NetBackup 4.5 Troubleshooting Guide for Windows - Symantec

Recovering the NetBackup Catalogs
NetBackup 4.5 Troubleshooting Guide for Windows
◆ The type of media that contains the backup of the NetBackup catalogs (tape or
magnetic disk).
and
◆ Whether the Media Manager part of those catalogs is still intact. The Media Manager
catalog files are normally in the install_path\Volmgr\database directory.
Note The Media Manager device catalogs are binary files and you cannot restore them to
a different type of platform.
Before Starting
◆ Reinstall the NetBackup software (if necessary) as explained in “Master Server Disk
Recovery” on page 399 or “Media Server Disk Recovery” on page 405.
◆ Find the tape that has the latest catalog backups.
◆ Ensure that the disk where you are restoring the catalogs contains the directory where
the catalogs resided.
This is required because the bprecover command always restores the NetBackup
catalogs to the path from which they were backed up (alternate-path restores are not
allowed).
Recover Catalogs From Tape - Media Manager Catalogs Lost
If the NetBackup catalog backup is on tape and the Media Manager catalogs are lost,
specify a raw-device path on the bprecover command. This method involves mounting
the backup tape in a drive and using the -tpath parameter.
Note If the configuration was lost for the device that you plan to use for the recovery,
reinstall the device as explained in the Windows system documentation.
1. Insert the catalog backup tape into an appropriate drive.
The example on Figure 3 shows a nonrobotic tape drive connected to a NetBackup
master server.
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NetBackup 4.5 Troubleshooting Guide for Windows