Restore from the "duplicated tape" on different backup domain

The image duplicated by AIR followed by import of catalog info at DR site will ONLY be for the disk image.

If you want the image to be availble at DR on tape as well, you will have to add a duplicate SLP operation to follow import at DR.

If you want to bring Prod tape to DR, you will have to perform phase 1 import. 
Depending on details seen in results tab of the phase 1 import (I have never tried this) it may or may not be necessary for phase 2 import.

My gut-feel is that image headers will be updated with tape info during pase 1 import.

Hi Marianne,

Can help me to understand by elebrate more on what you mean by "If you want the image to be availble at DR on tape as well, you will have to add a duplicate SLP operation to follow import at DR."?

The current SLP configuration are:

Prod site:

Backup 

  Duplicate (to tape)

  Replicate 

 

DR Site:

Import

 

secondly, 
Catalog>Initial Import has been done. Still not able to see the tape. What is the possible steps I can do 

 

Thank you

Charmaine

Just curious, why do you need to restore the "tape" copy if your AIR import (disk copy) is working and can be restored? Is it just to test if tape copy can be restored as well?

The "tape" copy from main site can be imported for DR site to see. Initial (phase1) import only imports the tape, you need to perform a phase2 import to get the images.

Hi,

Yes, just setup the AIR and it is to verifythe second copy can be restored from tape. The current issue faced is i cant see the backupid from the tape after I do the intial import. 

It is not listed in "Catalog>verify". However it listed in the log file and under the "results" tab. Its there any step needed to be done to view the backupid.

The tape consists of :

a. backup images direct to tape

b. Backup images backup to disk, duplicate to tape.

The issue is only backup images direct to tape is listed.

Thankyou

Charmiane

Not sure what else to say....

The 2 master servers are independent.

The only image transfer/replication/import that happened between them is the MSDP disk copy.
That is why we config AIR. 
To have the disk images at remote site to restore from.

Duplication to tape happens at Prod.
Only Prod master knows about the tape duplication.

Most people do it this way:

Backup Prod
Replication to DR
Import image at DR
Duplicate to tape at DR.

This way all DR requirements are met - tape copies are offsite and tapes exist for long term retention.
Short term retentions (which are used for 90% of all restore requests) are met with disk copies at each site.

If you want both sites to have tape copies, you either need to config duplications on both sites.
If you want to use Prod tape at DR, you need to import images.

Charmaine,

I think I see where you are confused.

AIR (Automatic Image Replication) is NOT creating a duplicate copy of the Netbackup catalog.  It is using the SLP process for sending a copy of the backup image to the remote site, and then importing that image to the remote site's catalog. 

The remote site has no knowledge of the contents of the catalog at the Prod site, so it doesn't know about the original backup image at the Prod site, nor any duplicated copies to tape or disk performed at the Prod site. 

And, if you duplicate the image at the DR site to another disk or tape, the Prod site has no knowledge of that, either.

As Marianne and others have stated, the catalogs at both sites are completely independent.  All AIR is doing is making a copy of the image at another location and handing off management of the image to that location.