Networker

Re: [Networker] bootstrap to aftd device

2010-06-15 11:25:26
Subject: Re: [Networker] bootstrap to aftd device
From: Alex Alexiou <AAlexiou AT TARGETSITE DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:24:19 -0400
Sorry for the late response on this. This would really work? What about
all the licenses; we'd still need to refresh the license codes with EMC
if we do this, correct?

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Aaron Sakowski
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 1:28 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] bootstrap to aftd device

Hi,
This should work.  I've done this in the past with the regular 'file
type
device' without issue.

Another possibility is to mount a data domain partition on the original
server and copy /nsr onto the data domain file system.  Then, mount the
data
domain file system on the new server and copy the /nsr data to the new
location and start NetWorker.

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Alex Alexiou
<AAlexiou AT targetsite DOT com>wrote:

> I need to move our Networker server to a new server. Up to now, we've
> been using tape exclusively, but we're moving to a new environment
where
> we will be primarily using aftd. My plan is to mount the NFS share
> (actually Data Domain) to the backup server and create the aftd device
> directly on the share. We will still have tape for archive purposes
>
>
>
> Couple of questions on this:
>
> -          Any reason the bootstrap should not go on aftd? I'm
planning
> to make a copy both on disk and tape every night
>
> -          If the bootstrap can go onto aftd, I was considering this
> process for moving the server. Would it work?:
>
>
>
> 1.       Mount the NFS share to the current backup server
>
> 2.       Create an aftd device on the share, label it, and back up the
> bootstrap and all indexes to it
>
> 3.       Unmount the device and unmount the NFS share
>
> 4.       Mount the NFS share to the new backup server
>
> 5.       Create a new aftd device on the new backup server on that
> share, but do not label it
>
> 6.       Run mmrecov, nsrck -L7, etc to do the recovery
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
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