Veritas NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide
- Introduction
- About the NetBackup 8.1.2 Upgrade Guide
- About changes in NetBackup 8.1.2
- Veritas Smart Meter introduced
- Upgrades from NetBackup 7.6.0.4 and earlier are not supported
- HP-UX and AIX support change
- Newer Red Hat Linux compilers used with NetBackup 8.1.2
- VxUpdate replaces update_clients script in NetBackup 8.1.2
- Port 443 required for NetBackup web user interface
- About MSDP
- Performance issues with upgrades to NetBackup 8.1.2 from NetBackup 8.0 and earlier
- About certificate requirements for NetBackup 8.1
- SCCM and Chef deployment tools and documentation now available
- Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
- About automatic file changes from an upgrade
- Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
- Known catalog backup limitation
- Available NetBackup upgrade methods
- About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
- Recommended SORT procedures for new installations
- Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
- About the NetBackup preinstall checker
- Planning for an upgrade
- About planning a NetBackup 8.1.2 upgrade
- How to plan for an upgrade to NetBackup 8.1.2
- About Veritas Smart Meter
- Best practices for Veritas Smart Meter
- Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
- About NetBackup 8.1.2 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5
- MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
- About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
- Master server upgrade
- About master server upgrades
- Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.1.2
- Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
- Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
- Upgrading UNIX/Linux server software to NetBackup 8.1.2
- Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.1.2
- About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
- Completing your system update after an upgrade
- Media server upgrade
- MSDP upgrade for NetBackup
- NetBackup Deployment Management with VxUpdate
- Appendix A. Reference
- NetBackup master server web server user and group creation
- Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered master server
- About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
- About the NetBackup web user interface
- About the NetBackup answer file
- Update cloud configuration file on the master server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 8.1.2
- About NetBackup software availability
- Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
- Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
- About compatibility between NetBackup versions
- Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
- Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
- Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
- Install and upgrade of the UNIX and Linux client binaries with native installers
- Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
- Disabling the connection between your NetBackup OpsCenter server and your NetBackup Master Server
- Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
Replication Director can replicate snapshots on a NetApp disk array in two different situations:
In non-cluster mode: 7-mode is used to replicate snapshots on NAS and SAN. The plug-in must be installed on the OnCommand Unified Manager (OCUM) server (Figure: Communication between NetBackup and the NBUPlugin for 7-mode).
In cluster-mode: Clustered Data ONTAP (cDOT) is used to replicate snapshots between storage virtual machines (SVMs or vServers). Support is for NAS only.
The plug-in must be installed on either a Windows or a Linux computer other than the OCUM server, the master server, or any media servers (Figure: Communication between NetBackup and the NBUPlugin for Clustered Data ONTAP).
Both modes support the same topologies.
Table: Version compatibility describes the association between NetBackup versions and the NetApp plug-ins.
Table: Version compatibility
NetBackup version | NetApp plug-in version | Description | Ratio of master server to OCUM server | Supported policy types |
|---|---|---|---|---|
7.7 and later | 1.1 | Provides 7-mode support for all NetBackup 7.7 Replication Director features. | One master server supports many OCUM servers. The plug-in must be installed on the OnCommand Unified Manager (OCUM) server. | MS-Windows, Standard, NDMP, VMware, Oracle |
1.1 P1 | Provides 7-mode support for all NetBackup 7.7 Replication Director features. | One master server supports many OCUM servers. | MS-Windows, Standard, NDMP, VMware, Oracle | |
2.0 | Provides cDOT support. | One master server supports many OCUM servers. The plug-in must be installed on either a Windows or a Linux computer other than the OCUM server, the master server, or any media servers. | MS-Windows, Standard, NDMP, VMware, Oracle |
Note:
You must upgrade the entire NetBackup environment before upgrading the plug-in. Upgrade all master servers, media servers, clients, and any hosts which communicate with the plug-in.
To determine the NBUPlugin version, look for the following version file on the system where the NBUPlugin is installed:
On Windows: Install_path\Program Files\Netapp\NBUPlugin\version.txt
On UNIX: /usr/NetApp/NBUPlugin/version.txt
The contents of the file lists the product name, the build date, and the NBUPlugin version. If more than one plug-in is installed, both are listed.
If upgrading the NetApp Plug-in for Veritas NetBackup, make sure that all storage lifecycle policy jobs that use the old plug-in are complete before upgrading.
To determine whether all of the jobs that are associated with a storage lifecycle policy are complete, in process, or not started, use the following command:
On Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd>nbstlutil.exe stlilist -U
On UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbstlutil stlilist -U