[Veritas-bu] testing full restores

Lee Anne,

I have just recently finished disaster recovery testing on a separate network.
Just as you are suggesting:  I rebuilt the Win2k master server and recovered 
the Netbackup database and configuration, and then each client.  It worked 
nicely.  
  
Hardware did not match the original for any of the systems, nor were IP 
addresses the same.  In one case,  I recovered from a multi-processor Compaq 
server to a single processor gateway pc (without restoring the entire system 
state, of course).  
If you are going to restore the entire system to a dissimilar server (& I did 
not use IDR),  I found it best to restore the C drive, reboot, and then restore 
the system state and reboot.

Regards,
Melinda Orms




-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Anne Pedersen [mailto:LeeAnne.Pedersen AT gov.ab DOT ca]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:12 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] testing full restores


I must be able to successfully restore a complete server from a backup as a 
disaster recovery 
test. How do I do this?

I have a test server, extremely close in hardware config, but I cannot give the 
server the same
name as the backed up server while on the network. The backup includes IDR 
info, but I'm not 
sure if I can use this to restore to another server with a different name.

My thought is to isolate two servers on their own network. Make one the Master 
server, 
attach a local tape drive, and restore the NBU catalogues to it, and with the 
other, use IDR to 
recover the client with the same name as the still-functional, production 
client. Will this work, 
and does the master server need to be of the same name/IP as the actual master 
server?

The network is Windows 2000, with DataCenter 3.4.1 patched to 341_2. All Compaq 
hardware, 
with a TL891DLX tape library.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,
Lee Anne Pedersen

LeeAnne.Pedersen AT gov.ab DOT ca
Alberta Corporate Service Centre (ACSC)
Ph: 780-427-2504

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