The client exists in DNS, which is what we're using for resolution....but I 
suppose I could override it with the hosts file.
But I would have to change the hosts file on the client as well as its 
bp.conf....

Hmmm....seems less intrusive to just rename the image dir.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DATASEC Javier González [mailto:jg AT datasec DOT ch] 
> Sent: November 22, 2005 12:07 PM
> To: Paul Keating; 'Ed Wilts'
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] tricking netbackup
> 
> 
> For us it's enough to touch both host tables and bp.conf on the client
> 
> Javier 
> 
> -----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 
> Paul Keating
> Sent: Dienstag, 22. November 2005 17:52
> To: Ed Wilts
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] tricking netbackup
> 
> On the suggestion of another list member, I tried something on my lab
> server.
> 
> I renamed a random test client to a new name Then I did a cp -R of
> /usr/openv/netbackup/db/oldclient to /usr/openv/netbackup/db/newclient
> 
> I didn't bounce daemons, or anything else......
> 
> Ran a diff backup of newclient, and it came out looking like 
> another diff of
> oldclient.
> 
> When I tried to do a restore, I browsed newclient and saw the 
> image of the
> recent diff, as well as all previous diffs and fulls of oldclient.
> 
> Anyone else tried this?
> 
> (a lot of my clients don't have a STREAMS file????) 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org]
> > Sent: November 22, 2005 10:50 AM
> > To: Paul Keating
> > Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] tricking netbackup
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 08:33:48AM -0500, Paul Keating wrote:
> > > On Friday night it had a full backup, and on Sunday the data was 
> > > migrated to SAN attached disk on a different, but same 
> configuration 
> > > server.
> > >  
> > > is there any way to make Netbackup think that the "server1" 
> > that had the
> > > full on Friday night is the same machine as "server1san"?
> > > The data is the same, and the system config is the same,
> > just the system
> > > name, and where the physical data is located has chaged 
> (though the 
> > > directory structure and drive letter is the same.)
> > 
> > I'm guessing (but have not verified) that the following might work:
> > 
> > - shut down NetBackup
> > - edit the STREAMS file for server1san and include the full backup 
> > entry
> >   from server1
> > - start NetBackup
> > 
> > If you try this and it works, please let me know.
> > 
> >         .../Ed
> > --
> > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
> > mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org
> > 
> 
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