Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance High Availability Reference Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1.1)
Platform: 5340,5330

Converting existing systems to a NetBackup 53xx high availability configuration

This following describes the order of required tasks to convert existing systems to a high availability (HA) configuration.

  1. Install the new 53xx compute node (partner node) in the rack with the existing 53xx appliance.

  2. Connect the partner node to the Primary Storage Shelf.

  3. Connect the partner node to the existing node.

  4. Turn on the power to the partner node.

  5. Upgrade the software version of the existing master server as follows:

    For a traditional NetBackup master server, upgrade the server to version 8.1 or later.

    For an appliance master server, upgrade the server to software version 3.1 or later.

  6. Upgrade the existing 53xx compute node to software version 3.1 or later.

    Note:

    Make sure that the software version you upgrade to on the existing compute node matches the version on the new partner node. If necessary, upgrade the partner node if it has an earlier version than the upgraded existing compute node.

  7. Log in to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console or the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu on the existing node and configure an HA setup.

    Note:

    If you configured the existing node for the Copilot functions before converting it to an HA node, these functions do not work after the HA configuration is complete.

    In this procedure, the newly assigned network information of this node is automatically added to the additional server list on the master server.

  8. Perform the initial configuration on the partner node from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

  9. On the existing node, add the partner node to the HA setup to complete the configuration.

    This task also adds the network information of the partner node to the additional server list on the master server, automatically.

For complete instructions, refer to the following documents:

NetBackup 5330 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide or NetBackup 5340 Appliance Hardware Installation Guide

NetBackup 52xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide or NetBackup 53xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide