I've rarely seen a NW instance that needed that drastic of a step.  Unless 
they've make tweaks to the OS, then all you really need to do is do delete and 
the group and client configs and reboot them.

BUT, if it'll make you feel better to completely start over, there's no reason 
you should lose your old tapes.

You basically need to follow the standard DR practice:

* do a full index and bootstrap backup and mark what tape has it
* rebuild your OS
* install NW from your source media
* apply patches
* restore your index
* this will also restore your groups, etc, so you'll want to delete those and 
build new ones

You'll still have all your old backups to restore from, even if clients changed 
names in the process.



Curtis Preston  |  VP Data Protection  
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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of JGillTech
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 2:01 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Networker 7.4 SP2 - How to start over

I recently inherited a NetWorker infrastructure connected to a 40-slot tape 
library.  The initial setup was done approximately 4-5 months ago... and I have 
been having a lot of weird errors and other issues.  The technicians from EMC 
have made so many changes at this point, and things are still not working 
properly.  I am thinking about clearing the slate.  However, I do have backup 
data on 6-7 tapes.  I want to do a reinstall of the NetWorker Server software 
and reconfigure the system.  I have new tapes to replace the old ones... I am 
thinking about just taking those out and putting them aside.  I will be 
changing a few client names and the name of the NetWorker server itself.  What 
is the procedure for taking down a NetWorker server, while allow for the off 
chance that I may need to recover from the old tapes?  Is there some 
information I should be taking down prior to the reinstall?  Should I consider 
a complete reformat and build the OS again?

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