10-17-2022 11:59 PM
Good day,
We are in the process to decom one of our data centers. We have a Master server that's a VM and 2 physical Media servers. We dont have any backups left and only require the long term data for restore purposes.
Would spinning up a VM as a Media server be sufficient in this instance as the new image owner when we decom the physical servers?
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10-19-2022 03:55 AM
HI @Maverick101
Then what you are proposing is fine, and there would be no requirement to P2V any existing media servers. Just reassign media ownership to the new VM (this can be done as part of thee media server decommissioning using nbdecommission).
Cheers
David
10-18-2022 12:33 AM
Hi @Maverick101
What you are proposing might be fine. The question is what the long term data media are the backups held on? Tape isn't officially supported on a VM (although I know it can be made to work). And if the data is on MSDP, you have to issue of migrating the data to the VM (again it can be done - most simply by P2V the media server).
David
10-19-2022 01:15 AM
Thanks David,
All of the Data reside on Data Domain. We don't use tape at all and the MSDP pools will be empty as its only used for daily retention.
10-19-2022 03:55 AM
HI @Maverick101
Then what you are proposing is fine, and there would be no requirement to P2V any existing media servers. Just reassign media ownership to the new VM (this can be done as part of thee media server decommissioning using nbdecommission).
Cheers
David
10-25-2022 11:56 PM
Hi David,
Just one more question. If is possible to promote my Master server to a Master/Media server instead? If possible what would be the steps involved to achieve this?
10-26-2022 03:31 PM
Hi @Maverick101
Yes this is also possible - the required NetBackup software will be already installed on the master other than possibly the DD OST plugin (install this if not already there). Just set up the master to have access to the DD (storage server - allow the master to have access to the DD), then create the required storage units and re-assign the media to use the master.
Cheers
David