Netbackup Appliance 5.1.1 MR 5 Release Notes

Overview 

NetBackup Appliance 5.1.1 Maintenance Release 5; includes NetBackup Appliance 5.1.1, 5.1.1 SP1, 5.1.1 SP2, 5.1.1 MR1, 5.1.1 MR1 SP1, 5.1.1 MR1 SP2, 5.1.1 MR1 SP3,  5.1.1 MR2, 5.1.1 MR2 SP1, 5.1.1 MR3, 5.1.1 MR4, NetBackup 10.1.1 and additional important product and security fixes.

MR Download Details

SYMC_NBAPP_update-5.1.1-20240821095344.x86_64.rpm
VRTS_NBAPP_update-5.1.1-20240821095344.x86_64.rpm

Compatibility Details

Supported Upgrade Paths

NBA 5.1.1 MR5  supports direct upgrade from 3.3.0.1 and later versions. For versions earlier than 3.3.0.1, users first need to upgrade to a version that supports direct upgrade, then upgrade to 5.1.1 MR5.

Appliance Management Server (AMS) 2.2 support 5.1.1 MRs, including MR5.

Note : To initiate upgrade action from the System Health Insights dashboard, please install Appliance Connectivity Toolkit (ACT) add-on as ACT is not included by default in NetBackup Appliance versions lower than 5.3. For additional information, see the Appliance Upgrade section in the Veritas System Health Insights User Guide. For downloading ACT add-on, refer to the ACT add-on package article.

Note the following limitations regarding ACT and upgrade automation feature support for Security Patches (SPs):

• Upgrade from 5.1.1 GA/MR to any 5.1.1 SP is not supported.
• Upgrade from any older SP to any 5.1.1 MR is not supported.

Supported Appliance Models

Supported NetBackup versions

• MR5 is compatible with a primary server running NetBackup 10.1.1 and above (Primary server must be same or higher version compared to Media server).
• NetBackup 10.1.1 administrative console is required for accessing NetBackup Appliances running MR5.

Installation and Additional instructions

Appliance Upgrade Readiness Analyzer

The Appliance Upgrade Readiness Analyzer can be downloaded from here.

See here for more information about the Appliance Upgrade Readiness Analyzer.

Installation Time

Upgrading to 5.1.1 MR5 takes about two hours including rebooting.

Pre-Installation steps

• Confirm that no backup jobs are scheduled during the upgrade period.
• Deactivate all policies to ensure that no backups target the appliance you are upgrading.
• Cancel all active jobs from the NetBackup Java Administration Console, NetBackup WebUI or log into the appliance as a NetBackup CLI user and run the following command: bpdbjobs -cancel_all
• For Primary server appliances, stop data collection on OpsCenter or in NetBackup IT Analytics.
• For Media Server appliances, stop data collection for NetBackup IT Analytics if installed on the media server to be upgraded.
• Disable all Storage Life Cycle Policies that duplicate to/from the Media Appliances that are to be upgraded.

• The reboot that happens as part the upgrade can take a very long time if there are many LUNs. Hence, during the upgrade if the appliance can see VMWare datastores via SAN, disable the port in the SAN (on all nodes if HA appliance is involved). Once the upgrade is completed, enable the SAN port and initiate a scan of the FC.

• Veritas requires that you run the upgrade readiness analyzer on each appliance before you upgrade.
• For AMS, you must run the analyzer tool from the shell menu
• For AMS, If inventory is not collected on the Cortex portal after an upgrade, you can collect inventory from the Clish by navigating to Support > Collect Inventory.
• Refer to the 5.1.1 Upgrade Checklist
  If upgrading from version 3.3.0.1, refer to NetBackupAppliance_Pre_Upgrade_Checklist_3301_V2 
  Note that any references to the upgrade readiness analyzer version in the checklist are superseded by the upgrade readiness analyzer available here. 

• If a traditional NetBackup primary server is used with an appliance media server, the primary server must have the same NetBackup version or later as the media server appliance. For example, before you upgrade a media server appliance to version 5.1.1 MR5, first upgrade the NetBackup primary server to version 10.1.1.

•  Refer to this article for installation instructions.

• If the MR5 installer detects the Firmware update tool, it uninstalls it automatically. However, all previous firmware updates remain installed.
• It is normal for the appliance to reboot automatically about midway through the MR5 installation.
• Clish option Manage > Software > List AvailablePatch lists GA and MR patches. Before downloading one of the listed patch, verify the information regarding patch on DC and verify if you already have the patch installed on system from Clish > Manage > Software >List Version.

Additional installation instructions for NetBackup Appliance 5340 High Availability (HA) setup

• Before installing MR5 on both nodes, ensure that the two-node HA setup is fully configured.
• Start the upgrade process on the node where the MSDP service and the virtual IP service are offline, typically, the partner node.
• After the partner node has been upgraded, run the Manage > High Availability > Switchover command to bring the Virtual IP online on the node installed with MR5.
• The HA status can be checked by using the following command: Manage > HighAvailability > Status 

If the HA services status is not as described in the following table, contact Veritas Support for assistance.

• For information on configuring a two-node HA setup, see the Veritas NetBackup Appliance High Availability Reference Guide.
• Switchover to the original node to ensure correct functionality.

Post-Installation Instructions

• The newly installed version can be checked using either of the following commands. The expected output of each command is also included.

           Manage > Software > UpgradeStatus 

                  The appliance version is 5.1.1 Maintenance Release 5 and not in upgrade state.

           Manage > Software > List Version 

                   Appliance Version: 5.1.1

                  NetBackup Version: 10.1.1

                 Build Date: 20240821095344

                 Maintenance Release Version: 5

          Appliance > Status

               Appliance Model is NetBackup Appliance 5xxx.

              Appliance Version is 5.1.1 Maintenance Release 5.