Bob
Correct, in order to do any import, thte tape MUST be known by NetBackup,
however if its expired, my guess is, the tape ends up in SCRATCH, as it
treats it as a NEW tape, even though we need to use it for import.
I recall something along the lines of creating a pool called NBCC or
something like that.... A pool that you move the tape to for the import
process. I think the special pool created is treated as a safe pool.
Would this sound right to you as part of your BBP method :-)
Regards
Simon Weaver
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Windows Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
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Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net
-----Original Message-----
From: bob944 [mailto:bob944 at attglobal.net]
Sent: 07 June 2006 11:21
To: WEAVER, Simon; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] RE: import requirements (was: 3 Quest...)
> Thanks. I am extremely serious about DR, but wanted to
> clarify if the phase 1 import process was going to look
> for the volume pool the tape originally came from.
You're welcome. Think about it logically--your data center doesn't exist
any more, and perhaps that includes you. Somebody you never met is at a DR
site in East Rutabaga with your previously off-sited tapes. What, in
NetBackup, requires knowledge of pool assignments to restore?
Nothing.
> If phase 1 works ok, and phase 2 completes, where does the
> tape get stored and in which volume?
Um, work backwards on this one, too. To specify tape SW1234 to any
NetBackup command, what did you have to do before that? You had to add it
to NetBackup's volume inventory, didn't you? Can you do that without the
tape being in a pool?
Okay, now: if you tell me what pool you added it to, I'll tell you what
pool it will be in before, during and after the imports. :-)
BBP (Bob's Best Practices) says that, for any non-trivial import, you should
create a pool that identifies the purpose and segregates the tapes. In a
datacenter consolidation, server relocation or DR import, the single pool
name used at the other datacenter (if you follow the BBP of using a single
pool) would be a good candidate. Once the tape is imported, "IMPORTED" is
the status you'll see in an available_media report.
There's no substitute for experience. Just create a tape with some test
data, delete it and go through the inventory/import process to see how it
works.
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