Veritas NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (9.0)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 9.0 Upgrade Guide
    2.  
      Available NetBackup upgrade methods
    3. About changes in NetBackup 9.0
      1.  
        Java GUI and JRE installation optional for some computers
      2.  
        Logging directory permissions require reset on rollback
      3.  
        Upgrades from NetBackup 7.6.0.4 and earlier are not supported
      4.  
        External certificate authority certificates supported in NetBackup 8.2 and later
    4.  
      About Veritas Usage Insights
    5.  
      Best practices for Veritas Usage Insights
  2. Planning for an upgrade
    1. General upgrade planning information
      1.  
        About planning a NetBackup 9.0 upgrade
      2.  
        How to plan for an upgrade to NetBackup 9.0
      3.  
        Known catalog backup limitation
      4.  
        About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
      5.  
        About automatic file changes from an upgrade
    2. About upgrade tools
      1.  
        About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
      2.  
        Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
      3.  
        Recommended SORT procedures for new installations
      4.  
        About the NetBackup preinstall checker
    3. Upgrade operational notes and limitations
      1.  
        Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
      2.  
        About NetBackup 9.0 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5
      3.  
        MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
      4.  
        Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
      5.  
        Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
      6.  
        Upgrade issue with pre-8.1 clients and 8.1 or later media servers
  3. Master server upgrade
    1.  
      About master server upgrades
    2.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 9.0
    3.  
      Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
    4.  
      Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
    5.  
      Upgrading UNIX and Linux server software to NetBackup 9.0
    6.  
      Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 9.0
    7.  
      About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
    8.  
      Completing your system update after an upgrade
  4. Media server upgrade
    1.  
      Upgrading NetBackup media servers to NetBackup 9.0
    2.  
      Silently upgrading NetBackup media server software on UNIX and Linux
  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. Client upgrade
    1.  
      About client upgrades
    2.  
      Upgrading UNIX and Linux clients with the NetBackup upgrade script
    3.  
      Upgrade of the UNIX and Linux client binaries with native installers
  7. NetBackup Deployment Management with VxUpdate
    1.  
      About VxUpdate
    2.  
      Commands used in VxUpdate
    3.  
      Repository management
    4.  
      Deployment policy management
    5.  
      Manually initiating upgrades from the master server using VxUpdate
    6.  
      Manually initiating upgrades from the media server or client using VxUpdate
    7.  
      Deployment job status
  8. 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.  
      Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after upgrade
    5.  
      About the NetBackup web user interface
    6.  
      About the NetBackup answer file
    7.  
      Persistent Java Virtual Machine options
    8.  
      About RBAC bootstrapping
    9.  
      About NetBackup software availability
    10.  
      Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
    11.  
      Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
    12.  
      About compatibility between NetBackup versions
    13.  
      Upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
    14.  
      Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
    15.  
      Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
    16.  
      Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
    17.  
      Disabling the connection between your OpsCenter server and your NetBackup Master Server
    18.  
      Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
    19.  
      Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
  9.  
    Index

Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server

Beginning with NetBackup 8.0, the NetBackup master server includes a configured web server to support critical backup operations. This web server operates under user account elements with limited privileges. These user account elements must be available on each master server (or each node of a clustered master server).

You can use numerous procedures to create users and groups in operating systems. Some specific approaches are shown but other methods may accomplish the same goal. The home directory path, user name, and group names are not hard-coded, and can be changed. The default local user name is nbwebsvc, and the default local group name is nbwebgrp.

Note:

For UNIX and Linux platforms, the UID must be the same for each local account in a clustered environment. Be sure that the local accounts are defined consistently on all cluster nodes.

To create the user account and the user group on UNIX or Linux

  1. Create the local group with the command shown:

    Command: # groupadd group_name

    Example: # groupadd nbwebgrp

  2. Create the local user account with the command shown:

    Command: # useradd -g group_name -c comment -d /usr/openv/wmc user_name

    Example: # useradd -g nbwebgrp -c 'NetBackup Web Services application account' -d /usr/openv/wmc nbwebsvc

To create the user account and the user group on Windows

Note:

You must use domain accounts in clustered environments on Windows.

Note:

Web service user account names are limited to 20 characters.

  1. Create the local user account with the command shown:

    Command: C:\>net user user_name StrongPassword /add (where StrongPassword is a strong password to associate with the account)

    Example: C:\>net user nbwebsvc 1U*s7lQ# /add

  2. Create the local group with the command shown:

    Command: C:\>net localgroup group_name /add

    Example: C:\>net localgroup nbwebgrp /add

  3. Make the new user a member of the new group with the command shown:

    Command: C:\>net localgroup group_name user_name /add

    Example: C:\>net localgroup nbwebgrp nbwebsvc /add

  4. Grant the Log On As a Service right to the new user as follows:
    • Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy.

    • Under Security Settings, click Local Policies and then User Rights Assignment.

    • Right-click on Log on as a service and select Properties.

    • Add the local user.

    • Save your changes and close the Log on as a service properties dialog.

Installation of the NetBackup master server fails if any of these requirements are not met. On Windows, you are asked to provide the password for the user account as part of the installation process.