From: Ricardo \(Tru64 User\) (tru64user@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Apr 22 2004 - 11:12:58 EDT
Can someone pass along links or actual documentation
for BareMetal recovery of tru64 Unix servers (I have
Alpha 4100's, v4.0G).
Full backups are done via Bakbone's NetVault
Datacenter, which i believe is only useful for
recovering files when system is up and running.
_Thanks
Richard
--- "Deacy, Michael"
<Michael.Deacy@TycoHealthcare.com> wrote:
> Thanks to:
>
> Jason Hardy
> Bluejay Adametz
> Nelson Kawumi
> Michael Acklin
> Douglas L. Thomas
>
> Their responses follow:
>
> # # # # # # # # # #
>
> We've been using Veritas NetBackup Datacenter v4.5
> on Tru64 for the past
> three or so years. Absolutely no problems. We ran
> our master server on a
> DS20 for the first year, but moved it to Linux in
> the second year -- it
> turns out that platform price was better on the
> Linux box -- but still run
> the client piece on several 5.1a boxes.
>
> Jason Hardy
>
> # # # # # # # # # #
>
> I'm using Netbackup on V4.0G, V5.1, V5.1A, and V5.1B
> servers, some as
> network clients and some as SAN-storage-node
> servers. My master server is a
> DS10 running V5.1A. I'm also backing up a number of
> Windows servers with
> this arrangement as well.
>
> As long as the hardware is working, it works fine. I
> even modified a Tru64
> installation disk to have a Netbackup client on it
> plus some scripts for a
> bare metal restore CD.
>
> - Bluejay Adametz
>
> # # # # # # # # # #
>
> Hi,
> It is such a smooth operation. If you have done it
> with other OS, it is
> exactly the same (commands and syntax).
>
> Nelson Kawumi
>
> # # # # # # # # # #
>
> I've used it and it works fine. Only caveat I can
> think of is If you're
> using the java management console (jnbSA or jbpSA)
> from Tru64, it might not
> display properly in an Xwindows desktop on, say,
> Solaris or AIX. Seems the
> Java implementation on Tru64 is proprietary.
> (surprise, surprise)
>
> I've used Netbackup, Legato, Syncsort BackupExpress,
> and a number of other
> solutions and I much prefer Veritas Netbackup.
>
> Michael Acklin
>
> # # # # # # # # # #
>
> I have been using NetBackup for a couple of years,
> started with 3.4. I have
> an HSG80 based SAN, a Compaq ESL9198 tape library
> (w/40-80 drives), and
> backup 40 clients (Tru64 4.0e, 5.1, 5.1a, 5.1b,
> WinNT, Win2K, WinXP) with a
> total of about 750G across all clients.
>
> I use a DS10 6/600 as the Master Media Server and no
> other Media Servers.
> The DS10 has two fibre HBA's and four NIC ports.
>
> The first problems that I ran into where network
> related, trying to pump
> enough data through the Media Server(s) to keep the
> tape drives streaming.
> I used a WinNT and a Tru64 Media Servers for a
> while, but then you have
> tapes that can only be used with one Media Server or
> the other, but not both
> (this should be fixed in V5.0 where all expired
> media returns to Scratch).
> I played with Multiplexing, but restores got ugly.
> I ended up making two
> Link Aggregate Groups (LAG) on the DS10, on separate
> subnets.
>
> Then, as I ramped up more clients, I found I was
> taking too long to complete
> some critical clients, so I added four drives to the
> library (for a total of
> eight). This helped, but I still had to do a lot of
> work to keep things
> scheduled just right. I also didn't have Vaults so
> I wasn't making off-site
> copies very efficiently, Veritas allowed me to
> exchange some excess Media
> Server licenses for Vault (it took a year, but...)
>
> After cleaning up my SAN, I found that if I took all
> of the scraps of unused
> disk and put them into a single ADVFS filesystem, on
> the DS01, I came up
> with close to 1TB of disk space. So, I started
> experimenting with backing
> up to disk on the DS10.
>
> I now backup everything to disk, then use Vault to
> make two tape copies
> (on-site & off-site).
>
> I do full backups on Saturday (starting @ 00:30)
> with everything completing
> well before 23:00 when I start the Vault job. This
> make everything occur on
> Saturday, so it's easier to specify Weekly vs.
> Monthly vs. Yearly which get
> retained for 1 month, 1 year, and 7 years,
> respectively. These are
> averaging 740GB.
>
> Mon-Thu I do Cumulative Incremental (Friday bleeds
> into Saturday and messes
> up the Fulls). These run from 20:00 to 02:00, File
> Servers go first so I
> have all of the bandwidth available to do the
> databases (cold backups)
> between 00:00 - 02:00. I should mention that the
> File Server starting at
> 20:00 is WinNT on a Proliant 5500 w/100GB of disk,
> the system bus must be
> slower than the ethernet (it will be retired soon).
> At 02:00 the Vault job
> starts and completes by 07:30, usually. If there
> are problems I have until
> noon before Iron Mountain picks up.
>
> Now I am working on Disaster recovery. I haven't
> seen much from Veritas,
> only how to resurrect your Master Server (using the
> same name and such).
> But, I have successfully installed NetBackup on an
> AS800 and used a
> stand-alone tape drive to restore the NetBackup
> database. I just need to
> verify that things are working the way I think they
> are (it failed once and
> then worked with no problems), I'll probably rebuild
> the 800 from scratch
> and see how it works again, and again.
>
> Douglas L. Thomas
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