I currently run a Netbackup 5.1MP6 installation off of a Sun E450 that's 
getting long in the tooth.  As part of investigating my options for upgrading 
both the HW and SW, I'm considering moving the master to Linux both for cost 
and maintenance reasons (there's very few Solaris systems left on our network). 
 One option i'm considering is the possibility of migrating the master to Linux 
first, and then worrying about Netbackup upgrades later, so that the concern 
about hardware can be eliminted.

I've read that changing the master name is generally hard if not impossible to 
do, and that you can't move between operating platforms (UNIX & Windows) 
easily, but what about between UNIX (Solaris 9) and Linux (RHEL, probably 5)?  
Could I build a linux box named the same as the current Solaris master, install 
Netbackup 5.1 and MP6, and then do a complete catalog restore/copy from the 
current master?  I know I'd have to reconfigure the tape drives & robot, but 
that's fairly simple to do.  My main concern is that if we do go to a new 
platform, I don't want to lose the backup history and ease of restoring what we 
currently have on tape.

Also, I know it's not considered a good/easy thing to do, but is there any way 
at all other than bringing Symantec Consulting Services to rename a master 
server?  If so, that would go a long way towards resolving some of the other 
issues we face...

Thanks for any assistance you can give!

Josh

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