Environment is NetBackup 7.6.0.3 (Linux master and media servers, the client in this case is running Windows 2012).
Someone wants me to restore one of our SQL Server 2008 R2 databases to a test SQL Server 2012 instance. I've researched everything I could to this point on my own; at this point, my Google-fu is failing and I need some advice. The following is a snippet (edited to obfuscate sensitive data) from my dbclient log during the restore (which fails with status 2809):
15:34:04.064 [11476.11036] <4> Dbbackrec::CreateSQLcmdSyntax: INF - restore database "TESTDB" from VIRTUAL_DEVICE='VNBU0-11476-11036-1423514044' with stats = 10, blocksize = 65536, maxtransfersize = 4194304, buffercount = 2, replace , norecovery, move 'TESTDB' to 'E:\LDF\TESTDB.ldf', move 'TESTDB' to 'F:\LDF\TESTDB.mdf', replace
15:34:04.064 [11476.10408] <4> DBthreads::dbprocessbufs: INF - DBPROCESSBUFS Started.
15:34:04.066 [11476.11036] <2> vnet_pbxConnect: pbxConnectEx Succeeded
15:34:04.067 [11476.11036] <2> logconnections: BPRD CONNECT FROM [dest_client].58036 TO [source_client].1556 fd = 812
15:34:04.067 [11476.6076] <4> DBthreads::dbclient: INF - DBCLIENT Started Stripe #0
15:34:04.071 [11476.6076] <2> vnet_pbxConnect: pbxConnectEx Succeeded
15:34:04.072 [11476.6076] <2> logconnections: BPRD CONNECT FROM [dest_client].58037 TO [source_client].1556 fd = 844
15:34:04.117 [11476.11036] <4> Dbbackrec::CreateSQLcmdSyntax: INF - Number of stripes: 1, Number of buffers per stripe 2.
15:34:04.118 [11476.11036] <2> vnet_pbxConnect: pbxConnectEx Succeeded
15:34:04.119 [11476.11036] <2> logconnections: BPRD CONNECT FROM [dest_client].58038 TO [source_client].1556 fd = 844
15:34:04.170 [11476.11036] <4> DBConnect: INF - Logging into SQL Server with DSN <NBMSSQL_11476_5188_1>, SQL userid <sa> handle <0x00c79ea0>.
15:34:04.267 [11476.11036] <4> CDBbackrec::InitDeviceSet(): INF - Created VDI object for SQL Server instance <[dest_client_name]>. Connection timeout is <300> seconds.
15:34:04.269 [11476.11036] <2> vnet_pbxConnect: pbxConnectEx Succeeded
15:34:04.269 [11476.11036] <2> logconnections: BPRD CONNECT FROM [dest_client].58040 TO [source_client].1556 fd = 956
15:34:04.376 [11476.6076] <4> DBthreads::dbclient: INF - wait for addr assigned 0
15:34:04.379 [11476.6076] <2> vnet_pbxConnect: pbxConnectEx Succeeded
15:34:04.380 [11476.6076] <2> logconnections: BPRD CONNECT FROM [dest_client].58041 TO [source_client].1556 fd = 964
15:34:04.463 [11476.6076] <4> DBthreads::dbclient: INF - Alternate buffer restore rejected because backup did not use alternate method.
15:34:04.463 [11476.6076] <4> DBthreads::dbclient: INF - starttime 1423191669 - endtime:1423364469
I have highlighted what looks to me to be the closest thing I have to an actual error message.
The closest thing I've found on Google, based on the NBU console and other logs, was http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH206956, which pertains to backwards-compatibility between different versions of SQL Server 2008. I supposed I could see something similar being the case between 2008 and 2012, but would
- like to find a solution, if possible
- like to see some sort of official documentation that this isn't possible, otherwise