Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Migration.
You want to go from a windows master to a Unix master.. ho boy! Been there Done that. If you want to bring your database with you, then yes, you will need to use Symantec services to do the migration... otherwise they will not support you... or so they told me. I had issues with that... don't know if it was because we were going to AIX, but we could not get it to work. They said they had done this before on Linux. I ended up. Keeping my windows master until all tapes expired on it. I created my new aix master fresh. Added it to all the clients and made it their master (also added the new media servers). And started doing backups on the new environment (upgraded clients after we had it working) The clients still had the old master name in their server list. If I had to do restore, I just did it from the old master/media server. Once all tapes were expired. I took down the old windows server. And any time we were in a client properties, we would remove the old server names from the reference. From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Ulises Rodriguez Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:07 PM To: 'veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu' Subject: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Migration. Hello All, I am looking to migrate my windows 2003 32 bit netbackup master/media server to Redhat 64 bit enterprise edition. What I am looking for is for advice what I need to watch out for as far as the config/migration etc..etc.. My support contract with a local company suggested to use their professional services for this migration. Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you, Ulises Rodriguez. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Migration.
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:13 PM, judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com wrote: You want to go from a windows master to a Unix master…… ho boy! Been there…. Done that….. As have we - were successful back on NBU 3.4 going from Windows to Solaris. We changed host names while we were at it. If you want to bring your database with you, then yes, you will need to use Symantec services to do the migration… otherwise they will not support you… or so they told me. If you are able to successfully complete your upgrade, Symantec will support you after that. What they can't do is support you during the migration itself because there are a LOT of ways it can (and will) go wrong and these breakages are typically going to be well beyond 1st or 2nd level tech support. This is a very complex migration and I don't recall seeing any postings from anybody who has completed a cross-platform migration since NBU 6.x was released (which introduced EMM). Unless you have a very strong technical ability to hack binary files and a fairly good knowledge of NetBackup internals, I would recommend that you not do this without paying for Symantec (or 3rd party) professional services. It's doable but it's HARD. .../Ed Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE ewi...@ewilts.org Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/ewilts ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Migration.
Yes, I need to bring my database/catalog over to the new server. Thank you for all your responses. Ulises Rodriguez From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewi...@ewilts.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:01 PM To: Ulises Rodriguez Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Migration. On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:13 PM, judy_hinchcli...@administaff.commailto:judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com wrote: You want to go from a windows master to a Unix master.. ho boy! Been there Done that. As have we - were successful back on NBU 3.4 going from Windows to Solaris. We changed host names while we were at it. If you want to bring your database with you, then yes, you will need to use Symantec services to do the migration... otherwise they will not support you... or so they told me. If you are able to successfully complete your upgrade, Symantec will support you after that. What they can't do is support you during the migration itself because there are a LOT of ways it can (and will) go wrong and these breakages are typically going to be well beyond 1st or 2nd level tech support. This is a very complex migration and I don't recall seeing any postings from anybody who has completed a cross-platform migration since NBU 6.x was released (which introduced EMM). Unless you have a very strong technical ability to hack binary files and a fairly good knowledge of NetBackup internals, I would recommend that you not do this without paying for Symantec (or 3rd party) professional services. It's doable but it's HARD. .../Ed Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE ewi...@ewilts.orgmailto:ewi...@ewilts.org [cid:image001.jpg@01CAE6CB.3EE16970]Linkedinhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/ewilts inline: image001.jpg___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Migration.
One issue you will have is the image files are not compatible from Windows to unix and vice versa. So you would have to do a cat_convert on them all. At least that was a 5.1 issue and still lives today I believe. From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Ulises Rodriguez Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 1:07 PM To: 'veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu' Subject: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Migration. Hello All, I am looking to migrate my windows 2003 32 bit netbackup master/media server to Redhat 64 bit enterprise edition. What I am looking for is for advice what I need to watch out for as far as the config/migration etc..etc.. My support contract with a local company suggested to use their professional services for this migration. Any advice will be appreciated. Thank you, Ulises Rodriguez. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Migration.
Consider this a posting then Ed. =) Did several Windows 2003 to Solaris 10 migrations at my old employer of huge (1+ TB) NetBackup 6.5.x Masters, including keeping the catalog info and changing the hostnames. Spent a few weeks with rsync copying stuff from the Windows Master to a new Solaris server, then transferred the EMM database and the rest of the required files over the day-of. It's complex, and you'd better do everything in the right order, but it's possible. If you can't do it yourself now, frankly I'd recommend paying Symantec Consulting the $20k to do your first one for you and taking notes the entire time. =) Then you can see whether you want to do subsequent migrations yourself or keep paying. Our notes write-up of our first migration ran about 7 pages. Oh, and NB 6.5 doesn't care about the image files anymore as far as the old ^M problem goes, it'll read them just fine post-transfer; the only ../db/images/ files you have to convert are the STREAMS files. Other normal config files outside of ../db/images/ still have to be converted of course. And yes, that was straight from the Consulting guy and it proved out in test restores. Good luck ! - John Nardello From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu on behalf of Ed Wilts Sent: Wed 4/28/2010 11:01 AM To: ulises.rodrig...@wallst.com Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Migration. On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:13 PM, judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com wrote: You want to go from a windows master to a Unix master.. ho boy! Been there Done that. As have we - were successful back on NBU 3.4 going from Windows to Solaris. We changed host names while we were at it. If you want to bring your database with you, then yes, you will need to use Symantec services to do the migration... otherwise they will not support you... or so they told me. If you are able to successfully complete your upgrade, Symantec will support you after that. What they can't do is support you during the migration itself because there are a LOT of ways it can (and will) go wrong and these breakages are typically going to be well beyond 1st or 2nd level tech support. This is a very complex migration and I don't recall seeing any postings from anybody who has completed a cross-platform migration since NBU 6.x was released (which introduced EMM). Unless you have a very strong technical ability to hack binary files and a fairly good knowledge of NetBackup internals, I would recommend that you not do this without paying for Symantec (or 3rd party) professional services. It's doable but it's HARD. .../Ed Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE ewi...@ewilts.org Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/ewilts ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup migration
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Asiye Yigit asiye.yi...@gantek.com wrote: Is it supported to move netbackup catalog on SPARC processor (Soalris 10) to AMD Opteron processor (Solaris 10 X64) with the same hostname? Cross-platform catalog moves are not supported. In this case you're going from SPARC to x64. I can't comment on whether or not it will work, but I'm pretty sure it's unsupported. You can/should open a case with Symantec to verify. .../Ed Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE ewi...@ewilts.org Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/ewilts ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup migration
You may find its not supported (I think they refer to Symantec Consultancy for this), but I had done one before on a Windows environment, and although not supported at the time, it had worked for me. Simon From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Asiye Yigit Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 2:46 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup migration Hello, Is it supported to move netbackup catalog on SPARC processor (Soalris 10) to AMD Opteron processor (Solaris 10 X64) with the same hostname? Regards This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. -o- Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup migration from 5.0 to 6.5, with server name change
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:03 AM, kxie [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I'm still worried about two things, architecturely I'm changing from one single master/media to two seperate server (one master and one media), in additional the new master and media server name is completely new. Changing the name of a master server is NOT supported. Unless you want to do some significant manual surgery to internal undocumented NetBackup files, you MUST maintain the original name of the master server. Changing media server names is supported by decommissioning the old one (this procedure is documented) and then adding a new one. .../Ed Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup migration from 5.0 to 6.5, with server name change
We have changed the name of our master server, however to Netbackup it is still the original name, which we have achieved through the use of DNS Kate -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kxie Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2008 3:04 AM To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup migration from 5.0 to 6.5,with server name change I'm still worried about two things, architecturely I'm changing from one single master/media to two seperate server (one master and one media), in additional the new master and media server name is completely new. besides bpmedia -movedb, and adding the FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER to the bp.conf. Do I need to do anything else to make this work? Kai Xie [quote=Haberl, Max]Hi Kai, 1. correct, no change in the image db since 4.5 up to 6.5 2. i would do a bpmedia -movedb afterwards, cause the new master will always try to connect to the old master server to update the mediaDB. This would take a while, but you'll get a clean setup then. But my proposal would be to make a plain 5.0MP3 installation on the new server and then copy /opt/openv from the old server to the new one. Change the bp.conf and run the box. this should work and is probably faster. 3. exactly Cheers Max +-- |This was sent by [EMAIL PROTECTED] via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to [EMAIL PROTECTED] +-- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu DISCLAIMER:--- This e-mail transmission and any documents, files and previous e-mail messages attached to it are private and confidential. They may contain proprietary or copyright material or information that is subject to legal professional privilege. They are for the use of the intended recipient only. Any unauthorised viewing, use, disclosure, copying, alteration, storage or distribution of, or reliance on, this message is strictly prohibited. No part may be reproduced, adapted or transmitted without the written permission of the owner. If you have received this transmission in error, or are not an authorised recipient, please immediately notify the sender by return email, delete this message and all copies from your e-mail system, and destroy any printed copies. Receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient should not be deemed a waiver of any privilege or protection. Thales Australia does not warrant or represent that this e-mail or any documents, files and previous e-mail messages attached are error or virus free. -- ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup Migration 5.1 - 6.5
hi John thanks. That is part of the problem, in that the hardware is becoming troublesome. So my plan was to install clean v 5.1 and then upgrade. Then slowly migrate the client systems over to the new server. Eventually the old server will be closed down. Simon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Howard Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:23 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external) Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup Migration 5.1 - 6.5 I recently pondered the same questions and chose to build a new environment with 6.5 rather than upgrading the existing 5.1 servers. I can't speak for the SAN media servers as we don't have any but if you are upgrading to 6.5 you will need to install 5.1 on the new servers install your license keys and then upgrade to 6.5. Chances are your license keys will not install on a virgin 6.5 server if they are 5.x license keys. As for question 3. I can't imagine how Symantec could ever consider that a violation if you choose to upgrade via a clean install on new hardware. What if your existing server failed, could you be expected to buy new licenses if you had to rebuild on new hardware. As I see it I probably saved Symantec a bunch of support calls by starting clean on a new server. john On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:35 AM, WEAVER, Simon (external) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am weighing up the pros and cons to either do an in place upgrade or migration. I just wanted to know if anyone had any pros or cons to this. The Environment constsits of 10+ SAN SSO Media Servers, 1 Master, 1 Robot. In place should be easy, but Symantec are identifying many, many issues with the current environment, that concerns me that the upgrade will not go clean. Starting afresh for the Master means I will migrate clients and policies over from the old system to the new one. Just a couple of quick questions: 1) My License key is for upgrade. Would it still work if 5.1 was not installed on the clean new Server? 2) for the SAN Media Servers, any cons I need to be aware of when upgrading them and pointing them to the new Master Server 3) Does this violate the license agreement by using the new key on new clean hardware? What if I turn off the Master, install 5.1 on the new Server with my current license, and then use the upgrade license key for NBU 6.5 Apprecaite the comments and advice. Thanks Regards Simon This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. - Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 REGISTERED OFFICE:- Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. - Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 REGISTERED OFFICE:- Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup Migration 5.1 - 6.5
I recently pondered the same questions and chose to build a new environment with 6.5 rather than upgrading the existing 5.1 servers. I can't speak for the SAN media servers as we don't have any but if you are upgrading to 6.5 you will need to install 5.1 on the new servers install your license keys and then upgrade to 6.5. Chances are your license keys will not install on a virgin 6.5 server if they are 5.x license keys. As for question 3. I can't imagine how Symantec could ever consider that a violation if you choose to upgrade via a clean install on new hardware. What if your existing server failed, could you be expected to buy new licenses if you had to rebuild on new hardware. As I see it I probably saved Symantec a bunch of support calls by starting clean on a new server. john On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:35 AM, WEAVER, Simon (external) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am weighing up the pros and cons to either do an in place upgrade or migration. I just wanted to know if anyone had any pros or cons to this. The Environment constsits of 10+ SAN SSO Media Servers, 1 Master, 1 Robot. In place should be easy, but Symantec are identifying many, many issues with the current environment, that concerns me that the upgrade will not go clean. Starting afresh for the Master means I will migrate clients and policies over from the old system to the new one. Just a couple of quick questions: 1) My License key is for upgrade. Would it still work if 5.1 was not installed on the clean new Server? 2) for the SAN Media Servers, any cons I need to be aware of when upgrading them and pointing them to the new Master Server 3) Does this violate the license agreement by using the new key on new clean hardware? What if I turn off the Master, install 5.1 on the new Server with my current license, and then use the upgrade license key for NBU 6.5 Apprecaite the comments and advice. Thanks *Regards* *Simon** * This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. - Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 REGISTERED OFFICE:- Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
