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List:       veritas-bu
Subject:    Re: [Veritas-bu] Some findings with NetBackup 5.1 and 6.0 (bpreco ver not working)?
From:       "Justin Piszcz" <jpiszcz.backup () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-04-27 15:47:10
Message-ID: 8cf000000604270847l33714817jde014689ddb2e753 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Greg,

Insurance :)

I wanted to make sure I had an insurance policy (go down a rev) if I
needed to for any reason.  Did not want to be stuck with something if
there were unforseen problems, which there sometimes are in large
environments.

Justin.


On 4/27/06, Geyer, Gregory <Gregory.Geyer@avnet.com> wrote:
> Justin,
>
> I may not have caught the beginning of this thread.  You down rev'd to
> test or because something broke for you in 6.0?
>
> Thanks - Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Justin
> Piszcz
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:00 AM
> To: WEAVER, Simon
> Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Some findings with NetBackup 5.1 and 6.0
> (bpreco ver not working)?
>
> Ok, here is a cleanly installed NetBackup 5.1 installation.
> Next, it was patched to 5.1 mp4, yeah 5.1 mp5 is out, but I am using
> mp4.
>
>         NB_51_4_M *
>         NB_CLT_51_4_M *
>         NB_DMP_51_4_M
>         NB_JAV_51_4_M *
>         NB_ORA_51_4_M *
>         NB_VLT_51_4_M
>
> Patching complete.
>
> As you can see, it does not have any of my policies.
>
> logbash-2.03# ./bppllist
> template_normal
> template_weekend
> logbash-2.03#
>
> Okay, now, when I was running 6.0MP2, I ran the following command:
> logbash-2.03# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpbackupdb -dpath
> /local/catalog
>
> Now I am using:
> logbash-2.03# cat /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/version
> NetBackup-RedHat2.4 5.1MP4
>
> Now, does a restore from 6.0MP2 to 5.1MP4 work?
> Lets find out.
>
> logbash-2.03# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bprecover -dpath
> /local/catalog -r ALL
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/netbackup/db
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/volmgr/database
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/var/auth
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/var/vxss
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/var/license.txt
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/var/license.txt.pre.5.1
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/var/global
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/var/authorize.txt
> # note, I deleted the FQDN in the following lines and named it
> test-backups-1001
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/db/data/NBDB.db
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/db/data/EMM_DATA.db
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/db/data/EMM_INDEX.db
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/db/data/vxdbms.conf
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/var/global/server.conf
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/var/global/databases.conf
> Recovering test-backups-1001:/usr/openv/db/data/NBDB.log
> logbash-2.03#
>
> Ok, now the moment of truth, does it see my polices?
>
> logbash-2.03# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bppllist
> ARCH-NO-ITC-SUG-TEST
> RMAN-NO-ITC-SUG-TEST
> fs_test
> master_test
> master_test_multiplex
> rman_test
> template_normal
> template_weekend
> logbash-2.03#
>
>
> Yes it does!
>
> You can revert back from 6.0MP2 to 5.1MP4, very nice.
>
> Justin.
>
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