Hi All,
I have our old backup environment - running Netbackup 6.5.5, on a windows 2003 server. Due to an EOL project, this server will need to be decommissioned soon. When we require a restore from tape - between 2007 and 2013, we use this server and library to read the LTO4 tapes, works fine.
Currently we have a windows 2008 server, with 7.5 (about to be 7.6) that we use for current backups and restores using LTO5s.
My question is - how do i get rid of the old environment?
Is it best to build a windows 2008 server, name it exactly as the old server and install 6.5.5 on it again - which i believe is not supported, that way it is like the old backup environment has never changed - just the hardware and OS upgraded?
Is there some way to import the old catalog into the new system - so we can read the old tapes easily and run the restore.
Or do i have to run an import of the tapes everytime there is a restore request? And say there is 40 tapes for a month - how do you know which tape to import as importing all 40 tapes will take a very long time?
Many thanks for some thoughts on this.