Veritas NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide
- Introduction
- About the NetBackup 8.1.1 Upgrade Guide
- About changes in NetBackup 8.1.1
- Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
- About automatic file changes from an upgrade
- Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
- Known catalog backup limitation
- About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
- Recommended SORT procedures for new installations
- Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
- About the NetBackup preinstall checker
- Planning for an upgrade
- Master server upgrade
- About master server upgrades
- Preinstall procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.1.1
- Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems
- Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems
- Upgrading UNIX/Linux server software to NetBackup 8.1.1
- Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 8.1.1
- About mounting the NetBackup software media
- About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
- Completing your system update after an upgrade
- Media server upgrade
- MSDP upgrade for NetBackup
- 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
- About the NetBackup answer file
- Update cloud configuration file on the master server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 8.1.1
- About NetBackup software availability
- About the NetBackup media kit
- About the NetBackup Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) images
- Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
- Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
- About compatibility between NetBackup versions
- Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
- Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
- Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
- Install and upgrade of the UNIX and Linux client binaries with native installers
- Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
- Disabling the connection between your NetBackup OpsCenter server and your NetBackup Master Server
- Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
About MSDP changes in 8.1.1
Veritas introduced a new encryption algorithm for the Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) in NetBackup 8.0. The Advanced Encryption Standard 256 bits, CTR (AES) replaces the existing Blowfish encryption algorithm. With NetBackup 8.1, Veritas begins use of the SHA-2 fingerprint algorithm as well. With the introduction of the new fingerprint algorithm, NetBackup 8.1 includes a rolling data conversion. This background process converts all existing data containers to the AES encryption and the SHA-2 fingerprint algorithm. More information about the MSDP changes is available. Refer to the Veritas NetBackup Deduplication Guide.
See MSDP upgrade considerations for NetBackup 8.1.
See About MSDP rolling data conversion.
With NetBackup 8.1.1, Veritas introduces MSDP Encryption using Key Management Service (KMS). KMS uses a customer key to encrypt a data segment. With the introduction of KMS, upgrades from pre-8.0 versions of NetBackup are not supported. The supported upgrade paths are:
NetBackup 8.0 to 8.1.1
NetBackup 8.1 to 8.1.1
See the Veritas NetBackup Deduplication Guide for more information.