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bc1410
Level 5
3 years ago

Netbackup 8.2 Windows upgrade to netbackup 9.1.0.1

Hello Trying to upgrade our windows 2012R2 netbackup Master/Media server to Netbackup 9.1.0.1. So I attempted this twice so far.  Im getting some preinstall Warnings. Can anybody tell me if Im sup...
Windows Server 2012 R2
  • davidmoline's avatar
    davidmoline
    3 years ago

    Hi bc1410 

    I'm sure you can safely ignore the two warnings anmd proceed with the upgrade without any further intervention (or password changes). 

    The first warning relates to the log4j EEB which is of no consequence as you are upgrading. 

    The second I have seen many times and have always ignored it without issue.

    Cheers
    David

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davidmoline
Level 6

Hi bc1410 

I'm sure you can safely ignore the two warnings anmd proceed with the upgrade without any further intervention (or password changes). 

The first warning relates to the log4j EEB which is of no consequence as you are upgrading. 

The second I have seen many times and have always ignored it without issue.

Cheers
David

bc1410's avatar
bc1410
Level 5
3 years ago

Thanks David - 

Yea I was mostly concerned with the 2nd one regarding the password change on the NB database.

What's the correct protocol with services when doing the upgrade.   Have them stopped or Running?

I had received more warnings when they were stopped but when I left them running I only received the two I mentioned.  

 

Thanks

BC

 

 

 

 

  • davidmoline's avatar
    davidmoline
    Level 6
    3 years ago

    Hi bc1410 

    Good question - I usually leave services running when doing an upgrade and let the upgrade process manage services for me. On reviewing the upgrade guide just now, the last step before starting the upgrade indicates to shutdown NetBackup services. 

    I don't think it really matters to be honest, but I'm open to what others say. If services are down you will probably get those other warnings as you discovered - if you are not using the API functionality, nor have any but the default RBAC configuration then you can safely ignore the warnings (the RBAC model changed slightly in 8.3 so if you make use of this feature - mostly required for WebUI access control there may be additional steps required).

    David