Veritas NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 8.1 Upgrade Guide
    2. About changes in NetBackup 8.1
      1.  
        About MSDP changes
      2.  
        About certificate requirements for NetBackup 8.1
      3.  
        NetBackup Bare Metal Restore functionality not supported for restoring NetBackup 8.1 clients
      4.  
        SCCM and Chef deployment tools and documentation now available
    3.  
      Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
    4.  
      About automatic file changes from an upgrade
    5.  
      Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
    6.  
      Known catalog backup limitation
    7.  
      About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
    8.  
      Recommended SORT procedures for new installations
    9.  
      Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
    10.  
      About the NetBackup preinstall checker
  2. Planning for an upgrade
    1.  
      About planning a NetBackup 8.1 upgrade
    2.  
      How to plan for an upgrade to NetBackup 8.1
    3.  
      Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
    4.  
      Special guidelines for AIX master servers
    5.  
      MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
    6.  
      About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
  3. Master server upgrade
    1.  
      About master server upgrades
    2.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.1
    3.  
      Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
    4.  
      Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
    5.  
      Upgrading UNIX/Linux server software to NetBackup 8.1
    6.  
      Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.1
    7. About mounting the NetBackup software media
      1.  
        Mounting NetBackup software media on UNIX or Linux systems
    8.  
      About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
    9.  
      Completing your system update after an upgrade
  4. Media server upgrade
    1.  
      Upgrading NetBackup media servers to NetBackup 8.1
  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. Appendix A. Reference
    1.  
      NetBackup master server web server user and group creation
    2.  
      Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered master server
    3.  
      About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
    4.  
      About the NetBackup answer file
    5.  
      Update cloud configuration file on the master server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 8.1
    6.  
      About NetBackup software availability
    7.  
      About the NetBackup media kit
    8.  
      About the NetBackup Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) images
    9.  
      Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
    10.  
      Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
    11.  
      About compatibility between NetBackup versions
    12.  
      Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
    13.  
      Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
    14.  
      Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
    15.  
      Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
    16.  
      Install and upgrade of the UNIX and Linux client binaries with native installers
    17.  
      Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
    18.  
      Disabling the connection between your NetBackup OpsCenter server and your NetBackup Master Server
    19.  
      Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers

Upgrading UNIX/Linux server software to NetBackup 8.1

You should schedule your upgrade and reconfiguration for a time when backups do not run. However, the upgrade procedure instructs you to deactivate all policies to ensure that backups do not interfere with the upgrade. You can also temporarily modify policies so that backups do not run while you upgrade and reconfigure NetBackup.

To upgrade UNIX/Linux server software to 8.1

  1. Log on as the root user on the server.
  2. If the NetBackup Administration Console is open, you must close it now.
  3. (Conditional) For clustered environments, perform the following tasks:

    • If necessary, edit the bp.conf and the vm.conf files as follows:

      If a REQUIRED_INTERFACE entry exists, replace it with a CLUSTER_NAME entry. Otherwise, add a new CLUSTER_NAME entry. This entry should be defined as the virtual server name.

      For a master server, make sure that the first SERVER entry matches the CLUSTER_NAME entry for the bp.conf file.

    • Take the NetBackup Group offline. Use the command shown:

      /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hares -offline

    • Freeze the NetBackup Group so that migrations do not occur while the inactive nodes are upgraded. Use the command shown:

      /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hagrp -freeze group -persistent

    • If you have a VCS cluster configured, you can freeze the NetBackup Group by using the Cluster Manager interface or the command line.

    • Before you proceed with a cluster upgrade, refer to the NetBackup Clustered Master Server Administrator's Guide for other cluster upgrade requirements.

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

  4. For Solaris systems, all of the NetBackup scripts that you may have modified are removed when you run the upgrade script.

    For non-Solaris systems, NetBackup scripts that are not covered in Chapter 1 that you modified are removed when you run the upgrade script. More information about this topic is available.

    See About automatic file changes from an upgrade.

    Save any files that you have modified and want to keep.

  5. (Conditional) For AIX systems, this step deletes any robotic control paths. In an AIX clustered environment, you must perform this step on all nodes in the cluster.

    For more information about the robotic control paths, see the NetBackup Device Configuration Guide.

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

    • Remove the ovpass driver, as follows:

      /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/driver/remove_ovpass
  6. Use one of the following methods to start the upgrade script:

    DVD

    ESD images (downloaded files)

    • Navigate to the location where the installation images reside.

    • Enter the following command:

      ./install
  7. Follow the prompts in the installation script to install the NetBackup server binaries.
  8. When the script finishes, the binaries are successfully installed.

    Proceed to the post-installation procedure.

    More information is available.

    See Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.1.