Netbackup Silent Upgrade ?
I have Linux NBU appliances that are my master backup servers and my media servers. I help support backups for over 4,000 servers with a good mix of AIX, RedHat Linux, and Windows. I'm working a project now to get all the backup clients upgraded to at least version 7.6.1.1
I've automated the upgrade of the Linux boxes and I've done all the masters (86 of them) and all the media servers (36 of them) and now I'm going through the list of backup clients.
I've come to the Windows clients and I'm wanting to know how to upgrade all my windows boxes (32-bit & 64-bit) as well as Windows server 2008 & 2012 with many of the old 32-bit boxes being Windows 2003. What is my best way to upgrade various clients to 7.6x? I have about 1,200 of them to do and they span 6.5x to 7.5x and I am to bring them all up to 7.6x if possible. I am NOT a Windows admin but I'm working to get access to the windows boxes to perform the upgrades.
I'm just looking for advice and pointers at this point in time.
Thanks, Dennis
I would recommend LiveUpdate which should involve the least effort for the most success. If you need ports open across firewall, then you might be able to persuade your security team to open a handful of ports for a few hours at at time across different subnets. However, if you cannot open the ports required, then you may be able to use the Windows installer itself to push an install to several svers at once, but this could become quite time consuming. Or perhaps you have packaging team who can push out via an AD group, or maybe an SCOM team could paxkage and push. Whichever way will very likely involve ports bing opened, so my advice is to stick with LiveUpdate... your task is exactly what LU is for.