Wow, yikes.. What about tapes? If I backup data using MPX or not using a
windows master/media server, I should be able to read it via a
Solaris/UNIX media/master server correct? I assume this only concerns the
catalog?
Justin.
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Ed Wilts wrote:
> On 2/13/2007 3:30 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>> As long as you back it up to tape/disk with a catalog backup and then back
>> again it /should/ be ok as long as the versions are the same etc.?
>
> Not at all! Recovering a catalog across platforms is not supported and
> actually will *not* work. Line terminations are different between the two
> platforms and you will have unusable files after the recovery.
>
> We did a migration from Windows to Solaris back on 3.4 and it was a major
> effort with some binary file editing. This is not for the faint of heart and
> things have changed a fair bit since we did our migration.
>
> Contact Symantec Professional Services if you really want to do this.
>
> .../Ed
>
>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Didier BRUN wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Does anyone have already moved a Netbackup 5.1 catalog from a
>>> windows server to a solaris server ?
>
>
> --
> Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
> mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org
>
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