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BearBackup's avatar
BearBackup
Level 2
5 years ago

DataDomain Upgrade

Hi All  I am looking to upgrade the DataDomains attached to my netbackup system.  Thinking about disabling jobs running to these devices what would people reccomend? Disabling the policies and SLP ...
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  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    5 years ago

    Hi BearBackup 

    Yes, you need to down disk pool(s) in Netbackup belonging to the device being upgraded.. A data domain upgrade is disruptive. 

    Some advice:

    Have patience - a upgrade/reboot can take up to 45 minutes or more.

    A message may appear during boot saying "File system destroyed" - it isn't, just wait.

    You should log a preventive support case with Dell EMC

    You may need to upgrade the Boost plugin on media server, refer to Dell EMC documentation.

     

BearBackup's avatar
BearBackup
Level 2

Fantastic, exactly what I was looking for. 

Nicolai's avatar
Nicolai
Moderator
5 years ago

Glad I could help :-)

One thing more, Dell EMC also recommend you reboot the data domain first before performing the upgrade,

/Nicolai