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Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Upgrade Guide

Last Published: 2023-11-27

Product(s): Appliances (5.3)

Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS

Introduction
1. About upgrading to NetBackup appliance software version 5.3
Upgrade planning
1. Requirements and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances
  1. About upgrades for NetBackup Appliance HA setups
  2. Upgrade time estimation
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
NetBackup client upgrades with VxUpdate
Troubleshooting
1. Troubleshooting upgrade issues
Index

Supported upgrade paths

Direct upgrade paths
- 5240, 5250, or 5340 appliances with versions 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1.1
- 5350 appliances with versions 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1.1
- 5340 HA setups with versions 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1.1
Two-step upgrade path
Appliance models 5240, 5250, and 5340 with versions 4.0 and earlier must be upgraded twice to get to version 5.3. It is recommended that these systems first be upgraded to the minimum supported version (4.1), and then upgraded to version 5.3.