I have copied the NSR dir to a new server (windows) and reinstalled
networker and it worked fine. However, next time I did it EMC support
was involved and siad I could do it but they would not support me if I
ran into issues.
On 10/9/09, Tim Mooney <Tim.Mooney AT ndsu DOT edu> wrote:
> In regard to: [Networker] Finishing a hardware upgrade: which Legato...:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm finishing a hardware upgrade of our Backup server.
>>
>> As we've changed from SDLT320 to LTO-4 we will maintain (powered off) our
>> old
>> server: Windows Server 2003 with Legato 7.4.4 and the indexes, media, etc.
>>
>> until the last data in the tapes will expire one year from now.
>
> That's a good way of doing it.
>
>> So, the new server is installed with Windows Server 2008 and the new
>> changer
>> (a Scalar i500 with LTO-4 drives) but I would like to know which Networker
>>
>> version is better to install at this moment: 7.4.4 or 7.5.x?
>
> The depends. If 7.4.4 was working well for you in your environment on
> your previous server, then I recommend you start with 7.4.4 again on your
> new server. When you're changing a lot of things (server hardware, server
> OS, jukebox) already, you'll make it easier on yourself by not also
> changing NetWorker versions. Too many changes at once can make it much
> harder to track down what might be causing any new problems you're seeing.
>
> Once you've been through anywhere from two weeks to a full backup cycle
> with your new environment and you haven't detected any new problems, then
> you can start thinking about whether 7.5.1 would be a good upgrade for
> you.
>
>> And, I would like to know how to export client and group information
>> (well,
>> all the config data except indexes and media) from the old Legato and
>> import
>> to the new server. Any easy manner? (not manually ;-)
>
> The recommended way you do this is by going through the disaster recovery
> (DR) procedure. You start with the tape that contained the last bootstrap
> backup on your old server and you use mmrecov to load your configuration
> from the bootstrap tape. It's all documented in the disaster recovery
> documentation.
>
> Since you're also switching tape formats, you have a potential roadblock
> there, in that your new server doesn't have easy access to your old tapes.
> You may have to temporarily connect 1 tape drive from your old jukebox
> up to your new server. You don't have to make the entire jukebox
> available, just one tape drive, and then manually load the tape in the
> drive.
>
> If you do the DR, it's even more strongly recommended that you start with
> a version of NetWorker that's at least in the same series (e.g. 7.4.x) as
> the one you were running on your old system.
>
> You might be able to completely bypass the DR procedure and just copy your
> nsr directory from you old server to your new server, *then* install the
> NetWorker server software, then relicense NetWorker, but I've never tried
> that on a Windows-based NW server.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Tim
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