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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section VII. Configuring replication
  4. About NetBackup replication
  5. About NetBackup Auto Image Replication
  6. Removing or replacing replication relationships in an Auto Image Replication configuration
  7. Example: Replacing a storage server in a non-targeted Auto Image Replication configuration
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Example: Replacing a storage server in a non-targeted Auto Image Replication configuration

This example walks through the steps necessary to replace a storage server in a simple, classic (non-targeted) Auto Image Replication configuration.

Specifically, to replace an MSDP storage server (D2_MSDP_1) in domain D2 with another MSDP storage server (D2_MSDP_2).

Table: Example configuration

Domains

Storage servers

Storage lifecycle policies

D1

D1_MSDP

BACKUP_D1

D2

D2_MSDP_1

D2_MSDP_2

No replication-related SLPs

The changes to the replication and the storage lifecycle topologies are tracked throughout the example.

Figure: Example replication topology before the process

Example replication topology before the process

Figure: Example storage lifecycle policy topology

Example storage lifecycle policy topology

To replace the storage server D2_MSDP_1 with D2_MSDP_2

  1. Add a replication target relationship from D1_MSDP to D2_MSDP_2.
  2. Refresh disk pools in both domains.
  3. Remove the replication target relationship between D1_MSDP and D2_MSDP_1.
  4. Refresh disk pools in both domains.
  5. In D1, run the following command to decommission MSDP_D2_1:

    nbdecommission - oldserver MSDP_D2_1 - machinetype replication_host

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