Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU Server Upgrade
2011-06-01 17:35:13
Sorry, was out for a week.
We have chosen to copy the entire contents
of /usr/openv to the new server versus doing a recovery. Which is faster
and less painful? I would guess they are about the same, but we have done
what I listed several times and it works just fine for us. You're on windows,
so what I suggested won't work without some other Windows tools or maybe
cygwin or something.
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Rusty,
What do you mean by this:
“Use tar and some other OS tricks to
do a simultaneous tar and copy to the remote machine”?
Does the “Import Images” option not
copy all the existing *.info and *.img files over from the old server to
the new server? Once the “Recover the Catalog” operation completes,
can you just do a simple copy command with the actual images?
James McDonald
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SAIC - IISBU
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU Server Upgrade
Here's what we do for a UNIX (Solaris) server
refresh.
-Install NBU and patch to the same level on the new server
-Make a final catalog and system backup of the old server
-Shut down NBU on old system
-Use tar and some other OS tricks to do a simultaneous tar and copy to
the remote machine
-Swap over library/drive connections and configure in OS (this can be done
before if a switched connection)
-Swap IPs and hostnames
-Reboot both servers, making sure NBU does not start on boot
-Reconfigure drives/robot
-Test
-Resolve any issues
Of course this is UNIX, so, IMO, there are some OS tools that make this
so much easier than on Windows. Perhaps cygwin could help, or there are
some Windows tools you're aware of to achieve the same goal. This has worked
extremely well for several migrations, though it can be time consuming.
It has taken us most of a day before, but that is dependent on what size
pipe you have available when doing the file transfer (100Mb not fun).
Here's another idea. What if you setup your new server, then used DoubleTake
or something like that to mirror NBU to it? Or, what about pulling the
drives (hopefully a mirror set) and putting them in the new server? Yes,
there would probably be some hardware differences, but hopefully Windows
could get past that. Then you could upgrade Windows to 2008 and be done.
Another idea is to upgrade to Win2k8 and then move to the new server via
one of the above methods.
Whatever you end up doing, I recommend a practice run if you can afford
that. Don't do anything to your old system that would prevent falling back.
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Services ▪ 757 N. Eldridge Suite 200, Houston TX 77079 ▪ 281-584-4693
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My current NBU server has lost its warranty coverage and instead of paying
for more coverage, I was given a new server that has a warranty intact.
I need to upgrade to this newer server so I just wanted to get some
guidance on the procedure to do so. The current setup is a
Dell 2950, running Server 2003 and NBU 7.0. There is tape storage
attached to the current NBU server, via a SCSI card. The new setup
will be in a newer Dell 2950, running Server 2008 and NBU 7.0. I
will need to transfer everything (db’s, images, tape storage, etc.) to
the new server. Below are some instructions I found online. Please
comment, add or take away. This will be a first-time “recovery”
for me, so any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Recovery When Windows is Intact
Master Server Disk Recovery for Windows
Before starting, verify that you have:
NetBackup server software for Windows
The latest NetBackup catalog backup on tape or disk
Determine the install_path in which NetBackup is installed.
By default, NetBackup is installed in C:\Program Files\VERITAS
.
Recovering the Master Server (Windows intact)
To recover the Master server with the operating system intact
1. Partition the disks as they were before the failure.
2. Install NetBackup server software. However, do not configure any
NetBackup policies or devices.
3. Install any NetBackup patches that had previously been installed.
4. Update the external mapping files.
5. Enable debug logging by creating the following directories:
install_path\NetBackup\logs\tar
install_path\NetBackup\logs\bpinetd
6. Start the NetBackup Client service and stop all other NetBackup
services. Use the NetBackup Activity Monitor, or the Services application
in the Windows Control Panel.
7. Use the bprecover command to recover the NetBackup catalogs: Choose
one of the procedures under “Recovering
the NetBackup Catalogs for Windows”
on page 544.
8. When catalog recovery is complete, start the NetBackup services
that are not already running. Use the Activity Monitor, or the Services
application in the Windows Control Panel.
Master Server Disk Recovery for Windows
Caution: In step
9, do not restore
files to the install_path \NetBackup\db, install_path \NetBackup\var ,
or install_path \Volmgr\database directories. These directories were recovered
instep
7 and
overwriting them with regular backups will leave the catalogs in an inconsistent
state.
9. Restore all other files:
a. Start the NetBackup Administration interface on the master server.
b. Start the Backup, Archive, and Restore utility.
c. Browse for restores and select the partitions that were lost.
d. Deselect the install_path \NetBackup\db, install_path\NetBackup\var
and install_path\Volmgr\database directories (see the caution above).
e. Start the restore.
10. When all partitions are restored, check the debug logs in the directories
created instep
5. If there are any ERR
or WRN messages, resolve the problems before proceeding.
11. Reboot the system. This replaces any files that were busy
during the restore. When the boot process is complete, the system is restored
to the state it was in at the time of the last backup
James McDonald
System Administrator
SAIC - IISBU
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