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14.4.1 Prerequisites for Restoring
All servers that share a replica with the server to be restored are up and communicating. This
allows the restore verification process to check with servers that participate in the same replica
ring.
You have gathered all the backup files you need:
• The full backup and subsequent incremental backup files are copied to one directory on
the server to be restored.
• All roll-forward logs since the last backup are in one directory on the server to be restored.
If this server participates in a replica ring, you must make sure all the roll-forward logs
created since the last backup are in one directory on the server, with the same filenames
they had when they were created.
See
“Locating the Right Backup Files for a Restore” on page 395
.
NOTE:
If you do not have backup files for the server, use XBrowse to query eDirectory to help
you recover server information. You must do this before you remove the Server object or any
associated objects from the tree. XBrowse and additional information is available from the
Novell Support Web site, Solution 2960653 (http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/
2960653)
.
You have installed eDirectory, in a new temporary tree.
You bring up the server in a new tree at first because you will create the server with the same
name it had before the failure, and you don't want to cause confusion in the original tree by
putting the newly installed server in the tree before the restore has re-created the server's
complete identity. Completing the restore process for the database will put the server back into
its original tree.
(Conditional) If you are using roll-forward logging on this server, plan to re-create your
configuration for roll-forward logging after the restore, to make sure it is turned on and the logs
are being saved in a fault-tolerant location. After turning on the roll-forward logs, you must
also do a new full backup.
The restore process turns off roll-forward logging and resets the configuration for roll-forward
logging back to the default.
The new full backup is necessary so that you are prepared for any failures that might occur
before the next unattended full backup is scheduled to take place.
(Conditional) If any applications or objects need to find this server by its IP address, use the
same IP address for the restored server.
(NetWare only) Make sure the name of the server you are restoring to is the same as the name
of the failed server. If the names are not the same, you might encounter errors, such as Volume
objects not being correct after the restore.
To change the name of the NetWare server you are restoring to, change the name in the
autoexec.ncf file and restart the server.
(NetWare only) Be aware of the issues involved with preserving file system rights when
restoring file system data and eDirectory. You should restore eDirectory before restoring the
file system data. You also might need to take additional steps, as explained in
“Preserving
Rights When Restoring File System Data on NetWare” on page 388
.
During the restore process, the eDirectory Backup eMTool first restores the full backup. After this is
complete, the Backup eMTool prompts you to enter the filenames of the incremental backup files. It
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