Appliance version 3.1.1 (NBU Version 8.1.1)?
Has anyone upgraded to Appliance Version 3.1.1 (NetBackup version 8.1.1)? We are running 8.1 / 3.1, and are thinking about applying the new version soon, wondering whether people have had good exper...
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we have been on 3.1.1 (upgraded from 2.7.3) for about a month. we have about 20 appliances, a mix of 5230 & 5240s. we have not begun upgrading clients to 8.1.. so they are pretty much all still 7.7.3.
we were having seious issues with our NDMP de-dupe rates and the upgrade resolved that quite nicely. Another benefit has been the same NDMP backups are completing in a shorter backup window than before. Also a nice benefit.
However, we are starting to see some issues. after a couple weeks uptime, our heavy hitter VADP backup appliances started returning '87' errors mostly on VADP client backups. Recycling NBU services clears that up for a time.
We have also had 3 appliances just sort of lock up with kernal panic errors. Rebooting clears it (of course) and support has thus far not been able to identify a root cause. All 3 incidents are still open, but aren't really going anywhere.
It kind of looks like we may have to start rebooting or recycling services on a 30 day calendar until they figure out where the issue is. We have been down this road before, and it will probably be a long haul unfortunately.
We kind of 'had' to upgrade due to aforementioned de-dupe issues, but if i wasn't having a problem that 8.1.1/3.1.1 is going to supposedly fix, i would not upgrade.
