Saving media information when reinstalling or upgrading

[Akira_Kato]

Hello,

Is there any way to keep all the media stats data - such as how many bytes have been written to each tape, how many hours in use, how many mounts, etc - when reinstalling the software or upgrading to a newer version? We run weekly backup status reports to our customers along with media stats (to show which tape has a problem, which ones needs to be replaced, etc). We just installed version 11d to address an issue and all the data is lost. I would like to be able to save the data so that we can continue to monitor the tape health. Is it also possible to save backup history - like byte count, success or fail, etc?

Thanks.

Akira Kato

[Ken_Putnam]

If you do a clean install, not

if you upgrade or do an uninstall/reinstall following

 http://support.veritas.com/docs/260054  you hsould keep all media info, including stats,since they are kept in the BEDB database

Dang!  they've removed the v9 instructions to Uninstall/Reinstall and retain all local info The v10 doc is here, and you should be able to use it as a guide

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/280710.htm

[Akira_Kato]

Thanks. Unfortunately, the first link says the content is no longer there. Would you have any more information regarding upgrading to a newer version. In our case, we went from version 9.1 to 11d and realized after the fact that it would have been nice to keep the data.

[Ken_Putnam]

You could have migrated it upgrade time, but  after the install, I don't think that there is any way to import that info (tape stats, that is)

You should be able to import the catalog though

[Akira_Kato]

Thanks again. Can you provide more information on how to migrate the data or import the catalogs?

[Ken_Putnam]

See http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/256300.htm