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mbreit1910's avatar
mbreit1910
Level 3
13 years ago

Restoring using a different media server

We are migrating (via back up/ restore) large amounts of data (5TB) from "old fileserver/mediaserver" to "new filesever/media server.".  The "old" media server is always selected to run the restore, causing the data to travel across the network.  I set the Restore Failover on the master and change the media owner to the "new" media server yet the restore always runs on the "old" media server.  The only way I can get it to work is the drop services on the "old" media server, but this is not always possible and pretty sure this isn't "working as designed!"  Am I missing something obvious here?  FYI... running NB 7.1.0.4. 

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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    13 years ago

    Don't use 'failover' setting. Use Media Host Override. Host Properties -> Master -> General Server -> Media Host Override.

    Alternatively, change all image/media ownership from 'oldserver' to 'newserver':

    bpimage -newserver <new-server> -oldserver <old-server>

  • ashish_patil01's avatar
    ashish_patil01
    Level 4
    13 years ago

    Please follow the steps mentioned in the below article and this should resolve your issue.

     

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH68059
     

    Thanks

    Ashish

  • RamNagalla's avatar
    RamNagalla
    Moderator
    13 years ago

    did you try 

    FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER = fromhost tohost

    in master bp.conf file

     

    after adding this entry do bprdreq -rereadconfig  and start restore, it should pick up the new media server.
     
    check the T/N

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH7582

    hope this helps..

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Don't use 'failover' setting. Use Media Host Override. Host Properties -> Master -> General Server -> Media Host Override.

    Alternatively, change all image/media ownership from 'oldserver' to 'newserver':

    bpimage -newserver <new-server> -oldserver <old-server>

  • mbreit1910's avatar
    mbreit1910
    Level 3
    13 years ago

    Just changing the Media Host Override is all that was needed.  I will change all media ownership once the old file server is retired.  While I'm sure all responses are valid resolutions to my question, this was the simplest to implement.  Thanks all for the prompt responses.