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Re: [Veritas-bu] Moving a master server to an existing media server + upgrade

2007-09-18 07:25:32
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Moving a master server to an existing media server + upgrade
From: "Gregory Demilde" <gdemilde AT gmail DOT com>
To: "Martin Ruslan" <mit.martin AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:09:58 +0200
Martin,

I have tried to find the document back but I couldn't. I remember I
found when looking for something else. :o(((

Greg

On 9/18/07, Martin Ruslan <mit.martin AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Hi George,
> can you give us the link for moving the emm database docs?
> Or maybe anyone can help?
> Thanks.
>
> mTz
>
>
>
> On 9/18/07, Gregory Demilde <gdemilde AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> > Well I have just migrated a master server from a V440 to another V440
> > in order to put it in cluster. Upgrade from 5.1 MP6 to 6.0 MP4 was
> > part of it.
> >
> > I upgraded first to 6.0 MP4 and then moved to the new server. As long
> > as you keep the same name there is no real gotchas. But there are
> > things to know especially with the EMM database in 6.0 :
> >
> > 1) Only move the datafiles. They start by EMM or NBDB. There is a
> > technote about moving the EMM database to another server.
> >
> > 2) When you moved the datafiles you need to verify or ugrade it.
> > create_nbdb will dot it for you. Originally it is intended to create
> > an empty NBDB but I found you can use it to validate and upgrade.  In
> > order to do so you need to start the rdbms without loading the
> > database.
> >
> > Otherwise flat files can be copied over
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > On 9/18/07, Wessam Aly <WAly AT mobinil DOT com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > Netbackup 5.1 MP4
> > > I currently have a master server on hpux 11.11 and a media server on
> aix. I
> > > want to move the master server to an itanium machine (hpux 11.23) and
> > > upgrade to 6.5.
> > >
> > > Problem is, I don't have enough time since fixing the inconsistencies of
> the
> > > database with support takes a lot.
> > >
> > > What I want to do is comission the "new master server" only as a media
> > > server and start backup right away. Eventually I want to move the
> database
> > > from the old master server to the new master server and make the new
> machine
> > > the master.. Then decommision the old hpux server.
> > >
> > > I'm planning to upgrade to 6.0MP4 sometime after I run the setup of new
> > > machine as media server. Then when I move to new machine as master, I
> will
> > > upgrade to 6.5.
> > >
> > > Is all that do-able ?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Wessam Aly
> > > Sr. UNIX & Storage Expert
> > > HPUX-CSA Certified Systems Administrator
> > >
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