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ESM_Admin
Level 4
11 years ago

AIR replication between different NBU releases

Hello there,

Can I perform AIR replication between 2 Netbackup release?

I am going to be upgrading my both appliances soon but the upgrade will be spread out between 3-4 weeks. Can I have one appliance on 7.6.0.1 and other on 2.5.2 performing AIR replication?

 

Thanks,

 

ESM

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  • SymTerry's avatar
    SymTerry
    11 years ago

    Sorry, let me clarify. I was referring to the catalog. AIR is both forward and backward compatible except for catalog backups, which are always only supported on the master server version that created the catalog backup image.

    You can replicate any image from 2.5.2->2.6.0.1 or from 2.6.0.1->2.5.2 except the catalog

     

     

  • SymTerry's avatar
    SymTerry
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Yes you can replicate to a version equal or higher, but the purpose of AIR is recovery. If you try to recover your older version site, that's not going to work. It is best to keep the versions matched.

  • ESM_Admin's avatar
    ESM_Admin
    Level 4
    11 years ago

    thanks for the comments but I dont think I follow - 

    If a backup image from NBU 7.5.3 (primary) domain is AIR'ed to NBU (dr) 7.6.0.1 domain, then I should be able to recover that backup image from 7.6.0.1 domain irrespective of what NBU release is running on 7.5.3 domain.

    If you could please help clarify, that would be great.

    thanks,

  • SymTerry's avatar
    SymTerry
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Sorry, let me clarify. I was referring to the catalog. AIR is both forward and backward compatible except for catalog backups, which are always only supported on the master server version that created the catalog backup image.

    You can replicate any image from 2.5.2->2.6.0.1 or from 2.6.0.1->2.5.2 except the catalog