Provided that your catalog and all that is the same, moving tapes between
libraries is simply:

1. remove tapes from library 1
2. update inventories
3. insert tapes in library 2
4. update inventories.

The VolDB is the only one who cares about tape location information so this
keeps it in sync.

-M

-----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 Daryl
Katauskas
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 9:54 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Library Migration


Hello All:

We are in the process of deploying a new library in our production NetBackup
environment. The current environment consists of a single NBU Master/Media
server (Windows 2000 & NBU v5.1 MP4) & ADIC Scalar 100 (DAS, with two LTO1
tape devices).

We will be migrating to an STK L700 with four LTO1 drives.

I should add that we will also be migrating to a new NBU Master/Media
(WIN2K03) as well. (New Master will have the same name as the old and we
will perform a catalog recovery on this machine).

Does anyone have any recommendations regarding the proper steps to move
media from out of one library and into a new library while still maintaining
the catalog information of the existing tapes? (Export?)

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Daryl Katauskas
Consultant, Storage Solutions
Network System Technologies, Inc.

2050-80 Finley Road
Lombard, IL  60148

Vox:    630.281.7041
Fax:    630.904.9601

Email:  darylk AT nst-inc DOT com

Web:    www.nst-inc.com


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