point media server to different master server 1

[Rossd9]

Hello all,
1) Can an existing media server be reconfigured to a new master server? (without re-install...I have 9 media servers to move)
2) I know enough to be dangerous
3) Background:
3a) Master Server is 6.5.6 on Solaris 9
3b) Media Server is 6.5.3.1 on Solaris 10 (confirmed compatibility of two is OK)
3c) Existing fibre tape drives will be removed and new fibre tape drives added
3d) I have no need to restore the old backups
4) Info from Symantec
4a) reconfigure is not recommended; re-install is preferred.
4b) but, all that is needed is updating SERVER= & EMMSERVER= , in bp.conf & vm.conf.

Question: Do the following steps seem reasonable and/or the proper order?

MediaServer: shutdown Netbackup service
MediaServer: Add master server IP info to /etc/hosts
MediaServer: Confirm connectivity to Master server (telnet, etc)
MediaServer: Update ~/volmgr/vm.conf: SERVER=<new master server>
MediaServer: Update ~/netbackup/bp.conf: SERVER=<new master server>, EMMSERVER=<new master server>
MediaServer: At OS, remove original tape drives, add new tape drives

MasterServer: Add media server IP info to /etc/hosts
MasterServer: Add hostname as MediaServer and configure

MediaServer: Start netbackup, confirm operations.
MediaServer/MasterServer: configure new tape drives on media server.

Also is there a command to dump the current media server configuration, prior to this re-config process?

Best Regards,
Ross

 

[Martin999]

Hi Ross,

4a) reconfigure is not recommended; re-install is preferred.

Who told you this ? I can't think of any reason to reinstall. A media server an 6.x onwards is nothing more than a slightly clever client, I cannot think of any reason to reinstall. You might want to clear out the log files though, so that all are relevant to the new master.

4b) but, all that is needed is updating SERVER= & EMMSERVER= , in bp.conf & vm.conf.

Correct - look ok, added a couple of comments.

Question: Do the following steps seem reasonable and/or the proper order?

MediaServer: shutdown Netbackup service
MediaServer: Add master server IP info to /etc/hosts
MediaServer: Confirm connectivity to Master server (telnet, etc)
MediaServer: Update ~/volmgr/vm.conf: SERVER=<new master server>
MediaServer: Update ~/netbackup/bp.conf: SERVER=<new master server>, EMMSERVER=<new master server>

MediaServer: At OS, remove original tape drives, add new tape drives

MasterServer: Add media server IP info to /etc/hosts
MasterServer: Add hostname as MediaServer and configure

>> You will need to add media server into bp.conf on master and restart. I would add the media server as a SERVER entry, not a MEDIA_SERVER entry.

MediaServer: Start netbackup, confirm operations.
MediaServer/MasterServer: configure new tape drives on media server.

The master should automatically detect the media server and add it into EMM, as long as the media server NBU services are running. This is the default. Check by running nbemmcmd -listhosts after a minute or so. If not, the media server can be added into EMM by using nbemmcmd command.

Martin

 

[Rossd9]

Martin,
Thanks for the feedback.
It worked like a champ as you described.
--Ross