Recovering a media server if the hard drive fails or the computer needs to be replaced

You can recover a damaged or corrupt media server. The media server stores the configuration database.

To recover a media server if the hard drive fails or the media server computer needs to be replaced with a new computer

  1. Set up the computer with the operating system software. Be sure to use the same computer name as the failed media server.

  2. Install DLO on the new media server. Be sure to use the same version of DLO as was installed on the failed media server.

  3. Restore the DLO database files, overwriting the database files created when DLO was installed. The default database path is C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Data.

  4. Restart the computer

Recovering a media server if the hard drive fails or the computer needs to be replaced