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[Veritas-bu] multiple media servers for the first time...

2002-10-16 07:41:06
Subject: [Veritas-bu] multiple media servers for the first time...
From: bluejay AT fujigreenwood DOT com (Adametz, Bluejay)
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 07:41:06 -0400
> SSO :
> 
...
> We had an issue sometimes when media servers backed 
> themselves up, it could
> send the data over the LAN to another media server. Had to 
> setup individual
> storage units for each media server, and direct it's local 
> backups to that
> storage unit (rather than ANY_AVAILABLE). Actually we don't use
> ANY_AVAILABLE at all.  All backups are directed to a specific 
> storage unit.

I've seen this if a media server goes down or unreachable from the master
server. It seems to scramble Netbackup's idea of who should be backing up
who, even with MUST_USE_LOCAL_DRIVE in effect.

My solution is a script that:
        a) Adds any "missing" storage units
        b) Checks all storage units for reachability by ping and connect to
vmd
        c) Deletes any storage units that fail the check in step b
        d) Restarts bprd.
The script runs every night shortly before my backup window opens. This
basically ensures that the storage unit list matches what's actually up &
running. Saves having to create a backup class for each media server.

                                                - Bluejay Adametz

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