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Hi Tony
First, let me say that my comments were not aimed at you, it was purely a
simple question.
I
am in the process of planning for my 6.5.1 upgrade, and the key point I haev
focused on is reverting back.
For example, I am planning for the following:
1) 2 x good catalog backups, one in the robot, the other in an
alternative location
2) disk based catalog backup (so in total, 3 cat backups I can revert
back from)
3) A snapshot image of the System PRIOR to any work being done on the
Master Server
4) Secondary Image on a backup system
Another consideration is a second server, built and configured as the
live box, same parts, firmware ect and use this as a secondary backup
plan.
Sounds OTT? yes of course.... but like I mentioned, I am covering all
angles.
I
recently attended a Symantec meeting and one of the discussions was the 5.1 to
6.5.1 upgrade, and it seems clear that Symantec have done everything possible to
help people move off of 5.x and upgrade with very little trouble or problems.
That is not to say it will go wrong (as in your case), but it seems to be a case
of trying to prepare for everything you possibly can.
And you could bet your dollar something "unusual" may well crop
up.
The procedure for rolling back...... well from the Master it would be
uninstall the NEW version, reinstall the 5.1 software, and restore the catalog
from backup. I would imagine that if you had media servers, it would be the same
(ie: restore from catalog).
Please could anyone correct me on this process, because for my plan of
revert, its simply a case of "going back to a snap shot image" and I am done
:-)
Like I said, I do not have real world experience, but I am doing this all
in a test lab - so I hope this goes someway to show I am doing some
research.
Thanks, Simon
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:42 AM, WEAVER, Simon
(external) < simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net>
wrote:
Tony
Quick Q -
when you realised the problems, were you able to plan to REVERT the systems
back ?
Simon
Revert back
to 5.1? I realize now that there should have been a plan to do that;
Symantec reccomended it after hours of going nowhere but the client didn't want
to. And even if they did, what is the procedure for doing this?
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