Re: [Networker] Upgrading

Thanks Alec, we went for the upgrade and it went fairly well. For anyone
interested, here are the steps:

1. 
nsrim -X
nsrck -m
nsrim -X
nsrck -L6 (takes a long long time)

2. Stop services

3. Make a DR copy of the folders index, mm, and res and also cut/paste
them to a different location on the same machine. So there is a remote
copy and a local copy (but not in the NSR folder). Uninstall 7.2.2,
install 7.4.4 on Backup Server

4. Uninstall 7.2.2 and install 7.4.4 on storage nodes

5. Make a copy of new index, mm and res folders, and paste back the
7.2.2 index, mm and res inside "nsr", add the license, and wait (could
be long depending on size of index) for Networker to read/rebuild the
indices. Please feel free to correct anything.

Everything came back to life as it was before so to speak, but there is
this message that keeps popping up when handling tapes: "Cannot find an
available nsrmmd service for operation on device \\.\Tape0 .....". Any
ideas ?


Regards,
Sami


-----Original Message-----
From: Anacreo [mailto:anacreo AT gmail DOT com] 
Sent: 06 July 2009 17:24
To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Khan, Sami
Subject: Re: [Networker] Upgrading

Not sure if you've done this upgrade already, but...  NetWlorker
modifies the directory structure after upgrading, so restoring back to
the old configuration should have a larger window assigned to it if
you have a lot of online indexes.  If you have space for it you may
want to keep a local snapshot/mirror of the indexes from before the
upgrade.

Alec

On 6/30/09, Khan, Sami <sami AT essex.ac DOT uk> wrote:
> Thank you for pointing me to the procedure generator, it is very
useful.
> I am going for the upgrade and hopefully we'll have lesser problems.
>
> For those interested: From the Powerlink home page follow the path:
> Home>Support>Product and Diagnostic Tools > NetWorker Procedure
> Generator
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Sami
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Browning, David [mailto:DBrown AT lsuhsc DOT edu]
> Sent: 30 June 2009 16:35
> To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Khan, Sami
> Subject: RE: [Networker] Upgrading
>
> Sorry, I was off yesterday, but I didn't see this in the replies..
>
> Did you go to EMC Powerlink and run the procedure generator??
>
> It will give you an overall set of procedures to run, and it is
specific
> to the OS and versions that you are running.
>
> Good luck - we've had a lot of problems going from 7.2 to 7.4.4.4, and
> still have 2 open tickets (for over 3 months).  Others have had better
> results.
>
> David M. Browning Jr.
> IT Project Coordinator Enterprise Backups and Help Desk
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On
> Behalf Of Khan, Sami
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 4:03 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] Upgrading
>
> Greetings,
>
> I have gone through all possible upgrade scares and have two
questions:
>
> 1. I am going to upgrade from 7.2 soon, but people are consistently
> recommending to go for 7.4.4 and not 7.5.x ? Apart from the
> functionality is this a good advice? I am sure 7.5.x can also be tamed
> if it already is not.
>
> 2. Has someone who gone through the process of upgrading from 7.2 to
7.4
> or 7.5 and documenting it be kind enough to share it. These are the
> steps I am planning to follow:
>
> a. Do a nsrim -X, nsrck -m, and nsrck -L6 on Backup Server
> b. Copy the entire NSR folder to a safe location on Backup Server
> c. Uninstall Networker on Backup Server and Storage Nodes, when it
asks
> to retain the NSR folder, say yes.
> d. Install Networker 7.4.4 or 7.5.x on all Servers
>
> Please correct me if I am missing anything here.
>
> Regards,
> Sami
>
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