Veritas NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide
- Introduction
- About the NetBackup 8.1 Upgrade Guide
- About changes in NetBackup 8.1
- Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
- About automatic file changes from an upgrade
- Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
- Known catalog backup limitation
- About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
- Recommended SORT procedures for new installations
- Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
- About the NetBackup preinstall checker
- Planning for an upgrade
- Master server upgrade
- About master server upgrades
- Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.1
- Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
- Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
- Upgrading UNIX/Linux server software to NetBackup 8.1
- Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.1
- About mounting the NetBackup software media
- About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
- Completing your system update after an upgrade
- Media server upgrade
- MSDP upgrade for NetBackup
- 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
- About the NetBackup answer file
- Update cloud configuration file on the master server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 8.1
- About NetBackup software availability
- About the NetBackup media kit
- About the NetBackup Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) images
- Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
- Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
- About compatibility between NetBackup versions
- Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
- Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
- Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
- Install and upgrade of the UNIX and Linux client binaries with native installers
- Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
- Disabling the connection between your NetBackup OpsCenter server and your NetBackup Master Server
- Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
About the NetBackup media kit
The media kit includes a DVD for each supported UNIX platform or operating system and one DVD for Windows. The label on each DVD provides a brief description of its contents. Printed materials in the kit include a copy of the NetBackup Getting Started Guide.
Table: NetBackup 8.1 DVD contents describes the contents of each DVD.
Table: NetBackup 8.1 DVD contents
Platform OS | Contents |
|---|---|
AIX 64-bit | Server and supported options |
HP-UX IA64 | Server and supported options |
Linux RedHat x86_64 |
Server and supported options |
Linux SUSE x86_64 | Server and supported options |
Solaris SPARC64 | Server and supported options |
Solaris x86-64 | Server and supported options |
Windows |
|
Linux zSeries RedHat x64 | Media server and supported options |
Linux zSeries SUSE x64 | Media server and supported options |
UNIX clients 1 |
|
UNIX clients 2 | All Linux platforms |
Clients in LiveUpdate format 1 |
|
Clients in LiveUpdate format 2 |
|
OpsCenter for Windows | All Windows platforms |
OpsCenter for UNIX/Linux | All UNIX/Linux platforms |
OpenVMS (CD format) | NetBackup Client for OpenVMS |
Note:
The NetBackup vCenter plug-in for ESX is available electronically from the MyVeritas download site. It is free to customers under maintenance contract. An e-mail with access information to the MyVeritas download site was sent when NetBackup 7.6.1 became generally available. More information is available.