Veritas NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide
- Introduction
- About the NetBackup 9.1 Upgrade Guide
- Available NetBackup upgrade methods
- About changes in NetBackup 9.1
- Windows compiler and security requirements for NetBackup 9.1 and later installation and upgrade
- Java GUI and JRE installation optional for some computers
- Logging directory permissions require reset on rollback
- Upgrades from NetBackup 7.6.0.4 and earlier are not supported
- External certificate authority certificates supported in NetBackup 8.2 and later
- About Veritas Usage Insights
- Best practices for Veritas Usage Insights
- Planning for an upgrade
- General upgrade planning information
- About upgrade tools
- Upgrade operational notes and limitations
- Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
- About NetBackup 9.1 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5 and later
- MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
- Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
- Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
- Upgrade issue with pre-8.1 clients and 8.1 or later media servers
- Master server upgrade
- About primary server upgrades
- Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 9.1
- Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
- Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
- Upgrading UNIX and Linux server software to NetBackup 9.1
- Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 9.1
- About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
- Completing your system update after an upgrade
- Media server upgrade
- MSDP upgrade for NetBackup
- Client upgrade
- NetBackup Deployment Management with VxUpdate
- 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
- Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after upgrade
- About the NetBackup web user interface
- About the NetBackup answer file
- Persistent Java Virtual Machine options
- About RBAC bootstrapping
- About NetBackup software availability
- Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
- Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
- About compatibility between NetBackup versions
- Upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
- Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
- Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
- Disabling the connection between your OpsCenter server and your NetBackup Primary Server
- Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
- Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
- Index
About planning a NetBackup 9.1 upgrade
The currently installed version of NetBackup affects the upgrade process for the NetBackup 9.1 upgrade. Upgrades from any version of NetBackup must plan for the NBDB database rebuild and the MSDP rolling conversion. Table: Required upgrade tasks based on currently installed version has additional information about what tasks you must perform for the upgrade.
Table: Required upgrade tasks based on currently installed version
Upgrade task | Versions that must perform the task |
|---|---|
NBDB database rebuild | All versions must perform the NBDB database rebuild. |
MSDP conversion | All versions that use MSDP must perform the MSDP rolling conversion. |
Before you begin an upgrade, Veritas recommends that you review the NetBackup Release Notes document that is included with your media kit or the electronic product image files. This document describes important changes in NetBackup 9.1 that you should be familiar with before you upgrade.
Caution:
To help ensure a successful upgrade to NetBackup 9.1, you should visit the SORT page and the NetBackup Upgrade Portal and for complete upgrade details:
SORT page:
https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup
See About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools.
NetBackup Upgrade Portal: