Forum Discussion

JDK76's avatar
JDK76
Level 3
15 years ago
Solved

Restoring Images from decommissioned Mediaserver

Hi all,

 

I am trying to restore an image from a  clustered media server which was decommissioned. The media server was decommissioned and I had to remove all instances from NBU later on. This was done with the use of the utility ( nbudecommision ) Still I am unable to restore the image --> ( cannot connect to server backup restore manager(205))

is there a step I am missing ?

Master-, Media and clients are all running NBU 6.5.3.1 on Win 2003 R2.

thank you very much in advance.

7.1.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
Configuring
Error messages
NetBackup
Recovering
Restore
Tip-How to
Troubleshooting
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    15 years ago

    Is ******18c your decommissioned media server?

    Extract from log:

    restore -mpx_restore -S ******02 -mt 2 -to 1960560 -mud 180 -mediasvr ******18c -masterversion 650000

    10:27:05.456 [10156.9444] <2> local_bpcr_connect: nb_connect_to_vnetd_service(******18c) failed: 25

    10:27:05.456 [10156.9444] <2> local_bpcr_connect: Can't connect to client ******18c

    10:27:05.456 [10156.9444] <2> ConnectToBPCD: bpcd_connect_and_verify(******18c, ******18c) failed: 25

     

    The master is still trying to connect to this media server  - seems your Media Host Override did not work?

    Please double-check your entries and confirm what you have under "Original Backup Server" and under "Restore Server".

    If the entries are correct, you will see a line like this after all the "restorefiles" criteria is defined in bprd log:

    restorefiles: Because of FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER, changing server of bid client_image from ******18c to new-server

     

    (When you enter server names in "Media Host Override", it updates the master server's registry with FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER entry. See http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH28314)

     

  • JDK76's avatar
    JDK76
    Level 3
    15 years ago

    @all, the probs which we experienced with our Lib have been solved ( finally)

    however the tapes needed for the restore are not in house. they will be delivered tomorrow.

    I will update as soon as can ....

     

  • JDK76's avatar
    JDK76
    Level 3
    15 years ago

    HI, i've implemented all the hints above and still the restore fails with ( cannot connect to server backup restore manager(205))

    i've attached the bprd log of the resore only. ( I needed to blank the client names, hope this is no prob.)

     

    thank you very much in advance

  • Stumpr2's avatar
    Stumpr2
    Level 6
    15 years ago

    create file on master server $INSTALL_DIR\netbackup\db\altnames\No.Restrictions

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    15 years ago

    Is ******18c your decommissioned media server?

    Extract from log:

    restore -mpx_restore -S ******02 -mt 2 -to 1960560 -mud 180 -mediasvr ******18c -masterversion 650000

    10:27:05.456 [10156.9444] <2> local_bpcr_connect: nb_connect_to_vnetd_service(******18c) failed: 25

    10:27:05.456 [10156.9444] <2> local_bpcr_connect: Can't connect to client ******18c

    10:27:05.456 [10156.9444] <2> ConnectToBPCD: bpcd_connect_and_verify(******18c, ******18c) failed: 25

     

    The master is still trying to connect to this media server  - seems your Media Host Override did not work?

    Please double-check your entries and confirm what you have under "Original Backup Server" and under "Restore Server".

    If the entries are correct, you will see a line like this after all the "restorefiles" criteria is defined in bprd log:

    restorefiles: Because of FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER, changing server of bid client_image from ******18c to new-server

     

    (When you enter server names in "Media Host Override", it updates the master server's registry with FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER entry. See http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH28314)

     

  • Amit_Karia's avatar
    Amit_Karia
    Level 6
    15 years ago

    use bpmedia -movedb command to move media server host from old server to new server

    bpmedia -movedb -m <mediaid> -newserver <newservername> -oldserver <decomm. media server>

    any ways your decommission script should have ensured your media server refrences including medias are moved to new server.

  • JDK76's avatar
    JDK76
    Level 3
    15 years ago

    As it turned out itr was a POBCAC.... I've removed all entries for the failover restore server and re-added them. restore works like a charm!!!!

     

    thanks for all the time and effort !