SAN Media Server just means it can only back itself up, as opposed to backing up other clients. I don't believe there's actually a requirement that you have SAN though. =)
That said, it wouldn't surprise me if you hit a wall if you tried restoring it through your SAN Media Server to another client (due to license restrictions). Wasn't sure if that was your intention or if you were going to dump it to the SAN Media Server and copy it across later though (which is what I'd recommend, space permitting). It might also be easier to do a FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER temporarily instead of moving ownership. Up to you though. - John Nardello -----Original Message----- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Jann Toole Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 2:02 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Need ideas for doing restore from previous media I have a problem that I'm having difficulty wrapping my brain around and was hoping someone could give me some ideas. So, here's the situation. I have a master server and a SAN media server currently active. Neither one of these systems have openings for additional hardware. I have a SL500 tape library with 4 LTO3 tape drives - both the master and SAN server share those drives. All is well there. Our sDLT tape drive was upgraded to the 4th LTO3 drive in that library about a year ago, and we no longer have a sDLT drive in the mix (at the moment). I have a restore request from a tape about 4 years old. It's a sDLT tape that was written by the SAN media server host. I have a spare SAN media server license and I have 2 more tape drive licenses not in use. So, legally I have the license issue covered. If I take a host, add a stand alone sDLT tape drive (SCSI attached). Give that host the other SAN license and the tape drive license, do you think I can do the restore from this other host? I'm thinking I can use bpmedia to move that tape from the backup source to the new SAN media server. I might have to move the data after it's restored, but the biggest obstacle now is getting it off tape. The sDLT standalone drive will not be on the SAN. Nor will the host - this is where my brain gets crossed. Will the SAN media server license work to restore sDLT tapes on a standalone drive when they are not on a SAN? Any hints, tips, or ideas are most greatly appreciated. Thanks... jann _______________________________________________ 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