Importing backup images, Phase I

Phase I of the import process creates a list of expired images from which to select to import in Phase II. No import occurs in Phase I.

Initiate an import by using either the Import Images Wizard or initiate it manually.

If tape is used, each tape must be mounted and read. It may take some time to read the catalog and build the list of images.

To import an online, hot catalog backup, import all of the child jobs that were used to create the catalog backup.

To import backup images by using the Import Images Wizard, Phase I

  1. If you import Backup Exec media, run the vmphyinv physical inventory utility to update the Backup Exec media GUID in the NetBackup Media Manager database. Run the command only once after creating the media IDs in the NetBackup Media Manager database.

    See About the physical inventory utility.

  2. Add the media IDs that contain the Media Manager backups to the server where the backups are to be imported.

  3. Select Import Images in the right pane to launch the wizard. Import Images is available when Master Server or NetBackup Management is selected.

  4. The wizard explains the 2-step import process and takes you through Phase I. Click Next.

  5. Type the name of the host that contains the volume to import. Click Next.

    This media server becomes the media owner.

  6. Select whether the images to import are on tape or disk.

  7. Depending on whether the import is from tape or disk do one of the following:

    • Type the Media ID for the volume that contains the backups to import.

    • Enter the path from which the images are to be imported.

      Click Next.

    If the Backup Exec media is password-protected , the job fails without a correct password. The logs indicate that either no password or an incorrect password was provided. If the media is not password-protected and the user provides a password, the password is ignored.

    To import Backup Exec media if the password contains non-ASCII characters do the following:

    • Use the NetBackup Administration Console on Windows. (You cannot use the NetBackup-Java Administration Console.)

    • Use the bpimport command.

  8. Click Finish. The wizard explains how to check the progress as the media host reads the media.

  9. Complete the import.

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Importing backup images, Phase II