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Managing the Data Protector Internal Database

Recovering the IDB

Chapter 9

429

procedure for recovering the IDB to a different disk/volume layout.
You can use the

-preview

option of the

omnidbrestore

command

to see where the files will be restored.

• If possible, move the

media.log

file from the previous installation to

a safe place. It will provide you with the information about the media
used since the last IDB backup. This is very helpful for updating the
IDB if transaction logs are not available.

• Verify that Data Protector is installed on the Cell Manager and the

system where a device is attached (preferably, the device used for the
IDB backup).

• If the IDB is installed on MC/ServiceGuard, run the

cmhaltpkg

command on the active node before performing the

guided autorecovery, to stop the Data Protector package. When the
guided autorecovery has finished, run the

cmrunpkg

command on the active node to start the Data Protector package,
where

is the name of the Data Protector cluster

package.

• If the IDB is installed on Microsoft Cluster Server, take the

OBVS_VELOCIS

cluster group offline using the Cluster Administrator

utility on the active node before performing the guided autorecovery.
When the guided autorecovery has finished, bring the

OBVS_VELOCIS

and

OBVS_MCRS

cluster groups online using the Cluster

Administrator utility.

Recovery
Procedure

1. Check all backups using the following command:

omnidbrestore -autorecover -logview -skiprestore

2. Choose the backup session you want to restore from and perform the

restore by running the

omnidbrestore -autorecover -session

command.

For example, if you choose to restore from the backup session

2000/12/26-1

and the original device used for the IDB backup exists,

run:

omnidbrestore -autorecover -session 2000/12/26-1

The command guides you through restoring the IDB and replaying
transaction logs since the last IDB backup. If the transaction logs are not
available, you can still update the IDB by importing all media used since
the last IDB backup. In this case, refer to “Updating the IDB by
Importing Media” on page 433
.