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Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Upgrade Guide

Last Published: 2017-12-19

Product(s): Appliances (3.1)

Introduction
1. About upgrades to NetBackup appliance software version 3.1 and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system
Upgrade planning
1. Guidelines and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances
  1. Upgrade time estimation
  2. Upgrade guidelines
Pre-upgrade tasks
1. Pre-upgrade tasks for appliance upgrades
Performing the upgrade
1. Methods for downloading appliance software release updates
2. Installing a NetBackup appliance software update using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
Post upgrade tasks
1. Post upgrade tasks for 3.1 upgrades
Troubleshooting
1. Troubleshooting upgrade issues

Pre-upgrade tasks for appliance upgrades

To prepare for an upgrade to version 3.1, the following tasks must be performed on each appliance that you plan to upgrade:

Stop all backup jobs and run a software self-test

Delete previously downloaded release updates, client packages, and client add-ons

Obtain necessary third-party plug-ins

Update firewall rules for new Veritas servers

Update disk drive firmware