NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide

Last Published:
Product(s): NetBackup (10.1)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 10.1 Upgrade Guide
    2.  
      Available NetBackup upgrade methods
    3. About changes in NetBackup 10.1
      1.  
        Windows compiler and security requirements for NetBackup 9.1 and later installation and upgrade
      2.  
        Java GUI and JRE installation optional for some computers
      3.  
        Logging directory permissions require reset on rollback
      4.  
        Upgrades from NetBackup 7.6.0.4 and earlier are not supported
      5.  
        External certificate authority certificates supported in NetBackup 8.2 and later
    4.  
      About Veritas Usage Insights
    5.  
      Best practices for Veritas Usage Insights
  2. Planning for an upgrade
    1. General upgrade planning information
      1.  
        About planning a NetBackup 10.1 upgrade
      2.  
        How to plan for an upgrade to NetBackup 10.1
      3.  
        Legacy logging directory security update
      4.  
        Notifications, Messages, and Resiliency configuration information are not upgraded
      5.  
        Known catalog backup limitation
      6.  
        About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
      7.  
        About automatic file changes from an upgrade
      8.  
        Reduce the job database size before upgrade
      9.  
        Known SUSE Linux primary server upgrade issue
    2.  
      Performance and tuning considerations
    3. About upgrade tools
      1.  
        About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
      2.  
        Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
      3.  
        About the NetBackup preinstall checker
    4. Upgrade operational notes and limitations
      1.  
        Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
      2.  
        About NetBackup 10.1 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5 and later
      3.  
        MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
      4.  
        Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
      5.  
        Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
      6.  
        Upgrade issue with pre-8.1 clients and 8.1 or later media servers
  3. Primary server upgrade
    1.  
      About primary server upgrades
    2.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 10.1
    3.  
      Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
    4.  
      Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
    5.  
      Upgrading Linux server software to NetBackup 10.1
    6.  
      Silently upgrading NetBackup primary server software on Linux
    7.  
      Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 10.1
    8.  
      About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
    9.  
      Completing your system update after an upgrade
  4. Media server upgrade
    1.  
      Upgrading NetBackup media servers to NetBackup 10.1
    2.  
      Silently upgrading NetBackup media server software on Linux
  5. MSDP upgrade for NetBackup
    1.  
      MSDP upgrade considerations for NetBackup 8.1
    2.  
      About MSDP rolling data conversion
    3.  
      About MSDP fingerprinting algorithm changes
  6. Client upgrade
    1.  
      About client upgrades
    2.  
      Upgrading UNIX and Linux clients with the NetBackup upgrade script
    3.  
      Upgrade of the UNIX and Linux client binaries with native installers
  7. NetBackup Deployment Management with VxUpdate
    1.  
      About VxUpdate
    2.  
      Commands used in VxUpdate
    3.  
      Repository management
    4.  
      Deployment policy management
    5.  
      Manually initiating upgrades from the primary server using VxUpdate
    6.  
      Manually initiating upgrades from the media server or client using VxUpdate
    7.  
      Deployment job status
  8. Appendix A. Reference
    1.  
      NetBackup primary server web server user and group creation
    2.  
      Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered primary server
    3.  
      About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
    4.  
      Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after upgrade
    5.  
      About the NetBackup web user interface
    6.  
      About the NetBackup answer file
    7.  
      Persistent Java Virtual Machine options
    8.  
      About RBAC bootstrapping
    9.  
      About NetBackup software availability
    10.  
      Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
    11.  
      Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
    12.  
      About compatibility between NetBackup versions
    13.  
      Upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
    14.  
      Upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
    15.  
      Requirements for Windows cluster upgrades
    16.  
      Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
    17.  
      Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
    18.  
      Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
    19.  
      Upgrade failure rollback steps
    20.  
      Size guidance for the NetBackup primary server and domain

Requirements for Windows cluster upgrades

In addition to the normal server requirements, NetBackup cluster upgrades require special considerations.

The following describes the guidelines for NetBackup cluster upgrades on Windows systems:

Table: Windows cluster requirements for installation and upgrade

Item

Requirement

Server operating system

Make sure that you have applied the most current operating system patches and updates, including any security updates. If you are not certain that your operating system is current, contact your operating system vendor and request the latest patches and upgrades.

For a complete list of compatible operating systems, refer to the Software Compatibility List (SCL) at the following website:

Privileges

To perform clustered installations, you must have administrator privileges on all of the remote nodes in the cluster. Veritas recommends that you keep a record of all nodes in the cluster and what software exists on each node.

NetBackup virtual name and IP address

Have the virtual name and IP address for NetBackup available. You must provide this information during installation.

Operating system on nodes

All clustered nodes must use the same operating system version, service pack level, and NetBackup version. You cannot run mixed server versions in a clustered environment.

Cluster support changes for media servers

Clustered media servers are not supported.

Windows Server Failover Clusters (WSFC)

Make sure that you have applied the most current operating system patches and updates, including any security updates. If you are not certain that your operating system is current, contact your operating system vendor and request the latest patches and upgrades.

For a complete list of compatible operating systems, refer to the Software Compatibility List (SCL) at the following website:

Cluster Server (VCS) clusters

  • All NetBackup disk resources must be configured in Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) before you install NetBackup.

  • You must take the VCS NetBackup resource offline before you begin the install or the upgrade.

    Note:

    Make sure that shared disk and IP resources are online during the install or the upgrade on active node.

Cluster node device configuration and upgrades

When you upgrade clusters, the ltid and the robotic daemons retrieve the device configuration for a particular cluster node from the EMM database. The cluster node name (provided by gethostname) stores or retrieves the device configuration in the EMM database. The cluster node name is used when any updates are made to the device configuration, including when ltid updates the drive status. The cluster node name is only used to indicate where a device is connected. The NetBackup virtual name is employed for other uses, such as the robot control host.