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SteveLaw
Level 5
9 years ago

Netbackup 7.6.1.2 backward compatibility with Win2003 and DDBoost

Hi, I'm preparing to upgrade from Netbackup 7.5.0.6 to 7.6.1.2, which we heed to support VSphere 6.0. We have numerous Windows servers ranging from Win2003 x32 to Win 2012. Two media servers have ...
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  • vjuhola's avatar
    vjuhola
    9 years ago

    In page 40 of the HCL you can see that OST plug-in 2.6 is supported with Win2003 32bit, so if you have that in place everything works, given that your DD OS is at least 5.2.x.x.

    However, if you have a look at EMC's DDboost compatibility matrix you'll see that it is not a supported configuration as per Win 2003 EOL: https://support.emc.com/docu51631_Data-Domain-Boost-Compatibility-Guide.pdf?language=en_US

     

    To my assessment it will work but it is not a supported configuration.

SteveLaw's avatar
SteveLaw
Level 5
9 years ago

Aha, I did not know that! 
It currently does work, and I guess as long as the DDOS supports it we won't have a problem. My main concern was that somehow the Win 2003 media server running NB7.5.0.6 and DDBoost would stop working if the master was upgraded to 7.6. I guess not: 7.6 is compatible with 7.5. 

Thanks for your help!