Re: [Networker] WOW ! - moving a NetWorker server from UNIX to Windows?
2004-12-03 06:14:27
The Dec 02 19:28, Ballinger, John M wrote:
> Simple question: Can one move from a UNIX(Solaris) NetWorker
> Server over to Windows(Win2k or Win2k3) ?
>
> Is there an official document for doing this?
No it's not supported :-)
> Has anyone done it ?
Yep.
> I've replaced hardware and installed the same OS type and version
> before without problems.
> But I've never moved OS's.
> What about the indexes. I have them spread across 4 filesystems
> including the default one relative to the installation tree. That I
> can deal with manually if necessary.
It's depend about what is the Unix OS
The major trouble ( I think ) is that the index and media are stored
with major Unix system in Big Indian, and in Little Indian
on Windows.
But the bootstrap doesn't have this trouble ...
1 So first, you have to backup all your index and bootstrap
( savegrp -O -l full )
2. Do a disaster recovery on a Linux Box ( mmrecov )
and restore all the index.
3. Export the disk via samba
3. Copy the exported data from the linux box to Windows.
You have to do a disaster recovery on the Linux
because Files System are compatible between Unix
and Linux, and Linux are on Pcbox with little indian
processor.
It's the more simple way i've found :-)
I really hope that you are a NetWorker Specialist ...
> I believe I have ~25GB of index (350 clients and retention of
> 3Months and Browse of 2 months).
>
> thanks - John
>
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