Moving a robot and its media to a new media server
Use the following process to move a robot and its media from one server (the old_server) to a different media server (the new_server).
Table: Move a robot and media to a new server overview
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Determine which tapes on the old_server contain NetBackup images that have not expired. |
Run the following bpmedialist command: bpmedialist -mlist -l -h old_server The -l option produces one line of output per tape. |
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Move the tapes in the robot that is attached to the old_server to non-robotic status (standalone). | |
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Move the media logically from the old_server to the new_server. |
If both the old_server and the new_server are at NetBackup 6.0 or later, run the following command: bpmedia -movedb -allvolumes -oldserver old_server -newserver new_server If either server runs a NetBackup version earlier than 6.0, run the following command for each volume that has active images: bpmedia -movedb -ev media_ID -oldserver old_server -newserver new_server For the media that has active images, see the bpmedialist command output from the first step of this process. |
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Configure NetBackup so that restore requests are directed to the new_server. | |
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Shut down both the old_server and the new_server. |
See the vendor's documentation. |
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Disconnect the robot from the old_server. |
See the vendor's documentation. |
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Connect the robot to the new_server. Verify that the operating system on the new media server recognizes the robots. |
See the vendor's documentation. |
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Create the appropriate NetBackup storage units. | |
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Inventory the robots that are attached to the new_server. The inventory updates the location of all tapes in the robot. |
See Updating the NetBackup volume configuration with a robot's contents. |