Thirded, 2 colo moves in under 2 months(consolidation moves:)), first
one was a move and name change....name got changed right back, and
everything else got CNAME'd...Try explaining that to the PM who is
'in charge' of the move...:) t

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, SIBLEY, Ken R. - ACCOREL wrote:

> > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving a backup/media server to a
> > new platform
> >
> >
> > STOP!!    WAIT!!
> >
> > I would advise keeping your current hostname.  It is a
> > nightmare to change it.
>
> I want to second this.  We done this both ways.  The first
> time we did not know better and changed hostnames.  This was
> 2 years ago and found out the hard way that it is not supported
> by Veritas support.  They tell you to hire their professional
> services people to perform the move.
>
> About six months ago we changed servers and took the hostname
> with us and the biggest issue we had was moving the tape
> library and getting it configured correctly.  All done during
> on 9 hour period of time on a Saturday afternoon.
>
> Make sure you do as much research as possible and have as
> detailed a plan as possible. It can make a world of difference.
>
> Good Luck,
> Ken Sibley
> Sr. Unix Admin
> Accor Economy Lodging
> ksibley AT accorel DOT com
>
> > Also,  if you change it, all of the clients' bp.conf file
> > will have to change.  It is just
> > creates a huge mess.
> >
> > If you retain the host name, you can tar over all of your
> > backup images/catalogues,
> > (and your entire /usr/openv/ directory) configure your robot
> > as a new device, test it,
> > and your back up and running in a day.  I just upgraded from
> > an Sun E3000 to and Sun E450
> > with a T300 Disk Array using this scenario and had no
> > problems.  It takes a lot of planning, but it is
> > well worth it.  We only had about six hours of downtime and
> > most of the time was spent moving
> > the data.  Let me know if you want more info on this.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Gina Robinson
> > UNIX System Administrator
> > TRW E-Enterprise
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeffrey Dykzeul [mailto:Jeffrey_Dykzeul AT west.raytheon DOT com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:59 PM
> > To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Moving a backup/media server to a new platform
> >
> >
> > Current backup/media server platform:
> >
> >      Sun SPARCserver 1000 (8x85MHz, 1GB memory)
> >      Solaris 2.5.1
> >      NetBackup 3.1
> >      StorageTek 9714 tape library (4 x DLT7000)
> >
> > I want to move the backup/media server to another platform:
> >
> >      Sun E3500 (4x336MHz, 2GB memory, 4 empty Sbus slots)
> >      Solaris 7
> >      upgrade NetBackup to version 3.4
> >      attach same library
> >
> > The hostname will *not* move - the new server has a different
> > hostname.
> >
> > Has anybody performed a similar rehost? What are the steps to
> > take and what
> > are the major issues?
> >
> >
> > jd
> >
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