04-06-2013 11:02 PM
I have an activity on my media server.Some RAM upgrade activity on the media server .Time is for 6 hrs.
What can be done so that my backup will not be impacted.
Shall I deactivate the media server or make it offline frm master server --> client attributes.
Please suggest.
I have a disk pool and every disk pool has this master server selected along with 2 more.
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04-07-2013 10:04 AM
04-06-2013 11:48 PM
Deactivate the media server. Move any policies that use this media servers storage unit to another media server until the RAM upgrade has been done. The upgrade should not take too long to do.
How to deactivate media server: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO33878
04-06-2013 11:50 PM
I would simply deactivate the media server.
Whether backups will be impacted depends on how Storage Units are configured and selection of STU in policies. (You don't specify disk pools in policies, only STU or STUG.)
If you have a STU defined for each media server and specific STU name is used in policy or SLP, your backups will be affected.
If you are using STU groups and STUG is specified in policies/SLPs, your backups will not be affected.
Please check STU config (bpstulist -g -U) and policy and/or SLP config.
every disk pool has this master server selected along with 2 more.
I guess you are referring to media servers and not master?
04-07-2013 01:30 AM
every disk pool has this media server selected along with 2 more.
Thanks Marianne and revaroo.
But we have been told to offline that media server from the onsite team.
What if I offline that media server?
04-07-2013 03:33 AM
is media server also master server?
if so then it is likely your backups will be delayed untill activity is completed.
04-07-2013 05:20 AM
No.!!!
04-07-2013 05:22 AM
But we have been told to offline that media server from the onsite team.
What if I offline that media server?
04-07-2013 06:07 AM
Follow the below solutions
1- Offline media server.
2- Deactivate the policy or change the policy activation (go into effect of) date (if not configured Storage group).
3- Move the storage unit to another media server.
Ankit Maheshwari
04-07-2013 06:19 AM
04-07-2013 09:05 AM
I just wana know difference between offlining a media server from master server--clien attributes ---make offline and deactivating it?
04-07-2013 10:04 AM
04-07-2013 10:32 AM
Thanks Marianne.Netbackup god .!!!!