05-20-2015 10:40 AM
IHAC, that wants to upgrade from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 on their media servers. Currently they are running NetBackup 7.6.0.2 and I figured we should update the NetBackup to 7.6.1.1(or 2) prior to any OS upgrade so the NetBackup will work.
I was also thinking we should be able to do the following if upgrading the OS is a bad idea:
Those steps above seem too easy on face value… I got be missing something logically.
Anyway has anybody done an OS upgrade on a Media server running NetBackup with an MSDP pool? Did it work? What steps did you do to protect the MSDP?
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05-26-2015 01:29 AM
Have a look at this recent post:
I would personally prefer to have the MSDP disk disconnected during Windows upgrade.
You may have to go through initial setup steps again after NBU reinstall.
Something similar to this TN (Ignore reference to Catalog recovery): http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH173220
1. Record/note/save MSDP Credentials used when initially setting up the MSDP pool
2. Attach MSDP disk to same path as before
3. Create Storage Server with nbdevconfig command as per the TN.
4. Add credentials as per TN
Or better - see Chapter 9 of NetBackup Deduplication Guide :
Host replacement,recovery, and uninstallation
This topic seems to be applicable:
■ Replacing the deduplication storage server host computer
05-22-2015 12:47 AM
Note sure about that plan to unmount the MSDP disks. As the new build will know nothing about the previously ingested backup residing within the MSDP storage.
I think you'll need to upgrade NetBackup, then upgrade the OS - without dismounting the MSDP storage.
05-26-2015 01:29 AM
Have a look at this recent post:
I would personally prefer to have the MSDP disk disconnected during Windows upgrade.
You may have to go through initial setup steps again after NBU reinstall.
Something similar to this TN (Ignore reference to Catalog recovery): http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH173220
1. Record/note/save MSDP Credentials used when initially setting up the MSDP pool
2. Attach MSDP disk to same path as before
3. Create Storage Server with nbdevconfig command as per the TN.
4. Add credentials as per TN
Or better - see Chapter 9 of NetBackup Deduplication Guide :
Host replacement,recovery, and uninstallation
This topic seems to be applicable:
■ Replacing the deduplication storage server host computer
05-29-2015 06:39 AM
Same issue here.. Please suggest.
05-29-2015 10:49 AM