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

2004-12-03 10:33:32
Subject: Re: [Networker] WOW ! - moving a NetWorker server from UNIX to Windows?
From: Thierry Faucille <tfnw AT STORDATA DOT FR>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 16:32:05 +0100
The Dec 03 06:57, Ballinger, John M wrote:
> Thanks Thierry,
>
> Have you done this with version 7.0+ before.
>
> John

I've done this with a 6.1.4 version and not with a 7.x
But I think that it's exactly the same ...

Thierry.

> -----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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