Justin,
Thank you for quick response.
I have separate libraries at each site. SITE B is T10000C tape type and SITE A
is LTO3/LTO4 tape type.
The only time I would need the older master server is when restore request
comes for an older date and image data is still in old master server.
Another reason I wanted to upgrade existing media server is
1. I do not want to buy new server
2. All the devices Tape libraries and VTLs are already zoned and configured.
The retention on tapes is 7 years which is a very long time, and its an implied
problem because we simply can not wait for 7 years for spliting I really want
to loose some burden from one master server and I do not find it logical to
have just one master server.
Please let me know your further thoughts.
Anurag
From: jpis...@lucidpixels.com
To: sharma.anu...@hotmail.com; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu;
veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Splitting NetBackup Domain to Two
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:14:19 -0500
Hi Anurag Sharma, There are probably quite a few ways to approach this
problem.I’ve done master+media+robot moves/migrations on a regular basis for
quite some time. The first question you have to ask yourself is for the data in
Site B—how long until the data expires on the tapes in this robot or can you
move It to site A in the meantime? My recommendation would be as follows: 1.
Move the tapes with data on them from SITE B to SITE A2. Add
FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER MEDIA_B MEDIA_A in bp.conf so it will restore from
the media server in Site A (assuming the tape medium is compatible).3.
Rebuild/re-install NetBackup fresh as a new installation at Site B and setup
accordingly.4. I would advise against intermingling two separate master
server environments. Justin. From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Anurag Sharma
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 4:07 PM
To: veritas-bu; veritas-bu2
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Splitting NetBackup Domain to Two Experts,
This is the current setup 1 Master server at SITE A 2 Media servers out of
which 1 at SITE A 1 at SITE B I would like to separate SITE A and SITE B so
that I do not have dependency on only one Master server which is a single point
of failure , so basically I am looking at upgrading SITE B media server as
Master server. We have separate VTL and Tape Library at each site. VTL Zoning
and Tape Library Zoning already done on SITE B media server. In my mind it is
just upgrading the binaries re adding the devices and pointing the clients to
new master server for new backups and still doing restores from the old master
servers for older data. Is there anything I am missing.? If anyone has done it
please share. Anurag _______________________________________________
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