From: Dhotre, Shekhar (Shekhar.Dhotre@T-T.COM)
Date: Fri Jul 05 2002 - 15:30:11 EDT
Yes ,I have used BMR before but It was owned by Kernel Group (5-6 months
ago).restored Solaris using it .It works like NIM on AIX and jumpstart on
Solaris . once you type net install at OK prompt - It boots system from
network - installs operating system-create file systems -initiates
netbackups (bprestore) command to restore data ,and after restoring data it
reboots your system done - your original system is back online.
veritas is shipping it with netbackup 4.5 . I have installed it on solaris
.
# pkginfo | grep -i vrts
system VRTSfsdoc VERITAS File System Documentation
system VRTSlic VERITAS Licensing Utilities
application VRTSnetbp VERITAS NetBackup and Media Manager
system VRTSvmdev VERITAS Volume Manager, Header and Library Files
system VRTSvmdoc VERITAS Volume Manager (user documentation)
system VRTSvmman VERITAS Volume Manager, Manual Pages
system VRTSvmsa VERITAS Volume Manager Storage Administrator
system VRTSvras VERITAS Volume Replicator Administrative Services
system VRTSvrdoc VERITAS Volume Replicator (user documentation)
system VRTSvxfs VERITAS File System
system VRTSvxvm VERITAS Volume Manager, Binaries
# pkginfo -l VRTSnetbp
PKGINST: VRTSnetbp
NAME: VERITAS NetBackup and Media Manager
CATEGORY: application,tools
ARCH: sparc
VERSION: 4.5,REV=2002.03.26.15.05
BASEDIR: /opt
VENDOR: VERITAS Software Corporation
DESC: NetBackup provides backup and restore services for client
systems .
PSTAMP: code20020326150650
INSTDATE: Jun 19 2002 16:45
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider.
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 973 installed pathnames
4 linked files
90 directories
480 executables
558623 blocks used (approx)
BMR For AIX - I don't think BMR offers anything different than mksysb or
sysback .you can restore image from one system to physically different
system (cloning) using sysback or mksysb.Also veritas charges 1 to $3,000
per BMR client tier 3,tier 2 etc..) licenses .So if you have 100 systems
,you would have to pay minimum $100,000 for client licenses + BMR server
license(I think it is $12,000 -$15,000) and support charges etc..
We are sticking up with sysback and ufsdump for AIX and Sun.
regards
Shekhar Dhotre.
Sr.Unix Admin
Boston , MA -02071
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Verzal [mailto:Bill_Verzal@BCBSIL.COM]
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 3:00 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Bare Metal Restore
Anyone out there using Bare Metal Restore (Veritas) ?
We are looking at it (actually, it is probably a bit farther along than
"looking at it"), and I had a question on how it handles restoring from a
physically different system then the original backup. For example - in a
disaster recovery or test.
I'm concerned about ODM issues and other stuff like that.
Anyone crossed this bridge before ?
Thanks, Bill.
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