No worries..I’m not offended.
The policy type is Standard within the GUI but I am not sure about the binaries. I installed the Linux client, which I downloaded from Symantec a couple years ago, and basically left them alone. I rarely needed to perform restores on this system, so I would just restore the file to the Windows desktop and transfer it with a CD. Recently though, our developers have made a series of “mistakes” and I am starting to revisit this issue. My lack of knowledge on NBU installed on Unix/Linux is clearly hindering things. Ask all the simplistic questions you need, because it will get me going in the right direction.
James McDonald
System Administrator
SAIC - IISBU
410-312-2232
From: Patrick [mailto:netbackup AT whelan-consulting.co DOT uk]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:16 AM
To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients
You did check the policy type? Are you sure you have the correct binaries installed on the Linux box?
In the backup and recovery GUI what policy type do you specify?
It is a Linux file your trying to restore to the Linux box.
Forgive the simplistic questions but I’m just trying to eliminate the obvious. J
It is probably something very simple, but I don’t have a similar environment here to test it. L
From: McDonald, James F. II [mailto:JAMES.F.MCDONALD.II AT saic DOT com]
Sent: 31 March 2011 15:08
To: Patrick; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients
Patrick,
I just tried to restore a small file (old virus scan log) and I received this error in the restore status window: can’t create file: usr:\local\pathname\to\file (WIN32 3:The system cannot find the path specified.)
James McDonald
System Administrator
SAIC - IISBU
410-312-2232
From: Patrick [mailto:netbackup AT whelan-consulting.co DOT uk]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:29 AM
To: McDonald, James F. II; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Windows Server and Linux Clients
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
