Allowing All Clients to Perform Redirected Restores

The administrator can allow all clients to restore backups belonging to other clients by creating the following empty file on the NetBackup master server:

When this file exists on the master server, clients can access backups belonging to other clients if the NetBackup client name setting on the requesting client matches the name of the client for which the backup was created. The peer name of the requesting client does not have to match the NetBackup client name setting.

Example

Assume UNIX client freddie wants to restore a file that was backed up by client oscar:

1. The administrator creates the following file on the NetBackup master server:
      /usr/openv/netbackup/db/altnames/No.Restrictions
2. The user starts the Backup, Archive, and Restore application (jbpSA) and specifies freddie in the login dialog.
3. The user changes the NetBackup source client name setting in the Backup, Archive, and Restore user interface to oscar.
4. Client freddie restores the file backed up by client oscar.