Upgrading 7.6.1.0 to 8.0 Linux/Unix

[jsg0009]

Hi,

Can someone please help me figure out how  to complete this upgrade? Looking through several PDFs, it calls for you to execute some kind of install script to begin this upgrade, but this script is missing. I've uninstalled and reinstalled NBU, but it is always missing, and for some reason, this process always installs an older version of NBU, not the latest. Can someone please help me sort this out?

[Alexis_Jeldrez]

Client? Master?

[Marianne]

Not sure which pdf's you're looking at - herewith the 2 relevant docs:

NetBackup Upgrade Guide 
NetBackup Installation Guide 

When you unzip and extract the downloaded installation file (e.g. NetBackup_8.0_LinuxR_x86_64.tar.gz),
there will be a file named 'install' in the root folder.
Trust me - it's there. 
So, when you cd to the folder where you extracted the 8.0 software, run
./install

If you run it explicitlity from the software folder (using ./ ) I cannot see how it can install an older version of the software. 

Could you please show us the steps that you are following? 
Screenshots or copy & paste the text.

[Marianne]

@jsg0009

Not sure if you had a chance to download the manuals yet.

On page 44 of the installation manual, you can see how the 'install' script should be used explicitly - either full path, or cd into the folder, then use ./install:

DVD:
■ Enter the following command: dvd_directory/install
   The dvd_directory is the path to the directory where you can access the DVD.

ESD images (downloaded files):
■ Navigate to the location where the installation images reside.
■ Enter the following command:
    ./install

(The ./ is necessary as *NIX path variables are not by default configured to look in current path first.
If ./ is not used, the shell will look in the path variable for any executable called 'install' and run that instead of the local executable.)