11-30-2011 01:54 PM
I have two servers with NBU 6.5 client installed. These are suse servers. How would one go about updating the NBU client to version 7.0? The master is a Windows Server.
I have the the 7.0 CLients GA file and I have installed the client fresh on other servers. Is the process the same to update? Just extract the GA and then run ./install?
thanks
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12-01-2011 12:11 PM
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11-30-2011 05:13 PM
Correct - just run ./install to upgrade.
11-30-2011 05:57 PM
12-01-2011 05:24 AM
Update to Linux client CANNOT be pushed from Windows master!
12-01-2011 07:10 AM
As usual, thanks Marianne! I will proceed with the install!
12-01-2011 11:15 AM
Maybe I should start a new thread, I will still mark your reply as the solution but I ran into the below issue during install.
12-01-2011 11:25 AM
Well I ran the install script on one of the clients and something did not work correctly.
The client OS is Suse 9 and the previous installed client is Suse 2.6
When I run the install script I dont see the Suse 2.6.16 option, but instead I see the following list:
Platform Client Options
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1. HP-UX-IA64
2. HP9000
3. INTEL
4. Linux
5. Linux-IA64
6. MACINTOSH
7. RS6000
8. Solaris
9. All UNIX client platforms
q. quit selecting
No option for Suse2.6.16? so I instead choose Linux which I beleive contains the Suse2.6.16 client then I get:
Platform Client Options
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1. HP-UX-IA64
2. HP9000
3. INTEL
4. Linux
5. Linux-IA64
6. MACINTOSH
7. RS6000
8. Solaris
9. All UNIX client platforms
q. quit selectingEnter Choice(s) [1 - 9] 5
Linux
Enter Choice(s) [1 - 9]
I then have to (q) quit and then it displays:
You have chosen to install:
Linux
Is this the list you wish to use? [y,n] (y)
So I choose (y) and it reads these binaries and then finishes the install! But nothing appears to be installed or updated?
Reading client binaries for /usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux
Linux/
Linux/RedHat2.6/
Linux/RedHat2.6/ftp_to_client
Linux/RedHat2.6/sftp_to_client.....
..............
If I go to usr/openv/netbackup and check the version it still shows as Netbackup 6.5!
What am I doing wrong? Does netbackup need to be stopped first? Do I need to go and manually run another script? I see a install_client script that is extracted.
12-01-2011 11:43 AM
OOPS ... we forgot a VERY important step: Check Compatibility....
For NBU 6.5, the selection for SLES 9 was Linux, SuSE2.6 for 32- and 64-bit. See p. 52 of NBU 6.5 Compatibility list ( http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH70729 ).
If we look at the OS compatibility list on p. 37, we see that SLES 9 x86-32 and x86-64 is no longer supported in NBU 7.0. (see Note 6)
Supported 64-bit Linux Client versions for version 7.x can be found in NetBackup 7 Operating System (CL) for Client,Server,Dedupe,OpsCenter,BMR,SAN Client,MSEO: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH76648
NBU 6.5 Client is still supported with 7.x Master/media server.
12-01-2011 11:58 AM
Ahhh, So I guess I will be staying with 6.5.
For my own future knowledge though: If I was updating a supported version, simply running ./install script should update the client without having to do anything else special, correct?
thanks again!
12-01-2011 12:11 PM
Correct!
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