How to migrate NetWorker Linux Server to new hardware including renaming

Hi

check this guidelines:

https://emc--c.na5.visual.force.com/apex/KB_HowTo?id=kA0700000004VwO

-Nicola

I think so..but i'm not sure.

I think a new HostID will be generate and so you'll have to rehost the licenses

-Nicola

No, a new IP-scheme has been introduced recently, therefore the new server gets also a new IP-address.

Do I need to 'rehost' NetWorker licenses afterwards? Thanks!

I've seen this already but I was not sure whether this is the right solution to follow because it refers to instructions for NetWorker Server on Windows. The mentioned "SolVe Desktop tool" is a Windows executable so no option for our Linux environment. If this is the only reasonable way to rename also a Linux NetWorker server I will give it a try. So the proposed steps are:

1. Rename the old NetWorker server (following the mentioned procedure)

2. Install the new linux server (on new hardware) with the new name

3. Install same NetWorker server version (NetWorker 8.0.1.1.Build.132) on the new server and start up NetWorker server using the NetWorker data stored on the mentioned SAN partition

Can you confirm these steps or did I miss something essential?

Thanks!

Yes, you need to rehost it as hostid on Linux is tied to IP address (it is hex version of IPv4 address).

yes i'd do renaming procedure on "old hw"

when on the "old hw" the server will called with the new name desired, use your /nsr (delete /nsr/tmp) on the "new hw" with same hostname (the new hostname) and restart nw sevices .

has the new server hostname the same ip of the old one ?

-Nicola

You would use hostids if you wish to have multiple IPs licensed and this is typically done for cluster configuration so that licenses are valid after failover to different system.

Do I need to create/use a 'hostids' file (e.g. in /nsr/res directory) - I recall that we used such a file in the past (several years/NW-versions ago) but currently I cannot find it anywhere.