Veritas NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.2)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 8.2 Upgrade Guide
    2.  
      Available NetBackup upgrade methods
    3. About changes in NetBackup 8.2
      1.  
        Upgrades from NetBackup 7.6.0.4 and earlier are not supported
      2.  
        External certificate authority certificates supported by NetBackup 8.2
    4.  
      About Veritas Smart Meter
    5.  
      Best practices for Veritas Smart Meter
  2. Planning for an upgrade
    1. General upgrade planning information
      1.  
        About planning a NetBackup 8.2 upgrade
      2.  
        How to plan for an upgrade to NetBackup 8.2
      3.  
        Known catalog backup limitation
      4.  
        About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
      5.  
        About automatic file changes from an upgrade
    2. About upgrade tools
      1.  
        About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
      2.  
        Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
      3.  
        Recommended SORT procedures for new installations
      4.  
        About the NetBackup preinstall checker
    3. Upgrade operational notes and limitations
      1.  
        Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
      2.  
        About NetBackup 8.2 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5
      3.  
        MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
      4.  
        Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
      5.  
        Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
      6.  
        Upgrade issue with pre-8.1 clients and 8.1 or later media servers
  3. Master server upgrade
    1.  
      About master server upgrades
    2.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.2
    3.  
      Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
    4.  
      Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
    5.  
      Upgrading UNIX and Linux server software to NetBackup 8.2
    6.  
      Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.2
    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 8.2
    2.  
      Silently upgrading NetBackup media server software on UNIX and Linux
  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. Client upgrade
    1.  
      About client upgrades
    2.  
      Upgrading UNIX and Linux clients with the NetBackup upgrade script
    3.  
      Upgrade of the UNIX and Linux client binaries with native installers
  7. 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 media server or client using VxUpdate
    7.  
      Deployment job status
  8. 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
    5.  
      About the NetBackup answer file
    6.  
      About RBAC bootstrapping
    7.  
      Update cloud configuration file on the master server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 8.2
    8.  
      About NetBackup software availability
    9.  
      Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
    10.  
      Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
    11.  
      About compatibility between NetBackup versions
    12.  
      Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
    13.  
      Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
    14.  
      Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
    15.  
      Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
    16.  
      Disabling the connection between your NetBackup OpsCenter server and your NetBackup Master Server
    17.  
      Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
    18.  
      Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded

Upgrading UNIX and Linux server software to NetBackup 8.2

You should schedule your upgrade and reconfiguration for a time when backups do not run. However, the upgrade procedure instructs you to deactivate all policies to ensure that backups do not interfere with the upgrade. You can also temporarily modify policies so that backups do not run while you upgrade and reconfigure NetBackup.

To upgrade UNIX and Linux server software to 8.2

  1. Log on as the root user on the server.
  2. If the NetBackup Administration Console is open, you must close it now.
  3. (Conditional) For clustered environments, perform the following tasks:
    • If necessary, edit the bp.conf and the vm.conf files as follows:

      If a REQUIRED_INTERFACE entry exists, replace it with a CLUSTER_NAME entry. Otherwise, add a new CLUSTER_NAME entry. This entry should be defined as the virtual server name.

      For a master server, make sure that the first SERVER entry matches the CLUSTER_NAME entry for the bp.conf file.

    • Take the NetBackup Group offline. Use the command shown:

      /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hares -offline

    • Freeze the NetBackup Group so that migrations do not occur while the inactive nodes are upgraded. Use the command shown:

      /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hagrp -freeze group -persistent

    • If you have a VCS cluster configured, you can freeze the NetBackup Group by using the Cluster Manager interface or the command line.

    • Before you proceed with a cluster upgrade, refer to the NetBackup Clustered Master Server Administrator's Guide for other cluster upgrade requirements.

      http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332

  4. For Solaris systems, all of the NetBackup scripts that you may have modified are removed when you run the upgrade script.

    For non-Solaris systems, NetBackup scripts that are not covered in Chapter 1 that you modified are removed when you run the upgrade script. More information about this topic is available.

    See About automatic file changes from an upgrade.

    Save any files that you have modified and want to keep.

  5. Navigate to the location where the installation images reside. Enter the command that is shown to start the upgrade script:

    ./install

  6. Follow the prompts in the installation script to install the NetBackup server binaries.
  7. (Conditional: For media servers only) If your environment uses an external certificate authority, provide the external certificate authority information at the prompts shown:
    Enter the certificate file path or q to skip security configuration: 
    /usr/eca/cert_chain.pem
    
    Enter the trust store location or q to skip security configuration: 
    /usr/eca/trusted/cacerts.pem
    
    Enter the private key path or q to skip security configuration: 
    /usr/eca/private/key.pem
    
    Enter the passphrase file path or q to skip security configuration 
    (default: NONE): /usr/eca/private/passphrase.txt

    Note:

    Be aware the passphrase file path is optional.

  8. (Conditional: For media servers only) When prompted, provide the required information for the CRL configuration:
    Should a CRL be honored for the external certificate?
    1) Use the CRL defined in the certificate.
    2) Use the CRL from a file path.
    3) Do not use a CRL.
    q) skip security configuration
    CRL option (1): 
  9. (Conditional: For media servers only) If you specified Use the CRL from a file path, you must enter the path to the CRL location:
    Enter the CRL location path or q to skip security configuration: 
    /usr/eca/crl
  10. (Conditional: For media servers only) The installer echoes the configuration information you entered and attempts to retrieve details for the external certificate:
    External CA values entered:
    Certificate file path:  /usr/eca/cert_chain.pem
    Trust store file path:  /usr/eca/trusted/cacerts.pem
    Private key file path:  /usr/eca/private/key.pem
     Passphrase file path:  /usr/eca/private/passphrase.txt
          CRL check level:  Use the CRL from a file path.
        CRL location path:  /usr/eca/crl
    
    Getting external CA certificate details
             Issued By : CN=IITFRMNUSINT,O=Veritas,OU=iitf
          Subject Name : CN=cuomovm04,O=Veritas,OU=iitf
           Expiry Date : Oct 31 17:25:59 2019 GMT
      SHA1 Fingerprint : 62:B2:C3:31:D5:95:15:85:9D:C9:AE:C6:EA:C2:DF:DF:6D:4B:92:5B
         Serial Number : 0x6c7fa2743072ec3eaae4fd60085d468464319a
      Certificate Path : /usr/eca/cert_chain.pem
    
    Validating host ECA certificate.
    NOTE: Depending on the network, this action may take a few minutes.
          To continue without setting up secure communication, press Ctrl+C.
  11. (Conditional: For media servers only) If the external certificate enrollment pre-check finishes successfully, select 1 and press Enter to continue.
    The external certificate enrollment pre-check is successful.
    
    The external certificate is valid for use with master server name
    How do you want to proceed?
    1) Continue the installation using this certificate.
    2) Modify the external CA values entered.
    3) Abort the installation.
    Default option (1): 
  12. (Conditional: For media servers only) If the external certificate enrollment pre-check fails, select from the choices shown. The default is 2.
    The external certificate enrollment pre-check failed.
    
    The external certificate is not valid for use with master server name
    How do you want to proceed?
    1) Continue the installation and set up external certificates later.
    2) Modify the external CA values entered.
    3) Abort the installation.
    Default option (2): 
  13. When the script finishes, the binaries are successfully installed.

    Proceed to the post-installation procedure.

    More information is available.

    See Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.2.