Netbackup upgrade on Solaris 7

[antonello]

 Hi All 

Is there a way to upgrade a Solaris 7 client 5.0MP2 to 6.x release ,
so we can upgrade Netbackup Media and Master servers to 7.0 
without losing the backward compatibility  to the Solaris 7 host client ? 

Thanks a lot

Regards

Antonello 

[Andy_Welburn]

the answer has to be no.

Solaris 7 support finished at 5.1MPx
Solaris 8 is the oldest OS supported for 6.x

unless someone has a clever workaround! ;)

***EDIT***

Veritas NetBackup (tm) 5.x Operating System Compatibility (updated July 16 2007) ...
NetBackup (tm) 6.x Operating System Compatibility List (Updated January 29 2010) ...
& just for completeness:
NetBackup (tm) 7 Operating System Compatibility List (Updated January 29 2010) ...

[antonello]

 Hi Andy 

Yes, i read those documents.... so if we upgrade NetBackup Master and Media servers 
we have to renounce to backup policies of Solaris 7 clients or lower .

I agree with you, only a clever workaround can help .


Thanks

Regards

Antonello

[Andy_Welburn]

Maybe it's time to upgrade them!

We've also still got a 7 hanging around (5.1MP6 with 6.5.4 Master) & if I'm honest with you, we've still got a 6 too (not covered by NB tho')!

[antonello]

 Yes Andy 

It's time to dismiss those platforms, of course, 
but as you know, if sysadmin could take decisions ... the world should be a little bit better :) 

I'll will push the issue to responsible manager and let's see what happens ...

Regards

Antonello

[Andy_Welburn]

the world should be a little bit better"

Surely that should read lot ? :D

[Marianne]

Surely sysadmin knows that even SUN has dropped support for his O/S? That is the only reason why Symantec drops support for an O/S.

[antonello]

:D 

I'm always modest ...

[antonello]

 Hi Marianne 

You're right , we was only hopeful ,
sometimes for backward compatibility reasons, a kind of spot supporto is provided, 
but no way here

Regards

Antonello