Restoring disaster recovery package on UNIX
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 UNIX systems section from the NetBackup Installation Guide.
- When the following message appears, press Enter to continue:
Is this host a master server? [y/n] (y)
- When the following message appears, select Y.
Are you currently performing a disaster recovery of a master server? [y/n] (y)
- When the following message appears, provide the name and the path of the disaster recovery package that you want to restore.
Enter the name of your disaster recovery package along with the path, or type q to exit the install script:
- When the following message appears, provide the passphrase that is associated with the disaster recovery package that you want to restore.
Caution:
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:
Enter your disaster recovery passphrase, or enter q to exit installation:
The following message appears:
Validating disaster recovery passphrase...
- If the passphrase is validated, continue with the installation.
Refer to the Installing server software on UNIX 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.