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Netbackup 5.X is phrase out support ?

kevinwai56
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Hi all

I heard that netbackup 5.x is phrase out support any updated patched or technical support..right?
and I have a netbackup 5.0 Mp6 software in office. Can i updated into 6.5 directly?

thanks

Kevin
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Mouse
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Have a look into Veritas NetBackup (tm) 6.5 Upgrade Portal

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290185.htm

Details:

Many improvements have been made to Symantec's Veritas NetBackup that make it much more robust to meet the needs of our customers, including several core architecture changes. Because of these changes and the number of new features that NetBackup now offers, Symantec encourages the upgrade of any systems running a pre-6.5 version to the latest version of NetBackup 6.5.

For details on upgrading from NetBackup 6.0 to 6.5, see Chapter 4: Upgrading NetBackup in the NetBackup 6.5 Installation Guides.  These documents contain the requirements, upgrade steps and other information needed for a successful upgrade.  At this time there is no separate document for upgrading a NetBackup 6.0 environment to NetBackup 6.5.

For details on upgrading from NetBackup 5.x to 6.5 a separate document has been created.  This document is meant to assist customers upgrading their NetBackup 5.x environment directly to NetBackup 6.5. This upgrade guide contains a number of additional steps have been identified as critically important to the upgrade process. These steps are crucial and must be verified and/or performed before the actual installation of NetBackup 6.5.  Some of the added topics include:

  • Information on where to locate minimum system and environment requirements
  • A checklist of items and procedures that should be verified and backed up prior to beginning an upgrade
  • A detailed walk through of the upgrade process, that provides the appropriate upgrade information in existing NetBackup documents and published TechNotes.

These additional steps are primarily intended to address many environmental and functional issues that typically did not surface in earlier versions of NetBackup.

The Symantec's Veritas NetBackup (tm) 5.x to 6.5 Upgrade Guide can be found at:
 http://support.veritas.com/docs/290141

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Mouse
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Have a look into Veritas NetBackup (tm) 6.5 Upgrade Portal

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290185.htm

Details:

Many improvements have been made to Symantec's Veritas NetBackup that make it much more robust to meet the needs of our customers, including several core architecture changes. Because of these changes and the number of new features that NetBackup now offers, Symantec encourages the upgrade of any systems running a pre-6.5 version to the latest version of NetBackup 6.5.

For details on upgrading from NetBackup 6.0 to 6.5, see Chapter 4: Upgrading NetBackup in the NetBackup 6.5 Installation Guides.  These documents contain the requirements, upgrade steps and other information needed for a successful upgrade.  At this time there is no separate document for upgrading a NetBackup 6.0 environment to NetBackup 6.5.

For details on upgrading from NetBackup 5.x to 6.5 a separate document has been created.  This document is meant to assist customers upgrading their NetBackup 5.x environment directly to NetBackup 6.5. This upgrade guide contains a number of additional steps have been identified as critically important to the upgrade process. These steps are crucial and must be verified and/or performed before the actual installation of NetBackup 6.5.  Some of the added topics include:

  • Information on where to locate minimum system and environment requirements
  • A checklist of items and procedures that should be verified and backed up prior to beginning an upgrade
  • A detailed walk through of the upgrade process, that provides the appropriate upgrade information in existing NetBackup documents and published TechNotes.

These additional steps are primarily intended to address many environmental and functional issues that typically did not surface in earlier versions of NetBackup.

The Symantec's Veritas NetBackup (tm) 5.x to 6.5 Upgrade Guide can be found at:
 http://support.veritas.com/docs/290141

Marianne
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This question seems to come up at least once a week.
Can the Forum Administrators not post a link to the Upgrade Portal under 'Featured Discussions'??
I think I'll post the request under IDEAS - I'm sure you will all Vote in agreement!

Marianne
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http://www.symantec.com/connect/idea/post-link-upgrade-portal-under-featured-discussions

Deepak_W
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Very nice initiative Marianne...

Turls
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Marianne, thanks for your suggestion. I shall make this post a sticky for all users looking for a similar solution in the future.

But, FYI, Symantec Connect has a wonderful Search feature enabled. Hence, it is recommended that the users first search to see if they can find a solution before they report a same question all over again. So, is true in this case as well.


Andy_Welburn
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... if you could trust the search to actually find everything & I'm still not convinced of that! :(

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/idea/search-engine

sdo
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v5.x support dates:
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290017.htm


And, by my reckonning, v6.x enters EOSS phase around October 2010:

Version v6.x       
Type MAJOR        
Pack GA MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 MP5 MP6 MP7 MP8
Released 03-Oct-05 22-Dec-05 27-Mar-06 29-Jun-06 20-Nov-06 06-Aug-07 27-Feb-08 23-Sep-08 ?
EOL begins 02-Apr-08        
EOSS 01-Oct-10        
EOPS 03-Oct-12          
         
         
Where "EOL begins" means soonest of 30 months after GA release date, or actual GA release date of next higher major version - standard support continues.         
Where "EOSS" means End Of Standard Support, partial support begins for typically 30 months - no new escalations to engineering.         
Where "EOPS" means End Of Partial Support, i.e. all support ends - knowledge base typically available until GA + 10 years.         


Are these dates correct?

sdo
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Further detail just published:

NetBackup Product Family Support LifeCycle Schedule
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/332616.htm

CRZ
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We also have our old standby, the "Product Release Details" link.  For NetBackup Enterprise Server (for example), it's
 http://www.symantec.com/business/support/release_details.jsp?pid=15143

BernardGrog
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Thank you for posting the solution. It was very helpful. I also didn't know how to update into 6.5. Btw, are there any new updates?
Sencirely,
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rjrumfelt
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out there regarding upgrading from 5.x to 6.x.  Below is a good place to start.

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/290185.htm

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "updates" but yes, the latest update to 6.5 is 6.5.5, and there is also version 7 that is out now.