NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.4)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 10.4 Upgrade Guide
    2.  
      Available NetBackup upgrade methods
    3. About changes in NetBackup 10.4
      1.  
        License file required for upgrade
      2.  
        Windows primary server upgrades are slowed if a large number of files are in the installation directory
      3.  
        About NetBackup database changes
      4.  
        Java GUI and JRE installation optional for some computers
      5.  
        Logging directory permissions require reset on rollback
      6.  
        Upgrades from NetBackup 7.6.0.4 and earlier are not supported
      7.  
        External certificate authority certificates supported in NetBackup 8.2 and later
    4.  
      About Veritas Usage Insights
    5.  
      Best practices for Veritas Usage Insights
  2. Planning for an upgrade
    1. General upgrade planning information
      1.  
        About planning a NetBackup 10.4 upgrade
      2.  
        How to plan for an upgrade to NetBackup 10.4
      3.  
        Legacy logging directory security update
      4.  
        Unified logging security update
      5.  
        Notifications, Messages, and Resiliency configuration information are not upgraded
      6.  
        Known catalog backup limitation
      7.  
        About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
      8.  
        About automatic file changes from an upgrade
      9.  
        Reduce the job database size before upgrade
      10.  
        Known SUSE Linux primary server upgrade issue
    2.  
      Performance and tuning considerations
    3. About upgrade tools
      1.  
        About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
      2.  
        Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
      3.  
        About the NetBackup preinstall checker
      4.  
        About the NetBackup database analyzer tool
    4. Upgrade operational notes and limitations
      1.  
        Windows compiler and security requirements for NetBackup 10.4 and later upgrade
      2.  
        Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
      3.  
        About NetBackup 10.4 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5 and later
      4.  
        MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
      5.  
        Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
      6.  
        Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
      7.  
        Upgrade issue with pre-8.1 clients and 8.1 or later media servers
  3. Primary server upgrade
    1.  
      About primary server upgrades
    2.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 10.4
    3.  
      Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
    4.  
      Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
    5.  
      Upgrading Linux server software to NetBackup 10.4
    6.  
      Silently upgrading NetBackup primary server software on Linux
    7.  
      Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 10.4
    8.  
      About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
    9.  
      Completing your system update after an upgrade
  4. Media server upgrade
    1.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading media servers to NetBackup 10.4
    2.  
      Upgrading NetBackup media servers to NetBackup 10.4
    3.  
      Silently upgrading NetBackup media server software on 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.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading clients to NetBackup 10.4
    3.  
      Upgrading UNIX and Linux clients with the NetBackup upgrade script
    4.  
      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 primary server using VxUpdate
    6.  
      Manually initiating upgrades from the media server or client using VxUpdate
    7.  
      Deployment job status
    8.  
      EEB management view
  8. Appendix A. Reference
    1.  
      NetBackup primary server web server user and group creation
    2.  
      NetBackup database user
    3.  
      Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered primary server
    4.  
      About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
    5.  
      Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after upgrade
    6.  
      About the NetBackup web user interface
    7.  
      About the NetBackup answer file
    8.  
      About the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
    9.  
      Manually install or uninstall NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector binaries
    10.  
      Manually configure the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
    11.  
      Manually upgrading the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
    12.  
      Persistent Java Virtual Machine options
    13.  
      About RBAC bootstrapping
    14.  
      About NetBackup software availability
    15.  
      Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
    16.  
      Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
    17.  
      About compatibility between NetBackup versions
    18.  
      Upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
    19.  
      Upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
    20.  
      Requirements for Windows cluster upgrades
    21.  
      Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
    22.  
      Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
    23.  
      Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
    24.  
      Upgrade failure rollback steps
    25.  
      Size guidance for the NetBackup primary server and domain

Commands used in VxUpdate

NetBackup uses two commands to let you modify the NetBackup package repository as well as initiate policies from the command line. Command-line policy initiation is useful in environments where scripting is in use. The commands are:

  • nbrepo

    Use the nbrepo command to manage the NetBackup package repository. You can add, validate, and delete packages, as well as obtain package identifier and other information on packages in the repository. This command is only located on the primary server.

  • nbinstallcmd

    Use the nbinstallcmd command to initiate the deployment policies from the command line. You can also use the command to initiate on-demand deployment jobs. This command is located on all hosts in the NetBackup environment.

More information about these and other related commands is available.

NetBackup Commands Reference Guide