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Tivoli Storage Manager for NetWare Backup-Archive Client Installation and User's Guide

Example 3: Loss of an Entire NDS Tree

In a situation in which all network servers are destroyed because of a disaster, you must restore the entire NDS tree and all file information. To do this, perform the following steps:

  1. Reinstall the NetWare OS and NDS on a primary server. Use the NWCONFIG.NLM utility for this step. By default, this server will hold the Root partition of the NDS tree.
  2. Install the remaining servers into the network using the NWCONFIG.NLM utility. After this step, you should have a skeleton of your original NDS. Ensure that you note the following precautions:
  3. Ensure that the NetWare OS has the correct patches for Tivoli Storage Manager to function properly. Refer to the client readme.1st file shipped with the Tivoli Storage Manager client for more information about dependencies on NetWare OS patches.
  4. Install Tivoli Storage Manager and reestablish the communications protocol. Use the NWCONFIG.NLM utility to reinstall the Tivoli Storage Manager code on the NetWare server. Reconfigure the communications protocol so that the Tivoli Storage Manager client can communicate with the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
  5. Load the necessary SMS target service agents. At the target NetWare server console enter:
    load tsands
    load tsa500 (NetWare 5)  or
    load tsa600 (NetWare 6)
    
  6. Restore the entire NDS tree from Tivoli Storage Manager. Use the following command at the NetWare server console:
    load dsmc restore nds -replace=yes
    

    The -replace=yes option ensures that place-holders created by the restore process are properly replaced by real NDS objects.

  7. Restore the volume(s) using Tivoli Storage Manager. Use the following NetWare console command for each volume you want to restore:
    load dsmc restore sys:\* -subdir=yes -replace=all -volinfo
    

    Where SYS: is the name of the failed volume.

  8. Verify restoration of the NDS, file data, and trustee data.


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