Converting a SAN media server to a SAN client
Table: How to convert from a SAN media server to a SAN client provides an overview of how to convert a SAN media server to a SAN client. The computer host name remains the same. This procedure assumes that all NetBackup server run a release that supports the SAN Client feature.
Table: How to convert from a SAN media server to a SAN client
Step | Task | Instructions |
|---|---|---|
Step 1 | Delete the SAN media server | |
Step 2 | Uninstall the SAN media server software | See the NetBackup Installation Guide. |
Step 3 | Prepare for Fibre Transport | Prepare the SAN for Fibre Transport and install the HBAs on the Fibre Transport hosts and SAN client hosts. See Preparing the SAN. |
Step 4 | Connect the storage to the FT media server host | Connect the SAN media server storage device to the FT media server for the new SAN client. For disk storage, mount the storage if necessary. See Preparing the SAN. |
Step 5 | Install the NetBackup media server software | Install the media server software on the hosts to function as Fibre Transport media servers. See the NetBackup Installation Guide. |
Step 6 | Configure the FT media servers | |
Step 7 | Install the NetBackup client software | Install the client software on the host that was the SAN media server. See the NetBackup Installation Guide. |
Step 8 | Configure the SAN client | |
Step 9 | Configure alternate server restore | Because the current host is no longer a media server, configure an alternate server restore and specify the FT media server as the . NetBackup then uses the FT media server to restore the images that were associated with the SAN media server. See setting in the General server properties of the primary server Host properties. After all of the images that were associated with the SAN media server expire, you can unconfigure the alternate server restore. |