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Re: [Networker] WOW ! - moving a NetWorker server from UNIX to Windows?

2004-12-03 09:58:29
Subject: Re: [Networker] WOW ! - moving a NetWorker server from UNIX to Windows?
From: "Ballinger, John M" <john.ballinger AT PNL DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 06:57:27 -0800
Thanks Thierry,

Have you done this with version 7.0+ before.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Thierry Faucille [mailto:tfnw AT stordata DOT fr]
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:14 AM
To: Legato NetWorker discussion; Ballinger, John M
Subject: Re: [Networker] WOW ! - moving a NetWorker server from UNIX to
Windows?


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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Thierry Faucille, technical support : tf AT stordata DOT fr
Stordata, Versailles, Lyon, Toulouse; France. 

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