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JPoon
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9 years ago

BE 3600 Upgrading: CASO first? or MMS?

Hello,

I am preparing to upgrading my 2 appliances: 1 CASO and 1 MMS, which one should I deal with first? CASO or MMS?

And anything I should back up beforehand, e.g. the whole Catalog directory, any job settings, etc.?

After the upgrade, do I need to perform on the appliance, i.e. Dedeplication disk,  the action "Inventory and Cataloging"?

Thanks,
Joe

  • C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Data

     

    You'd have *.xml files in here. Check the other and see if this contains *.xml files, and if so, it might be an option to back up both.

    Thanks!

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  • First you need upgrade CASO and then MMS.

    Refer to the below forum thread.

    https://www.veritas.com/community/forums/backup-exec-3600-appliance-upgrade-2014

  • Thanks for your reply, AmolB.

    1) Also, to play safe, do I need to backup anything first, e.g. the whole Catalog directory, any job settings, etc.?

    2) After the upgrade, do I need to perform on the appliance, i.e. Dedeplication disk,  the action "Inventory and Cataloging"?

  • You should always grab manual copies of the Data & Catalogs folders before doing any major upgrades. These 2 folders will allow you to recover Backup Exec if needed.

    Thanks!

  • I know the catalogs folder resides in D:\BackupExec\Catalogs. But where is the Data folder that you are referring to?

  • I got 2 folders named Data, which one is the correct one?

    1) D:\Application_Dedup\data <---actually my partition D's label is "Data" too

    2) C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Data

    Thanks.

  • C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\Data

     

    You'd have *.xml files in here. Check the other and see if this contains *.xml files, and if so, it might be an option to back up both.

    Thanks!