Paul,
This is precisely the same type of thing
that I discussed a while back. Symantec SHOULD have something like this, but
they don’t.
What they do have is the ability to do the
migration through the use of their command line, but it would have to be
scripted by you to do it. You mention a few of the commands that are needed
for this. In fact, at my previous job we had a couple of scripts that would do
this. Now, before you ask for a copy, please realize that those scripts were
the Intellectual Property of my former employer and I do not have copies to
share.
Basically, you would need one script to do
an export of the policy information into a csv file. This csv file could be
then used to move the policies to another NBU system where another script would
be used to import that file to create the new policies. If desired, the csv
file could be modified to change any aspects of the policies that are being
migrated.
I can tell you that the following NBU
commands are used for the scripts:
bpplclients
bppllist
vmpool
bpstulist
bppolicynew
bpplsched
bpplschedrep
bpplinclude
bpplclients
bpgetconfig
bppllist
We had a limitation with our scripts that
only allowed the use of frequency-based schedules and not calendar-based.
Other than that, we used this method to migrate policies between backup
systems.
Not much more to say about it except that
this is something that Symantec SHOULD have available for their customers, but
they don’t. However, all of the tools are there for anyone to put
something together in a couple of scripts like we did. I won’t say it’s
easy, but it can be done.
-stuart
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Gregory Demilde
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 5:33
AM
To: Esson, Paul
Cc:
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Policy
Information Migration
Paul,
Actually it could be a problem if you had already existing policies ....
otherwise you can save policy information using bpplinfo ... and then use that
information to create the policies.
Greg
Esson, Paul a écrit :
Shyam,
I have been told I cannot do this by
Symantec. I thought it would be possible as this information is text
based but I placed a call with support outlining what I was proposing and was
told no.
Regards,
Paul Esson
Instead of creating
policies from scratch, I would suggest copying the entire db/class folders to
the new netbackup server and modify it.
-Shyam
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 5:16 AM, Esson, Paul <Paul.Esson AT redstor DOT com>
wrote:
Folks,
I am looking at having to migrate policy information
between two NetBackup Domains (Windows 2000/5.1 MP6 to Solaris 10/6.5.2)
My intention is to capture the existing information via a
script or series of scripts and to use that same data as source information in
creating the new policies. Somewhere along the line I will need to
substitute in the new storage unit and volume pool information.
As a starting point I have identified the following
sequence and commands. Am I on the right lines here?
- List
and capture policy and schedule attributes in the 5.1 Domain
bppllist
bpplsched
- Add
the policies and schedules to the 6.5 Domain
bppolicynew
bpplinfo –set
bpplsched –add
- Update
the policy attributes, including client and pathname Information
bpplclients
[policy_name] –add [host_name]
bpplinclude
[policy_name] –add [pathname]
Regards,
Paul Esson
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