Giroevolver
16 years agoLevel 6
Split NetBackup Master and Media Server
Hi Guys,
I would like to know if there is a way to split your master/media server once they are built and running in production.
Our enviroment is growing I would like the Master server to be on a seperate server/VM.
We currently have a master/media server on a physical server and I would like to offload the Master server to a VM if possible.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks
I would like to know if there is a way to split your master/media server once they are built and running in production.
Our enviroment is growing I would like the Master server to be on a seperate server/VM.
We currently have a master/media server on a physical server and I would like to offload the Master server to a VM if possible.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks
- If I get you correclty you currently have 1 server that is both a master and a media server.
ok
you want the master to just be the master and you want to add a media server.
ok
do the server install on the new media server.
add it netbackup.
get the tape drives for the media server setup ( if san you need to zone)
Start with moveing 1 drive from the master to the new meida.
create a storage unit for this tape drive.
as a test setup a test policy that uses that new storage unit and try a backup.
if it works.
then move all the tape drives to the new media server.
(you could leave one on the master -which by default is also a media- in case your media server goes down and you need to do a restore) leave the robot control on the master - no need to move it because if the master is down it won't work anyway.
remove any storage units for the master that you don't need any more.
and now you have a master and a media server -
It is just a matter of setting up a new media server and using it for all backups, and not using the master for any backups.