I'm Pretty sure you have to upgrade the storage node to 7.3.3 at the
same time as the server...


> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Ian G Batten
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2008 3:15 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] 7.1.1->7.3.3 upgrade has gone horribly wrong
> 
> As another datapoint, I can back up the NSR server to its own  
> storage.  So it's not _totally_ broken.
> 
> ian
> 
> On 05 Feb 08, at 1520, Ian G Batten wrote:
> 
> > I wanted to remove our our Networker server, an E450 running  
> > Solaris 8 and Networker 7.1.1.  The only storage is a couple of  
> > local disk devices (bootstraps and index backups go there, 
> then are  
> > cloned to remote tape, as a workaround for the networker 
> server not  
> > having tape devices).
> >
> > The replacement is a V240 running Solaris 10 and Networker 7.3.3  
> > (7.4 seems a bit new).
> >
> > Tape storage is on a distinct node, Solaris 10 + 7.1.1, driving an  
> > ADIC 100.  I intend to upgrade that to 7.3.3 or 7.4 when the main  
> > networker node is finished.
> >
> > I installed the relevant packages on the V240, moved 
> /var/nsr over,  
> > set up an entry for the networker server, applied all the new  
> > licenses against the new host id, made sure that the server  
> > references itself as the license server.
> >
> > And nothing works.
> >
> > My test client is running Solaris 10 and 7.3.3, but I have a  
> > mixture of 7.3.3, 7.1.1 and one 6.1.4 (Sparc 10, which won't run 7).
> >
> > There are no error messages.  I can start a group using nmc, and  
> > all the client savesets go into `contacting client' state, 
> and then  
> > hang.  save is sometimes started on the remote client, but 
> makes no  
> > progress.  Nothing is logged client, server, nmc.  I can see the  
> > storage server from the NMC, and nsrjb -s backup-srv works 
> from the  
> > storage server, so I'm confident the various machines are seeing  
> > each other.  If I deliberately break the pool the test backup is  
> > going into, so that the Default pool would be selected (which has  
> > no media in it) then I get messages telling me to load a Default  
> > piece of media.  But if the saveset matches a valid pool, there is  
> > total silence.
> >
> > Fortunately I have the E450 on ice, so I can simply revert to that  
> > at any time.  But if anyone has helpful hints, please let me have  
> > them!
> >
> > ian
> >
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