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Cooperman
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10 years ago
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NetBackup client support for HP-UX

I am trying to find out if HP-UX 11.31 clients are supported by NetBackup.

I have found this document - https://download.veritas.com/resources/content/live/SFDC/25000/000025229/en_US/nbu_77_scl.pdf?__gda__=1452991359_cd5df6e79552fec23f4995ae7347e763

For HP-UX NetBackup Client it says "HP-UX 11.31 GA through Update-March 2012 levels are supported.".

What does this mean? Is the 2015 variant of HP-UX 11.31 supported?

Many thanks,

Gary

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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    10 years ago

    I have been saving Compatibility Lists with the release date for a couply of years now.

    It seems that Symantec/Veritas sometimes forget to update the footnotes and simply leave them as-is in newer versions.

    I found this footnote in a 2013 version of the OS SCL (and subsequent 7.0 - 7.6 SCLs):

    1. BMR Client/Boot Server support began in NetBackup 7.0.1. HP-UX 11.31 GA through Update-March 2012 levels are supported.

    All I can suggest is to try it.
    I cannot see why newer patch levels of the OS would not be supported.

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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    Footnote 1 is related to BMR Client/Boot Server support.

    Normal NBU client should be supported for all versions of 11.31.

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    Cooperman
    Level 2
    10 years ago

    Hi Marianne,

    Thanks for your reply.

    I am also interested in Bare-Metal Recovery. I guess you're saying that Baremetal recovery is not supported on HP-UX 11.31 newer than March 2012? (Which pretty much means all recent instalations).

    Best regards,

    Gary

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    I have been saving Compatibility Lists with the release date for a couply of years now.

    It seems that Symantec/Veritas sometimes forget to update the footnotes and simply leave them as-is in newer versions.

    I found this footnote in a 2013 version of the OS SCL (and subsequent 7.0 - 7.6 SCLs):

    1. BMR Client/Boot Server support began in NetBackup 7.0.1. HP-UX 11.31 GA through Update-March 2012 levels are supported.

    All I can suggest is to try it.
    I cannot see why newer patch levels of the OS would not be supported.

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    Nicolai
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    HP-UX 11.31 on IA64 (not PA RISC) is supported on 7.7

    I am puzzled about that BMR note. I would recommend contacting local SSR or support and ask for clarification. Notes normal specify a minimum revision, not maximum.

    Else consider to use HPIgnite for internal boot disks