Hi,
We're on NB7.5.0.3, mixed Unix and Windows, master server is a Win2008 server, storage is Data Domain.
We're testing restores of an Oracle database using RMAN. They're kind of working ok but the media server chosen for the jobs seems completely random - can be one on the local site or on the remote site. So we need to restrict which media servers are used.
The obvious solution seems to be to add entries to the Media Host Override option. The restores were performed by one or the other of two media servers on that site (which media servers are used for the backup is controlled via the Storage Unit), so i was planning to add entries so that each on is used to restore any job they were the original backup media server for, which would look like this:
ORIGINAL BACKUP SERVER RESTORE SERVER
server1 server1
server2 server2
A few questions:
1) I've noticed that the Master and all the media servers have a "media host override" dialog box int he windows Admin Console. Does it make any difference which is used - does the setting take effect globally? As the host that was backed up is also a media server, I was wondering if the media host override settings for that media server might only apply to restores of that server? Or are the media host override settings global wherever they are set?
2) Can ANY DD Bosst enabled media server be picked for a restore if this is not controlled by media host override? Even the master server was picked for one part of the restore.
3) Can media servers restore from a storage unit even if they are not assigned to that storage unit as an available media server? It seems like any DD boost server can read any storage unit when it comes to restores...
Thanks!