[SunHELP] Best Way to Veritas NetBackup and Restore?

[Foong, Tzeweng]

William,

Thank you for your reply.

I hope you can help me further. What I have is a lot of "stand alone"
servers. 
>From your quick description of netbackup DataCenter It looks like it does
not 
match my requirements. Ie I will not have a Master Server nor media servers.

What I have are lots of clients. Can I install all 3 pieces of software on
each 
of the servers and have them act as the "client", "master" and "media"?

If DataCetner is not apropriate then can you suggest an alternative?

I had a look at the veritas web site and there seems to be another product
called 
NetBackup BusinesServer

Is this what I really need?

Thanks





> -----Original Message-----
> From:	William Enestvedt [SMTP:wenestvedt at jwu.edu]
> Sent:	Monday, 6 August 2001 23:00
> To:	'Foong, Tzeweng'
> Subject:	RE: [SunHELP] Best Way to Veritas NetBackup and Restore?
> 
> The DataCenter version of Veritas NetBackup (NBU, as it is usually
> abbreviated) is very poewrful and flexible, but I wonder if it's
> appropriate
> for your situation.
>     Generally, there is a NBU Master Server which tells the client(s) when
> to back up and where. There are other servers which have a tape drive
> directly connected to them (i.e. by a SCSI cable, not across a network),
> which are called Media Servers. The Master Server maintains a database of
> which NBU clients (which can include the Master Server and any Media
> Servers) back up, at what times, and will prompt the administrator for
> tapes. Last, there is client software which manages the back-up process
> for
> the client computer.
>    I'm wondering how/why NBU was suggested for your situation, as a
> network
> interruption would make it impossible for the Master Server to reach the
> remote web server with the command to restore data. Have you speken with a
> reseller about the particular details of your set-up?
> -wde
> --
> Will Enestvedt
> UNIX System Administrator
> Johnson & Wales University
> WEnestvedt at jwu.edu    (401) 598-1584