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Thanks so much. A few questions/comments if I may(?):
1. When you speak of dumping from tape, do you mean just catalogs? That's
what I'd like to do (I think)... If that's what I do, will all my
classes/schedules move over? If not, is there a way to pull these over too
(I cringe at the thought of recreating them, but upfront work beats daily
brow-beating!)? Check my logic here: Build out and bring up the new server
with the IP/hostname of the original server; rename/re-ip the old server
making sure no NetBackup services start at reboot; install Veritas NBU w/the
Jumbo 2 patch; copy the catalogs over the network (C:\Program
Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\db, C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\database, and
C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\var); test; drink beer if successful,
else drink Mountain Dew.
2. Here's what I think the culprit may be: The following patches were
installed in this order:
* NB_341_1 (ran twice, oddly enough!)
* NB_341_PO858
* NB_341_2
* NB_341_PO836
* NB_341_PO896
* NB_341_1 (!! Aha! Ran twice again!)
* NB_341_PO858 (!! again)
* NB_341_2 (!! again)
* NB_341_1 (!! again)
* NB_341_PO858 (!! again)
* NB_341_2 (!! again)
* NB_341_PO836 (!! again)
* NB_341_PO896 (!! again)
Holy moly! That smells like trouble, eh? Further support for rebuilding, I'd
say... Anyone?
3. What do you recommend as far as installing Veritas patches (ie, all
patches as they're released, only jumbo patches, or what...)
4. Do you run with Removable Storage Manager services running? See #5.
5. I'm confused about what driver to load for the Seagate Viper LTO drives
in my library: Seagate's or the Veritas halfinch.sys driver? The installer
for the Veritas drivers mentioned that the halfinch.sys driver is not
compatible with MS Removable Storage Manager...
6. Do you have your system set up to backup the catalog after every session,
or other?
I'm so thankful for this list and your help. My blood pressure just dropped
80 points.
-----Original Message-----
From: Spearman, David [mailto:spe08 AT co.henrico.va DOT us]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:48 PM
To: 'Chris Brewer'
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] NBU Server Rebuild
You can follow the usual steps of building a new server and importing the db
tapes.....the other is to use a different backup program. Make sure your
master server is quiescent,ie, not doing any backups and do a full backup of
that system, say with Backup Exec. At any rate build your new box and load
up advanced server. Rules of thumb....250MB memory for every tape drive, 1
gb disk space for every 50gb of data to back up, the suggestion is to mirror
rather than raid 5 but we do raid 5 no problem, dual procs of at least the
800mhz variety. Then dump your backup to the new machine, two very cool
things happen, W2K plug and play adjusts to the new hardware and all the
work you have done thus far will not have to be redone. You might need a few
disk drivers to load in but probably not.
Just FYI...you will need to patch up to 3.4.1_2 one of these days soon. We
run w2k master/media with an stk700 and 6 stk9840 drives, I love this
system.
David Spearman
County of Henrico
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Brewer [mailto:cgbrewer AT RMBSC DOT COM]
Sent: 21 February, 2002 15:13
To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU Server Rebuild
Howdy all,
New to Netbackup, new to the list! I'm coming into an environment where NBU
3.41 is running on Win2k Advanced Server (ha). This box is having so many
issues (some hardware [raid controller]) and some (I think) software. The
STK L40 robot (dual LTO drives) has gone thru several firmware revs, as have
the LTO drives themselves. Additionally, the catalog size is getting large
enough to cause concern with the server's small available drive size (not to
mention that the data resides on one disk w/no RAID!). I would like to start
with a fresh install on a new box with more HD space in a RAID-5
configuration, where I can keep change control logs from the get go. I've
seen postings indicating that hostname should stay the same, and am prepared
to do so.
Can someone point me to docs or provide info outlining how to accomplish
this? Is it as simple as a NBU 3.41 installation on the new box, and a
recovery of the catalogs off tape?
Many thanks!
Chris Brewer
UNIX Systems Consultant
Rocky Mountain Broadband Solution Center
KPMG Consulting, Inc.
6399 S. Fiddler's Green Circle #400
Greenwood Village, CO 80104
720-493-7992
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<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Thanks
so much. A few questions/comments if I may(?):</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>1. When you speak of dumping from tape, do you mean just catalogs?
That's
what I'd like to do (I think)... If that's what I do, will all my <SPAN
class=499165520-21022002>classes/schedules move over? If not, is there a way to
pull these over too (I cringe at the thought of recreating them, but upfront
work beats daily brow-beating!)? Check my logic here: Build out
and bring up the new server with the IP/hostname of the original
server; rename/re-ip the old server making sure no NetBackup services start at
reboot; install Veritas NBU w/the Jumbo 2 patch; copy the catalogs over the
network (C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\db, C:\Program
Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\database, and C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\var);
test; drink beer if successful, else drink Mountain
Dew.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=499165520-21022002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>2. <SPAN class=499165520-21022002>Here's what I think the culprit
may be: </SPAN><SPAN class=499165520-21022002>The following patches were
installed in this order:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> * NB_341_1 (ran twice,
oddly enough!)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> *
NB_341_PO858</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> *
NB_341_2</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> *
NB_341_PO836</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> *
NB_341_PO896</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> * NB_341_1 (!! Aha!
Ran
twice again!)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> * NB_341_PO858 (!!
again)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> * NB_341_2 (!!
again)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> * NB_341_1 (!!
again)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> * NB_341_PO858 (!!
again)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> * NB_341_2 (!!
again)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> * NB_341_PO836 (!!
again)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002> * NB_341_PO896 (!!
again)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002>Holy moly! That smells like trouble, eh?
Further support for rebuilding, I'd say...
Anyone?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=499165520-21022002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002>3. What do you recommend as far as
installing Veritas patches (ie, all patches as they're released, only jumbo
patches, or what...)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=499165520-21022002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT><FONT><SPAN
class=499165520-21022002></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002>4</SPAN>. Do you run with Removable
Storage Manager services running?<SPAN class=499165520-21022002> See
#5.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=499165520-21022002>5</SPAN>. I'm confused about what driver
to load for the Seagate Viper LTO drives in my library: Seagate's or the
Veritas
halfinch.sys driver? The installer for the Veritas drivers mentioned that the
halfinch.sys driver is not compatible with MS Removable Storage
Manager...</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><SPAN class=499165520-21022002><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>6. Do you have your system set up to backup the
catalog after every session, or other?</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406144920-21022002><SPAN class=499165520-21022002><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm so thankful for this list and your help. My
blood pressure just dropped 80 points.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Spearman, David
[mailto:spe08 AT co.henrico.va DOT us] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February
21, 2002
1:48 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Chris Brewer'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Veritas-bu] NBU
Server Rebuild<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=817023720-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You
can follow the usual steps of building a new server and importing the db
tapes.....the other is to use a different backup program. Make sure your
master server is quiescent,ie, not doing any backups and do a full backup of
that system, say with Backup Exec. At any rate build your new box and load up
advanced server. Rules of thumb....250MB memory for every tape drive, 1 gb
disk space for every 50gb of data to back up, the suggestion is to mirror
rather than raid 5 but we do raid 5 no problem, dual procs of at least the
800mhz variety. Then dump your backup to the new machine, two very cool
things
happen, W2K plug and play adjusts to the new hardware and all the work you
have done thus far will not have to be redone. You might need a few disk
drivers to load in but probably not.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=817023720-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=817023720-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Just
FYI...you will need to patch up to 3.4.1_2 one of these days soon.
We run w2k master/media with an stk700 and 6 stk9840 drives, I love this
system.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=817023720-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=817023720-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>David Spearman</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=817023720-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>County of Henrico</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=817023720-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=817023720-21022002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Chris Brewer
[mailto:cgbrewer AT RMBSC DOT COM]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 21 February, 2002
15:13<BR><B>To:</B> 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT
edu'<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Veritas-bu] NBU Server Rebuild<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Howdy all,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>New to Netbackup, new to the list! I'm coming into
an environment where NBU 3.41 is running on Win2k Advanced Server (ha). This
box is having so many issues (some hardware [raid controller]) and some (I
think) software. The STK L40 robot (dual LTO drives) has gone thru several
firmware revs, as have the LTO drives themselves. Additionally, the catalog
size is getting large enough to cause concern with the server's small
available drive size (not to mention that the data resides on one disk w/no
RAID!). I would like to start with a fresh install on a new box with more HD
space in a RAID-5 configuration, where I can keep change control logs from
the
get go. I've seen postings indicating that hostname should stay the same, and
am prepared to do so.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can someone point me to docs or provide info
outlining how to accomplish this? Is it as simple as a NBU 3.41 installation
on the new box, and a recovery of the catalogs off tape?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks!</FONT> </P>
<P><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Brewer</FONT></B> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=1>UNIX Systems Consultant</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=1>Rocky
Mountain Broadband Solution Center</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=1>KPMG
Consulting, Inc.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=1>6399 S. Fiddler's Green
Circle #400</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=1>Greenwood Village, CO
80104</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1>720-493-7992</FONT>
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