How to determine the installed version for NetBackup Servers, NetBackup Clients and NetBackup Appliances

Description

This article is to understand how to find the NetBackup & NetBackup Appliance version numbers.

To find the version using Host Properties from Admin console:

1. Open NetBackup Administration Console using Run as Administrator
2. Under NetBackup Management > Host Properties > Choose Master / Media / Client server > select the Host from the list > right-click and select Connect

Note: If there is no access to the Admin Console, the version can be obtained through the following command line.

How to find the version number using Command Line

• For Windows: <install_path>\NetBackup\bin\bpclntcmd.exe -get_remote_host_version <hostname>
• For UNIX/Linux: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpclntcmd -get_remote_host_version <hostname>

Example output:

10.1.1 ————————➤ Version of Product

How to check the NetBackup configuration for the Server or Client version number

Note: Use the following steps when bpclntcmd does not work.

For Server version on...

• Windows: type <install_path>\NetBackup\version.txt
• UNIX/Linux: cat /usr/openv/netbackup/version

Example output:

HARDWARE LINUX_RH_X86
VERSION NetBackup 10.1.1
RELEASEDATE Sat Dec 10 07:32:32 CST 2022
BUILDNUMBER 0116

For Client version on...

• Windows: type <install_path>\NetBackup\bin\version.txt
• UNIX/Linux: cat /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/version

Example output:

NetBackup-RedHat3.10.0 10.1.1

How to determine the NetBackup Appliance version using OS level command

cat /etc/*release

Example output:

InstantAccessAllowed = True
nbapp-release = 5.1.1
builddate = 20230116120419
platform-version = 8.6.9-20221117034017
model = 5250
system-product-name = NetBackup Appliance 5250
NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
VERSION="8.6 (Ootpa)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.6"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (Ootpa)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://www.redhat.com/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"

REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.6 ————————➤ Version of OS
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.6"
12:30:29 6.6.0.329
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.6 (Ootpa)
product-name = nba
VRTSautosupport-core = 2.4.206
VRTSautosupport-plugin = 2.2.194
supportability-buildtag = 1.0.0-20230116163203
supportability-release = 1.0.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.6 (Ootpa)
vxos-core-release = 8.6.9
vxos-core-buildtag = 20221117034017
code-name = platformx_core
product-name = NBA
product-version = 5.1.1 ————————➤ Version of Product
model = 5250
baseboard-product-name = S2600WF0
vxos-buildtag = 20230116120419

Applies to all supported versions of NetBackup and NetBackup Appliances.