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[Networker] Console server question

2009-10-06 16:40:14
Subject: [Networker] Console server question
From: George Sinclair <George.Sinclair AT NOAA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:35:51 -0400
New to 7.5SP1 Linux, coming from 7.2.2 Solaris, so this whole Console server stuff is new and confusing to me.

1. Should the Console server be installed on a different host other than the primary backup server or one of the snodes?

If so, will we need anything other than the client software on that host?

2. In reading through the installation guide, I got kinda lost in the whole section on Console database size? Wasn't really clear what the heck they're talking about. Seems so compartmentalized. Is this the same thing as the traditional media database? Or are they only referring to what you're trying to report from the media database? Maybe I'm confusing that with mminfo?

I'm trying to determine how much space to allocate for this? because they make it reasonably apparent this this is important. Our current media database is about 330 MB.


Here's our hardware:
New backup server
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Hardware: Dell PowerEdge 1950
OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4, 64 bit
Memory: 8 GB RAM; dual quad processor (Intel)
Disk space: Lots!
Kernel (`uname -a`): Linux server_name 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 15:51:48 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

New snode
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Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R905
OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4, 64 bit
Memory: 16 GB RAM; four quad processor (ADM)
NIC: 4 GIG LACP Trunk
Disk space: Plenty!
Tape library: SAS attached Dell ML6000 tape library with six LTO-4 drives.
Kernel (`uname -a`): Linux snode_name 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 15:51:48 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Current server
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Hardware: Sun Enterprise 450
OS: Solaris 2.9, 64-bit
NetWorker: 7.2.2.Build.422 Network Edition

63 client indexes, totaling 21 GB
Media database is 325 MB.
All of /nsr is 16 GB.
Note: we have some indexes that live on two other disks, totaling about 6 GB (16+6=21)

Current snode (1 of 2)
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Hardware: Dell PowerEdge 6650
OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3, 32-bit
NetWorker: 7.2.2.Build.422 Network Edition
Tape library: LVD SCSI attached StorageTek L80 with eight IBM Ultrium LTO-3 drives.

Current snode (2 of 2)
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Hardware: Dell PowerEdge 6650
OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3, 32-bit
NetWorker: 7.2.2.Build.422 Network Edition
Tape library: LVD SCSI attached Quantum M1800 with four SDLT600 drives (two M1500s stack linked w/ two drives each)

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