[Networker] Migrate different server and tape technology
2005-10-18 12:54:52
I'm going to migrate to a new server and have questions about how to go
about it. They are both Solaris systems - the old server is running
version 6.1.2 of networker with a 8 slot DLT autochanger on it. I'll be
installing networker 7.2 on the new server and it has a 17 slot LTO 2
drive. I have several months of backups on the old DLT's that I would
like to save so I'm not sure how to do the migration. I only have a
license for 9 slot autochanger so if I move the old DLT autochanger to
the new server in addition to the LTO autochanger I'm not sure how I can
access the old tapes to do recoveries. Is there a way to do this or
does it require a new license? I'd rather not buy a 2nd autochanger
license for the few months that I need access to the old tapes so not
sure if there is some other way to do this. I don't know if the
networker license would let me access the DLT drive as just a DLT and I
could manually work the autochanger to select tapes since this doesn't
happen often. Also looking through the manual I don't see info on how
to migrate the old indexes over to the new machine - can I just copy
over the old nsr directory tree and install as if I were doing an
upgrade? Will I have a problem with this since the tape drive is now
the new LTO autochanger? Any hints would be appreciated (or pointers to
the proper section of the manuals).
Rick
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