Recovering the NetBackup catalog without the disaster recovery file
If the disaster recovery file has been lost, consult the email that was sent to the administrator when the catalog was backed up. The disaster recovery file is written to the location you specify in the catalog backup policy and is appended to the backup stream itself.
If multiple streams are configured for the Catalog policy, DR package and DR file will have a suffix as _DMS.
In this case, the DR file is the consolidation of data from all streams and must be provided as it is during disaster recovery.
To recover the catalog without the disaster recovery file
- The email identifies the media that contains the disaster recovery file, and the media that was used to back up critical policies. Ensure that this media is available.
- Follow the normal catalog recovery steps until the point where the Catalog Recovery Wizard or bprecover command is called for.
- Run the following commands to retrieve all disaster recovery files from the catalog backup media:
(Conditional) - This is required only if multi-stream catalog backup was configured and the backup spans more than one piece of media.
bpimport-create_db_info -id mediaid -server master_server_hostname -L progress_log
bpimport -drfile -id media_id -drfile_dest fully_qualified_dir_name
This command recovers all disaster recovery files from the specified media ID and places them in the specified directory. The ID can be either a tape media ID or the fully qualified location of a disk storage unit.
- Verify that the correct disaster recovery file is available in the specified directory and that it is available from the NetBackup master server.
- Continue with the normal catalog recovery procedure by running the Catalog Recovery Wizard or bprecover command, providing the disaster recovery file location when prompted.
Refer to the email as your primary source for recovery instructions, because they are the most current instructions for recovering your catalog. The instructions are sent when the catalog backup is completed, or when a catalog backup image is duplicated.
Note:
If you restore catalog files directly by using bprestore on a Solaris system, use the following path:
/opt/openv/netbackup/bin/bprestore.The name of the online catalog backup policy is CatalogBackup. The email is written to the following file:
/storage/DR/CatalogBackup_1123605764_FULL.
The file name itself indicates if the backup was full or not.
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