when your drive is full with symantec database images, following steps will be helpful for you to move images from one drive to another to housekeep the drive.
Move only the individual client NetBackup catalog images to the new location.
1. Back up the NetBackup catalogs (see Backing Up the Catalogs Manually on page 143 of the NetBackup DataCenter System Administrator’s Guide for UNIX).
This ensures that you can recover image information in case something is accidentally lost during the move.
2. Check the Jobs tab in the NetBackup Activity Monitor and ensure that no backups or restores are running for the client. If jobs are currently running, either wait for them to end or stop them by using the Jobs tab in the NetBackup Activity Monitor.
3. Use the Services tab in the NetBackup Activity Monitor to stop the NetBackup Request Manager and NetBackup Database Manager services. This prevents jobs from starting and the database from being modified while performing this procedure.
4. Create a file named ALTPATH (there should be no extension to this file)in the image catalog directory. For example, if NetBackup is installed in its default location and the client name is “mars,” the path to the image catalog is
C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\images\mars\ALTPATH.
5. Create the directory to which you intend to move the image information. For example:
E:\NetBackup\alternate_db\images\mars
6. On the first line of the ALTPATH file, specify the path to the directory where you intend to move the client’s image information. For example:
E:\NetBackup\alternate_db\images\mars
This will be the only entry in the ALTPATH file.
7. Move all files and directories (except the ALTPATH file) that are in the current client directory to the new directory. For example:
If the images are currently in C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\images\mars, and the ALTPATHfile specifies E:\NetBackup\alternate_db\images\mars, then move all files and directories (except theALTPATH file) to E:\NetBackup\alternate_db\images\mars.
8. Add the new image directory to the NetBackup catalog backup configuration (see “Files Tab” on page 141 of the NetBackup DataCenter System Administrator’s Guide for UNIX). In the above example, you would addE:\NetBackup\alternate_db\images\mars.
CAUTION: Failure to add the alternate image directory to the catalog-backup configuration can result in loss of backup data if there is a disk failure.
9. Start the NetBackup Request Manager and NetBackup Database Manager services by using the Servicestab in the NetBackup Activity Monitor. Backups and restores can now resume for the client.
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