This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------_=_NextPart_001_01C48AD4.AFC01D0F
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Site info:
Netbackup 4.5FP6
Solaris 8 master and media servers
Windows 2003 enterprise edition clients with 4.5FP6 nbu client =
installed
No Veritas BMR server
We're having a problem at my company getting Netbackup to successfully =
restore a complete Windows 2003 server. We have had several servers die =
recently and the restores have not worked as expected. When the systems =
have died, we have installed a fresh version of the OS, put it on the =
network, left it in a workgroup, and installed the NBU client. A full =
restore is done of the C:\ drive and the system state from the last full =
backup and all of the diffs in between. The server goes into a =
continual reboot cycle after the restore completes and we restart the =
server.
I've been doing some testing and have gotten it to work if I do the =
restore with just the last full backup image (C:\ and system state), =
reboot, then apply the diffs for C:\ and the latest system state. I =
also used the command:
w2koption -restore -same_hardware 1
This command was used both before the restore started and after it =
completed. At this point, it would successfully boot. This seems =
pretty cumbersome. How is everyone else out in NBU land doing this?
One other way I got this to work was to do a complete restore of C:\, =
full and diffs, with no system state, and then use a dump of the system =
state that was created by ntbackup. The machine successfully boots at =
this point.
Michael French
Savvis Communications
Enterprise Storage Engineer
(314)628-7392 -- desk
(408)239-9913 -- mobile
=20
------_=_NextPart_001_01C48AD4.AFC01D0F
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version =
6.5.6980.59">
<TITLE>Windows 2003 restore questions</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Site info:</FONT>
</P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Netbackup 4.5FP6</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Solaris 8 master and media servers</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Windows 2003 enterprise edition clients with 4.5FP6 nbu =
client installed</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">No Veritas BMR server</FONT>
</P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">We're having a problem at my company getting Netbackup to =
successfully restore a complete Windows 2003 server. We have had =
several servers die recently and the restores have not worked as =
expected. When the systems have died, we have installed a fresh =
version of the OS, put it on the network, left it in a workgroup, and =
installed the NBU client. A full restore is done of the C:\ drive =
and the system state from the last full backup and all of the diffs in =
between. The server goes into a continual reboot cycle after the =
restore completes and we restart the server.</FONT></P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">I've been doing some testing and have gotten it to work =
if I do the restore with just the last full backup image (C:\ and system =
state), reboot, then apply the diffs for C:\ and the latest system =
state. I also used the command:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">w2koption -restore -same_hardware =
1</FONT>
</P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">This command was used both before the restore started and =
after it completed. At this point, it would successfully =
boot. This seems pretty cumbersome. How is everyone else out =
in NBU land doing this?</FONT></P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">One other way I got this to work was to do a complete =
restore of C:\, full and diffs, with no system state, and then use a =
dump of the system state that was created by ntbackup. The machine =
successfully boots at this point.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Michael French</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Savvis =
Communications</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Enterprise Storage =
Engineer</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">(314)628-7392 -- =
desk</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">(408)239-9913 -- =
mobile</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">=A0</FONT></B>
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
------_=_NextPart_001_01C48AD4.AFC01D0F--
|
