Troubleshooting guide

Chapter 5, Disaster Recovery 215
Recovering the NetBackup Databases
Before Starting
◆ Reinstall the NetBackup software (if necessary) as explained in “Master Server Disk
Recovery” on page 203 or “Media Server Disk Recovery” on page 207.
◆ If you had created symbolic links to the database locations, be sure to manually
recreate those links before starting the recovery.
◆ Find the tape that has the latest database backups.
◆ Ensure that the disk where you are restoring the databases contains the directory
where the databases resided.
This is required because the bprecover command always restores the NetBackup
databases to the path from which they were backed up (alternate-path restores are not
allowed).
Recover DB From Tape or Optical - Media Manager DB Lost
If the latest NetBackup database backup is on tape or optical disk and the Media Manager
database files are lost, specify a raw-device path on the bprecover command. This
method involves mounting the backup media in a drive and using the -tpath or
-opath parameter.
Note If the /dev file was lost for the device you are using to recover the databases, create
the special device file path for that device before using bprecover. See the Media
Manager Device Configuration Guide for information on creating this path.
1. Insert the database backup media into an appropriate drive.
The example on Figure 3 shows a nonrobotic tape drive connected to a NetBackup
master server.