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Upgrade or start afresh??

Richard_Davies
Level 3

Got the oppotunity to shelve our current catalog and backup set to allow us to move from 7.5.05 to 7.7 in an easy jump, by not taking the existing catalog over.

Basically starting over.

Our environment is

Live-Environment

Windows 2008 (no sp)

Netbackup 7.5.05

MSL6060 Tape Library x3 LTO 3

Test-Environment

Windows 2008 (no sp)

Netbackup 7.5.05

HP MSL2024 x1 LTO-5 3280 FC Tape Lbry

HP Ultrium 960 x1 Lto3 drive serial scsci

 

Want to go to Netbackup 7.7

In Live.

Have a server that can have windows 2012 r2

New tape library MSL 2024 with x1 LTO-6 drive

In Test.

Will need to restore from the new 7.7

 

Other than the direct path of upgrade from 7.5.5 to 7.7, which means a (if ive followed my documentation correctly).

an upgrade of windows 2008 to SP2

restore 7.5.05 catalog.

install netbackup 7.7 and upgrade the catalog

take a backup of the catalog

build a new windows 2012 r2 box

install netbackup 7.7 and then restore the catalog.

 

Can anyone see a simpler method, by starting again, our estate is reducing in number of backups from 40+ to 5 policys a night

thanks you inadvance

 

 

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Marianne
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You said:

Will need to restore from the new 7.7

This means no 'clean slate'.
Follow the upgrade path.
This will be a lot less hassle than spending days/weeks/months importing tapes from old environment.

PS : How do you intend restoring LTO3 media in the new environment?
LTO6 drives cannot read LTO3 media.

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revarooo
Level 6
Employee

I don't see any mention of NetBackup 7.7 not being supported on Windows 2008 (without R2) in the OS Compatibility guide:

https://download.veritas.com/resources/content/live/SFDC/25000/000025229/en_US/nbu_77_scl.html?__gda__=1448408007_a3a57691d3f808f84fbc5eae3e8145e9#operating_systems-microsoft_windows_server_2008-microsoft_windows_server_2008_-_netbackup_server

Therefore, couldn't you just upgrade to 7.7 on your 2008 server. Make sure you do a catalog backup before and after the upgrade, then install 7.7 in the same location on your 2012 server (with exactly the same hostname) and do a catalog recovery?

 

However, if I was given the opportunity not to bother migrating an existing environment, I would start of with a clean installation, but that's just my preference. Especially if the backups on the existing environment will expire fairly soon.

 

 

Richard_Davies
Level 3

Thanks for the feedback.

yeah forgot that bit our Windows 2008 is only 32bit not 64...yep your right 2008 64 is covered in the direct upgrade...but not the 32

im favouring the clean slate..were buying some new lto6 hardware so time for a clean up.

 

 

revarooo
Level 6
Employee

Good luck with the roll out. Seems you are in a favourable situaton.

 Any further questions pop in and ask away :)

Marianne
Moderator
Moderator
Partner    VIP    Accredited Certified

You said:

Will need to restore from the new 7.7

This means no 'clean slate'.
Follow the upgrade path.
This will be a lot less hassle than spending days/weeks/months importing tapes from old environment.

PS : How do you intend restoring LTO3 media in the new environment?
LTO6 drives cannot read LTO3 media.