When a server changes name the indexes no longer belong to it.
Assuming the backup server name cant stay the same do one of the following.

1: If you can copy the mm/index directory as a set over and backup them up 
immediately using savegrp -O -l full <groupname> where groupname  contains 1 
instance of every client (does nto matter how the client is setup). You now 
have a backup of indexes owned by the new server

2: To recover "foreign" indexes from tape when the server changes name you do 
an mmrecov as you have then do a directed saveset recover for the indexes using 
recover -S ssid .....
relocate as required. obviously a full backup of them is more convenint but you 
can lay down all the savesets in required order.
Then run nsrck -L3 [clientname]   to rebuild the key files.

Backup them up immediately using savegrp -O -l full <groupname> where groupname 
 contains 1 instance of every client (does nto matter how the client is setup). 
You now have a backup of indexes owned by the new server

To recover past indexes use the saveset recovery method and and nsrck -L3. You 
will probably have to apply browse/retention periods to the old indexes using 
nsrmm.

Its obvoiusly easier to keep the old server name.

This method is or at least was supported by EMC in a tech bulletin as teh teh 
way to have your DR licensed backup server up to date with latest media 
index/client index without using tape scanning.


Regards

Kit








eljub wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I launched the MMRECOV command with the last bootstrap of the old server.
> The command was successfully executed and now on my new server I have got all 
> the media, clients, etc.
> But I do not know why the index were not recovered with de MMRECOV command.
> And as you can imagine when I launched the NSCRK -L7 command I received an 
> error message "File index error: can't find index backups for ..."
> 
> So I understood that the Index file are linked to the server name but is 
> there an easy way to migrate from one windows 2k3 server to another.
> 
> Do I have to launch a scan of every tapes ???
> 
> Also we do not just want to copy the index folder of the old server.
> We prefer to recover index files from tapes.
> We think that is a good to know how to start from the begining.
> And I think it will be very helpfull in case of a server crash.


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