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IBSus's avatar
IBSus
Level 3
7 years ago

Netbackup upgrade and migration to VM

Hi,

We are currently in the process of decommissioning 2008 servers and it is not the turn of our Netbackup environment.  We currently have:

1 physical master running server 2008 r2
4 physical media servers running server 2008 r2
1 virtual OpsCenter server running 2008 r2

Our current Netbackup version is 7.7.2

They all need migrating to 2016 but to start with we would like to get the master server migrated, and then upgraded to 8.1.2 (or vice versa).

We have tape drives connected to the media servers, I have read the master server cannot be virtualised if tape drives are used in the environment but is that when they are directly connected to the master server?  Our master server doesn't have any tape drives attached so I am hoping we can still virtualise it.  We will keep the physical media servers and upgrade those at a later date.

I am just after some clarification around the tape drives and also, a recommended route to move the master server onto 2016 OS and then upgraded to 8.1.2.

Many thanks!

7.7
Windows Server 2008 R2

25 Replies

  • Michal_Mikulik1's avatar
    Michal_Mikulik1
    Moderator
    7 years ago

    Hello,

    1/ yes Master Server can be virtualized supposing tapes are not used on it. Tapes on Media Servers can be used.

    2/ you must first upgrade to at least NBU 8.0 and then migrate, because 7.7.2 is not supported as a Master on Windows 2016.

    Regards

    Michal

    • IBSus's avatar
      IBSus
      Level 3
      7 years ago

      Thanks for the info, it's slightly good news I guess!

      The problem will be when we need to migrate our media servers to 2016 but we can cross that bridge when we get to it.

      • Systems_Team's avatar
        Systems_Team
        Level 6
        7 years ago

        Hi IBSus,

        An extra bit of info to help plan your upgrade.  Just remember in the order of upgrade, Master is not first - If you have Ops Center (which you do), then the upgrade order is:

        1. OpsCenter
        2. Master Server(s)
        3. Media Server(s)
        4. Clients

        Hope this helps,

        Steve