Restoring from a client that no longer exists

[marcymarc]

I am trying to perform a restore from a client which was de-commissioned and is no longer on the network. I am unable to restore any data from it no matter which destination I specify.

The only type of error message I can find is 'host unreachable'.

Would I be able to get this data back?

 

[sdeb]

You should be able to restore it, even if it is missing...

As a workaround you could try to declare a new host on your network as Netbackup client (in a policie), and then to put the old client name as an alias of this machine (must be able to resolve). Then try again.

 

[mfearnuk]

just perform an alternate client restore - should be ok

 

[marcymarc]

OK, another question. Is it possible to restore from one client to another if they are on different masters?

 

[comtec17]

Yes, as long as the client is in your client list.