Upgrading NBU 6.0MP4 to 7.0

1. NetBackup 7 upgrade will not directly affect your MS SQL Server. However, keep in mind that NetBackup 7 has slightly higher resource requirements so you want to make sure that your system still have enough power to drive NetBackup 7 and SQL Server. Please see the Release Notes for system requirements.

2. The Sybase ASA database files in use for NetBackup are those files located in Install_Path\Veritas\NetbackupDB\data

3. NBU-Catalog is the volume pool dedicated for online catalog backup tapes. However this pool is created by default. The presence of this pool does not guarentee that you have tapes in this pool. Moreover you need to make sure that you catalog backup is sent to a tape storage unit.

  Hot catalog backup can also be sent to a BasicDisk storage unit. The BasicDisk storage unit points to a file system folder. From the name 'Catalog_Backup', it appears that your catalog is going to a BasicDisk storage unit pointing to this folder. However it is not safe to make that assumption either.

  The best thing to do is to go through your policies and identify the one that does the online catalog backup. Examine its configuration and identify the backup destination.  

4. Since this is your production environment, it is better to talk to your sales rep. NetBackup 6.5 keys in general will work for upgrades to 7.0; however it does not hurt to make sure that the keys given to you are still valid for use with 7.0

Warm regards,

Rasheed