Solaris master server may go down

[Sathisp83]

I need an information on the below,

We plan do a acitivity on one of the solaris master server(old server) , there is a posibility that master server may go down. If the doesn't come up then, what are files and logs should i checked and backed up before the activity??

Master NBU Version :- 7.1

OS :- Solaris

[Marianne]

Along with Hot Catalog backup, copy the DR-file to your laptop or another location on the network.

Oh! And make a note of exact NBU version/patch level (check /usr/openv/netbackup/version).
You can only recover the catalog if NBU version is exactly the same.

[sri_vani]

Also refer this link

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH74853

[RamNagalla]

 there is a posibility that master server may go down

did you see any symptoms for it? or same acitivy on the other server did the server down previously?

what is the backupout plan that your OS team is providing..?

you need to make sure you  have below tasks done before acitivity.

1) take the full catalog backup

2) take the Full OS backup

3) if possible get the OS LUNs cloned for safer side...

if the server goes down.. that is the responsiblity of the OS team to bring it back.you do not need to take that pain.. 

[Sathisp83]

We are facing console issues, due to which server team plan to do a online activity with oracle. If something goes wrong then they will restart the server. As this a very old server(hardware) we guess that this server may not come up.

As you said they are responsible to bring the server up, if they couldn't make it up, they will allocate a new server. Then it's backup team responsibility to take farward.

So let me know what are all the safety measures i need to do from backup side in this senario. Thanks.

[Marianne]

So let me know what are all the safety measures i need to do from backup side in this senario.

We have.... See above posts....

[RamNagalla]

above posts expline what all you need to secure.. 

and if you get the new server below is the the link what all you need to follow once you get the new hardware.

hardware refresh have some conditions.. so please read the below tech notes and get them ready as a backout plan.

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH77447

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH31385

[Sathisp83]

Master server came up and getting the below error when i tried to login to java console.

  Unable to login, status 526
NB-Java application server interface error:
Unknown error code was returned by the NB-Java app server.

[RamNagalla]

first make sure that you netbackup is started fine .. with bpps -a command.. and jobdatabase bpdbjobs -summary commands

below is the exact Technote that fits for Solaris Master, try this..

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH66075

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO51761