I guess the first thing I’d check is if the policy type is standard. As you’ve only had windows in the past this might have been missed. Otherwise there is no difference doing restores to alternate OSes than the master. I have done windows to NIX, NIX to windows, etc.
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of McDonald, James F. II
Sent: 31 March 2011 13:56
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients
We have a development system that is currently being backed up with a Windows master/media server and approximately 10 Linux clients. I have been unable to successfully restore directly from the Windows server to the Linux clients. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions on how to restore directly between the two? I have never installed a Linux NBU master/media server (because we only had a Windows version of NBU until now). Are NBU master/media servers on Linux equivalent to the Windows version (GUI, command-line commands, etc.)?
The system is currently running a Windows Server 2003 master/media server running NBU 7.0 and all the clients, at this point, are RedHat Linux.
James McDonald
System Administrator
SAIC - IISBU
410-312-2232