Cheers guys,
That sounds like a good option; I will try that on a test server
tomorrow.
Thanks again for all of our help.
Cheers,
Steve.
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Ballowe [mailto:cballowe AT gmail DOT com]
Sent: 22 September 2005 17:55
To: Piszcz, Justin
Cc: Steven Jenner; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore of Netbackup image to Backup Exec
server???
you need to skip the media header ... so it would be mt fsf 1
/dev/nrmt/whatever (note that you MUST use the no-rewind device -
otherwise it fastforwards and instantly rewinds)... except this is
windows and I don't know the equivalent of mt or the tape drive device
to give the recommendation on what to do. Once you're positioned on
the image, tar xvf would do it - you might need to do something to set
the extract directory as well, so it doesn't start overwriting from /
-Charlie
On 9/22/05, Piszcz, Justin <jpiszcz AT servervault DOT com> wrote:
> Usually just tar xvf /dev/st0 or whatever your tape device is.
>
> -----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 Steven
> Jenner
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:49 AM
> To: Charles Ballowe
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Restore of Netbackup image to Backup Exec
> server???
>
> Hi Charles,
>
> That sounds like it may be an ideal solution. As I have no experience
of
> extracting data written in GNU tar format, do you have details on the
> best way to achieve this or can you point me in the right direction?
>
> The data on the tape isn't multiplexed and is one large 126 GB data
file
> taken from a Windows 2003 server.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Steve.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Ballowe [mailto:cballowe AT gmail DOT com]
> Sent: 22 September 2005 15:17
> To: Steven Jenner
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore of Netbackup image to Backup Exec
> server???
>
> If it's not a multiplexed backup and if you don't need to restore to a
> server other than the one with the tape drive attached, you can do the
> restore with gnu tar (send the binary out of a netbackup install --
> since they're based on the GNU tar, it should be covered by the GPL.
> There might be some tricks if it's not one large backup piece, but
> otherwise, it works -- i've done it. Yay for using industry standards
> for data on tape :)
>
> -Charlie
>
> On 9/22/05, Steven Jenner <Steven.Jenner AT psinet.telstra.co DOT uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> >
> >
> > I believe I already know the answer to this but thought I would ask
> the
> > knowledgeable people here to confirm.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have produced a backup image of a 120 GB file on a LTO 2 tape
using
> > Netbackup Enterprise 5.1, the intention was that this tape would be
> sent to
> > an offsite location and the file would be restored to a remote
system.
> It
> > transpires that the system at the other end is not a Netbackup
> Enterprise
> > environment but rather a Veritas Backup Exec 9.0 and surprise
surprise
> the
> > other engineer cannot restore the file.
> >
> >
> >
> > My understanding is that you can restore a Backup Exec image to
> Netbackup
> > Enterprise but not the other way round, is that correct?
> >
> >
> >
> > If anyone out there has any suggestions as to how to complete this
> restore
> > (short of installing Netbackup at the remote site) please forward
them
> on
> > also.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve.
>
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