Upgrading Netbackup from 8.1.1 to 8.1.2
What are some of the things I should be aware of before upgrading current 8.1.1 environment to 8.1.2 ?
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The biggest thing to be aware of is the new SmartMeter feature, other than that, it's a pretty standard and upgrade.
What OS are your master/media servers running?
We have Windows 2012 master servers, and 4 Veritas appliances.
Can I use a "Smart Meter key" for a test install before I implement into our production environment ?
If you have a test environment, I'd suggest upgrading that to 8.1.2 or 8.2 and get a feel for the Web UI (although still not very polished, it is where Veritas is heading eventually). This would also help you understand and see how SmartMeter works, you'll see the info required in the licensing section when you download the 8.1.2 and 8.2 binaries.
As for your OS of your master server, you won't have any issues with compatability.
Hi Gaapeio,
I just did the backup of the Master and the catalog, because from what I saw this update fixes some bugs, today I'm at 8.2 in an average environment, around 2,200 vms and very homogeneous and without any critical problem, just the basics of the day. day.
bye.
