06-09-2010 03:50 PM
06-09-2010 05:12 PM
What version? If you're running 7.0, look on the installation media (or wherever you unzipped that massive ZIP file). You want Addons\x64\BMRBS\srd.wim or srd_x64.wim or the exact same files located in the Addons\x86\BMRBS directory (taking up another 283 MB or so).
If you're running 6.*, then I don't know the answer . . . sorry!
06-09-2010 09:05 PM
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In addition to the added features, are there any changes to the admin interface/controls/location of buttons in 7.0.1? NetBackup itself must also be upgraded to 7.0.1 in order to install BMR 7.0.1, correct? Thanks!
09-03-2010 07:05 AM
I haven't seen any changes, except for things like the Client Attributes page of the Master Server Properties dialog, where there is now a check box for "Offline Until" and timestamp boxes to enter values for how long the client should be offline (and, to be honest, I didn't know there was a Client Attributes page in the Master Server Properties dialog until I started trying to figure out the new Offline feature, so I'm only conjecturing that the checkbox wasn't there in 7.0 since the feature is new in 7.0.1). That said, as you might have figured out from the previous statement, I'm pretty new to NetBackup, and I'd been waiting for 7.0.1 to start my final attemptt on building and configuring a production server.
Yes, BMR is built into NBU 7.0 and 7.0.1, so you have to upgrade to NBU 7.0.1 to use BMR 7.0.1. Also, there is a claim in the 7.0.1 Release Notes that you only need a SRT based on 7.0 to restore 7.0.1 clients:
(ET2009430) Using BMR to restore NetBackup 7.0.1 clients:
To use BMR to restore NetBackup 7.0.1 clients, you are not required to add a NetBackup 7.0.1 Hotfix in the BMR shared resource tree (SRT). You need to create the SRT based on the NetBackup 7.0 client and use that SRT to restore the NetBackup 7.0.1 clients.
09-07-2010 01:43 PM
09-29-2010 12:41 PM
While creating 64 bit SRT, using BMR boot server assistant, only two options exists 32 bit and "64 bit (AMD)". Does this mean if the client has 64 bit Intel (and not AMD) CPUs, a restore created using this SRT may run into problems? Apparantly I have read else where that it should work for any Windows but then why list "AMD" in parenthesis?!!
09-29-2010 10:21 PM
Here 64-bit mean x64 architecture. BMR does not support Intel IA64 arch.
BMR team will take care of removing this (AMD) and will list x86 and x64 options to avoid any confusion.
Thanks.
-Mandar
10-14-2010 05:53 PM
Hi TROE
- I creaetd BMR SRT using the steps you had listed earlier in this thread and created BMR_CD for both 32 bit as well as 64 bit Windows.
- Today we did the first test to restore on a Windows 32 bit server which was destined to go away. Before test, I had made sure a full backup of this target client did exist on master server.
Thanks for reading and thanks for your help in advance!
10-14-2010 10:06 PM
I do see couple of problems here,
1. I suspect if the correct NIC driver is available in the SRT that you are using to restore the client. If the SRT is prepared using 7.0 or greater boot server then it is based on WInPE 2.1 (which is windows 2008 os based). In this case you need to make sure that win2008 version of your NIC driver is added into BMR DB by using bmr createpackage wizard on boot server. Generally WinPE 2.1 by default contains sufficient number of drivers but this could be an exception. There are technote/s published for this problem.
2. Disk mapping failure. WIthout bmrrst i.e. restore logs it is hard to comment on this issue.
I would suggest opening an SR request with Symantec to get this resolved ASAP.
Thanks.
-Mandar
10-18-2010 05:46 PM
Thanks Mandar..You were right on cathcing missing NIC driver for 2008 in my SRT. I will open up SR with Symantec.
Rohit
10-19-2010 01:34 PM
Hi Mandar
Just want to update..I downloaded from DELL the NIC driver using the tag and added in SRT..but not having any Windows 2008 client, in the drop-down box, it did not show Windows 2008. It did added NIC driver as Windows 2003 but not Windows 2008 which is what I needed to go onto boot CD. However, I was successful in adding PERC controller driver in SRT, which was a big help in solving the second problem I had listed earlier. I created a new CD and rebooted target client with it. This time, I still had to wait almost 30 minutes before drivers started loading, but once it loaded NIC, the communications with master server started and recobery finished successfully. Having loaded PERC driver in SRT, the dissimilar disk error which I was getting is gone.
I would like to know how can I add 2008 NIC driver in recovery environment when I have no 2008 client being backed up. Any specific pointer to technote or forum would be nice..Thanks!
10-19-2010 10:46 PM
>>I would like to know how can I add 2008 NIC driver in recovery environment when I have >>no 2008 client being backed up.
Please download windows 2008 version of the driver and using bmrcreatepackage wizard on the boot server, insert it into the BMR database.
I will recommned creating a new fresh SRT after inserting this win2k8 driver.
Thanks.
-Mandar