You can specify the server to use for restores. The following are the methods that specify the restore server:

• Always use the backup server. Two methods exist, as follows:

  • Use NetBackup Host Properties to specify a Media host override server. All restore jobs for any storage unit on the original backup server use the media server you specify. Specify the same server for the Restore server as for the Original backup server.

    See "Forcing restores to use a specific server" in the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I:

    http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332

    This procedure sets the FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER option. Configuration options are stored in the bp.conf file on UNIX systems and the registry on Windows systems.

  • Create the touch file USE_BACKUP_MEDIA_SERVER_FOR_RESTORE on the NetBackup master server in the following directory:

    UNIX: usr/openv/netbackup/db/config

    Windows: install_path\veritas\netbackup\db\config

    This global setting always forces restores to the server that did the backup. It applies to all NetBackup restore jobs, not just deduplication restore jobs. If this touch file exists, NetBackup ignores the FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER and FAILOVER_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER settings.

• Always use a different server.

  Use NetBackup Host Properties to specify a Media host override server.

  See the previous explanation about Media host override, except: Specify the different server for the Restore server.

• A single restore instance. Use the bprestore command with the -disk_media_server option.

  Restore jobs for each instance of the command use the media server you specify.

  See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide:

  http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332