Missing Catalog on Netbackup 6.5.3

[rclegarto]

This is how it happened...

I needed to do a re-installation for the Master server because the NBU services won't start. Looking for a couple of dll files.Before I do, I had copied 3 directories as backup to a different location:

<install_path>\VERITAS\Var
<install_path>\VERITAS\Netbackup\db
<install_path>\VERITAS\Volmgr\database

After NBU Master is reinstalled, I copied back the 3 directories to their original location. Then restarted NBU. Policies, volume pools, tape drives, tape library were all restored back. However, I can't view the list of available images to be restored. (I believe it is called the catalog?)

I checked the ...\Netbackp\db\images directory and found a lot of of image-sort of files in there. Isn't that suppose to be the catalog?


I also tried to do import (twice already) because I could not do bprecover for the catalog from tape. It's giving me a 172 error. I can finish the first phase.. but couldn't do the 2nd phase even if I had specified the correct criterias needed. Like the date/time range.

The first phase import results says that ...

Cannot import client <Client_name>, policy <policy_name> and schedule <schedule_name>, copy 1 and fragment 1 already exist. Skipping image.

second phase promt is :

INF. Found no images matching the selection criteria that were ready for phase 2.


Is there any way i can recover the catalog?
How do I proceed with restoring a needed file from tape?

[quebek]

Hello
Did You only reinstalled NBU, the backup server has the same hostname as had before?
I am wondering why You can't use the bprecover command to recover from Your catalog backups.
In the catalog backup except the files mentioned by You there is yet another one. Take a look below, this is the ouptut from bpsyncinfo  -U command from my NBU server:
Paths Included:
/usr/openv/netbackup/db
/usr/openv/volmgr/database
/usr/openv/var
nbuserver.com:NETBACKUP_RELATIONAL_DATABASE_FILES

Maybe You cant see this because of lack the last line?
was the NBU stopped when You have copied over these three directories as backup to separate directory?

[rj_nbu]

try expiring that particular image, and then redo the phase 1 and phase 2 import.


when you say "I can't view the list of available images to be restored", which image you are referring to ? filesystem backups for the master server or catalog? Or for any other client?


-Rajeev

[rclegarto]

hi Quebek,

I'm not sure why bprecover did not work. It is prompting me "cannot specify both raw path and media ID"

Yes NBU services are stopped when the directories were backed-up. It won't even start prior to that.

[rclegarto]

Hi Rajeev

1. I cannot expire "the particular image" as I cannot see it.

2. To try to answer your question.. this is what I did..

• Run the phase 1 import, "Initiate Import" for the client backup images on a tape
• When phase 1 completes, I go to catalog. Select DUPLICATE, specify the tape I used on phase 1 and the correct date range, then click on search. Nothing shows

[quebek]

What I meant is why You are unable to receover Your NBU catalog from its hot/cold backup, using bprecover command.
Have You taken the NBU DB catalog backup before reisntalling?