Instant Recovery requirements
Note the following requirements:
For snapshots using Storage Checkpoints, by means of NetBackup's VxFS_Checkpoint method, note that Solaris clients must have VxFS 3.4 or later (HP clients VxFS 3.5 or later, Linux and AIX clients VxFS 4.0 or later) with the Storage Checkpoint feature.
For VxVM snapshot volumes on UNIX, clients must have VxVM 3.2 or later with the FastResync feature. Linux and AIX clients require VxVM 4.0 or later. Windows clients must have Storage Foundations for Windows version 3.1 or later.
For Instant Recovery with DB2, Oracle, Exchange, SAP, or SQL-Server databases, refer to the appropriate NetBackup database agent guide.
For replication hosts (using NetBackup's VVR method), clients must have VxVM 3.2 or later with the Veritas Volume Replicator feature. Linux and AIX clients require VxVM 4.0 or later.
More Information
Giving full server privileges to the media server
Configuring a policy for Instant Recovery
About sizing the cache for Instant Recovery copy-on-write snapshots
Modifying the VxVM or FlashSnap resync options for point in time rollback
Instant Recovery for databases