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Moving the Client Image Catalogs
If the NetBackup catalog is too large for its current disk partition you can move
image information for individual clients to another partition. The procedure is
as follows:
1. Back up the NetBackup catalogs (see “Performing Catalog Backups
Manually” on page 186).
This ensures that you can recover image information in case something is
accidentally lost during the move.
2. Check the Jobs tab on the NetBackup Activity Monitor and ensure that no
backups or restores are running for the client.
If jobs are running, either wait for them to end or stop them by using the
Jobs tab in the NetBackup Activity Monitor.
3. Use the Services tab in the NetBackup Activity Monitor to stop the
NetBackup Request Manager and NetBackup Database Manager services.
This prevents jobs from starting and the database from being modified
while you are performing this procedure.
4. Create a file named
ALTPATH
in the image catalog directory.
For example, if NetBackup is installed in its default location and the client
name is mars, the path to the image catalog is:
C:\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\images\mars\ALTPATH
5. Create the directory to which you intend to move the image information.
For example:
E:\NetBackup\alternate_db\images\
client_name
WS2
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Incremental
Full
Full
1 week
1 month
1 year
7000
70,000
70,000
Table 4 Example Reference Table for Catalog Requirements
Class
Schedule
Backup Type
Retention
Number of
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