Set your catalog to backup
the vm.conf file so when you restore the catalog it brings that file back.
Right click catalog/configure catalog backup/files tab/add path to vm.conf.
Geoff Stafford
Barclaycard US
Data Protection
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Message: 13
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009
14:06:28 +0000
From: Dave Markham <dave.markham AT fjserv DOT net>
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu]
Strange problem after changing storage unit.
To: Justin Piszcz
<jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com>
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"veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu"
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Dude i totally didn't read
to the bottom of your email.
Thats exactly what has
happened. Its now working.
Fantastic. What a star.
How would i have found that
out? Dear me.
Cheers
Justin Piszcz wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Mar 2009,
Dave Markham wrote:
>
>
>> Netbackup 5.0MP7
running on Solaris with SL24
>>
>> Guys i got a bit of
weird issue i wondered if anyone could shed some
>> light on.
>>
>> A customer is
changing from an L1000 to an SL24, but wants to have
>> the L1000
configured also for historic restores until they expire.
>>
>> In a test bed on
same server hardware (e220r) i have built a fresh OS
>> using Sol9 09/05
(needed mpt driver for new Ultra320 HBA installed),
>> cabled up the SL24
with 2 x LTO3 drives in it.
>>
>> - I installed NBU
and patched to MP7 as the existing install is.
>> - Then got the
catalogues over and did a bprecover -r -dpath <path
>> to cats>
>> - This recovered
everything including the old L1000 storage unit.
>> - I removed the
robot and drives using tpconfig, vmadm.
>> - I then configured
the new SL24 unit and did an inventory on which
>> brought in the new
LTO3 tapes and put them as scratch (as by barcode
>> rules said to do).
>> - I can see all my
old media in volume group --- and all my new
>> media in 00_000_TLD
>> - I have left the
L1000 storage unit configured in NBU as i want to
>> connect it later,
where i will add using correct path etc.
>> - I have changed
policies to use the SL24 storage unit
>>
>> Now the problem is
when i try and run a backup it is failing with
>> status
>> 96 no media
available. I can't understand why as i have new media in
>> which is scratch.
>>
>> Anyone any ideas?
Do i need to remove the L1000 storage unit completely?
>> Is something hidden
somewhere i need to change?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
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>
> 1. So you took the
tapes from the L1000 and put them into an SL24?
> 2. I am assuming the
media servers did not change?
> 3. Did the drve tapes
stay the same?
> 4. Did you inventory
the library and make sure the media is scratch?
> 5. Is the barcode
reader in the new robot inventorying the tapes the same
> way as the old one?
>
> --
>
> Wait, I know, at least
in NetBackup 5.1x, you've hit the catalog restore bug!
> The bug is this: After
you recover the catalog it de-activates your
> scratch pool!
>
> Right click the Scratch
volume pool, and select [x] Enable/Scratch Pool!
>
> This got me a few times
as well :)
>
> Justin.
>
>
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