Thank You all for your replies. I have to change the hostname and IP address,
there is no other option. We currently have installed the master server on a
production server. Its not a dedicated backup server. The new server we are
planning is a dedicated NBU master server. So the hostname will c
The reason for the professional services is the nature of the NetBackup catalog
space. The master server hostname is embedded throughout the EMM and images
databases. Symantec or authorized VARs have the proper tools to make these
changes to the NetBackup catalog. As Dan indicated, it may loo
What we did was to simply build a new master with new name/IP and continue to
run the old master along side it allowing natural aging of policies/recalls
from offsite storage for vaulting for 3-4 months then we shutdown the old
server. This means for any older backups we'd want to restore we'd
I also followed this path - same name/same IP.
The old server was left on the network while the hot catalog ran. When that
finished, I removed the old master from the network, plugged in the new master,
restored the catalog and away we went.
In reality, it was fairly painless.
I heard a lot of b
