Netbackup Install and upgrade for large server fleet

For client installs, the answer file is still your best route.  BUT client upgrades are dramatically easier with the introduction of VxUpdate.  It's a policy driven mechanism built into the web UI that can upgrade all clients and media servers.  Simply upload the appropriate upgrade bundle (the .sja files from the support download area), create a policy to perform the upgrades, and manage all the upgrades through the Activity Monitor just like any other NBU job.

I've not had a chance to try out the Ansible playbooks noted by Will_Hunting but they look like they might be pretty good for doing client installs.  Looks like they are only for RedHat Linux installs but could probably be modified for other Linux platforms.

admin_bkp007 Thanks. New installs, does that work ? we roll out about 5 - 10K windows and Linux hosts an year roughly. 

The current solution doesn't scale and has limitations in terms or multiple teams getting involved, inducing delays. 

Thanks again for responding. 

I agree with tcsimerson for news servers best choice is answer file, my answer was about update version if netbackup already installed in the host client.

I never did answer file please share your script I'm sure will be very helpful, Thanks.

Agree with Tom and Will.

Deployment policy can and will help you a great deal. we use it and found that using the Web UI for the Deployment is easier than the Java GUI.

Thank you all, I'll explore the Answer file option in the short term. Ansible will need some plumbing done i believe. Can you please share an Answer file which seemed to have worked for new installs ?