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[Veritas-bu] NetBackup 5.1 Windows master at 32 bit and NetBackup 5.1 media servers at 64 bit

2006-05-30 22:51:02
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 5.1 Windows master at 32 bit and NetBackup 5.1 media servers at 64 bit
From: ewilts at ewilts.org (Ed Wilts)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 21:51:02 -0500
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 02:38:16PM -0400, Patricia Harmon wrote:
> I have  NetBackup running 5.1 MP4 on Windows master and media servers.
> I am upgrading the media servers hardware only and would like to use
> 64 bit.  Does anyone know if this is supported or know of problems? I
> see from the release notes 64 bit is supported on Windows but I don't
> know if a media server can be at higher OS level than the master
> server. 

This is not supported.  64-bit is only supported for clients on 5.1, not
media servers.  To have 64-bit media servers, you'll need to upgrade to
6.0.  This is what we're doing for the same reason...

        .../Ed

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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