> Hello list,
>
> i'm facing a big change on my backup architecture, migrating
> from a netra T1 , with one 450Mhz CPU and 256 mb ram , with a STK
> 9730 (2 DLT7k drives), to a Sun E250 2 CPU 400Mhz ,1 Gb ram , and a
> STK 9710 with 10 DLT7k drives, so my doubt:
>
> is better to install a new server, keep same name, install nbu with
> same patch level, and copy the db directory to the new machine, or
> install a new machine, new name, create the schedules again, add the
> new machine as SERVER= on all bp.conf file on clients, and so on?
Keep the name if you can.
This would be a great time to practice master server recovery per
chapter 5 of the troubleshooting guide. Why just copy the files, when
you could use bprecover?
>
> i'm not looking the less work solution, i'm looking for the best
> solution, as i had a schedule of 1 month to make all the migration,
> so make it fast is not the point, but a mix will be great (less
> work, good results) :)
>
> Any guidance from all the nbu admins around will be really
> apreciated , even url pointing me to message on this list, or
> veritas site. :)
>
> TIA!
>
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