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smakovits
Level 6

I am trying to test the whole instant recovery feature, but am not able to get it to work properly.  I am running, 7.6.0.1 and 2.6.0.1 on my appliance.  I have an AIX master and am initiating the restore from a Windows Media Server running 7.6.0.1.

I guess one of my issues is that I do not understand what is needed to specify a different recovery host.

02/26/2014 13:53:36 - Info bprd (pid=42139700) Waiting for Instant Recovery job to end
02/26/2014 13:53:36 - Info bprd (pid=42139700) Starting to export a backup image on the media server cor1
02/26/2014 13:53:37 - Info bprd (pid=42139700) Backup image has been successfully exported on the media server cor1
02/26/2014 13:53:45 - Error bprd (pid=42139700) Failed to mount a backup image on the server cor
02/26/2014 13:53:45 - Error bprd (pid=42139700) Instant Recovery does not support a Linux recovery host. Please select a Windows recovery host for Instant Recovery
unimplemented feature  (16)
 

 

I thought it meant to specify -vmproxy as my windows media server, but that didnt help either.

 

02/26/2014 15:45:05 - Info bprd (pid=39649412) Waiting for Instant Recovery job to end
02/26/2014 15:45:05 - Info bprd (pid=39649412) Starting to export a backup image on the media server cor1
02/26/2014 15:45:06 - Info bprd (pid=39649412) Backup image has been successfully exported on the media server cor1
02/26/2014 15:45:43 - Info bprd (pid=39649412) Backup image has been successfully mounted  on the server cor
02/26/2014 15:45:43 - Info bprd (pid=39649412) Starting to activate a virtual machine on the server cor
02/26/2014 15:47:20 - Error bprd (pid=39649412) Failed to activate a virtual machine on the server cor
02/26/2014 15:47:20 - Info bprd (pid=39649412) Starting to unmount a backup image on the server cor
the restore failed to recover the requested files  (5)
 

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sri_vani
Level 6
Partner

The restore host (NetBackup client) must be on Windows. The backup host that made the backup can be Windows or Linux.

 

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO92127

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sri_vani
Level 6
Partner

The restore host (NetBackup client) must be on Windows. The backup host that made the backup can be Windows or Linux.

 

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO92127

RamNagalla
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Smakovits,

are you still having this issue..

if yes, could you let us know what all the steps that you followed ?

does NFS client services are running on ESXi host?

does NFS is installed on windows recovery host?

 

horst_heitzmann
Level 3

Hello,

I've the same problem.

I am running, 7.6.0.1 and 2.6.0.1 on my appliance.  I have an Windows Master and Media Server running 7.6.0.1. I tried to restore a windows 2012 VM-Server with instant recovery. The command was:

nbrestorevm -vmw -ir_activate -C "windows2012Server" -temp_location "datastorename" -vmpo

The restore starts and ends with the error:

Failed to mount a backup image on the server "ESX-Host".

 

What do I wrong?

 

RamNagalla
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so did you check 

does NFS client services are running on ESXi host?

does NFS is installed on windows recovery host?

 

PS:- better to open the another post for the same discussion, if you are not same person as the one who opened this post.

horst_heitzmann
Level 3

Thanks, I will check this points. If I still have the problem, I open another post.

smakovits
Level 6

Hey guys, I wanted to get back on this as I fell off after the post.  It was a time of extreme need and I soon realized I was not going to have what I needed at the specific time.  While I never got things set up and working, I realized I was missing the key components needed, most specifically the NFS stuff.  While I did have a windows recovery host, I had not yet had the NFS stuff in place to take advantage of instant recovery.  While I still do not, I learned there was a bit more to things than just executing a one liner...

 

Thanks for the guidance.