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rookie11
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21 days ago

Netbackup master physical server phase out

Hi All,

Netbackup master physical server phase out. My IT infra - RHEL6 old NBU 8.3.1 connected to 3 NBU appliances - 2 are 5220 and 3rd is 5240. They were good old media servers. We do have LTR on our NBU systems. Almost 5000 backup images are on NBU appliances. 

1)I thought of connecting tape library(rental) and duplicating everything to tapes.                                  2) Can someone offer insights on NBU cloud catalyst                                                                                      3) Can we build new NBU master in cloud (S3 connected) and then do catalog sync 

Please feel free to share documents\technotes etc, open to new suggestions as well. 

 

  • davidmoline's avatar
    davidmoline
    Level 6
    21 days ago

    Hi rookie11 

    There are lots of options and the right solution depends on what other infrastructure you have, how frequently you think you may need access to the LTR data and how much you want to spend. Firstly to answer your points:

    1. This is a good idea - allows you to create the tapes and switch everything off. Some offsite tape storage facilities also can provide a recovery service (you give them the tapes and the catalog, then if you need to restore something - send in a request and they return the data). Also, if the data is on tape you can have the NetBackup environment shutdown until required
    2. Avoid Cloud Catalyst - if you want to storage the LTR in cloud go for MSDP-Cloud. Disadvantage is you will need to maintain the infrastructure for the life of the data and will wear the storage cost for the cloud data (although glacier or archive tier are cheap). You will also need to maintain the primary server and a media server to run this (granted they do not need to be up 100% of the time).
    3. Building replacement infrastructure in the cloud is an option (you could use server migrator to move the catalog). Once the basic infra is built, duplicate the LTR data from the appliances to cloud (MSDP-C) and job done. Again disadvantage is ongoing cloud cost - more now as you have computer and block storage to also pay for. 

    My responses above all assumes that you are removing NetBackup completely (other than to retain restore capability) - if you will have NetBackup elsewhere in the environment, then I'd be looking to move the LTR data to that environment or write to tape and import those tapes as required (retain a hardcopy list of what's there, but don't waste time importing everything unless you have really cheap labor or lots of time). 

    Cheers