Hi
I have been through the pain of merging a few master server databases -
no major problems occured besides media not being unique. The best thing
I did was to get all master servers at same NBU release.
My recommendations :
1. Check all media is unique.
2. Upgrade both boxes to same version NBU.
3. Check all media is unique = again.
4. Cleanup Db using the NBCC tool.
5. Call Symantec consulting - depending on the size of the DB,s the
"consulting" can be a major timesaver and also allows you the
opportunity to "network". We took 4 days to merge 4 Master servers, in
between other work.
6. Once merged, check all images have been migrated to the new master
server.
7. If the original media servers have been decommissioned - check the
image fragments reflect any new media servers. An alternative is to
setup "force_media_restore", but this setting can be eventually
forgotten. Best to update the image fragments.
best regards,
JdS
WEAVER, Simon (external) wrote:
> */Kevin/*
> */Expect alot of problems with this. I am sure young Ed Wilts advised
> this is not supported.... and with 2 mixes of version of NBU 6.5, its
> not going to be alot of fun./*
> *//*
> */Maybe just import the tapes you need, as and when required?/*
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> /Regards/
>
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> -----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
> *Kevin Whittaker
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:49 PM
> *To:* veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> *Subject:* [Veritas-bu] Merge 2 Master Servers
>
> My group has been requested to take over the backups from another
> group. I have no interest in having multiple master servers, so I
> want to merge the 2 environments.
>
> I figure my first issue is that my environment is 6.5 and theirs is
> 5.1. So, I plan on upgrading them to 6.5 before I do anything.
>
> Next, I need to make sure that they have no duplicate media ids. I
> don't have to worry about duplicate host names.
>
> Anybody ever do this? If so, any information would be appreciated.
>
> Kevin Whittaker
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