Upgrading NetBackup 7.0 to 7.1 or 7.5

[Willie_SA]

Upgrading NetBackup 7.0 to 7.1 or 7.5

Master/Media server and clients              All Windows

Is it worth upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1 or 7.5?

We only do normal backups and VAULT.

Will we get added benefits?

Until when is 7.0 supported?

Is there an upgrade procedure available from 7.0 to 7.1 or 7.5?

[revarooo]

There is no end of life date for 7.0 (yet) that I know of.

6.x is end of lifed in October 2012.

Benefits of 7.5 over 7.1 is there will be the multiple bug fixes in NetBackup 7.5 and it will be supported longer than 7.1

The upgrade guide for NetBackup 7.5 is here:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=DOC5198

[Willie_SA]

And specifically from 7.0 to 7.1 ?

Is it just a patch, or complete upgrade?

[Mark_Solutions]

7.0 to 7.1 is a full upgrade

[Willie_SA]

Question remain -

Is it worth upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1?

The environment is very stable.

[Mark_Solutions]

There are plenty of new features in 7.1, especially if you do vSphere backups

If you use MSDP then there are also improvements

Do upgrade to 7.1.0.3 though to be sure you are on the latest version and keep an eye on the late breaking news for any additional patches you may need:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH153422

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

Have a look at all the new features as well as added support for newer OS versions and databases.

Seeing that you are not experiencing any problems or any pressing need for features added in 7.1.x, I suggest you wait for 7.5 to go GA. In the meantime, read up all you can about features introduced in 7.1 as well as 7.5.

Hope to see you at the 7.5 launch next week? If you haven't received the invite, please contact me privately.

Reading matter in the meantime:

7.1 Release Announcement: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH147815

7.5 Features: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH164645

Symantec NetBackup™ 7.5 — What’s New and Version Comparison Matrix : https://scm.symantec.com/resources/54501_21219494_GA_OV_SymcNetBackup7_5ComparisonMatrix_1211.pdf

[CRZ]

All NB 7.x versions have have an End of Support Life date of 2/1/2017, seven years after 7.0 GA was released.

NetBackup Enterprise Server Release Details

 http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=releasedetails&key=15143

[Adiz]

Do you must to upgrade?

My moto is if it stable don't change it!

I have a lot of client with 7 and ask me the same question, and from technical aspect i give them the same answer! If you don't planing any environment upgrade with system that isn't supported by your backup software and you pleased with the performance of backup environment ,for now stay with 7.0.

You more then welcome to install in lab 7.5 it has huge improvement's like v-ray,dedupe, cloud and more.

[Willie_SA]

Thank you for the information.

Will see you at the Launch next week.

TX

WN