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bc1410's avatar
bc1410
Level 5
3 years ago

upgradeing to netbackup OPSCenter 8.3 - upgrade server or agent first?

Windows 2012 R2 Server.    We have currently netbackup opscenter 8.2 in our netbackup environment.   We want to upgrade opscenter 8.3 as I know ops center can alwasy be 1 version higher then the ne...
8.3.x
windows server 2012
  • davidmoline's avatar
    davidmoline
    3 years ago

    Hi bc1410 

    The order should be Server first. Then agent, then View builder. However, if you are only monitoring NetBackup, then there is no requirement to install the agent (used for monitoring BackupExec now) and I would uninstall the agent before you start the upgrade process. I would also review the need for the view builder - if you are not using it, why bother having it installed.

    Also, there is no real limitation on what version you can upgrade to with OpsCenter - it does have to be higher than the master server version but that is all. So you could potentially upgrade to OpsCenter 9.1.

    So if it was me I'd do the following:

    1. Uninstall the OpsCenter agent & view builder (assuming not required)
    2. Upgrade OpsCenter Server
    3. Upgrade OpsCenter View Builder (only if using)

    Cheers
    David

davidmoline's avatar
davidmoline
Level 6
3 years ago

Hi bc1410 

The order should be Server first. Then agent, then View builder. However, if you are only monitoring NetBackup, then there is no requirement to install the agent (used for monitoring BackupExec now) and I would uninstall the agent before you start the upgrade process. I would also review the need for the view builder - if you are not using it, why bother having it installed.

Also, there is no real limitation on what version you can upgrade to with OpsCenter - it does have to be higher than the master server version but that is all. So you could potentially upgrade to OpsCenter 9.1.

So if it was me I'd do the following:

  1. Uninstall the OpsCenter agent & view builder (assuming not required)
  2. Upgrade OpsCenter Server
  3. Upgrade OpsCenter View Builder (only if using)

Cheers
David

  • bc1410's avatar
    bc1410
    Level 5
    3 years ago

    Hey David - 

    Thanks so much for the reply.   I had in my previous notes to do Server first but when I was looking at the Veritas Sort tool it had listed agent first.   Thanks for confirming.

    Also I didnt realize about installing any version higher then master server.   I thought the rule of thumb was that it couldnt go no higher then 1 version.   Good info

    Thanks