago

    The only documentation that I am aware of is NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I  (chapter 7 - Deleting a drive) and NetBackup Device Configuration Guide (Linux chapter). 

    Simply delete the drives from Devices section of the GUI or else using tpconfig on the Solaris media server and restart NBU on media server.  
    Next step is to remove at OS and hardware level from Solaris server (cabling/zoning) and present to Linux server.

    When tape drives can be seen at OS level on media server and all other steps have been taken to add media server to NBU master (see Adding Media Server ), use Device Config Wizard to select the robot control host and media server to add the devices to NBU.

     

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knbu
Level 4
10 years ago

Thanks Marianne, actually we are keeping existing media server as it is, we only remove some drives from that server & add it into the new media server. Robot & library also remain the same.

The query is the exsisting setup is on solaris OS & new media server OS is Linux. If i get any technote about how to remove from exisiting setup & add the drives into new setup that will helpful. Will take care of media pool as for this new setup we are configuring BCV set of images.