Re: [Veritas-bu] Duplicate master server hosed

Hello Mark,

No risk, with the true DR, you would do the same, fresh install and then Catalog Recovery. I have done so many times and I have never seen any major issues. We used to have a stand by DR at IBM, where we have to follow the same process, build the master server from the scratch and then catalog recovery. And, before you run any updates or upgrades, do it on a test or dev system first, even a standalone system with no any tape devices connected, never do this directly to the production, then you would save your time and job as well.

Good luck!

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Mark Glazerman <Mark.Glazerman AT spartech DOT com> wrote:

We have a duplicate NBU master server at a third part site that we use for DR. We’re recently upgraded to 6.5.4 in production and wanted to upgrade the DR master server before an upcoming test. We made the mistake of deleting all the images from master server prior to starting the upgrade and this has basically hosed the EMM database to the point where neither the upgrade to 6.5.4 or the uninstall scripts for 6.5.1 keep failing.

We thought we would be able to restore a catalog and it’s associated images to get a working EMM database but because the catalogs have been backed up with NBU 6.5.4 and the master server we’re trying to import them to is at 6.5.1 this isn’t working either.

What are the risks associated with deleting the /usr/openv/netbackup directory so we can do a fresh install of NBU 6.5 and then patch it to 6.5.4 ? What other directories or files would I need to remove from this duplicate server before trying to install from scratch ?

Thanks in advance,

Mark Glazerman

Enterprise Storage Administrator

Spartech Corporation

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