02-07-2019 02:10 AM - edited 02-07-2019 02:36 AM
Hi,
after upgrading to NetBackup 8 last year i plan to upgrade to 8.12. since my clietns are still 7.1 i have to upgrade them also. This was pretty easy for almost all except one Solaris 10 Server.
When i start the install script it is cancelled with following error.
ERROR: These Unix Clients are intended for a NetBackup 8.0 server.
7.1 is the NetBackup level currently installed.
Installation Aborted.
I was searching for this error and found out in Article: 100033975 that the installation detected a server installation of netbackup. This installation should be uninstalled and client re-installed. Do i have to remove just "SYMCnetbp" package or all of them und re-install the new client?
root@ddb1:/usr/openv/netbackup # pkginfo |grep -i netbackup
application SYMCnbclt NetBackup Client
application SYMCnbjava NetBackup Java Console
application SYMCnbjre NetBackup Java JRE
application SYMCnetbp NetBackup and Media Manager
thanks for help
Kai
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02-07-2019 02:41 AM
Okay - seems you have edited your post while I was answering...
It should be okay to just remove SYMCnetbp.
If you still have errors after that, remove everything and perform clean Client install.
02-07-2019 02:37 AM
Please tell us how exactly you are doing the upgrade -
are you pushing upgrade from the master or trying the upgrade directly on the client?
Is the client Solaris SPARC or x86?
Is there a detailed upgrade/installation log available?
02-07-2019 02:41 AM
Okay - seems you have edited your post while I was answering...
It should be okay to just remove SYMCnetbp.
If you still have errors after that, remove everything and perform clean Client install.
02-07-2019 03:59 AM - edited 02-07-2019 04:00 AM
sorry Marianne,
a minute after my post i have seen that the client package is also installed on all servers and the package "SYMCnetbp" is the one i was looking for.
So i just uninstalled "SYMCnetbp" and re-installed the new client. The running script uninstalled everything else and re-installed it. It was running very well :)
I just have one question left...
Another server did the upgrade of the client without any issues. But it shows me on the console th Host type as a Media Server. Is this possible with just the client software installed?
02-07-2019 04:47 AM
@Kai2209 wrote:
I just have one question left...
Another server did the upgrade of the client without any issues. But it shows me on the console th Host type as a Media Server. Is this possible with just the client software installed?
You need to double-check the following:
SERVER entries on Master Server Host Properties - I guess the client was added here as Nedia Server or Additional Server.
This used to be done when the Windows Admin Console was installed on a Windows client, or when a client needed to kick off a scheduled backup from a script or cmd with 'bpbbackup -i .....'.
Check if any Devices or Storage Unit is configured for the client (I guess not, you would've known?).
If you are confident that the Client is not a functioning media server, and no server-level access is needed by the client, then remove the SERVER entry on the master.
02-07-2019 06:40 AM
ok. fixed it.
Thank you so much for your help !!!