Previewing references to a media server
Use the following procedure to preview the associations and references to a media server that you want to decommission. Veritas recommends that you preview the references to a media server before you decommission it.
The old server does not have to be up and responsive.
See About decommissioning a media server.
See Decommissioning a media server.
To preview references to a media server
- Run the nbdecommission command on the master server or on a media server. The following is the command syntax:
On Windows:
install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbdecommission -list_ref -oldserver OldServer > file.txt
On UNIX:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbdecommission -list_ref -oldserver OldServer > file.txt
Replace OldServer with the name of the host to be decommissioned. Replace file with a name that denotes its contents or purpose.
- Analyze the output of the preview operation to ensure that the command captures all references to the old server. If it did not, make a list of the items that the command does not cover and fix them manually later.