Allowing all clients to perform redirected restores
The NetBackup administrator can allow clients to perform redirected restores. With this, all clients can restore the backups that belong to other clients.
To do so, first create an altnames directory on the NetBackup primary server where the backup policy for the clients resides. Place an empty No.Restrictions file inside of the directory.
On Windows:
install_path\NetBackup\db\altnames\No.Restrictions
Do not add a suffix to the files in the altnames directory.
On UNIX:
/usr/openv/netbackup/db/altnames/No.Restrictions
The NetBackup client name setting on the requesting client must match the name of the client for which the backup was created. The peer name of the requesting client does not need to match the NetBackup client name setting.
Note:
The altnames directory can present a breach of security, so use it only under limited circumstances. Users that are permitted to restore files from other clients may also have local permission to create the files that are found in the backup.
Caution:
For security reasons, it is strongly advised not to use the No.Restrictions file approach. This approach enables any client to restore backups of other clients that can be a security threat.
Note:
On using the No.Restrictions file approach, a notification is by default generated in the NetBackup web UI every 7 days. Use the NOTIFY_SNOOZE_PERIOD_IN_DAYS option to change the frequency of this notification from the default value to any value from 1 to 90.
See NOTIFY_SNOOZE_PERIOD_IN_DAYS option for NetBackup servers.
For information on alternative methods of alternate client restores, refer to the following topics:
See Allowing a single client to perform redirected restores.
See Allowing redirected restores of a specific client's files.