This might be KB you had in mind: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH77448
On Feb 1, 2013, at 5:12 AM, "Lightner, Jeff" <jlight...@water.com> wrote: > > Back in 2011 I investigated moving from HP-UX to RHEL6 and my research at the > time indicated that moving from UNIX to Linux was essentially the same as > moving from UNIX to UNIX. However there was one note that specifically > dealt with an extra step if you moved to Linux which I don’t recall the > details of now. I’d say it would be safe so long as you find that note and > also keep the same server name for the new master. > > > > In the end we didn’t actually migrate because we wanted to have a new host > name for our master and Symantec holds you hostage to professional services > for that. I read stories to indicate that people that thought they did the > new name thing on their own started having issues months after the migration > so it was enough to scare us into not attempting to use a new name. > > > > Instead we kept our old master running for some time so it would age out old > tapes and what not while we ran a freshly installed master on RHEL6. We did > find we were able to copy policies subdirectories from the old master to the > new master. (You must copy in each policy directory as is – there is > apparently some sort of checksum NBU keeps track of that makes manually > editing files under each policy directory do bad things.) > > > > > > From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Rusty Major > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 4:51 PM > To: VERITAS-BU@MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU > Subject: [Veritas-bu] Migrating Master to Different Hardware Platform > > > > Hi all, > > I need to upgrade some Master servers and we currently run Solaris, but are > making a push to move to Symantec Appliances for Media Servers. It would be > good for consistency's sake to have the equipment match the Media Servers, > but I would consider going to RHEL on some other x86 server, too. > Moving from Solaris to Solaris is pretty easy: > -Ready new server > -Shutdown NBU > -Copy over /usr/openv (it's not just a straight copy, we actually do a > simultaneous tar and copy) > -Rename new server to old name and old IPs > -Bring up NBU > -Move on to the next project > > Does anyone see why this same process wouldn't work, just going to a > different platform? I would appreciate hearing thoughts from anyone who has > moved from Solaris to Linux, or specifically the appliances. > > Thanks for the input. > Rusty > > > > > > > > Athena®, Created for the Cause™ > > Making a Difference in the Fight Against Breast Cancer > > > > How and Why I Should Support Bottled Water! > Do not relinquish your right to choose bottled water as a healthy alternative > to beverages that contain sugar, calories, etc. Your support of bottled water > will make a difference! Your signatures count! Go to > http://www.bottledwatermatters.org/luv-bottledwater-iframe/dswaters and sign > a petition to support your right to always choose bottled water. Help fight > federal and state issues, such as bottle deposits (or taxes) and > organizations that want to ban the sale of bottled water. Support community > curbside recycling programs. Support bottled water as a healthy way to > maintain proper hydration. Our goal is 50,000 signatures. Share this petition > with your friends and family today! > > > --------------------------------- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential > information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are > not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of > the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you > have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately > to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. > Thank you. > ---------------------------------- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
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