Upgrading NBU 6.0 MP7 to 6.5.6

[RohitNayal]

Hi All,

We are planning to upgrade our NBU to 6.5.6 , due to some hardware incompatibility we are unable to upgrade it to 7.5 as majority of our windows client are still in Win 2000 .

Master Server : AIX 5.3 /64 bit Processor and Media server having the same configuration .

Please let me know any precautions to be taken before upgrade also  steps to be taken I have downloaded package “NetBackup_6.5_AIX.tar.gz” from File connect which is the base of 6.5

We need to make our Master server to EMM server as in the current configuration Media server is acting as EMM server .

[RohitNayal]

During up gradation is that SG driver for tape drive is also required to reinstall

[Mark_Solutions · Accepted solution]

The important thing is to read the release notes and the installation guide

These will tell you what needs attention before you go ahead with the upgrade

Also take note of the later Breaking news to see if there may be any snags

Once you have checked through all of this you should be prepared

The SORT tools is also very useful.

6.5.6 release notes: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH126322

6.5 release notes : http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH52796

Installation Guide for Windows : http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH52798
Installation Guide for UNIX and Linux : http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH52799

Upgrade Portal : http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH52785

http://sort.symantec.com

Late breaking news : http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH129635

Hope this helps

[Marianne]

My recommendation is to upgrade the master and media server to 7.1 and the W2000 clients to 6.5.6.

NBU 6.x (meaning 6.0.x and 6.5.x) will run out of support later this year.

You will need the assistance of a Symantec consulting partner to move EMM to the master.

[RohitNayal]

Hi Marianne,

As per the S/W compatibility list I don't think that after upgrading my Master and Media to 7.1 ..there is any option in the Client O/S selection  in the policy are Windows 2000 ..and how can I take the backup of my those clients ?As per the S/W compatibility list I don't think that after upgrading my Master and Media to 7.1 ..there is any option in the Client O/S selection  in the policy are Windows 2000 ..and how can I take the backup of my those clients ?

[Mark_Solutions]

The o/s in the policy is just a reference - it does not affect the backup Marianne is right - best to keep in support for master and media servers at least You will find all the v7 links on the support site similar to those I provided

[Marianne]

For an upgrade, W2000 will be left as an option. Only in a new installation you won't see W2000 in the list.

Please see NetBackup backward compatibility in NBU 7.1 Release Notes  http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC3643.

[RohitNayal]

Hi Mark,

As per your suggestion we can take the backup of windows 2000 clients into NBU 7.1 

[Marianne]

For 7.1 upgrade documentation, start with the 7.x Upgrade Portal. Look for 7.1 headings.

Other useful docs:

NBU 7.1 Release Notes  http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC3643
NBU 7.1 Installation Guide for UNIX and Linux  http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC3647

All NBU 7.1 manuals:  http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH154178

[Omar_Villa]

Just a quick note this 2012 October NBU 6.x Will not be supported at least you get an extended support that I dont know for how long it will last.

[js88699]

As a vote of confidence, we upgraded our master and media servers to 7.1.0.2 and we still have W2K clients running 6.0.mp4 and the backups are working just fine.