Jack / Scott, We actually just added this entry and (knock on wood) it appears to be doing what we want (and what you guys have said it would !!). I should have reached out to the mailing list sooner because I've had a sev 2 ticket open with Symantec since Monday and they have yet to even make any suggestions about possible solutions. We'd tried adding MEDIA_SERVER_OVERRIDE entries in the bp.conf but it wasn't until I was reading a technote from one of the replies to my question today that I saw that NetBackup's "logic", when it comes to media server allocations for restores, would ignore bp.conf entries.
I'm going to leave the ticket open with support, just to see how long it takes them to get back to me, but for now I think we've got a resolution. Thanks, Mark Glazerman Desk: 314-889-8282 Cell: 618-520-3401 please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:22 PM To: Mark Glazerman Cc: Kendall, Scott; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Issues with media server dedupe pools /replication / restores ?? Here's some info explaining the behavior: http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/how-media-server-load-balancing-affects-restores-openstorage We use the USE_BACKUP_MEDIA_SERVER_FOR_RESTORE option in our environment as we have multiple MSDPs at locations across the country. I don't want a media server in Vermont reading a backup image in California to restore to a client in North Carolina. I hope future versions of NetBackup handle this situation better and don't assume that I always want the least busy media server to do the restore because it may not be the best server for the restore based on physical proximity. -- Jack Forester, Jr. Sr. Data Protection Administrator Global Technology Services - AHS Mylan, Inc. 5005 Greenbag Road Morgantown, WV 26501 [email protected] Phone: +1.304.554.6039 Cell: +1.412.805.5313 ============================================================================== CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged, proprietary and/or confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution, duplication or other use of this message and/or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message and its attachments. Thank you. ============================================================================== _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - [email protected] http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
