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My Networker server crashed and is being rebuilt. It was a NT 4 and a
question was raised if we could upgrade to Windows 2000 then restore my old
server to the box. I thought someone had told me this could not be done.


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Ciolek, Ken wrote:

My Networker server crashed and is being rebuilt. It was a NT 4 and a
question was raised if we could upgrade to Windows 2000 then restore my old
server to the box. I thought someone had told me this could not be done.

It's tempting isn't it to start upgrading OS or NetWorker versions at a
time like this? However, your priority should be to get your server back
up and running, so you should be giving yourself the best chance of
doing this in a timely manner, i.e. no changes to hardware or software.
I know it feels wrong to be rebuilding your box with NT4, but really you
should do this upgrade to a crucial system in a planned manner following
proper testing, without too many pressures on you to get it completed
yesterday.

From a technical point of view I don't know any reason why you
shouldn't mmrecov to a Windows 2000 server rather than an NT4 server,
although don't hold me to that. From a business point of view, and for
the sake your company's valuable data, you should probably not do this
just now.

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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 09:41:54AM +0000, Davina Treiber wrote:
Ciolek, Ken wrote:
My Networker server crashed and is being rebuilt. It was a NT 4 and a
question was raised if we could upgrade to Windows 2000 then restore my old
server to the box. I thought someone had told me this could not be done.

From a technical point of view I don't know any reason why you
shouldn't mmrecov to a Windows 2000 server rather than an NT4 server,
although don't hold me to that. From a business point of view, and for
the sake your company's valuable data, you should probably not do this
just now.

We just migrated/moved our Networker server to a new host via a DR
restore. Along the way I tried different things (sneak in a 7.1.3 from
7.1.2 upgrade, change a few partition names/mount points, drop in a few
symlinks.) None of these worked successfully for me. In order for me
to get a good, solid recover of my system I had to create the same
partitions mounted in the same place with the same Networker version.
This was on a Linux box - I'm sure Windows would be as picky or more.
I'm with Davina: get your system online as it was, and work on the
upgrade later.

Dave

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