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qox's avatar
qox
Level 3
3 months ago

What is the best way to upgrade OS?

The appliance version is 5.3. The master server OS reads Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.6 (Ootpa) and also Oracle Linux Server release 8.6. The Veritas NetBackup application version is 10.3.0.1...
12.x and Earlier
Linux
  • bhdrkzltn's avatar
    bhdrkzltn
    3 months ago

    "According to the first table (NetBackup Appliance) on this page, I am supposed to upgrade to RHEL 8.8."
    You don't have to upgrade your master server OS version as its version is irrelevant with the OS version used by appliance.
    It's always good practice to keep your OS up-to-date wrt security concerns then just run "yum update" on your master server. NetBackup 10.3.0.1 is fully compatible with RHEL 8.x and even 9.x.

bhdrkzltn's avatar
bhdrkzltn
Level 4
3 months ago

"According to the first table (NetBackup Appliance) on this page, I am supposed to upgrade to RHEL 8.8."
You don't have to upgrade your master server OS version as its version is irrelevant with the OS version used by appliance.
It's always good practice to keep your OS up-to-date wrt security concerns then just run "yum update" on your master server. NetBackup 10.3.0.1 is fully compatible with RHEL 8.x and even 9.x.