Thanks for the advice John

 

Think I would prefer to get the catalog in a sound state before going to 6.5.1. , would you agree?

 

Regards

 

 

 

If you go all the way to NB 6.5.2 or higher (and I'd definitely recommend not stopping there), you've got an additional optional available for bpmedia that does not require the old servers still be around. The work seems to happen entirely within the EMM database and is a heck of a lot faster than moving individual tapes anyway. =)

 

bpmedia:
  -freeze|-unfreeze|-suspend|-unsuspend -m <media_id> [-h <hostname>] [-v]
  -movedb -m <media_id> -newserver <hostname>
        [-newsvr_group <groupname>] [-oldserver <hostname>] [-v]
  -movedb -allvolumes -newserver <hostname> -oldserver <hostname> [-v]

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/304172.htm

- John Nardello

 

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Clooney, David
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:43 AM
To: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] create mediaDB entry

Hi All

 

In our step towards upgrading to 6.5.1 from 5.1 MP6 it has become apparent that some media servers where not decommissioned correctly in the passed causing inconsistencies between the media and image catalogs.

 

We have 2 media servers that I do no have a copy of the mediaDB file.

 

The image catalog is easy enough to manipulate and reflect an existing media server with  bpimage however this still leaves this missing entry in the new media servers mediaDB.

 

Does any know how I can create a new entry for the necessary media (from the missing mediaDB’s) into the existing media servers mediaDB? bpmedia –movedb requires the old server to be up and running.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

David Clooney

Enterprise Storage Services

 

Internal X66059

External +44 20 8760 6059

david.clooney AT bankofamerica DOT com

 

 

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