Veritas NetBackup™ Installation Guide
- Preparing for installation
- General installation information
- How to install NetBackup
- About storage device configuration
- Installation operational notes and limitations
- SORT information
- Smart Meter information
- General installation information
- NetBackup licenses
- Installing server software on UNIX systems
- Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Installing NetBackup master server software on UNIX
- Installing NetBackup media server software on UNIX
- About pushing client software from a master server to clients
- Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Installing server software on Windows systems
- About the administrative interfaces
- Installing NetBackup client software
- About NetBackup client installation on Windows
- About NetBackup client installation on UNIX/Linux
- About remote installation methods for UNIX/Linux clients
- Configuring NetBackup
- Upgrading NetBackup software
- Removing NetBackup server and client software
- Reference
Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
In addition to the normal server requirements, NetBackup cluster installations require special considerations.
The following describes the guidelines for NetBackup cluster installations and upgrades on Windows systems:
Table: Windows cluster requirements for installation and upgrade
Item | Requirement |
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Server operating system | |
Privileges | To perform clustered installations, you must have administrator privileges on all of the remote nodes in the cluster. Veritas recommends that you keep a record of all nodes in the cluster and what software exists on each node. |
NetBackup virtual name and IP address | Have the virtual name and IP address for NetBackup available. You must provide this information during installation. |
Operating system on nodes | All clustered nodes must use the same operating system version, service pack level, and NetBackup version. You cannot run mixed server versions in a clustered environment. |
Cluster support changes for media servers | Clustered media servers are not supported. |
Windows Server Failover Clusters (WSFC) | |
Cluster Server (VCS) clusters |
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Cluster node device configuration and upgrades | When you upgrade clusters, the |