VERITAS NetBackupTM 5.0, User Manual And Product Specifications

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Appendix A, Media Manager Reference Topics
Making Changes to Your Hardware Configuration
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1.
Run the
bpmedialist
command to determine which tapes on the old_server have
NetBackup images that have not expired (the
-l
option produces one line of output
per tape).
bpmedialist -mlist -l -h old_server
2.
Select another server or the master server (new_server) to manage the tapes from the
old_server.
Run the
bpmedia
command for each tape that has active images as identified in
step 1. This updates the NetBackup media database files on the old_server and the
new_server, and updates the images database on the master server. (Media database
files are binary files that can only be updated by
bpmedialist
.)
bpmedia -movedb -ev media_ID -oldserver old_server
-newserver new_server
3. Add the following command to the end of the
bp.conf
file on the master server to
allow restores to occur from a media server other than the server that performed the
original backups. old_server is the media server that performed the original backups
and new_server is the server that will be used for future NetBackup restores (see
step 2).
FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER = old_server new_server
4. Use the Media and Device Management GUI to move the tapes that are in robots
attached to the old_server to non-robotic status (standalone). Select each robot attached
to the old_server, highlight all of the tapes, and move them to standalone.
See “Moving Volumes” on page 128.
5. Use the Media and Device Management GUI to delete the drives and then the robots
from the old_server.
See “Managing Your Device Configuration” on page 66.
6.
Use the Storage Unit Management GUI to delete all storage units associated with
robots that are associated with the old_server.
7.
If any robots from the old_server will be reused on other media servers, do the
following steps:
a.
Power down the affected servers and make any cabling changes required to
physically attach the robots to the new media servers. Verify that the robots are
recognized by the operating system on the new media servers.
b. Use the Media and Device Management GUI to add the robots and drives to those
media servers.