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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

Guidelines and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances

This topic describes the guidelines and best practices that you should follow anytime you plan to upgrade appliance software. Use the following information to help prepare for an appliance upgrade and to help avoid situations that can prevent a successful upgrade.