Review the following information before you begin recovery of the NetBackup catalog or NetBackup catalog image files:

• The catalog recovery relies on the disaster recovery file that is created from the catalog backup. Be sure to have the location of this file.

• To recover the catalog from the web UI, you must have the Administrator role or similar permissions. To use the bprecover command, you must have root (administrative) privileges.

• You must be logged on to the primary server from which you want to recover the catalog.

• If NetBackup is configured as a highly available application (cluster or global cluster), freeze the cluster before you begin the recovery process to prevent a failover. Then, unfreeze the cluster after the recovery process is complete.

• If the catalog was backed up on a NAT media server, you must carry out certain steps to establish a connection with the NAT media server before catalog recovery.

  See Establishing a connection with NAT media server before catalog recovery.

• Warning: Do not run any client backups before you recover the NetBackup catalog or catalog image files.