Simon, This tripped me up too. The way virtual hostnames are defined has changed. Check the "NBU High Availability Admin Guide", Appendix D - "Enhanced media server configuration" starting on page 115.
The key is the new nbemmcmd. Cheers, Dean On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:07 AM, WEAVER, Simon (external) < simon.wea...@astrium.eads.net> wrote: > All > Just wanted to share with you my experience of the in place upgrade for NBU > 5.1 MP7 to 6.5.2 > > Original Plan: Upgrade Master only, then do SAN Media Servers at a later > date. > > However, due to issues with one Media Server and the nbpushdata command > having problems communicating with one Media Server (Even though NBCC worked > like a charm!), an issue had arisen that required Symantec Help! > > In the end, it was easier to do an inplace upgrade for everything (Did not > make me popular but its done!) and so far its gone ok-ish! > > Main problem was 1 Media Server was offline, refused to do restores or > backups. Turned out it was only Active for disks. Problem tied down to a > corrupt ltid and oprd processes. These got repaired by a manual replacement > of the files. No idea why it happened, as the box in question installed and > upgraded flawlessly! > > One major problem I have seen is with my Win2k3 Active/Passive Mail > Cluster. Now reading some notes, its clear something has changed in terms of > how 6.5 handles Virtual Server Names, but if anyone can shed any light on > this, it would be appreciated. > > The 5.1 Topology used to show the NODE1 and NODE2 as physical SSO SAN MEDIA > SERVERS. I used the command BPSTUADD to create a Virtual Storage Unit called > MAIL. This used to appear in the topology of Activity Monitor. > > Now, it appears, when I run the backup, the topology shows the Virtual Name > MAIL as a Computer Icon. As if it is doing the backups over the LAN. Worse > still, the throughput is showing speeds as if it is LAN Based Backups !! > > Not sure why this has happened, but if anyone has a Mail System in a 2-node > cluster and was on 5.1 and now moved to 6.5, I would be interested to hear > how yours is working! > > Thanks ! > > *Regards* > > *Simon* > > This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential > and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected > from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please > notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any > attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its > content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments > from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this > email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. > -o- > Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 > Registered Office: > Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England > > > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu > >
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