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April 14th, 2017 06:00
EMC Networker migration
Hello!
I currently have a EMC Networker 7.6 cluster with 2 backup servers in cluster and 2 storage nodes and another environment with a single SUN Solaris server with EMC Networker 8.1 on old SUN Solaris hosts. I need to migrate them into a supported environment with low cost. I have some questions:
Firstly I need to bring them all into version 8.2 on SUN Solaries binaries ?
Can I migrate EMC Networker from Solaris Binaries into Linux? Are there procedures or Best Practices for this? Is this supported?
Can I combine both EMC Networker servers? emove the cluster and migrate both servers into one?
Thanks!
Rodrigo
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wlee
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April 17th, 2017 19:00
For the NetWorker 8.1 server, it should be relatively simple to upgrade that server and storage nodes to 8.2.x.
For the NetWorker 7.6 server on a cluster, you would need to first upgrade to 8.0.x and then to 8.2.x. This is because there are a number of NetWorker database conversions between 7.6 to 8.2.
It is possible to perform a "cross platform" migration of the NetWorker server to a different operating system. However, officially it is still required that the migration be done by EMC professional services. If you try to do this yourself, and run into problems, you may find that you cannot get support. There are a number of valid reasons for this, some are not apparent until after you run into difficulties.
There is no way to merge two NetWorker server's into one. This is because each sever has its own NetWorker databases, and there has never been any tool available to merge the data while taking into consideration any duplication of information.
Your questions have been discussed previously. Please take a look at the following discussions:
Networker Migration
https://community.emc.com/message/893067
Which is the best path to upgrade the version and move the NW Server to another platform?
https://community.emc.com/message/687400
Note: The document "Cross-Platform Migration of the NetWorker Server" that is mentioned in the above discussions is actually an internal document that is not accessible to non Dell EMC representatives.