Netbackup 7.5 upgrade

[FlyMountain]

we are planning to upgrade NBU master from 7.1.0.4 to 7.5.0.6.Got a few questions someone may help me. thanks advance.

1. should we suspend the scheduling or deactivate all polies during upgrade? what is the recommandation from Symantec?

2. for all running jobs, should we kill all of them or suspend then resume them before and after upgrade?

[RamNagalla · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Deactivate all SLPs.

Deactivate all policies.

Deactivate all disk staging storage units

are the things that needs to take care while upgrading...

suspending the jobs or killing the job would be the one that you need to make a decission.. I would perfer to go will cancle all jobs and start a fresh new job after upgrade.. 

see the attached check list that i use my self while upgrade  which is  from the Netbackup 7.5 upgrade guide.

[Marianne]

NBU 7.5 upgrade docs can be found here:

Link to all 7.5 Docs  http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5138  

Installation

Customers upgrading from previous releases are advised to use the 7.x Upgrade Portal

An Installation and Upgrade Checklist is available for NetBackup 7.5 on the Symantec Operations Readiness Tools web site to determine 7.5 requirements and documentation for master server, media servers, and clients:  https://sort.symantec.com/

NetBackup 7.5 Upgrade Guide
NetBackup Installation Guide for UNIX and Linux
NetBackup Installation Guide for Windows  

PS: 

Seems you have previously done a 7.5 upgrade?

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/nbu-upgrade-7104-7506

[FlyMountain]

Nagalla,

thanks for your doc and reply.

Just want to understand, what is the reason we need to deactivate SLP and disk storage units?

[RamNagalla]

there is a catalog chage in the Netbackup 7.5 and the catalog migration do happen when the netbackup is upgraded to 7.5 . 

there is no other backups should start before compleating the migration phase..

read the netbackup 7.5 upgrade doc from the below link providec by Marianne to understand about the catalog chage and the migration process..