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[Veritas-bu] Re: NetBackup 6.0 master with 5.x media servers

2006-04-03 10:40:35
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Re: NetBackup 6.0 master with 5.x media servers
From: jpiszcz.backup AT gmail DOT com (Justin Piszcz)
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:40:35 -0500
Should be on their website, it is called:

NetBackup Installation guide for UNIX and Linux

Will e-mail it to you (the windows one too :P)


On 4/3/06, WEAVER, Simon <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net> wrote:
>
> Justin
> Any chance of seeing this doc? Sorry im a bit late on coming on board, but
> looking to move to NBU 6 soon, so would like to know of any pros or cons or
> lack of upgrade!
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
>
> Simon Weaver
> 3rd Line Technical Support
> Windows Domain Administrator
>
> EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
> Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
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> Email: Simon.Weaver AT Astrium-eads DOT net
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:jpiszcz.backup AT gmail DOT com]
> Sent: 03 April 2006 15:29
> To: NBUList (E-mail)
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Re: NetBackup 6.0 master with 5.x media servers
>
>
> Looking more closely at the doc it appears that NB will "know" about the NB
> 5.x media servers and I just run that command once for compatibility, so it
> will work just fine with the NB media servers, right?
>
> On 4/3/06, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz.backup AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> > In the upgrade doc it says:
> >
> > To configure 5.x media servers for compatibility with 6.0 environments
> > NetBackup 6.0 provides backlevel support for media servers running
> > NetBackup 5.0MP4 (or later) or 5.1. This enables you to upgrade some
> > or all of your media servers to NetBackup 6.0 at a later time.
> > However, you must modify the configuration slightly so version 5.x
> > media servers work in the NetBackup 6.0 environment. 1. Run the
> > nbpushdata -modify_5x_hosts command on the NetBackup 6.0 master
> > servers that administer the media servers that you want to remain at
> > version 5.x. Note The command option is literally modify_5x_hosts, and
> > uses the character x rather than a version number. Do not type either
> > modify_50_hosts or modify_51_hosts.
> > /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbpushdata -modify_5x_hosts
> > 60 NetBackup Installation Guide for UNIX and Linux
> > Upgrading NetBackup on UNIX Servers and Clients
> > 2. Repeat step 1 on any additional master servers that administer
> > media server(s) you are not upgrading to version 6.0. You only need to
> > run this command once on each applicable master server.
> >
> > So we just run: nbpushdata -modify_5x_hosts hostname1
> >                        nbpushdata -modify_5x_hosts hostname2
> >
> > (after the nbpushdata -add)
> >
> > For each NetBackup media server that still resides on NB 5.x?
> >
> > Justin.
> >
>
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