Re: [Veritas-bu] Moving NBU install directory in Linux

Hey Justin,

Haven?t done this with 7.x, but have done it on 6.x without issues.

Our steps are a bit different than yours as we don?t do a catalog restore. We shutdown NBU and copy it over to the new location with the link already in place.

As I write this, I want to say that we tried moving NBU to another location on a live system and it caused issues (Solaris). I want to say the issues were related to packages, so we ended up having problems with patching down the line, but it?s been about 2 or 3 years so it?s a bit fuzzy. My recommendation would be to start the new server with the /usr/openv link to the new location already in place and then do your catalog restore.

Good Luck!

-Rusty

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Justin Piszcz
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:48 AM
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Moving NBU install directory in Linux

Hello,

Need advice on moving /usr/openv elsewhere, why am I doing this?

We have to migrate off of an old server, its running out of space.

The new server will have space, but due to the way provisioning works, we will not be using the same path (in the end).

Steps:

0. The current install /usr/openv is a symlink to -> /mypath1/openv

1. Take catalog backup to nfs directory on master1 (since it has no more room and disk recovery is faster than tape).

2. We remove the master1 from the rack and turn it off.

3. We put in new server, initial recovery (catalog recovery) to the new system with the same hostname to /mypath1/openv again, this is so the catalog recovery doesn?t break, I?ve tested it before where I pointed it to the new directory before the catalog recovery and it will fail.

4. Then, we will stop netbackup, mv /mypath/openv /new_path/openv and change the symlink from /usr/openv to the new path: /new_path/openv.

5. We will then start netbackup and we will be done.

I've done this before many times but this was in the 5.x-6.5.x days, I just want to make sure there are no issues doing this now with 7.1-7.5.

Anyone run into any issues with 7.1 or 7.5 while moving the install path?

Justin.

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