Veritas NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.2)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 8.1.2 Upgrade Guide
    2. About changes in NetBackup 8.1.2
      1.  
        Veritas Smart Meter introduced
      2.  
        Upgrades from NetBackup 7.6.0.4 and earlier are not supported
      3.  
        HP-UX and AIX support change
      4.  
        Newer Red Hat Linux compilers used with NetBackup 8.1.2
      5.  
        VxUpdate replaces update_clients script in NetBackup 8.1.2
      6.  
        Port 443 required for NetBackup web user interface
      7.  
        About MSDP
      8.  
        Performance issues with upgrades to NetBackup 8.1.2 from NetBackup 8.0 and earlier
      9.  
        About certificate requirements for NetBackup 8.1
      10.  
        SCCM and Chef deployment tools and documentation now available
    3.  
      Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
    4.  
      About automatic file changes from an upgrade
    5.  
      Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
    6.  
      Known catalog backup limitation
    7.  
      Available NetBackup upgrade methods
    8.  
      About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
    9.  
      Recommended SORT procedures for new installations
    10.  
      Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
    11.  
      About the NetBackup preinstall checker
  2. Planning for an upgrade
    1.  
      About planning a NetBackup 8.1.2 upgrade
    2.  
      How to plan for an upgrade to NetBackup 8.1.2
    3.  
      About Veritas Smart Meter
    4.  
      Best practices for Veritas Smart Meter
    5.  
      Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
    6.  
      About NetBackup 8.1.2 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5
    7.  
      MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
    8.  
      About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
  3. Master server upgrade
    1.  
      About master server upgrades
    2.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.1.2
    3.  
      Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
    4.  
      Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
    5.  
      Upgrading UNIX/Linux server software to NetBackup 8.1.2
    6.  
      Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.1.2
    7.  
      About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
    8.  
      Completing your system update after an upgrade
  4. Media server upgrade
    1.  
      Upgrading NetBackup media servers to NetBackup 8.1.2
  5. MSDP upgrade for NetBackup
    1.  
      MSDP upgrade considerations for NetBackup 8.1
    2.  
      About MSDP rolling data conversion
    3.  
      About MSDP fingerprinting algorithm changes
  6. NetBackup Deployment Management with VxUpdate
    1.  
      About VxUpdate
    2.  
      Commands used in VxUpdate
    3.  
      Repository management
    4.  
      Deployment policy management
    5.  
      Manually initiating upgrades from the master server using VxUpdate
    6.  
      Manually initiating upgrades from the client using VxUpdate
    7.  
      Deployment job status
  7. Appendix A. Reference
    1.  
      NetBackup master server web server user and group creation
    2.  
      Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered master server
    3.  
      About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
    4. About the NetBackup web user interface
      1.  
        First-time sign in to a NetBackup master server from the NetBackup web UI
      2.  
        Sign out of the NetBackup web UI
    5.  
      About the NetBackup answer file
    6.  
      Update cloud configuration file on the master server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 8.1.2
    7.  
      About NetBackup software availability
    8.  
      Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
    9.  
      Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
    10.  
      About compatibility between NetBackup versions
    11.  
      Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
    12.  
      Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
    13.  
      Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
    14.  
      Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
    15.  
      Install and upgrade of the UNIX and Linux client binaries with native installers
    16.  
      Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
    17.  
      Disabling the connection between your NetBackup OpsCenter server and your NetBackup Master Server
    18.  
      Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers

About the NetBackup web user interface

In version 8.1.2, Veritas introduces a new web user interface for use with NetBackup. The new interface is designed to improve the ease of use and functionality. At this time, not all functionality of the NetBackup Administration Console is present in the new interface.

NetBackup uses the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to encrypt the communication for the new interface. You need a TLS certificate that identifies the NetBackup host to enable TLS on the NetBackup web server. NetBackup uses self-signed certificates for client and host validation. A self-signed certificate is automatically generated during install for enabling TLS communications between the web browser and the NetBackup web server. You can create and implement third-party certificates to use in place of the self-signed certificates to support the NetBackup Web Service. The certificates are used for TLS encryption and authentication. See the NetBackup Web UI Security Administrator's Guide for more information.