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Re: [Networker] Replacing a client

2004-01-30 11:04:34
Subject: Re: [Networker] Replacing a client
From: Dave Mussulman <mussulma AT CS.UIUC DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:04:22 -0600
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 02:15:14PM -0600, Werth, Dave wrote:
> This weekend we will be replacing our file/print server (currently running
> NT4.0) with new hardware (the old server is 1997 hardware) running W2K.  Due
> to some engineers hard coding the node name in documents for the FAA the
> path of least resistance is to keep the same name for the new server as the
> old server.  The IP address may or may not change, we're not sure yet.
>
> This obviously will affect the NetWorker backup of the client.  Even thought
> the disk layout will remain substantially the same (with 8X the space) the
> OS has changed.  Right now for the purposes of setting up the new server and
> transferring the files both systems are on the network and are being backed
> up.  The old system is ZEUS and the new is called ARES but will be renamed
> to ZEUS when we make the switch.
>
> So my thoughts on how handle this with Networker are to rename the original
> ZEUS index directory, delete the ZEUS & ARES clients then add the ZEUS
> client back in for the new server.
>
> The big negative to this is that I won't have easy access to the original
> ZEUS index to restore files backed up before the change.  I'm not sure that
> it would work to just shut down NetWorker, switch the original and new index
> directories, and restart, then reverse that to put them back.
>
> Anyway, I was hoping some of you out there have done this before and would
> be able to offer me some hints/suggestions for getting through this.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I think you're over complicating
things.  In that scenario, I would do a full back of the old server
(ZEUS), and then swap hostnames (so that the new server would still be
ZEUS - if you like you can put the old-ZEUS machine on ARES,) and then
do another full backup.  If you need files from the old setup, you can
either copy them over from ARES/old-ZEUS, or do a restore directly back
to the new machine.

Deleting the client seems like overkill.

Dave

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