NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide

Post-installation steps to upgrade to NetBackup 10.4

1. Check for an available NetBackup 10.4 maintenance release. Maintenance releases include very important fixes that are released after NetBackup 10.4. Veritas encourages you to install the latest available maintenance release during upgrade activities.

   To access the latest NetBackup 10.4 maintenance release:

   • Go to the NetBackup SORT website.

     https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup

   • In the Installation and Upgrade Checklist section:

     • Under Product, select the correct product (NetBackup Enterprise Server or NetBackup Server)

     • Under Product version you are installing or upgrading to specify the latest version of NetBackup

     • Under Platform select the platform of the server you want to upgrade.

     • Under Processor specify the processor of your server.

     • Under Product version you are upgrading from (Optional) select the current version of NetBackup on the server you want to upgrade.

     • Click Generate Checklist.

   • Under Upgrade Information, there is a version_number Download Links hyperlink. Click that hyperlink for the latest maintenance release.

   • If no maintenance release is available, restart bprd if you terminated it. Proceed once bprd is restarted.

     Linux: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bprd

     Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\bprd

   • If you find a maintenance release is available, download it now.

   • Prepare for the install by stopping all NetBackup processes and services. Use the command shown:

     UNIX and Linux: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.kill_all

     Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\bpdown -f

   • Install the maintenance release.

   • Restart NetBackup with the commands shown:

     UNIX and Linux systems: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.start_all

     Windows systems: install_path\NetBackup\bin\bpup -f

2. Set a passphrase for the disaster recovery package. If you do not set a passphrase, the catalog backups fail. More information is available. Please see the information about passphrases in the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide.
3. If you plan to use role-based access control (RBAC), you must designate a security administrator. More information is available:

   See About the NetBackup web user interface.

   See NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide.

4. Start any applications on the system that interact with NetBackup. This step includes any databases or system components being backed up.
5. (Conditional) If you have a clustered primary server, generate a certificate on the inactive nodes for secure communications. More information is available.

   See Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered primary server.

6. (Conditional) If this server is a clustered server, update the other nodes in the cluster. You can update the other primary servers nodes in the cluster to NetBackup 10.4 by following standard cluster upgrade process. For complete details, see the NetBackup Clustered Primary Server Administrator's Guide.

   If the NetBackup resource is not online, bring that resource online.

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

7. (Conditional) For a primary server that uses external certificate authority (ECA) or for a media server that skipped ECA configuration, configure the ECA now. More information is available:

   https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100044300

   For more information, see the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide and refer to the chapter on external CA and external certificates.

8. If you have any media servers that you intend to upgrade to NetBackup 10.4, you may upgrade them now. If you start any media server upgrades, do not continue with this procedure until the media server upgrades are complete.

   Note:

   NetBackup requires that media servers have a security certificate to function correctly in certain use cases. More information about this topic is available.

   See About security certificates for NetBackup hosts.

   More information about this topic is available.

   See Upgrading NetBackup media servers to NetBackup 10.4.

9. Reactivate the following in the order as shown:

   • All disk staging storage units.

   • All NetBackup policies.

   • All storage lifecycle policies (SLPs).

10. (Conditional) If your environment uses cloud storage, you need to update the read and write buffer sizes. More information is available.

    See Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers.

11. (Conditional) If you have a NetApp cluster, additional steps may be required. More information is available.

    See Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters .

12. (Conditional) For the cloud and the storage servers with SSL enabled, the CRL validation is enabled by default. Verify if the storage servers are running and the CRL functionality works correctly. More information is available.

    See the NetBackup Cloud Administrator's Guide.

13. (Conditional) For Amazon configurations, after you upgrade NetBackup and CloudPoint to the latest version, you must update the credentials. Run the tpconfig -update command. After the upgrade, the credentials are updated to only support the AWS IAM role. More information is available.

    See the NetBackup Web UI Cloud Administrator's Guide.

14. Monitor your backup environment to verify that normal NetBackup operation has resumed.
15. Upgrade any media servers and clients not already upgraded as time and backup windows permit. Be sure to upgrade the media servers before you upgrade the clients. You cannot back up or restore a NetBackup 8.1 client to a pre-8.1 media server.

    See Upgrading NetBackup media servers to NetBackup 10.4.

    A client upgrade is the same as a client installation. See the NetBackup Installation Guide - UNIX and Windows manual for help with the installation.

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

    Note:

    All scripts must be stored and run locally. One recommendation is that scripts should not be world-writable. Scripts are not allowed to be run from network or remote locations. Any script that is created and saved in the NetBackup db_ext (UNIX) or dbext (Windows) location needs to be protected during a NetBackup uninstall.

    For more information about registering authorized locations and scripts, review the knowledge base article:

    http://www.veritas.com/docs/000126002

    For more information about your specific database agent, review the documentation for that agent:

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

16. (Conditional) For upgrades of NetBackup 8.2 Linux clusters with NAT enabled to the latest version, the upgrade disables NAT. To turn on NAT and allow the cluster to monitor the nbmqbroker service that is added to a NetBackup cluster group, run the command shown:

    • To configure with default ports:

      configureMQ -enableCluster -defaultPorts

    • To configure with specific ports:

      configureMQ -enableCluster -externalPort port1 -internalPorts port2 port3 port4

17. Perform any additional upgrade steps. More information about this topic is available.

    See Completing your system update after an upgrade.