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[Veritas-bu] NetBackup Disaster Recovery Question

2004-08-05 10:03:14
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup Disaster Recovery Question
From: WBedour AT lear DOT com (BeDour, Wayne)
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:03:14 -0400
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Our environment is NetBackup 4.5 fp6 HP-ux 11.i.  We have this environment
running at two and soon to be three location.  We have set up the sites as D
R sites to each other using srdf to keep the data current.  We have tested
this and can bring up our production environment at the alternate site with
data at acceptable currency.  Now the issue is what to do with NetBackup.
Each site has its' own separate instance of NetBackup running.  During a
disaster the running NetBackup could do the backups for the DR machines.  

My problem / question is, what needs to be done if I need to do a restore
from the NetBackup system that was running at the site that had the
disaster.  All my tape history information from the other site is in its'
NetBackup catalog which at this time is still on tape.  Do I have to either
drop this catalog down to the running NetBackup, do the restore then put the
other catalog back or, run a separate instance of NetBackup with the other
site's catalog to access it's data?  Any other ideas or solutions?

I'm just looking for ideas or suggestions what other companies are, or would
do if they were running in this environment. 

Thanks in advance.

Wayne BeDour 
IT Unix System Administrator 
PH: 313-240-3374  FAX:  313-240-3065  
Internet:  wbedour AT lear DOT com 

 



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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Our environment is NetBackup 4.5 fp6 HP-ux 11.i.&nbsp; We
have this environment running at two and soon to be three location.&nbsp; We 
have
set up the sites as D R sites to each other using srdf to keep the data
current.&nbsp; We have tested this and can bring up our production environment
at the alternate site with data at acceptable currency.&nbsp; Now the issue is
what to do with NetBackup.&nbsp; Each site has its' own separate instance
of NetBackup running.&nbsp; During a disaster the running NetBackup could do
the backups for the DR machines.&nbsp; </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My problem / question is, what needs to be done if I need to
do a restore from the NetBackup system that was running at the site that had
the disaster.&nbsp; All my tape history information from the other site is in
its' NetBackup catalog which at this time is still on tape.&nbsp; Do I
have to either drop this catalog down to the running NetBackup, do the restore
then put the other catalog back or, run a separate instance of NetBackup with
the other site's catalog to access it's data?&nbsp; Any other ideas
or solutions?</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I'm just looking for ideas or suggestions what other 
companies
are, or would do if they were running in this environment. </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks in advance.</span></font></p>

<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wayne BeDour <br>
IT Unix System Administrator <br>
PH: 313-240-3374&nbsp; FAX:&nbsp; 313-240-3065&nbsp; <br>
Internet:&nbsp; wbedour AT lear DOT com </span></font></p>

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