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Yesterday I replaced the hardware on our primary NetWorker server. The
server OS also went from RHEL 5.7 to RHEL 6.2. The NetWorker version
stayed the same (7.6.2.5), but I did convert from 32 bit to 64 bit
NetWorker install.
As described in the installation guide, that meant going through the
disaster recovery procedure. I'm well-versed in that procedure and it
went fine, as did reconfiguring the jukebox (the control port changed
SCSI address) and recovering the client file indexes.
Much to my surprise, though, the disaster recover procedure does *not*
bring back the previous "nsrladb" when it recovers the other resources.
This means that the server certificate used as part of the "peer"
authentication changed.
Surprisingly, only about two dozen of our 125+ clients failed their
backups last night because of the change in the server certificate, but
now I'm in a quandary.
I've now been through one (incremental) cycle with the new/regenerated
server cert. Can I simply replace the new certificate (or entire nsrladb)
with the one recovered from backups, or is that just going to cause
problems for other clients?
If I controlled all of the clients that failed, I would just delete their
server peer information and let it be regenerated, but unfortunately many
of the clients are SLA backup customers, so I have no access to the
client systems.
Any thoughts on whether replacing the nsrladb on a NetWorker server with
a recovered copy is a good idea, or if that's just asking for trouble?
Thanks,
Tim
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North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164
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