NetBackup IT Analytics Installation and Upgrade Guide for Windows

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Product(s): NetBackup IT Analytics (11.4)
  1. Installation overview
    1.  
      Introduction
    2.  
      NetBackup IT Analytics components
    3.  
      Standard or Shared Services licensing edition
    4.  
      Install options
    5.  
      Multi-language support and locale considerations (Windows)
    6.  
      Supported third-party and open source products
  2. Install NetBackup IT Analytics on a Windows server
    1.  
      Step-1: Get the NetBackup IT Analytics license key file
    2.  
      Step-2: Portal and database deployment strategies
    3.  
      Step-3: Pre-installation configuration
    4. Step-4: Installing Oracle application binaries
      1.  
        Troubleshoot the Oracle installation
    5.  
      Step-5: Installing Portal application binaries
    6.  
      Step-6: Log into the Portal
    7.  
      Step-7: Install the license key file
    8. Verify the current license configuration
      1.  
        Run the License Summary report
      2.  
        About NetBackup IT Analytics version and license
      3.  
        View License Details
    9. Next steps
      1.  
        Performing a cold backup of the database
      2.  
        Recommended database backup process
  3. Upgrade NetBackup IT Analytics Portal on Windows
    1.  
      Overview
    2.  
      Upgrade path
    3.  
      Before upgrading
    4. Upgrade NetBackup IT Analytics Portal
      1.  
        Upgrading a shared services environment
      2.  
        Run the upgrade utility installer (Windows)
      3.  
        Running the upgrade utility
      4. Attribute merging during the Portal upgrade
        1.  
          Attribute management during the Portal upgrade
    5.  
      Data Collector upgrades
    6.  
      Troubleshooting - manual Data Collector upgrades
    7.  
      Troubleshoot Data Collector upgrade manager upgrade failure and collector bundle download failure on Windows
    8.  
      Collector updates from the NetBackup IT Analytics Portal
    9.  
      Upgrade methods to incorporate enterprise objects
  4. Oracle patches for the database server
    1.  
      Install Oracle 19c Windows October 2024 patch
  5. Upgrade and migrate to a new server
    1.  
      Upgrade and migrate to a new Windows server

Attribute merging during the Portal upgrade

Version 10 introduced several enhancements to attribute management.

  • A new attribute type, a multi-object attribute, replaces the way that attributes functioned in previous releases. This mult-object attribute enables creation of a single attribute that will be available for all objects, such as hosts, arrays, and switches.

  • Prior to Version 10, object-specific attributes were required. For example, if you wanted a Location attribute for both host and array objects, you needed to create a separate Location attribute for each object. Now, with multi-object attributes, a single attribute can be used for all objects (for example, arrays, hosts, LUNs and switches).

  • System Attributes were introduced in Version 10. System attributes provide a set of popular attributes that you can populate with your own enterprise-specific values. These new system attributes are multi-object attributes with the following names: Application, Business_Unit, Data_Center, Department, Environment, Location, Organization, Owner, and Region. These system attributes cannot be deleted.

  • The naming convention for attributes was also changed in Version 10. Attribute names must begin with an alpha character. Use only alpha, numeric, or underscore characters in the name. Spaces and special characters are not allowed. This may mean that you will need to modify attribute names after you upgrade so that you can modify and save the list of values.