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aarun1984
Level 0
12 years ago

Need to Upgrade OS of Netbackup Media server.

I wan to know the procedure to be followed in upgrading OS of netbackup media server. Plesae let me know what are the tasks i need to perform before OS upgradation from windows 2003 32 Bit to Windows...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    12 years ago

     

    32 bit to 64 bit sounds like hardware replacement, right?

    In that case, I would delete all devices for media server and disable media server in GUI.

    After new server has been installed with same hostname, disable UAC and Windows firewall.
    Install & patch NBU. Use same license keys as before.

    Ensure devices can be see in OS Device Manager. Download and install vendor drivers for tape drives.
    Confirm forward & reverse name lookup between master and media server.
    Re-activate media server and test connectivity with commands such as:
    nbemmcmd -listhosts -verbose
    nbemmcmd -getemmserver
    Run Device Config wizard, select robot control host and media server.
    STU config should be the same as before. Run backup to test.

Marianne's avatar
Marianne
Level 6
12 years ago

 

32 bit to 64 bit sounds like hardware replacement, right?

In that case, I would delete all devices for media server and disable media server in GUI.

After new server has been installed with same hostname, disable UAC and Windows firewall.
Install & patch NBU. Use same license keys as before.

Ensure devices can be see in OS Device Manager. Download and install vendor drivers for tape drives.
Confirm forward & reverse name lookup between master and media server.
Re-activate media server and test connectivity with commands such as:
nbemmcmd -listhosts -verbose
nbemmcmd -getemmserver
Run Device Config wizard, select robot control host and media server.
STU config should be the same as before. Run backup to test.