Hi Rudy,
There are several issues here. First, you cannot upgrade from Unix
to Windows (or Windows to Unix) for a master server. No form of migration is
supported – you would have to build a brand new environment and import your
tapes to get them cataloged.
We used to run a Windows master server back in 3.4 days and
migrated to Solaris (yes, it was unsupported and really, really ugly to do but
we pulled it off). We don’t regret the migration at all – the management
tools on Solaris are *much* more complete than they are on Windows and
adding things on (e.g. mrtg monitoring of tape drives, queues, tapes, etc.) is
much easier to do.
Earlier this week we rebooted our Windows media server and it
took another couple of reboots to bring the tape drives back. This is
unfortunately typical. In several years, I only remember 1 or 2 reboots
required on our Solaris media servers due to tape drive issues.
If you’re a 100% Windows shop, then a Windows master server
might make sense (although something like Commvault might make even more sense
since end users can do their own restores). Otherwise, leave the master on a
Unix platform of some sort – HPUX, Solaris, or Linux. I don’t have any AIX
experience.
That’s my 2 bits worth.
…/Ed
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Rudy
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Master Server Preference
We
are planning an upgrade from version 5.0 MP1 to version 6.0 MP4. Currently we
use an HPUX master server and we are thinking of migrating to a windows 2003
master server. I am not sure how stable a windows master server is. Do anyone
have experience with a windows master server. From most of the posting, it
seems most folks are using Unix master server.
Thanks,
Rudy