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p2v netback media server 7.6.1 \2008

Itai
Level 4

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone ever tried BMR restore to Media Server 7.6X, is it a stupid idea? better doing it via P2V? not doing it at all but create new VM machine and install it as media server and add it and decomission to pysical one?

 

I'm lazy and cuorios :) please advice

 

Regards,

 

Itai  

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Jaime_Vazquez
Level 6
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BMR supports recovery of Media Servers. Doing a P2V can be either with the new auto-convert process or as a normal manual DSR process.  Look in the BMR System Administration Guide for the section dealing with recovery of Media Servers. To me the only problem in this is the 400GB Puredisk portion. Moving/copying it would most likely be a post-BMR action.

NetBackup 7.6 Bare Metal Restore Administrator's Guide
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC6472  

NetBackup 7.6.1 Bare Metal Restore Administrator's Guide
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC7672

You can use these articles to assist with actual recovery parts if not using the auto-convert method:

Performing Physical to Virtual (manual P2V) restores using BMR
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH211500

Restoring a BMR client image to alternate hardware while the original server is online.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH87329

BTW, doing a restore to a VMware guest instance is probably one of the easiet and most efficient BMR recoveries available. The VMware hypervisor isolates most of the hardware and device driver aspects.

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Anonymous
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Thing to note with Virtual Media Servers is that tape is not supported. If you have tape connected you would have to move ownership of tape media to a new server at some point. Command line available to do this.

Likewise with your backup disk storage, that this can be (re)presented to the virtual media server.

Doing a P2V can bring a lot of old hardware device and services baggages, that may need to be disabled etc.

My experience and advice - do a fresh install - when applicable. You may have the chance to upgrade the OS at same time.

Nicolai
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Interesting question.

I would try to BMR my media server if I had multiple TB behind it, something with eating your own medicine.

Not sure what Veritas would say to this.....

 

 

 

Marianne
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Not sure I quite understand what exactly you want to restore using BMR.

A media server?
If so, there is not much to recover from NBU point of view.

Install OS, Install NBU, ensure devices can be seen at OS-level.
Run device config wizard to redo/confirm device config.

BMR is supported for a media server.
If you are recovering to exact same hardware, the process  will be similar to Client BMR restore.

Itai
Level 4

Hi again, thanks for intersesting answers,

first of all. no tape is connected,so no problem.

I'm talking about 400GB puredisk on local hardrive that I wish to VM it , no problem of free space on destination :)

So, media server with local hardrive (puredisk) that I want to move without working too hard..one click and a lot of coffee would be great ;) so..VM converter? BMR? new server? lazy I am..

 

Cheers

Itai

Nicolai
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Since the MSDP has a device entry (usually named @aaaaab or alike)  and storage unit references  in the EMM database you can't just re-install Netbackup. You have to move the host to the VM. VM converter sounds right.

Doing BMR across hardware that different hardware require some work - if you haven't used BMR before this will be uphill.

Jaime_Vazquez
Level 6
Employee

BMR supports recovery of Media Servers. Doing a P2V can be either with the new auto-convert process or as a normal manual DSR process.  Look in the BMR System Administration Guide for the section dealing with recovery of Media Servers. To me the only problem in this is the 400GB Puredisk portion. Moving/copying it would most likely be a post-BMR action.

NetBackup 7.6 Bare Metal Restore Administrator's Guide
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC6472  

NetBackup 7.6.1 Bare Metal Restore Administrator's Guide
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC7672

You can use these articles to assist with actual recovery parts if not using the auto-convert method:

Performing Physical to Virtual (manual P2V) restores using BMR
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH211500

Restoring a BMR client image to alternate hardware while the original server is online.
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH87329

BTW, doing a restore to a VMware guest instance is probably one of the easiet and most efficient BMR recoveries available. The VMware hypervisor isolates most of the hardware and device driver aspects.