Re-install a decomm'd Media Server + HSM

[gstonian]

So I stupidly uninstalled Symantec Storage Migrator last week after believing it wasn't being used. I have since discovered it was in use (but appears poorly configured so I couldn't check).

As part of this I also decommed the Media Server that Storage Migrator was on and just put a Standard Netbackup Client on the server.

I now need to put HSM back on and I presume the media Server back on to get this working. One of our applications doesn't work because I presume some of the files have been migrated by HSM and therefore without HSM it's not understanding/reading the files properly.

I have a full copy (tar) of /usr/openv/* (including hsm folder) before I started any work so would like to know if I can

a) mv current /usr/openv/ directory sideways and untar all /usr/openv (including hsm) back to it's original location. Understand this would require some manual manipulation for conf files and startup scripts etc.

or

b) Remove current NB Client (using procedures) , Installing NB Server Software (as new Media Server) & untar the /usr/openv/hsm folder

I uninstalled HSM by using the instal.hsm script (-D Option) & decommisioned the server using the procedures from Symantec Manuals.

Any advise would be very welcome.

[pikachu]

I have never tried this before, but it is good that you have a copy of the old openv folder.

At this point I would uninstall the NBU Client. Install the same verison of NBU-media server as you did before and then extract your tar folder on top of this.

This should bring NBU back as it was before. HSM... not sure since I never worked with it.

Next... how well did you decomission the media server? Did you expire all the images and removed the media server out of the emm and bp.conf?

[Marianne]

Please let us know which NBU version, as decommission steps are quite different for the various NBU versions.

Please also mention the OS on the media server - installation on Solaris actually does a pkgadd in the background and will determine if your copy of /usr/openv will work. Solaris install is normally in /opt with symbolic link to /usr...  Please also mention how software was uninstalled.