But indeed, this is why I pose the question ....
We will be setting up a test lab on-site and we will try and figure out how
to proceed from there.
Block sizes shouldnt be a problem as the indexes are on DLT7000 and I know
for a fact we can tune windows.
The fact that Legato writes in Open Tape Format and should be recoverable
across all platforms ... makes me wonder. Surely it should be able to
interpret the data that it saved as type "index" and recover that
accordingly ...
I suppose there is only one way to find out.
Lets hope my next message regarding this issue is not a goodbye and farewell
...
:p
Regards,
Riaan
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Maiello [mailto:robert.maiello AT THOMSON DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 4:34 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU; Riaan Louwrens
Subject: Re: Cross Platform Server Upgrade
Can one acutally do an mmrecov of a media database from Unix to Windows in
order to keep the media database?
If that were to work, I imagine the first problem encountered be a block
size error between the Solaris written tapes and the windows controller/tape
drive block size.
I thought there were endian problems as well between the 2 OSs that
prevented this is some way?
You are indeed lucky.
Robert Maiello
Thomson Healthcare
On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 15:54:12 +0200, Riaan Louwrens
<riaanl AT SOURCECONSULTING.CO DOT ZA> wrote:
>People,
>
>We have a client that is intending to move their current solaris backup
>environment to a Win2K3 server. (yes I know, I shudder at the thought ....)
>
>They intend keeping the old backup server on as a storage node.
>
>Has anybody out there done - that is successfully done - a cross platform
>(OS), onto new hardware, with a different server name and a different
Legato
>version (6.1 - 7.1.1) ... Perhaps ?
>
>I am the lucky sod that will have to implement it and I thought it would be
>wise to "test the water" a bit first ...
>
>Question:
>Can you do a mmrecov on a "Windows" 7.1.1 backup server of your Solaris 6.1
>server ?
>How will the CFI's be affected if the "new" backup server name is different
>from the word go ?
>
>I have done quite a few of these cross-hardware and version upgrades - but
>they have all been on the same version of OS so needless to say any input
>would be appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Riaan
>
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