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demo4119
Level 6
12 years ago

pddo 6.6.1 agent

i having a nbu master 6.5.6 installed with pddo 6.6.1 agent backup to a puredisk 6.6.1 server. planning to upgrade the master server 7.5. Do i need to uninstall the pddo agent on my master before proceed the upgrade? since nbu 7.x got built in dedup engine. pls advise
7.1.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
NetBackup
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    12 years ago

    I do not have 1st-hand experience, but if I read the manual correctly, it does not seem to be necessary.

    Look at this last line of my extract from the manual:

     

    You then can use that host as a front end for your PureDisk Storage Pool Authority.
     
    My guess is that the HOWTO can be found further on in the same manual....
     

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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    Yes, you will have to remove the agent before upgrading.

    Extract from NBU 7.5 Dedupe Guide:

     

    About media server deduplication limitations
    NetBackup media server deduplication and Symantec Backup Exec deduplication
    cannot reside on the same host. If you use both NetBackup and Backup Exec
    deduplication, each product must reside on a separate host.
    NetBackup deduplication components cannot reside on the same host as the
    PureDisk Deduplication Option (PDDO) agent that is installed from the PureDisk
    distribution.
    You cannot upgrade to NetBackup 7.0 or later a NetBackup media server that
    hosts a PDDO agent. If the NetBackup 7.0 installation detects the PDDO agent,
    the installation fails. To upgrade a NetBackup media server that hosts a PDDO
    agent, you must first remove the PDDO agent. You then can use that host as a
    front end for your PureDisk Storage Pool Authority. (The host must be a host type
    that is supported for NetBackup deduplication.)
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    I do not have 1st-hand experience, but if I read the manual correctly, it does not seem to be necessary.

    Look at this last line of my extract from the manual:

     

    You then can use that host as a front end for your PureDisk Storage Pool Authority.
     
    My guess is that the HOWTO can be found further on in the same manual....
     
  • PeteWall's avatar
    PeteWall
    Level 4
    12 years ago

    When we added the Media Server Deduplication Pool feature in NetBackup 7.0, any media servers that support that feature already include the PureDisk plugin.  Your NetBackup 7.5 install on Windows 2003/8 will already include the plugin.

    So, no, you will not need to install the PDDO agent on your media server after upgrading to NetBackup 7.5.

  • demo4119's avatar
    demo4119
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    i have this error during duplication using SLP after upgrading to netbackup 7.5

     

    5/15/2013 7:44:30 PM - Info Duplicate(pid=3053) Initiating optimized duplication from @aaaaf to @aaaah

    5/15/2013 7:44:32 PM - Info bpdm(pid=5853) started

    5/15/2013 7:44:32 PM - started process bpdm (5853)

    5/15/2013 7:44:33 PM - Info bpdm(pid=5853) requesting nbjm for media

    5/15/2013 7:46:41 PM - Critical bpdm(pid=5853) sts_copy_extent failed: error 2060016 operation not supported

    5/15/2013 7:44:30 PM - Info Duplicate(pid=3053) Initiating optimized duplication from @aaaag to @aaaal

    5/15/2013 7:44:32 PM - Info bpdm(pid=5853) started

    5/15/2013 7:44:32 PM - started process bpdm (5853)

    5/15/2013 7:44:33 PM - Info bpdm(pid=5853) requesting nbjm for media

    5/15/2013 7:46:41 PM - Critical bpdm(pid=5853) sts_copy_extent failed: error 2060016 operation not supported

    media write error(84)