NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.4)
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About the NetBackup 10.4 Upgrade Guide
    2.  
      Available NetBackup upgrade methods
    3. About changes in NetBackup 10.4
      1.  
        License file required for upgrade
      2.  
        Windows primary server upgrades are slowed if a large number of files are in the installation directory
      3.  
        About NetBackup database changes
      4.  
        Java GUI and JRE installation optional for some computers
      5.  
        Logging directory permissions require reset on rollback
      6.  
        Upgrades from NetBackup 7.6.0.4 and earlier are not supported
      7.  
        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 10.4 upgrade
      2.  
        How to plan for an upgrade to NetBackup 10.4
      3.  
        Legacy logging directory security update
      4.  
        Unified logging security update
      5.  
        Notifications, Messages, and Resiliency configuration information are not upgraded
      6.  
        Known catalog backup limitation
      7.  
        About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
      8.  
        About automatic file changes from an upgrade
      9.  
        Reduce the job database size before upgrade
      10.  
        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.  
        About the NetBackup database analyzer tool
    4. Upgrade operational notes and limitations
      1.  
        Windows compiler and security requirements for NetBackup 10.4 and later upgrade
      2.  
        Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
      3.  
        About NetBackup 10.4 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5 and later
      4.  
        MSDP changes in NetBackup 8.1
      5.  
        Potential required changes for NetApp clusters
      6.  
        Errors when Bare Metal Restore information is replicated using Auto Image Replication
      7.  
        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 10.4
    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 10.4
    6.  
      Silently upgrading NetBackup primary server software on Linux
    7.  
      Post-install procedure for upgrading to NetBackup 10.4
    8.  
      About NetBackup startup and shutdown scripts
    9.  
      Completing your system update after an upgrade
  4. Media server upgrade
    1.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading media servers to NetBackup 10.4
    2.  
      Upgrading NetBackup media servers to NetBackup 10.4
    3.  
      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.  
      Preinstall procedure for upgrading clients to NetBackup 10.4
    3.  
      Upgrading UNIX and Linux clients with the NetBackup upgrade script
    4.  
      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.  
      EEB management view
  8. Appendix A. Reference
    1.  
      NetBackup primary server web server user and group creation
    2.  
      NetBackup database user
    3.  
      Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered primary server
    4.  
      About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
    5.  
      Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after upgrade
    6.  
      About the NetBackup web user interface
    7.  
      About the NetBackup answer file
    8.  
      About the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
    9.  
      Manually install or uninstall NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector binaries
    10.  
      Manually configure the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
    11.  
      Manually upgrading the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
    12.  
      Persistent Java Virtual Machine options
    13.  
      About RBAC bootstrapping
    14.  
      About NetBackup software availability
    15.  
      Additional post-upgrade steps for NetApp clusters
    16.  
      Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
    17.  
      About compatibility between NetBackup versions
    18.  
      Upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
    19.  
      Upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
    20.  
      Requirements for Windows cluster upgrades
    21.  
      Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
    22.  
      Post upgrade procedures for Amazon cloud storage servers
    23.  
      Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
    24.  
      Upgrade failure rollback steps
    25.  
      Size guidance for the NetBackup primary server and domain

Preinstall procedure for upgrading media servers to NetBackup 10.4

Use the procedure that is shown to upgrade your media server to NetBackup 10.4.

Several tools are available to help you perform the extra step that is required for the guided method. For more details, contact your Business Critical Services (BCS) representative.

Additional steps are required if the NetBackup upgrade includes an upgrade to RHEL 7.5 and you use Fibre Transport Media Server (FTMS). More information is available.

See About NetBackup 10.4 support for Fibre Transport Media Server with RHEL 7.5 and later.

Preinstall steps to upgrade media servers to NetBackup 10.4

  1. Perform environment checks with the SORT tool.

    See Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades.

  2. Be sure that all operating system and security updates are applied.
  3. Perform any pre-upgrade tasks that you would normally do in regard to your NetBackup media server. For example:

    • Disable antivirus software.

      If the antivirus software cannot be disabled, you should exclude NetBackup files and folders from virus scan events. More information about excluding NetBackup files and folders is available.

      https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100004864

    • Stop all customized or third-party scripts.

  4. (Conditional) If you plan to change your NetApp cluster to Vserver mode from node scope mode, create a detailed image report for each filer. You can generate this report with the bpimagelist command. The example that is shown is one possible option. Use whatever options are necessary for your environment.

    bpimagelist - client ndmp_host_name

  5. Stop any applications on the system that interact with NetBackup. This step includes any databases or system components being backed up. Failure to stop these applications may result in unexpected behavior. Observed behavior includes aborted upgrades and application failures.

    For Oracle users, ensure that no backups are running. Stop the RMAN processes before you install NetBackup. If you use AIX, you should run /usr/bin/slibclean as the root user after you stop the RMAN processes.

    If you cannot stop your Oracle database, a procedure is available that may let you install NetBackup with the Oracle database active. More information on this topic is available.

    http://www.veritas.com/docs/TECH158276

  6. Stop all NetBackup services.

    • On UNIX and Linux systems: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bp.kill_all

    • On Windows systems: install_path\NetBackup\bin\bpdown -f

The preinstall procedure is completed. Proceed to upgrade the NetBackup binaries, based on your platform. More information is available about this topic.

See Performing local, remote, or clustered server upgrades on Windows systems.

See Performing silent upgrades on Windows systems.

See Upgrading Linux server software to NetBackup 10.4.

See Silently upgrading NetBackup media server software on Linux.

See About VxUpdate.