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Re: [Networker] Conversion of networker across UNIX variants

2005-10-30 14:38:53
Subject: Re: [Networker] Conversion of networker across UNIX variants
From: Dag Nygren <dag AT NEWTECH DOT FI>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:33:01 +0200
> Ian,
> As you said, this is unsupported...
> You can however:
> 1a. Unload tapes from all drives.
> 1b. Shutdown Networker on Tru64.
> 2. Copy the /nsr directory over to AIX.
>     Be careful, /nsr might be a symbolic link.
> 3. If possible disconnect the Tru64 from the Network and rename the AIX
> to the name of the Tru64
>     If not possible, go to step 4 and then follow the procedure(s) in
> the Legato document legato71241.
> 4. Install Networker server on AIX and point the Networker directory to
> the just copied /nsr.
> 5. As the devices (jukebox and tapes) have changed, remove/delete the
> old jukebox configuration as well as all tape devices.
> 6. Run jbconfig to configure the jukebox and its devices on the new
> host.
> You should now be ready to go.

You can even bring your mm and index if the byte-ordering is the
same on the machines... Also not supported though.

I have moved an Alpha installation to a Linux (x86) this way.

Dag

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