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Re: [Veritas-bu] Need some help

2007-10-23 20:37:24
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Need some help
From: "Tim Hoke" <thoke AT northpeak DOT org>
To: "Tharp, Trey" <Trey.Tharp AT allstate DOT com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:19:10 -0500
You know, I think there's some nbemmcmd -renamehost or something like
that.  Seems to me that will get things squared away.  Devices, media
and all.

-Tim

On 10/23/07, Tharp, Trey <Trey.Tharp AT allstate DOT com> wrote:
> Here's what you need to do to resolve this from the customer side. On
> the master that you are running the 'bpmedia -movedb' command create a
> host entry for the old_server name and put the IP address of that as the
> master. What you need to do is have bpmedia able to talk to a NBU host,
> it doesn't actually do anything but want to verify connectivity. At that
> point the 'bpmedia -movedb' should work and then once all the media is
> no longer assigned to that server you can run 'nbemmcmd -deletehost' and
> get rid of it.
>
> The alternative is to have Support write a sql script to update the
> database references for the old media server, but they aren't always
> willing to do this for all customers I don't think.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Cruice,
> Daniel (US - Glen Mills)
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:26 PM
> To: Justin Piszcz
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Need some help
>
> Well...my issue is not resolved, I have gone to the extent of building a
> new box with the same old media server name, and that STILL did not do
> the trick.  Symantec is recommending I install MP5 on the Master node.
> As they have seen this issue with other customers and MP5 seemed to have
> done the trick.  So now I turn to my fella NBU friends are there any
> gotcha's or issues with MP5 and does anyone know how long it has been
> out?
>
>
> Thanks
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com]
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 3:20 PM
> To: Cruice, Daniel (US - Glen Mills)
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Need some help
>
> That sounds right, do a test restore to make sure it works!
>
> Justin.
>
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Cruice, Daniel (US - Glen Mills) wrote:
>
> > Old one back in is not an option.  Where do I put the
> > Force_Restore_media_Server = OLD_Retiree new_server.
> Remember...Master
> > server is a W2K3 box.  If it goes in via the GUI of Host Properties of
>
> > the Master...General Server...Media host override, then I did already
> > enter them.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dan
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com]
> > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 3:04 PM
> > To: Cruice, Daniel (US - Glen Mills)
> > Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Need some help
> >
> > Hm..
> >
> > Put the old one back and do it properly OR..
> >
> > Use:
> >
> > (workaround)
> >
> > FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER = old_retiree new_server
> >
> > Hmm, there are probably more options but those are the ones that
> > immediately come to mind.
> >
> > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Cruice, Daniel (US - Glen Mills) wrote:
> >
> >> I rebuilt two media servers and renamed one.  And no like a dope I
> did
> >> not following the "retiring the media server" whitepaper that Veritas
> > so
> >> gracefully wrote.  So now I have an issue.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> My entire Master / media servers are Windows 2003 6.0 MP4.  The issue
> > I
> >> am having is getting all the media changed to the new media servers.
> >> I've tried the:
> >>
> >> Bpmedia -movedb -ev media_ID -oldserver old_server newserver
> > new_server
> >> command and it seems to run fine, but when I do a bpmedialist the
> > media
> >> is still assigned to the old media server name.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyone have an ideas?  I've gone as far as changing the display name
> > on
> >> the new media server to read the old server name, modified my host
> > files
> >> so the old name points to the new server's IP address and simply can
> > not
> >> get this figured out.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The caveat is I have to retain all the images on all these tapes.
> >> UGGGGG
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dan Cruice
> >>
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