Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Upgrade Guide

To download software release updates directly onto the appliance

1. Open an SSH session and log on to the appliance as an administrator using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.
2. To determine if a software update is available from the Veritas Support website, enter the following command:

   Main_Menu > Manage > Software > List AvailablePatch

3. To download an available software update or a client package, enter the appropriate command as follows:

   • For appliance server updates:

     Main_Menu > Manage > Software > Download SYMC_NBAPP_update-<release-version>.x86_64.rpm

     Where release is the software release number and version is the version number of the software release. For example:

     Main_Menu > Manage > Software > Download SYMC_NBAPP_update-2.7.1-1.x86_64.rpm

   • For a UNIX client package:

     Main_Menu > Manage > Software > Download SYMC_NBAPP_addon_nbclient_<platform>-<release>-<date>.x86_64.rpm

     Where <platform> is the client platform operating system, <release> is the software release number, and <date> is the NetBackup client package date.

     For example:

     Main_Menu > Manage > Software > Download SYMC_NBAPP_addon_nbclient_Solaris-7.7.1-20150910.x86_64.rpm

   • For a Windows client package:

     Main_Menu > Manage > Software > Download SYMC_NBAPP_addon_nbwin-<release>-<date>.x86_64.rpm

     Where <release> is the software release number and <date> is the NetBackup client package date.

     For example:

     Main_Menu > Manage > Software > Download SYMC_NBAPP_addon_nbwin-7.7.1-20150910.x86_64.rpm

4. To verify that the rpm has downloaded successfully, enter the following command:

   Main_Menu > Manage > Software > List Downloaded