Networker

Re: [Networker] Moving client to a different Networker server

2009-08-14 09:28:25
Subject: Re: [Networker] Moving client to a different Networker server
From: MIchael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:23:51 -0400
> 
> You should probably instead consider
> 
>     savegrp -l full GROUP
> 
> Followed by a scanner of that tape.  Whether or not you also then run
> savegrp -O GROUP doesn't matter -- if you run scanner -i on a tape
> containing full backups of your clients, it will (slowly) build the
> indexes from the savesets.  If you're going to use -i with scanner, you
> don't need to have the index savesets on tape.

Just so I am following - he still has to create the clients on the new 
server, right? And keep the same client IDs as the old server? That way, 
the "scanner -i" knows how to associate the savesets it is seeing on the 
tape, to a client?

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