Examples of redirected restores

This topic provides some example configurations that allow clients to restore the files that were backed up by other clients. These methods may be required when a client connects through a gateway or has multiple Ethernet connections.

In all cases, the requesting client must have access to an image database directory on the master server (Install_path\NetBackup\db\images\client_name). Or, the requesting client must be a member of an existing NetBackup policy.

Note:

Not all file system types on all machines support the same features. Problems can be encountered when a file is restored from one file system type to another. For example, the S51K file system on an SCO machine does not support symbolic links nor does it support names greater than 14 characters long. You may want to restore a file to a machine that doesn't support all the features of the machine from which the restore was performed. In this case, all files may not be recovered.

In the following examples, assume the following conditions: