solution = restore to remote site

Hi Nagalla,

Great ! thanks for both solution for me to choose.

I will need to digest and choose what suits me.

Both have pro & con, 1st solution looks easy but time consuming.

2nd solution might not suits me coz I have AIX server at remote site (while at primary site, My master server is Windows). But I have windows server at remote site but not connect to tape drive. Can I setup that windows server as master server without physically connect to tape drive ?

My goal is to restore the data to AIX server at remote site. Data size = 900 GB.

Any luck ?

regards

Imra

yes,

you can setup windows as Master server and use AIX as media server (as its connected with tape drive ) in remote site,and  then use second option.

and you can do the restore anywhere you want as a client.

Can I assume that the link between the sites is not enough to duplicate all data across?

If not then the best way (provided that the sites are isolated from each other) would be to have create a Windows Master at the remote site (must have same name and NetBackup installed to same drive letter and location and of same patch level) and then do a catalog restore to it.

If the media server at the remote site also has the same name as the one on the live site then it will make things really easy, otherwise you will need to change ownership of all media once you have done the catalog restore so that you remote site media server can do the restores

Also be careful when setting up the library on the remote site as it will need to read barcode labels in the same way and you will also need to make sure the barcode rules and Media ID Genration rules work the same as the production site so that you do not get any media id conflicts

Good Luck!

HI Nagalla & Mark,

Sorry for late reply as I was busy during weekend. Lucky for me the installation was postpone to this week.

Thank you both for your reply & recommendation, anyway below few things stuck in my mind.

Nagalla,

Yes I would choose 2nd option (after discussion with my team)

Mark,

Yes indeed link was the bottleneck. I will configure master server (Windows) at remote site similar to live site. But currently propose media server at remote site have different name compared to live site (and cannot be change ..So will this affect/complicate my task

Appreciated if you just summarize 'catalog restore' , bullet point will do.

For tape barcode, remote site will be single tape drive (LTO Ultrium5) direct connect to AIX (media) server and using SAS cable. While at live site, tape library connect to SAN switch (fibre connectivity) with 4 units LTO Ultrium tape drive. I hope this will be straight forward things.

Hope this clarifies, thank you in advance.

Hi Nagalla,

Quick one, on page 3 (2nd option=recovery without import), could you elaborate below;

On the recovery site, perform the following steps

7. Merge the copied images into the catalog

Appreciated your reply.

Thanks.

hi,

its the keeping the catalogs in destination master , that you copied from source site(from step 5) to the location 

/usr/openv/netbackup/db/images/<client name>

Simply copy them into correct client folder under ...\netbackup\db\images.

Latest version of Recover Without Import doc:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH28722

Hi Nagalla & Marianne,

Ooh OK understand the words.

Many THANKS !

If the Master at the remote site has to have a different name then you cannot do a catalog restore so your only options are to do the "recover without import" or to use de-dupe on both sites and then use AIR to replicate your backups across (far easier than trying to do everything with a standalone tape drive!)