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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of grahambird80
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 8:04 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Setup Networker for DR test

Hello,

Thanks for the info;


> Well in a true DR you are not scanning in any tapes. You need to have the 
> following: 
> 
> 1) Bootstrap report listing bootstraps and tapes. 
> 2) Networker server version running at original site as well as server name 
> exactly as it appeared in production. 
> 3) Build DR server with same name. Install same networker version. 
> 4) Same tape device as original. If LTOIII you can read on LTOIV. 
> 5) Load the tape with bootstrap and run mmrecov. IT will prompt you for 
> everything you need. 
> 6) once done shutdown networker and save /nsr/res to /nsr/res.orig. Rename 
> /nsr/res.R to /nsr/res. 
> 7) restart networker. Run nsrck -L6 on backup server. You will need to delete 
> the original library and rebuild for the one you are using. run nsrck -L7 to 
> recover all client file indexes. Hopefully they are either all on the same 
> tape or you have a tape library with all tape loaded.


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With regards to 


> 1) Bootstrap report listing bootstraps and tapes.


Can this be exported to a file rather than a Tape and then imported? If you 
have an adv_file type as your backup you can certainly put the bootstrap on 
disk instead of physical tape. But that file needs to be replicated and 
available at another location or same location for recovery. You would need 
clone that bootstrap to physical tape because if you lose the san your adv_file 
is on your are in trouble. 

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When you say


> 2) Networker server version running at original site as well as server name 
> exactly as it appeared in production. 


Does it have to be FQDN? or will the computer name suffice? If you do not have 
DNS in your DR site you can just use local host files but both the computer 
name and FQDN should be in the host file of the DR server. 

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What if you dont have

> 4) Same tape device as original. If LTOIII you can read on LTOIV. 


Do you mean the exact same hardware or will a different manufacture be OK? 
different manufacture is okay.

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When you say


>  6) once done shutdown networker and save /nsr/res to /nsr/res.orig. Rename 
> /nsr/res.R to /nsr/res. 
 

I take it these are the paths under c:\Program Files\Legato\Networker if 
windows server yes.

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Finaly


>  7) restart networker. Run nsrck -L6 on backup server. You will need to 
> delete the original library and rebuild for the one you are using. run nsrck 
> -L7 to recover all client file indexes. Hopefully they are either all on the 
> same tape or you have a tape library with all tape loaded 


Does the command you have given delete the Library? or will I need to do that? 
You will need to delete the library and build a new one based on what you have 
configured and connected at your DR site. 

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