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Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Upgrade Guide

Last Published: 2023-11-27

Product(s): Appliances (5.3)

Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS

Introduction
1. About upgrading to NetBackup appliance software version 5.3
Upgrade planning
1. Requirements and best practices for upgrading NetBackup appliances
  1. About upgrades for NetBackup Appliance HA setups
  2. Upgrade time estimation
Performing the upgrade
1. Methods for downloading appliance software release updates
2. Installing a NetBackup appliance software update using the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
Post upgrade tasks
1. Post upgrade tasks
NetBackup client upgrades with VxUpdate
Troubleshooting
1. Troubleshooting upgrade issues
Index

Methods for downloading appliance software release updates

NetBackup Appliance release updates are available from the Veritas Download Center website:

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/downloads

Appliance software and client packages can be downloaded manually through a share. Updates must first be downloaded onto the appliance before you can initiate an upgrade.

The following describes the methods you can use to download appliance software release updates:

Downloading software updates to a NetBackup appliance using the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
Downloading software updates directly to a NetBackup appliance
Downloading software updates to a NetBackup appliance using a client share

Note:

NetBackup Appliance release 5.3 adds support for automatic appliance upgrades through the System Health Insights portal. Automatic upgrades are supported for appliances that use software versions 4.0 and later. For complete details, see the System Health Insights User Guide.