Re: [Networker] Networker server from Unix to NT

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:01:12 +0100, Mark Bradshaw (BTOpenWorld)
<notthehoople AT BTOPENWORLD DOT COM> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>This is possible to do but about as unsupported as you can get! What you
>need is a Linux NetWorker machine as a temporary stop-over point for the
>media indexes. What you do is:
>
>- backup your bootstrap to a file device on your UNIX server
>- tar the file device and ftp to your Linux server (I've used my laptop for
>this)
>- untar file device
>- create file device with same path in Linux NetWorker server.
>- scan file device
>- mmrecov last bootstrap (this will fail about half way through as there is
>no client index for the NetWorker server but we don't care yet)
>- stop NetWorker and tar the mm directory under /nsr
>- copy tar to Windows and untar into the Windows NetWorker mm directory
>- file copy the client indexes from your UNIX server
>- start NetWorker and test !
>
>Note I've only run this on test environments but I've had no problems with
>the method. But don't expect anyone to support you once you've converted
>everything across.......
>
>Mark
>
>> Hi There,
>>
>> Generally the Unix OS performs better under load - but this has its own
>> pro's and cons (price and support normally the bigger ones).
>>
>> I am sitting with a similar issue now (posted a question a week ago) where
>> we are migrating - or trying to migrate - a customer from Unix to Windows.
>> They are migrating all their servers to Windows for a single supported
>> environment - including all their Database servers, email etc ...
>>
>> We already know (have proven) that we cant mmrecov across OS, so now we
>> (they) will attempt some other avenues we have suggested.
>>
>> I will (as a matter of interest) post to the list once we have some more
>> conclusive results, (if at all)
>>
>> ;p
>>
>> Regards,
>> Riaan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rahul Parasnis [mailto:rahulparasnis AT MSN DOT COM]
>> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 2:23 PM
>> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>> Subject: Re: [Networker] Networker server from Unix to NT
>>
>>
>> Will be interested to know why ?
>>
>> What are advantages by having server on Unix over Windows 2003 ?
>>
>> - Rahul
>>> From: Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
>>> Reply-To: Legato NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT 
>>> EDU>,
>>>         Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
>>> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>>> Subject: Re: [Networker] Networker server from Unix to NT
>>> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 06:46:00 -0400
>>>
>>> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Thomas Dupouy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> did someone tried to migrate a Networker 7.x server from Unix to NT ?
>>>> Is it a way to do that ?
>>>
>>> Such a migration is not supported.
>>>
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