Upgrading UNIX client from master server

[susindran_surul]

Hi Folks,

I need to upgrade some of the solairs9,10,redhat client from our master server.We have upgraded master server to 7.5.0.1 on solaris machine.Could you please provide any steps to upgrade individual machine..I know /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients is will upgrade all the unix client.But we had some soalris 8 client aswell so i need to upgrade only solaris9,10,redhat linux client.

Thanks,

Susi.S

[Andy_Welburn · Accepted solution]

bpplclients does one of the following:

o    Produce a listing of clients.

o    Add a new client to a policy.

o    Delete a list of clients from a policy.

o    Modify an existing client in a policy.

You actually need to use update_clients to do the update.

Create a list of the clients you need to upgrade in the following format

e.g.

# cat clientlist_Solaris10.lst
Solaris Solaris10 client1
Solaris Solaris10 client2

then run

update_clients -ClientList <filename>

e.g.

update_clients -ClientList clientlist_Solaris10.lst

[susindran_surul]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for your help..So i need to create seprate file for solaris 9 and 10 or one file is enough?

By the way i am having 6.5 only on most of the client.Shall i directly use update_clients to update to latest level..Wheather we have to upgrade 7 then 7.5.0.1 ????

Example :-

Master server have 7.5.0.1 versione and below is my client version.

NetBackup Client Platform = Linux, RedHat2.6

Version Name = 6.5

Version Number = 650000

Patch Level = 6.5

Thanks,

Susi.S

[Andy_Welburn]

So i need to create seprate file for solaris 9 and 10 or one file is enough?

One file is enough - I just split mine for convenience as I tend to only upgrade one or two as the need arises in which case I just change the client name & don't have to worry about changing the hardware & OS values also.

By the way i am having 6.5 only on most of the client.Shall i directly use update_clients to update to latest level..Wheather we have to upgrade 7 then 7.5.0.1 ????

Was going to answer "No" to this one (have only ever used it to go from 6.5GA to 6.5.x) but, as I wasn't too sure about using update_clients to upgrade major revisions, I decided to have a quick look on the KB first:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH178490

states:

Q: Can this script used for installing NetBackup Client software from scratch?

A: No. As the name indicates, this script can only be used to update clients. It should not be used for installing NetBackup Client software from scratch.

What this script can do is update your NetBackup Client software to match the NetBackup Server where you launch the script from.

For instance: Master Server is version 7.1GA, while Client is at 6.5GA. You can run update_clients from Master Server to upgrade that client to 7.1GA.

[susindran_surul]

Hi Andy,

I have tested with our test environment.Master server is 7.5.0.1 and client is 6.5.5 solaris 9 machin.Its upgraded sucessfully with 7.5.0.1.Please find the below for details.I think we can directly upgrade from 6.5.5 to 7.5.0.1 from master server.

Before :-

CLIENT:  test (sun4u/SunOS 5.9 Generic_118558-39)

VERSION: NetBackup-Solaris9 6.5.5

After :-

$ sudo /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/update_clients -ClientList client_list

There are 1 clients to upgrade.

Do you want the bp.conf file on the clients updated

to list this server as the master server? [y,n] (y) y

The upgrade will likely take 1 to 3 minutes.

Do you want to upgrade clients now? [y,n] (y) y

Please be patient.

Updating client test -- Solaris hardware running Solaris9

       test: update complete

The update trace can be found in /tmp/update_clients.09-05-2021.1656.

$

$  more version

NetBackup-Solaris9 7.5.0.1

$

Thanks,

Susi.S

[Andy_Welburn]

Nice to have confirmation that it works!