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Albatross_'s avatar
Albatross_
Level 5
9 years ago

updating the netbackup linux and windows clients

Hi, Its time to upgrade my netbackup clients from older  ( 6.5.6 / 7.5.4/ 7.5 ) to latest 7.7.1. we are having around 880 clients windows / linux. we have Linux master server running with 7.7.1...
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  • sdo's avatar
    sdo
    9 years ago

    LiveUpdate is the quickest way.  If you try a different method then you'll still need to work out which ports to use for said other method, becaus eyou still need to somehow copy the kits to the client.  And you'll need to write some fairly complex code to handle all the different locations and flavours of clients.  Why re-invent the wheel?  Just use LiveUpdate.  If your security team whinge, then plan to have the required ports open only for a short period of time during the change Window.

  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    9 years ago

    LiveUpdate is good because is handle both Windows and UNIX/Linux.

    When you have a Linux Master Server you can use the update_clients script to update Linux/Unix clients, but not Windows. 

    Tech note: Frequently Asked Questions about NetBackup update_clients script

    http://www.veritas.com/docs/000015836

    Technote : Examples on how to use the update_clients script

    http://www.veritas.com/docs/000016339

Douglas_A's avatar
Douglas_A
Level 6
9 years ago

Live update is great for windows, however the *NIX packages require 5GB of /tmp space out of the box to even run, in larger environments its usually easier to build a package for your patch managment software (SCCM) or such. 

The silent installer can be configured and run via that patch manager, if you want to go down the live update route, and have space available make sure your LiveUpdate system is a web server and place the packages there, the share option is really challenging to setup and normally on the local LAN port 80 (web port) is not blocked so it wouldnt require you to actually do much on clients if anything at all.