SAN Media Server just means it can only back itself up, as opposed to
backing up other clients. I don't believe there's actually a requirement
that you have SAN though. =)
That said, it wouldn't surprise me if you hit a wall if you tried
restoring it through your SAN Media Server to another client (due to
license restrictions). Wasn't sure if that was your intention or if you
were going to dump it to the SAN Media Server and copy it across later
though (which is what I'd recommend, space permitting).
It might also be easier to do a FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER temporarily
instead of moving ownership. Up to you though.
- John Nardello
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From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Jann
Toole
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 2:02 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Need ideas for doing restore from previous media
I have a problem that I'm having difficulty wrapping my brain around
and was hoping someone could give me some ideas.
So, here's the situation. I have a master server and a SAN media server
currently active. Neither one of these systems have openings for
additional
hardware. I have a SL500 tape library with 4 LTO3 tape drives - both
the master and SAN server share those drives. All is well there.
Our sDLT tape drive was upgraded to the 4th LTO3 drive in that library
about a year ago, and we no longer have a sDLT drive in the mix (at the
moment).
I have a restore request from a tape about 4 years old. It's a sDLT tape
that was written by the SAN media server host.
I have a spare SAN media server license and I have 2 more tape drive
licenses not in use. So, legally I have the license issue covered.
If I take a host, add a stand alone sDLT tape drive (SCSI attached).
Give
that host the other SAN license and the tape drive license, do you think
I
can do the restore from this other host?
I'm thinking I can use bpmedia to move that tape from the backup source
to the new SAN media server. I might have to move the data after it's
restored, but the biggest obstacle now is getting it off tape.
The sDLT standalone drive will not be on the SAN. Nor will the host -
this is
where my brain gets crossed. Will the SAN media server license work to
restore
sDLT tapes on a standalone drive when they are not on a SAN?
Any hints, tips, or ideas are most greatly appreciated.
Thanks...
jann
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