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[Veritas-bu] NBU 5.x catalog format compatible between Linux and Solaris?

2007-05-16 15:23:10
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5.x catalog format compatible between Linux and Solaris?
From: smpt at peppas.gr (smpt)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 21:23:10 +0200
I've done AIX to Linux  and  HPUX to linux.
I don't see why you can't do a solaris to linux, as netbackup databases (for 
netbackup up to 5.x) is flat files.

The only think you cant done is windows to linux (maybe with unix2dos)

stefanos

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Rongsheng Fang <unixlifebox at gmail.com>
>  Subject: [Veritas-bu] NBU 5.x catalog format compatible between Linux and    
> Solaris?
>  Sent: 16 May '07 16:03
>  
>  Hi,
>  
>  Is the catalog format compatible between Linux and Solaris if both are
>  running the same version of NetBackup Enterprise Server 5.x? I asked
>  this question on this list before and got a couple of positive replies
>  that said it was. Then I logged a case with Symantec support last week
>  and asked about the Linux to Solaris migration. Here is what I got back
>  from them:
>  
>  "NetBackup catalog and database format is not compatible between Linux
>  and Solaris even if both are running the same version of NetBackup 5.x."
>  
>  Would somebody from Symantec or anybody who has done the migration from
>  Linux to Solaris (or any other Unix platforms) kindly chime in and share
>  your experience on this?
>  
>  Thanks,
>  
>  Rongsheng
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