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  2. NetBackup™ Troubleshooting Guide
  3. Disaster recovery
  4. Options to recover the NetBackup catalog
  5. Prerequisites for recovering the NetBackup catalog or NetBackup catalog image files
  6. Establishing a connection with NAT media server before catalog recovery
NetBackup™ Troubleshooting Guide

Establishing a connection with NAT media server before catalog recovery

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

To establish a connection with the NAT media server

  1. Run the configureMQ command on the primary server.
  2. Use the nbsetconfig command to set the following configuration options on the primary server:
    • Update NAT_SERVER_LIST with the NAT media server name where the catalog backup was taken.

    • Set INITIATE_REVERSE_CONNECTION to TRUE.

    For more information on configuration options, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

  3. Restart services on the primary server.
  4. Ensure whether a reverse connection between the primary server and the NAT media server is established using the bptestbpcd command.

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