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
Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
Veritas recommends current NetBackup users perform the three procedures that are listed for an initial introduction to SORT. The tool has many other features and functions, but these serve as a good introduction to SORT for users who already use NetBackup. In addition, the procedures provide a helpful base of knowledge for other SORT functionality.
Table:
Procedure | Details |
|---|---|
Create a Veritas Account on the SORT webpage | |
Create a system-specific upgrade report | See “To create a system-specific installation report for Windows”. See “To create a system-specific installation report for UNIX or Linux”. |
Review the future platform and feature plans. Review the hot fix and emergency engineering binary release auditor information. |
To review future platform changes and feature plans
- In your web browser, navigate to:
- Find and select the NetBackup Future Platform and Feature Plans widget.
- Select Display Information.
- Review the information provided
- Optional - sign in to create notification - Click Sign in and create notification.
To review hot fix and emergency engineering binary information
- In your web browser, navigate to:
- Find and select the NetBackup Hot Fix and EEB Release Auditor widget.
- Enter the hot fix or emergency engineering binary (EEB) information.
- Click Search.
- The new page shows a table with the following columns:
Hot fix of EEB Identifier
Shows the hot fix or EEB number that was entered on the previous screen.
Description
Displays a description of the problem that is associated with the hot fix or EEB.
Resolved in Versions
Provides the version of NetBackup where this issue is resolved.
More Information
“To review hot fix and emergency engineering binary information”