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solomοn's avatar
solomοn
Level 3
2 years ago

Deactivate Media Server

hi team ,

i want to upgrade my Media Server (Windows machines) and on documentation said that i need to deactivate the media server.

do i need to do that or should i stop the services , run the update , start the services

and if i need to deactivate the media servers how i can do that , this is the command from Veritas 

nbemmcmd -updatehost -machinename <Media Server> -machinestateop set_admin_pause -machinetype media -masterserver <Master Server>

i have two domains with two master and media servers all on windows environment , masters are already update to 10.1

thanks in advanced

Windows Server 2019

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  • L_BR's avatar
    L_BR
    Level 5
    2 years ago

    You should just be able to run the upgrade. The installation/upgrade process will stop the Netbackup services and start them up again. 

    • davidmoline's avatar
      davidmoline
      Level 6
      2 years ago

      Hi solomοn 

      What L_BR said is absolutely correct. That said, in a busy environment it is good practice to deactivate the media server prior to upgrade to avoid sending any backups to it during the upgrade. 

      David

  • Genericus's avatar
    Genericus
    Moderator
    2 years ago

    And by deactivate the media server they do NOT mean decommission it!

    Deactivating the media server "idles it" so it does not accept any new requests.