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philalbert's avatar
philalbert
Level 4
9 years ago

Replacing a Media Server

Hi,

We are replacing a media server with a new one. (Different name)

I'm trying to find how to let Netbackup know that the backups that the old media server did need to be moved to the new one. Anyone can point me to the documentation or let me know the steps that I need to do?

 

Thanks,

Phil

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7.7

5 Replies

  • sclind's avatar
    sclind
    Level 6
    9 years ago

    The nbdecommission command lets you move old images to the new server so you can skip that part.  Here is a decomm I did in the past:

    <snip>
    Do you wish to move those images to a different server? (y/n) [n]: n
    Do you wish to expire the images instead? (y/n) [n]: y
    Are you sure? (y/n) [n]: y

    • philalbert's avatar
      philalbert
      Level 4
      9 years ago

      So I only need to run this command and it will ask to transfer the existing tapes to the new media server?

      nbdecommission -oldserver OldServer [-newserver NewServer]

      • sclind's avatar
        sclind
        Level 6
        9 years ago

        sorry - I read your post backwards - thinking you DID NOT want them transferred.

        Here is what -newserver does:

        -newserver <hostname>
        Specifies the name of the media server where tape media should be moved before decommissioning the old media server. It is also used as the default new media server (which can be overridden by the user) for moving disk pools

        I just did that last week.