To perform tape scan, to must define same pool on target networker server.
So, ...

For a faster "import" and clean import, you could, on the old
AND new server, create a new pool. Ex TRANSFER. Same name on both env.


Then, for all the clients you need to move from the old to the new
env :
1) on the new env, define old clients with same clientid.

2) in a reverse time order (newest backup first), stage backups
from these clients, from the current old pool to the newly created
TRANSFER pool on the old env.
Then, when tape is full, for sample, on the new env, use "scanner -m"
to let it recognize the tape and its content.
(it will only be clients you need to move, tape not filled in with unneeded
data. So less tape to scan).

These newly scanned backups will be recoverable (meaning you can recover
from,
based on ssid or file based if you know complete path).

At this stage, 2 options for you:
A) if you absolutely need to rebuild CFI, then scanner -I on
each SSID. As nsrstage moved 1 ssid a time, your rebuilt will be faster
as each tape block scanner will read belongs to same ssid. (no tape
multiplex)

B) you can, from the old nsr server, issue an nsrinfo cmd to gather
file list from the old CFIs. Store them in a text file and keep them
on the new nsr server in case of need.

HTH

Thierry


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Objet : Re: [Networker] Migrating few critical clients to a diffrent
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Hi Rovin,

We cant do the server migration. We have a old networker server having few
critical clients running on it. Customer wants it to decommission.
We need to move those clients to already existing networker server (having
300+ clients already running on it) with there existing data. So will not
be able to overwrite the media database.

I also got the confirmation from our Asia pacific expert, scan of the all
the tapes is only option to perform this task.

Thanks



On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Dsouza, Rovinabishek <
rovinabishek.dsouza AT hp DOT com> wrote:

> How about following the NetWorker Server Migration ?  You will all the
> data that you wanted and that too without much complications.
>
> Rovin A. D'Souza
> rovinabi AT gmail DOT com
>
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> networker serve
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>  The problem is the media index. The only way to add existing but unknown
> save sets is to scan the backup media. Of course, nobody wants to do this.
>
> So the easiest way would simply to keep the old server for recoveries.
> Otherwise the task could keep you busy for a while.
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