Yes. I agree...I've done literally dozens of these and keeping the hostname
is a good idea....it gets real tricky otherwise.

I would also suggest that you completely understand the differences between
the media and master servers, what dbs each function owns and why.  I'd
review very closely the functional overview in Appendix A of the
troubleshooting guide (I think its still there...if not check the admin
guide).

David

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-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Todd Suiter
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:16 PM
To: SIBLEY, Ken R. - ACCOREL
Cc: 'NetBackup List'
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving a backup/media server to a new platform


Thirded, 2 colo moves in under 2 months(consolidation moves:)), first
one was a move and name change....name got changed right back, and
everything else got CNAME'd...Try explaining that to the PM who is
'in charge' of the move...:) t

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, SIBLEY, Ken R. - ACCOREL wrote:

> > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Moving a backup/media server to a
> > new platform
> >
> >
> > STOP!!    WAIT!!
> >
> > I would advise keeping your current hostname.  It is a
> > nightmare to change it.
>
> I want to second this.  We done this both ways.  The first
> time we did not know better and changed hostnames.  This was
> 2 years ago and found out the hard way that it is not supported
> by Veritas support.  They tell you to hire their professional
> services people to perform the move.
>
> About six months ago we changed servers and took the hostname
> with us and the biggest issue we had was moving the tape
> library and getting it configured correctly.  All done during
> on 9 hour period of time on a Saturday afternoon.
>
> Make sure you do as much research as possible and have as
> detailed a plan as possible. It can make a world of difference.
>
> Good Luck,
> Ken Sibley
> Sr. Unix Admin
> Accor Economy Lodging
> ksibley AT accorel DOT com
>
> > Also,  if you change it, all of the clients' bp.conf file
> > will have to change.  It is just
> > creates a huge mess.
> >
> > If you retain the host name, you can tar over all of your
> > backup images/catalogues,
> > (and your entire /usr/openv/ directory) configure your robot
> > as a new device, test it,
> > and your back up and running in a day.  I just upgraded from
> > an Sun E3000 to and Sun E450
> > with a T300 Disk Array using this scenario and had no
> > problems.  It takes a lot of planning, but it is
> > well worth it.  We only had about six hours of downtime and
> > most of the time was spent moving
> > the data.  Let me know if you want more info on this.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Gina Robinson
> > UNIX System Administrator
> > TRW E-Enterprise
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeffrey Dykzeul [mailto:Jeffrey_Dykzeul AT west.raytheon DOT com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:59 PM
> > To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Moving a backup/media server to a new platform
> >
> >
> > Current backup/media server platform:
> >
> >      Sun SPARCserver 1000 (8x85MHz, 1GB memory)
> >      Solaris 2.5.1
> >      NetBackup 3.1
> >      StorageTek 9714 tape library (4 x DLT7000)
> >
> > I want to move the backup/media server to another platform:
> >
> >      Sun E3500 (4x336MHz, 2GB memory, 4 empty Sbus slots)
> >      Solaris 7
> >      upgrade NetBackup to version 3.4
> >      attach same library
> >
> > The hostname will *not* move - the new server has a different
> > hostname.
> >
> > Has anybody performed a similar rehost? What are the steps to
> > take and what
> > are the major issues?
> >
> >
> > jd
> >
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