NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide
- Introduction
- About the NetBackup 10.0 Upgrade Guide
- Available NetBackup upgrade methods
- About changes in NetBackup 10.0
- Windows compiler and security requirements for NetBackup 9.1 and later installation and upgrade
- Java GUI and JRE installation optional for some computers
- Logging directory permissions require reset on rollback
- Upgrades from NetBackup 7.6.0.4 and earlier are not supported
- External certificate authority certificates supported in NetBackup 8.2 and later
- About Veritas Usage Insights
- Best practices for Veritas Usage Insights
- Planning for an upgrade
- General upgrade planning information
- About planning a NetBackup 10.0 upgrade
- How to plan for an upgrade to NetBackup 10.0
- Legacy logging directory security update
- Notifications, Messages, and Resiliency configuration information are not upgraded
- Known catalog backup limitation
- About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
- About automatic file changes from an upgrade
- Reduce the job database size before upgrade
- Known SUSE Linux primary server upgrade issue
- About upgrade tools
- Upgrade operational notes and limitations
- Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
- About NetBackup 10.0 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5 and later
- MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
- Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
- Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
- Upgrade issue with pre-8.1 clients and 8.1 or later media servers
- General upgrade planning information
- Primary server upgrade
- About primary server upgrades
- Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 10.0
- Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
- Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
- Upgrading Linux server software to NetBackup 10.0
- Silently upgrading NetBackup primary server software on Linux
- Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 10.0
- About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
- Completing your system update after an upgrade
- Media server upgrade
- MSDP upgrade for NetBackup
- Client upgrade
- NetBackup Deployment Management with VxUpdate
- Appendix A. Reference
- NetBackup master server web server user and group creation
- Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered master server
- About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
- Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after upgrade
- About the NetBackup web user interface
- About the NetBackup answer file
- Persistent Java Virtual Machine options
- About RBAC bootstrapping
- About NetBackup software availability
- Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
- Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
- About compatibility between NetBackup versions
- Upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
- Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
- Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
- Disabling the connection between your OpsCenter server and your NetBackup Primary Server
- Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
- Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
- Upgrade failure rollback steps
- Index
About client upgrades
Once the primary and the media servers for a client computer are upgraded, you can upgrade the client computer. Do not upgrade a client computer before the associated primary and media server are upgraded.
From a Veritas perspective, client computer upgrades present minimal concerns. The client computers have minimal NetBackup binaries and no NetBackup databases. From the customer perspective, however, the client computers may host mission critical databases or unique business-specific applications. As such, review your client computers and determine where you need to engage additional resources to ensure uninterrupted access to important databases and applications.
Veritas supports three client upgrade methods:
NetBackup upgrade script. The NetBackup upgrade script is the standard upgrade method and is recommended for new users. More information is available.
See Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems.
See Upgrading UNIX and Linux clients with the NetBackup upgrade script.
Native UNIX and Linux installers. The native UNIX and Linux installers are potentially more difficult and require additional steps. More information is available.
See Upgrade of the UNIX and Linux client binaries with native installers.
VxUpdate. VxUpdate is the replacement for LiveUpdate and allows you to schedule the client upgrade for your client computers. More information is available.
See About VxUpdate.