Hi,

see http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/240905.htm which details the
process...

Basically (from the doc) you need "Note: Rename hard links (turned on) and
do not rename softlinks (turned off) must be selected."

That will overcome your issues I think!

Good luck!Mike

>
> I am  new to netbackup and was hoping to restore a full backup
> of my boot drive to an alternate drive that is mounted under
> /mnt. Hopefully, this is the correct list to send this to.
>
> I am running a solaris 8 an running version NetBackup-Solaris2.6 4.5FP_4.
> the current boot drive may be corrupted. we need to be able to
> copy an old backup of the boot drive to an alternate drive.
>
> when I attempt to restore slice 0 of my root drive
> using the command line interface (/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp)
> to /tmp/mnt I get the following error:
>
>
> 16:55:43 (75379.001) Changed /etc/rc3.d/S15nfs.server to
> /tmp/mnt/S15nfs.server
> 16:55:43 (75379.001) Could not link /tmp/rwalkup/S15nfs.server ->
> /etc/init.d/nfs.server. Errno = 18: Cross-device link
>
>
> I get this on all the hard linked files.
>
> is there the options I am using when prompted by bp:
>
>
> overwrite if file(s) exist? (y/n) (n):
> Use progress log? (y/n) (y):
> Enter Progress File Path:  (/u1/home/rwalkup/bplog.rest.005)
>
> diagnostic output will be logged to /u1/home/rwalkup/bplog.rest.005
>
> Use destination path substitution? (y/n) (y):
> Rename hard links relative to the destination path? (y/n) (y):
> Rename soft links relative to the destination path? (y/n) (y):
>
> Initiating Restore . . .
>
> The restore was successfully initiated.
>
> Press any key to continue
>
>
>
>
> is there any reason I can't use a full backup to restore
> to an alternate drive?
>
>
> any ideas on how to go about this would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks and Regards,
>
> Ron Walkup
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