On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Justin Piszcz wrote:

> Hello,
>
> In the past I have used bprecover on an all-in-one master server, where the 
> robot and tape drives were connected to the master.
>
> In my test, I have destroyed the master server.
>
> I have re-installed NetBackup 5.1MP6 (what I am testing with).
>
> On the media server now, I am trying now from a media server with the 
> following command:
>
> # for I in `seq 3`; do ./bprecover -r $I  -tpath /dev/st/nh0c0t1l0 -d hcart2 
> -dhost master-server ; done
> Recovering master-server:/usr/openv/netbackup/db to host master-server
> Recovering master-server:/usr/openv/volmgr/database to host master-server
> Recovering master-server:/usr/openv/var to host master-server
> #
>
> However, nothing is actually restored on the master server, no policies, no 
> client images, has anyone recovered from this type of situation before?
>
> Justin.
>
>

Found the problem, the installation path (including symlink/etc) must be 
exactly the same after you re-install NetBackup.

Then it worked.

Justin.
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