NetBackup Master Server Migration from Windows 2008 R2 to Windows 2012 R2 or Windows 2016 R2
Hello All,
I would like to have experst advice from all of you folks on this
Currently we have NetBackup Ent Server 8.2 running on Windows 2008 R2 as well 10 Media Servers running on Windows 2008 R2 and RHEL 7.
We are planning to migrate the NetBackup Master Server to New hardware as the old hardware is periodically failing or rebooting due to some hardware errors.
Our plan is to Deploy the Windows 2012 R2 or Windows 2016 R2 and deploy NetBackup 9.1 on new hardware and do the catalog recovery from the old NBU server keeping the same hostname and IP on new server.
I would like to have your expert advice, whether this is possible or advisible or recommended by Veritas to do so. I have read couple of KBs and articles from Veritas portal as well from third party artciles, which has mentioned that the OS, Hostname need to be same on the new hardware while doing tech refresh of the hardware.
Now I have two options to choose:
Option 1: In-place Upgrade the unreliable hardware with Windows 2012 R2 and then Upgrade NBU to 9.1 and then deploy Windows 2012 R2 on new server and do the catalog recovery for Netbackup Master Server keeping same hostname.
Option 2: Do a full catalog backups from old NBU Master Server (which is running on Windows 2008 R2). Deploy Windows 2012 R2 or Windows 2016 R2 on New Hardware and full do a full catalog recovery on new server keeping same hostname.
I would highly appreciate your suggestions here.
Thanks,
Rane
No, it will not work
You can restore netbackup database only to the same version
My approach is- install a new windows 2019 or 2016 with a temp name. do not install 2012. it will be EOL soon.
- stop all backups. Do a catalog backup of 8.2 to basic disk or tape. Do not use advanced or deduplication disks.
- Stop netbackup and veritas PBX services. Disable veritas PBX
- remove server from the domain and change the IP, just to have it online in case you need it.
- rename the new server using the netbackup host name and add it to domain. configure the netbackup IP.
- If the catalog is on disk, present or copy the disk to the system.
- install netbackup 8.2.
- recover netbackup database.
- test the server
- use the server with 8.2 for one or two days
- upgrade to 9.1
I do not recommend to move and upgrade the same day. If there is any problem, you do not know what step to blame
test it to a test environment before the actual migration
