During the NBU 7.5 client installation, there is a step "Saving client binaries" which was not there in NBU 7.1. I suppose it saves the binaries on the client machine in the /save directory in tar.gz format.
I want to know what is the purpose of saving these binaries on clients? How is the tar.gz file ever used?
If you are at, for example 7.5.0.3 and remove the .3 patch, it can roll back to the previous version by using the saved binaries ...
Martin
If you are at, for example 7.5.0.3 and remove the .3 patch, it can roll back to the previous version by using the saved binaries ...
Martin
So this feature was not present in NBU 7.1? Because the 7.1 installation does not have this step of "Saving client binaries"
Only patch installation saves previous binaries, not version upgrade.
Thats a good point Marianne - to roll back a full version you would need to reinstall and recover the catalog.
I suspect the folder is there for future use, that is, when you put on a patch upgrade.
M
So when we install 7.5, it will save the binaries in /save directory. When i go to version 7.5.0.3, in case i want to roll back to 7.5 base version, then it will use those binaries saved in the /save directory.
Am i getting this right?
Did this happen in 7.1 also? If yes where were the binaries saved? because i cant find any /save directory.
Yes, there are under /usr/openv/pack dir
for example, on my 7.0.1 install, they are here ...
openv/pack/NB_7.0.1/save
You have mentioned /save diretory
Do you actually mean the save dir under pack, like in my example, or are you seeing /save (in root). NBU does not create /save, so if that really is in /, it was created by something else.
martin
When you install NBU 7.5, the binaries will be installed in relevant bin folders, e.g. /usr/openv/netbackup/bin, etc.
When you upgrade to 7.5.0.3, the 7.5 binaries will be copied to /usr/openv/pack folder before binaries in /usr/openv/netbackup/bin will be overwritten with 7.5.0.3 binaries.
Thanks Martin and Marianne..
And yes martin.. by /save directory I was refering to /usr/openv/pack/NB_7.5/save directory itself..
The only problem is that i cant find it in my 7.1 version of NBU.. its there when i install 7.5 or 7.5.0.4 NBU.. but not in 7.1.. wondering why??
Not sure, it could have been manually removed, or if 7.1 was available as a base install (not sure), it might never have been there in the forst place.
I woudn't lose any sleep over it ...
martin
