NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.5)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 10.5 Upgrade Guide
    2.  
      Available NetBackup upgrade methods
    3. About changes in NetBackup 10.5
      1.  
        Client push staging area no longer populated
      2.  
        VRTSpddei.rpm no longer delivered in NetBackup 10.5
      3.  
        About binaries installed on primary and media servers
      4.  
        License file required for upgrade
      5.  
        Windows primary server upgrades are slowed if a large number of files are in the installation directory
      6.  
        About NetBackup database changes
      7.  
        Java GUI and JRE installation optional for some computers
      8.  
        Logging directory permissions require reset on rollback
      9.  
        Upgrades from NetBackup 7.6.0.4 and earlier are not supported
      10.  
        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 10.5 upgrade
      2.  
        How to plan for an upgrade to NetBackup 10.5
      3.  
        Legacy logging directory security update
      4.  
        Unified logging security update
      5.  
        Notifications, Messages, and Resiliency configuration information are not upgraded
      6.  
        Known catalog backup limitation
      7.  
        About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
      8.  
        About automatic file changes from an upgrade
      9.  
        Reduce the job database size before upgrade
      10.  
        Known SUSE Linux primary server upgrade issue
    2.  
      Performance and tuning considerations
    3. About upgrade tools
      1.  
        About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
      2.  
        Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
      3.  
        About the NetBackup preinstall checker
      4.  
        About the NetBackup database analyzer tool
    4. Upgrade operational notes and limitations
      1.  
        Minimum operating system versions
      2.  
        Windows compiler and security requirements for NetBackup 10.5 and later upgrade
      3.  
        Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
      4.  
        About NetBackup 10.5 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5 and later
      5.  
        MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
      6.  
        Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
      7.  
        Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
      8.  
        Upgrade issue with pre-8.1 clients and 8.1 or later media servers
  3. Primary server upgrade
    1.  
      About primary server upgrades
    2.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 10.5
    3.  
      Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
    4.  
      Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
    5.  
      Upgrading Linux server software to NetBackup 10.5
    6.  
      Silently upgrading NetBackup primary server software on Linux
    7.  
      Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 10.5
    8.  
      About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
    9.  
      Completing your system update after an upgrade
  4. Media server upgrade
    1.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading media servers to NetBackup 10.5
    2.  
      Upgrading NetBackup media servers to NetBackup 10.5
    3.  
      Silently upgrading NetBackup media server software on 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.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading clients to NetBackup 10.5
    3.  
      Upgrading UNIX and Linux clients with the NetBackup upgrade script
    4.  
      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 primary server using VxUpdate
    6.  
      Manually initiating upgrades from the media server or client using VxUpdate
    7.  
      Deployment job status
    8.  
      EEB management view
  8. Appendix A. Reference
    1.  
      NetBackup primary server web server user and group creation
    2.  
      NetBackup database user
    3.  
      Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered primary server
    4.  
      About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
    5.  
      Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after upgrade
    6.  
      About the NetBackup web user interface
    7.  
      About the NetBackup answer file
    8. About pushing client software from a primary server to clients
      1.  
        Installing client type software on a primary server
    9.  
      About the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
    10.  
      Manually install or uninstall NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector binaries
    11.  
      Manually configure the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
    12.  
      Manually upgrading the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
    13.  
      Persistent Java Virtual Machine options
    14.  
      About RBAC bootstrapping
    15.  
      About NetBackup software availability
    16.  
      Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
    17.  
      Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
    18.  
      About compatibility between NetBackup versions
    19.  
      Upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
    20.  
      Upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
    21.  
      Requirements for Windows cluster upgrades
    22.  
      Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
    23.  
      Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
    24.  
      Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
    25.  
      Upgrade failure rollback steps
    26.  
      Size guidance for the NetBackup primary server and domain

Upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux

Table: NetBackup requirements for UNIX and Linux describes the requirements to prepare your UNIX and Linux systems for NetBackup upgrade. Use this table as a checklist to address each item.

For the most up-to-date information about installation requirements, Veritas recommends use of the SORT website. More information about SORT is available.

See About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools.

Table: NetBackup requirements for UNIX and Linux

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Requirement

Details

 

Operating System

Memory

Use the information that is shown to correctly size your server:

 

Disk space

  • The exact amount of space that is required depends on the hardware platform. More information about this topic is available.

    NetBackup Release Notes for 10.5

  • NetBackup catalogs contain information about your backups that become larger as you use the product. The disk space that the catalogs require depends primarily on the following aspects of your backup configuration:

    • The number of files that are backed up.

    • The frequency of your backups.

    • The amount of time that you set to retain your backup data.

If space is an issue, you can install NetBackup on an alternate file system. The installation lets you select an alternate install location, and creates the appropriate link from /usr/openv.

Note:

The value for disk space is for initial installation only. The NetBackup catalog requires considerably more space once the primary server is placed in a production environment.

General requirements

  • Ensure that the gzip and the gunzip commands are installed on the local system. The directories where these commands are installed must be part of the root user's path environment variable setting.

  • All NetBackup installation ESD images, appropriate licenses, and the root password for all servers.

  • A server of a supported hardware type that runs a supported version of its operating system (with applicable patches), adequate disk space, and supported peripherals. For details on these requirements, refer to the NetBackup Release Notes for 10.5.

  • All NetBackup servers must recognize and be recognizable by their client systems. In some environments, this means that each must be defined in the other's /etc/hosts file. Other environments may use the Network Information Service (NIS) or Domain Name Service (DNS).

  • The minimum screen resolution configuration is 1024x768, 256 colors.

Clustered systems

  • Ensure that each node in the NetBackup cluster can run the ssh command or its equivalent. The root user must be able to perform a remote logon to each node in the cluster without entering a password. This remote logon is necessary for installation and configuration of the NetBackup server and any NetBackup agents and options. After installation and configuration are complete, it is no longer required.

  • You must install, configure, and start the cluster framework before you install NetBackup.

  • You must have defined a virtual name using DNS, NIS, or the /etc/hosts file. The IP address is defined at the same time. (The virtual name is a label for the IP address.)

  • Begin the upgrade from the active node, and then upgrade the inactive nodes.

More information about cluster requirements is available.

NetBackup Clustered Primary Server Administrator's Guide

 

NFS compatibility

Veritas does not support installation of NetBackup in an NFS-mounted directory. File locking in NFS-mounted file systems can be unreliable.

 

Kernel reconfiguration

For some peripherals and platforms, kernel reconfiguration is required.

For more details, see the NetBackup Device Configuration Guide.

 

Linux

Before NetBackup installation, confirm the files that are shown are present and installed if necessary. If any file is not present, install the one provided by your operating system.

  • libnsl.so.1

  • libXtst

 

Red Hat Linux

For Red Hat Linux, NetBackup requires server networking.

 

Other backup software

Veritas recommends that you remove any other vendor backup software currently configured on your system before you install this product. Other vendor backup software can negatively affect how NetBackup installs and functions.

 

Web Services

Beginning with NetBackup 8.0, the NetBackup primary server includes a configured Tomcat 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 primary server (or each node of a clustered primary server). You must create these required account elements before installation. More information is available:

See NetBackup primary server web server user and group creation.

Note:

Veritas recommends that you save the details of the user account that you use for the NetBackup Web Services. A primary server recovery requires the same NetBackup Web Services user account and credentials that were used when the NetBackup catalog was backed up.

Note:

If the NetBackup PBX is running in secure mode, please add the web service user as authorized user in PBX. More information about determining PBX mode and how to correctly add users is available.

http://www.veritas.com/docs/000115774

By default, the UNIX installation script attempts to associate the web server with user account nbwebsvc and group account nbwebgrp. You can override these default values with the NetBackup installation answer file. You must populate the NetBackup installation answer file on the target host before you start the UNIX installation script. Populate the NetBackup installation answer file with custom web server account names as shown.

  1. Log in to the server as root.

  2. Open the file /tmp/NBInstallAnswer.conf with your preferred text editor. Create the file if it does not exist.

  3. Override the default web server user account name by adding the line shown:

    WEBSVC_USER=custom_user_account_name

  4. Override the default web server group account name by adding the line shown:

    WEBSVC_GROUP=custom_group_account_name

  5. Save and close the file.