Migrate Backup EXEC 9.1 from Win2000 server to Win2003 server

[Hang_Zhou]

We have BE 9.1 installed on a Win2000 server and it protect data on 6 remote servers and itself through remote agents. We use a STK Library with 2 drives to excute daily bakcup jobs.

Now we plan to move BE9.1 to a new server, for the original one is too old and performance is low. The new server will use different machine name and Win2003 server, we'll also connect the STK library to the new one.

My problem is:

Is there any way to migrate all working data of old media server (jobs, selections, catalogs, idrs, media reports etc) to the new one?

I've searched knowledge base here but the only doc I found said it cannot be applied on the move between servers with different windows version. If so, how can I do it?

[Hang_Zhou]

have anybody got the same problem?

[Ken_Putnam]

My only suggestion would be to build out the new server as Win2000, install/migrate your BackupExec install, and thene upgrade to W2K3'

Kind a Kluge, but it ought to work.


Of if you plan to migrate to v10, you could upgrade the curent media server, then export to a file and import on the new server.

[Henrik_B__Haugs]

Hi,

Made some sql-code as I had problems regarding the move server whitepaper.

Maybe this can help you out.

*** Start Copy ***

/*
Script is to be used when moving a Library/Drive from one server
to another without having to catalog all tapes

Before using the script:
Copy the Media table from the previous backupserver to a
new table OldMedia on the new backupserver.
Run Inventory on Library
In Media, move the tapes to the correct mediasets
Shutdown all BE Services (BEMCMD -v -0503)
Copy all files from
\ c$\program files\veritas\BackupExec\NT\Catalogs to
\ c$\program files\veritas\BackupExec\NT\Catalogs

Then Run the script on the new server.

After running the script:
Start all BE Services (BEMCMD -v -0502)
Start BackupExec GUI and test restore
*/

UPDATEMedia
SETmedia.CreationDateTime = oldmedia.CreationDateTime,
media.AllocatedDateTime = oldmedia.AllocatedDateTime,
media.ModifiedDateTime = oldmedia.ModifiedDateTime,
media.RecycleDateTime = oldmedia.RecycleDateTime,
media.NonAppendDateTime = oldmedia.NonAppendDateTime,
media.MediaType = oldmedia.MediaType,
media.MediaGUID = oldmedia.MediaGUID,
media.MediaSubType = oldmedia.MediaSubType,
media.CompoundMediaID = oldmedia.CompoundMediaID,
media.CompoundMediaSequence = oldmedia.CompoundMediaSequence,
media.CompoundMediaCount = oldmedia.CompoundMediaCount,
media.LocationID = oldmedia.LocationID,
media.LocationIndex = oldmedia.LocationIndex,
media.CurrentBlockSize = oldmedia.CurrentBlockSize,
media.EndOfDataBlockAddress = oldmedia.EndOfDataBlockAddress,
media.EndOfDataCapacityBytes = oldmedia.EndOfDataCapacityBytes,
media.RemainingCapacityBytes = oldmedia.RemainingCapacityBytes,
media.TotalCapacityBytes = oldmedia.TotalCapacityBytes,
media.EndOfMediaSide = oldmedia.EndOfMediaSide,
media.TotalInUseHours = oldmedia.TotalInUseHours,
media.TotalMounts = oldmedia.TotalMounts,
media.TotalSeeks = oldmedia.TotalSeeks,
media.TotalSeekErrors = oldmedia.TotalSeekErrors,
media.TotalWriteBytes = oldmedia.TotalWriteBytes,
media.TotalWriteSoftErrors = oldmedia.TotalWriteSoftErrors,
media.TotalWriteHardErrors = oldmedia.TotalWriteHardErrors,
media.TotalReadBytes = oldmedia.TotalReadBytes,
media.TotalReadSoftErrors = oldmedia.TotalReadSoftErrors,
media.TotalReadHardErrors = oldmedia.TotalReadHardErrors,
media.MaxCleaningCount = oldmedia.MaxCleaningCount,
media.MediaDescription = oldmedia.MediaDescription,
media.MediaLabel = oldmedia.MediaLabel,
media.MediaFlags = oldmedia.MediaFlags,
media.MediaState = oldmedia.MediaState
From Media INNER JOIN OLDMedia
ON media.medialabel=oldmedia.medialabel

*** End Copy ***

/Haugstrup

[shweta_rege]

Hello,

Backup exec is not a migrating utility.

You can try out the steps from the following technote. but we do not guarantee anything.

http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/260054.htm

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