How to move a NetWorker server for Windows to another path/drive
Most likely you need to do this on Windows if you want to separate the ..\nsr
directory from the current drive. Space should not be an argument as you of course may also move an index database to another location.
Hare are two possibilities:
Move the NetWorker path using the installation process
Moving the NetWorker path using the installation process is the supported method
- Shutdown NetWorker
- De-install the NetWorker software , this will leave the databases behind
- Move the residual
..\nsr
path to the new location - Re-install NetWorker by changing the path appropriately
- Restart NetWorker
Move the NetWorker path by patching the registry
You can move the NetWorker path by patching the registry. Whilst this isn't supported it is a quick and dirty method of achieiving the same goal.
- Shutdown NetWorker
- Move the ..\nsr path to the new location
- Open the registry
- Goto
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Legato/NetWorker
and change the parameter Path appropriately - Goto
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services
and for the services- hagentd
- nsrd
- nsrexecd
- nsrpm
ImagePath
appropriately. - Restart NetWorker
Moving Indexes
If all you want to do is move the indexes to an alternative location, use my post Moving an index on a Windows NT/2000 NetWorker server for guidelines.