Re: [Networker] Upgrading Networker & moving to a new server

We've done it this way 3 times over the years (using Networker since
1994).  Just keep the old server around for a while if you need to do
restores from it.  We keep a database separate from Networker of the
archives and other long term data storage so we only care about
Networker keeping the last 3 months worth of data.

Dave Werth
Garmin AT, Inc.
Salem, Oregon

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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Randy Doering
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:00 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Upgrading Networker & moving to a new server

Some good suggestions in there. Another way to do it, if you are moving
to a new tape library as well, is how we did this a couple of years ago.
Forget about upgrading anything. Just retire/shutdown your old server
and start from scratch on the new platform. You'll need to get your
enablers transferred, but that shouldn't be much.

Once you get the new environment setup, just don't bring both the old
and the new online at the same time, or they will disable themselves.

Worked well for us as the old equipment was going back at the end of the
lease, and we had plenty of time to get the new environment in place
well before the old retentions were reached.

Randy



----- Original Message ----
From: Steve Harris <steve AT COMP.LEEDS.AC DOT UK>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 6:11:58 AM
Subject: [Networker] Upgrading Networker & moving to a new server

Morning all,

We are running Networker Server version 6.x on an old, but maintained, 
server and now wish to move to new hardware and upgrade to Networker
7.4.

I am thinking we need to upgrade to 7.4 on the old server before
transferring to the new hardware, but have a few questions:

  . should we be able to get an enabler to go straight from 6.x to 7.4
    or is it advisable to go through stages. (We have been on
maintenance
    throughout but currently only have the enablers to 7.1)

  . I have read somewhere that do not need an enabler to move to new
    server hardware if you are maintaining the same hostname and IP
    address, is this the case?

  . Is it possible to restore the client indexes if the server
    architecture is changing, or do the tapes need to be re-scanned
    using scanner?
    (We have successfully tested recovery of the media data from a
    backup created using 'savegrp -O')

Please no flaming about running a old versions of Networker. One has 
to fix the broken before getting to fix the working but old!

Many thanks for any advice

Steve

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