Hi, I agree with Simon, when retention is reasonable, you can keep one system or the old robot/media around if needed. However, if you have a system with many years or decades of retention, then you have the problem of keeping the images around.
Justin. On Sat, 29 Jan 2011, WEAVER, Simon (external) wrote: > Pranav > Officially, the rule is, same server name and same OS. > > What I have found in the past is I can move Netbackup to different > Windows OS, providing the install path is identical. > However, Server name caused the biggest headache. > > I actually found that migrating from server1 to server2 and moving all > clients over was much easier. And I was still in a position to use the > old Master / Media servers if required as I could redirect restores. > > Officially, Tech Support cannot help. Symatec Professional Services > (they used to be called) can help with the migration you need. > But I went my own way, and to be honest, it was no real drama and the > benefit was a nice clean brand new environment. > Simon > > ________________________________ > > From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of pranav > batra > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 8:51 PM > To: Veritas > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Upgradation, Consolidation and then Migration > :-Few Questions 5.1 to 6.5, windows 2k to win2k8 > > > > Hello Geeks, > > We have one Master Server( NBU 5.1 MP3) + one media server ( NBU 5.1 > MP3). > Both are on windows 2000 SP4. > > Now our task is to upgrade master server to 6.5. > Upgrade media server to 6.5. > Decommison the media server and move all the media to master server. > > > Recover the catalog to another server that would be windows2008 with a > diffrent name: > > Steps we have made for this project : > > > 1) Upgrade both master and media to 5.1 Mp7. > 2) Upgrade master to 6.5 > 3) Upgrade media to 6.5 > 4) Decommison media server and move all media to master server. > 5) Recover the catalog to new server with a different name.( win2k8 box) > > Some questions that I have are : > > 1) Can we recover the catalog of windows 2000 machine to windows 2008 > :-As both will be a diffrent hardware ??? > 2) Even the name of the machine to which we have to recover the catalog > is different:-What all steps we should follow for this ? > > Please suggest with your inputs as this a critical activity for us. > > Thanks in Advance !! > > Pranav > > > > > > > > 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