Veritas NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide
- Introduction
- Planning for an upgrade
- General upgrade planning information
- About upgrade tools
- Upgrade operational notes and limitations
- Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
- About NetBackup 8.3 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5
- MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
- Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
- Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
- Upgrade issue with pre-8.1 clients and 8.1 or later media servers
- Master server upgrade
- About master server upgrades
- Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.3
- Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
- Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
- Upgrading UNIX and Linux server software to NetBackup 8.3
- Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.3
- About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
- Completing your system update after an upgrade
- Media server upgrade
- MSDP upgrade for NetBackup
- Client upgrade
- 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
- Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after upgrade
- About the NetBackup web user interface
- About the NetBackup answer file
- About RBAC bootstrapping
- About NetBackup software availability
- Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
- Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
- About compatibility between NetBackup versions
- Upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
- Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
- Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
- Disabling the connection between your OpsCenter server and your NetBackup Master Server
- Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
- Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
- Index
About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
Veritas installs a customized version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) when you install any of the products shown. The customized version of JRE does not include all the directories that a standard JRE installation includes, such as man and plugin.
Products that install the JRE:
NetBackup master server, media server, or UNIX and Linux client software
NetBackup Java Remote Administration Console
OpsCenter Server, Agent, or View Builder
Starting with NetBackup 8.3, the Java GUI and the JRE packages are optional for UNIX, Linux, and Windows media servers and UNIX and Linux clients.
As with previous releases, the Java GUI and JRE packages are installed automatically on all master servers because they are required. The Java GUI and the JRE are not part of the default installation on Windows clients. Install the Java Remote Administration Console if you require this functionality on your Windows clients.
The various NetBackup installation methods allow the user the choice to install or not install the Java GUI and JRE packages. More information about installing or removing the Java GUI and the JRE after install or upgrade is available.
See Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after upgrade.
Previously, the JRE package that is installed with NetBackup or OpsCenter was only updated when you upgraded to a later release of either software. You can use the nbcomponentupdate utility to update the JRE to a supported version for the products shown:
NetBackup master server, media server, or UNIX and Linux client software
NetBackup Java Remote Administration Console
OpsCenter Server, Agent, or View Builder
Note:
You cannot use this utility to update the JRE for the NetBackup Plug-in for VMware vCenter.
If your system is running NetBackup 8.0 or later, use Table: Location of JRE update utility to determine the location of the nbcomponentupdate utility.
Table: Location of JRE update utility
Product | Operating system | Path |
|---|---|---|
NetBackup | Windows |
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UNIX or Linux |
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OpsCenter Server | Windows |
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UNIX or Linux |
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OpsCenter Agent | Windows |
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OpsCenter View Builder | Windows |
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NetBackup Java Remote Administration Console | Windows |
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If you have a NetBackup 7.7.x or earlier, download the nbcomponentupdate utility from the location shown:
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000115043
More information about the nbcomponentupdate command and its parameters is available.
NetBackup Commands Reference Guide
The NetBackup installed version of the JRE is the supported major version for that NetBackup release. Use this utility to update to a minor version of the supported major JRE version. For example, if NetBackup 8.0 installed JRE 1.8.0.31, the supported major version is 1.8. Use this utility to update to JRE 1.8.0.92.
Veritas recommends that you update to another major JRE version only if the JRE vendor declares an end-of-life for the installed JRE version. If the JRE vendor declares an end-of-life for JRE 1.8, which is also the installed JRE version in your environment, update to JRE 1.9.
Close the product, such as NetBackup, before you attempt to update the JRE. If the product is active when you attempt the update, the utility exits with an error message that requests you to close the product.
Caution:
Do not stop the utility while the JRE update is in progress. This action can cause the product that uses the JRE, such as NetBackup, to become unstable.
If there are additional versions of the JRE installed on your system for other applications, the NetBackup JRE does not interfere with them. The NetBackup JRE does not provide integration with web browsers and does not allow Java Applets or Web Start to run. For that reason, the NetBackup JRE cannot be used in a browser-based attack that uses Java Applet or Web Start vulnerabilities.
More information about NetBackup JRE alerts is available.