[Veritas-bu] Importing to another Netbackup site.

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Hi
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This is my first posting here, and I could use a little help...
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We need to be able to pull a set of backup tapes from one site, ship=20
them to another site and recover the data.
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Both sites are running independent installations of Netbackup 3.4 on=20
HP-UX 11, but they are not in the same business area (in fact they are=20=

not run by the same companies), so we can't interface the Netbackup=20
installations.
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We know that we can import the backup images using the 3-phase=20
procedure in the DataCenter Sys Admin Guide (scan tapes, select &=20
import catalog info, select & recover data).We've done=A0it, but the=20
problem is=A0that it takes a long time (eg. 2 days for a set of 5=20
Ultriums), and we might need to do it as frequently as weekly(!).
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Thus I'm looking for a way of speeding up the process.
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Would it be possible to use an approach based on backing up the=20
catalogs (/usr/openv/netbackup/db & .../volmgr/database)=A0from the=20
source site and loading them on the target site?
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As a further complication, we don't really want to change the first=20
site, so I'm thinking of perhaps not even using Netbackup to save/load=20=

the catalogs to/from tape (eg.using=A0the HP-UX utility fbackupto backup=20=

to DDS-4 tape).
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Any thoughts/help?
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thanks,
Paul

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<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Hi</smaller></fontfamily>

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<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>This is my first posting
here, and I could use a little help...</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>We need to be able to pull a
set of backup tapes from one site, ship them to another site and
recover the data.</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Both sites are running
independent installations of Netbackup 3.4 on HP-UX 11, but they are
not in the same business area (in fact they are not run by the same
companies), so we can't interface the Netbackup =
installations.</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>We know that we can import
the backup images using the 3-phase procedure in the DataCenter Sys
Admin Guide (scan tapes, select & import catalog info, select &
recover data).We've done=A0it, but the problem is=A0that it takes a long
time (eg. 2 days for a set of 5 Ultriums), and we might need to do it
as frequently as weekly(!).</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Thus I'm looking for a way of
speeding up the process.</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Would it be possible to use
an approach based on backing up the catalogs (/usr/openv/netbackup/db
& .../volmgr/database)=A0from the source site and loading them on the
target site?</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>As a further complication, we
don't really want to change the first site, so I'm thinking of perhaps
not even using Netbackup to save/load the catalogs to/from tape
(eg.using=A0the HP-UX utility fbackupto backup to DDS-4 =
tape).</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Any =
thoughts/help?</smaller></fontfamily>

=A0

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>thanks,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Paul</smaller></fontfamily>


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