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fordpony65
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14 years ago
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Upgrade Question

Hi

I am going to be upgrading many workstations in my enviorment soon.  Quick question when upgrading the client from 6.5.5 to 7.1.0.3 does the 6.5.5 client have to be removed then the 7.1.0.3 client installed fresh?  Or will it upgrade directly from 6.5.5?

Any thoughts appreciated!

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  • Kiran_Bandi's avatar
    Kiran_Bandi
    14 years ago

    does the 6.5.5 client have to be removed then the 7.1.0.3 client installed fresh?  Or will it upgrade directly from 6.5.5?

    No need to uninstall and reinstall. Upgrade will be done when you try to install 7.1 client.

  • Kiran_Bandi's avatar
    Kiran_Bandi
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    does the 6.5.5 client have to be removed then the 7.1.0.3 client installed fresh?  Or will it upgrade directly from 6.5.5?

    No need to uninstall and reinstall. Upgrade will be done when you try to install 7.1 client.

  • Mark_Solutions's avatar
    Mark_Solutions
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    Are Kiran says there is no need to uninstall and re-install as it will do an upgrade.

    There are some things to double check first though:

    It is always worth checking the clients exclude list (export HKLM\Software\Veritas\NetBackup\CurrentVersion\Config\ as this is held in the exclude key) in case these are lost during the upgrade and patch

    Also check the service account being used as the upgrade can sometimes set the account back to use the System one

    Finally check for any scripts being used (such as bpstart_notify etc.) in case they are replaced during the upgrade

    Most things are kept but I have had the odd experience where they are not and a patch to 7.0.1 caught me out yesterday when it reset the client account (which really shouldnt happen!)

    Hope this helps

  • W007's avatar
    W007
    Level 5
    14 years ago

    It's a great information. We also going to upgrade the server. It will helpfull on that time.