Restoring disaster recovery package on Windows
After a disaster, you need to restore disaster recovery package corresponding to the catalog backup that you want to restore. Disaster recovery package gets the master server host identity back. You need to restore the host identity before you perform catalog recovery.
To restore the disaster recovery package during NetBackup installation
- Start the NetBackup software installation.
Refer to the Installing server software on Windows systems section from the NetBackup Installation Guide.
- On the NetBackup License Key and Server Type screen, select the Disaster Recovery Master Server option.
- On the NetBackup Disaster Recovery screen, specify the location of the disaster recovery package. Click Browse to select the package location that you want to restore.
- Specify the passphrase that is associated with the disaster recovery package that you want to restore.
Ensure that you specify the appropriate passphrase.
If you specify a wrong passphrase or the passphrase is lost, you need to deploy security certificates on all hosts after installation. The disaster recovery package cannot be restored during installation. To restore the disaster recovery package after installation, refer to the following article:
- If the passphrase is validated, continue with the installation.
Refer to the Installing server software on Windows systems section from the NetBackup Installation Guide.
To restore the disaster recovery package after NetBackup installation
- Run the nbhostidentity -import -inifile file_path command after NetBackup installation.
- Refer to the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide.