If I rebuild my master server so that it is on a larger more powerful server
is it necessary to keep both the current server name and IP address.  My
plan was to keep the master server name identical but to change the IP
address.

Will a change in IP address on the master server cause a problem??



Mark

 Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 12:40:11 -0500 (EST)
> From: veritas-bu AT jasons DOT us
> Reply-To: veritas-bu AT jasons DOT us
> To: Paul Boatman <boatm005 AT admin.ndis.umn DOT edu>
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Images Catalog Questions
>
> On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Paul Boatman wrote:
>
> > Hey guys (and gals),
> >
> > We are currently at 72% diskspace used on our Master Server. We also
> > are looking at possibly doubling our clients on that server and on our
> > media server. My questions for the groups are:
> >
> > 1. Is there any way to store the images catalog on the Media Server
> > instead of the master ?
>
> Not via Veritas.  The location of the catalog is really what defines the
> master server.  Now, you could move the catalog to another system or NAS
> device and map it that way (NFS or CIFS) but I wouldn't recommend it.
> It'll kill performance and make the system generally less reliable.  I
> would either add disk space to the master or upgrade to a newer system
> with more disk space.  If you upgrade, though, the new master has to have
> the same name and IP as the master it's replacing.
>
> > 2. After the 4.5 (Binary Catalog) upgrade, have you guys typically seen
> > a dramatic reduction in the size of the images catalog ?
>
> If you already compress your catalog the new format won't save you much
> space, if at all.  In fact, you'll need a bunch of free space for the
> change since it has to uncompress and convert each catalog file
> individually.
>
> -Jason
>