Troubleshooting guide

Chapter 5, Disaster Recovery 207

Media Server Disk Recovery

Note The term media server, as distinct from master server or server, does not apply to the

NetBackup BusinesServer product. When troubleshooting a BusinesServer

installation, please ignore any references to media server.

The procedure for recovering a media server where the system disk has failed is the same

as for a master server, except that you use the following paths when running bprecover:

If the media server is a UNIX system:

media_server_name:/usr/openv/netbackup/db/media

media_server_name:/usr/openv/volmgr/database

If the media server is a Windows NT/2000 system:

media_server_name:install_path\NetBackup\db\media

media_server_name:install_path\Volmgr\database

In the above paths, substitute the host name of the media server for media_server_name

(for example, elk). For install_path, substitute the directory where NetBackup is installed.

You can execute bprecover from either the master or media server by specifying the

correct destination host with the bprecover -dhost option.

Client System Disk Recovery - UNIX

The procedure for recovering the system disk on a client workstation is as follows:

1. Reload the operating system the way you normally would for a client workstation of

that type.

Note If the root file system is lost, the best approach may be to reload the operating

system on an alternate boot disk and boot from this disk. After you restore

NetBackup, you can restore root to its original partition. This lets you recover the

root partition without risking a crash due to overwriting files being used by the

operating system during the restore. The procedure is similar to that for the master

server, except you do not have to install Media Manager or recover the NetBackup

databases. (see “Recovering Master Server When Root is Lost” on page 205).

2. Reinstall NetBackup client software.

3. Use the client-user interface to select and restore files.