Paul:

Are you not able to recover the NBU catalog?

I'd rather do that than import all those tapes. Importing will take some
time, remember it is a two phase process.

As far as the apps, I'd probably install them versus restoring them,
especially since its NT.  Do you have a standard corporate image that you
use for all of your NT servers/clients?  Perhaps you could have that on hand
to expedite your server recovery.

Just some thoughts.

David

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NetBackup Consultant
DataStaff, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Paul Sobey
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 7:44 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] DR Musings


Dear all,

We currently backup our servers using a full dump on weekends, incrementals
during the week. Full dumps are duplicated and sent offsite weekly. I'd
like to do it more frequently but I currently only have two drives, so
cloning during the week is a no-no if I want to be able to do restores!

We have a DR test coming up, during which I will need to restore several of
our servers from the duplicated tapes. I will be provided with a blank
server/LTO drive for NetBackup. Current plan is to do something like this:

   Install NetBackup on blank NT Server
   Use bpimport to read duplicated tapes into catalogue
   Install NT + apps on individual servers
   Use NetBackup to restore data


I would be very interested to hear anyone's comments on this. Is it
workable? I have around 400GB to import - how long approximately to create
the catalogue entries? How long to write the actual data back given server
grade kit/NT4/100MB ethernet? Would it be quicker to use NetBackup to
restore the apps as well as the data?

Using NB Datacentre 3.4 on NT4.

Any advice gratefully received!



Cheers,

Paul


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