netbackup 6.5.2 compatibity with Solaris 2.6

[barrowboy]

We are currently looking to upgrade our environment . We have a Solaris 9 master/media server running Netbackup 5.1 mp4 and are looking to upgrade to 6.5.2. However we have a small number of Solaris 2.6 clients which currently have netbackup 5.1 client installed. Will we still be able to backup these clients post upgrade retaining the 5.1 client agent .

[CRZ]

MAYBE.  The 5.x client was never certified for Solaris 2.6 (the last supported client was 4.5) so I can tell you it definitely won't be supported...and isn't even supported as you have it now.  If it works, fantastic - if it doesn't work...we won't be able to offer you much in the way of help.

DOCUMENTATION: NetBackup multi-version co-existence: what combinations of 6.5.2, 6.5.1, 6.5, 6.0, 5.1, 5.0 client, media, and master servers are supported?

 http://support.veritas.com/docs/264767

[Marcus_Reid]

Are you sure that it's the 5.1 client that you have running under Solaris 2.6?  If so, what patchlevel is it?  I'm also looking for a way to back up Solaris 2.6 clients with Netbackup 6.5.2, and I'm running into unresolved library dependencies with the 5.1 client.

Thanks in advance,

Marcus

[erodger]

Did you ever find a way to backup Solaris 2.6 or Solaris 7 clients with Netbackup 6.5 server?  I also have the same scenario, and cannot upgrade the clients' OSes.  Would like to avoid backing up via NFS mounts, if possible.

[Andy_Welburn]

Can't help you with Solaris 2.6, but we are still running a Solaris 7 client at 5.1MP6 off our Solaris 9 Master running 6.5.1.

Had to patch the Solaris 7 kernel to 106541-42 to allow this (not sure if there was an associated TechNote or I just tried it!!)

Our other Solaris 6 or 7 boxes are being backed up in the "old-fashioned" way via internal/external DDS or DLT tape drives - but hopefully they'll all be replaced by the turn of the cent.. sorry ..year!

Sorry can't be of more help - good luck!