Hi Simon
I'm planning a similar upgrade and would appreciate any input you have on
timings. In particular how long did nbpushdata take ?
Cheers
Mick
WEAVER, Simon \(extern... wrote:
> All
> Just wanted to share with you my experience of the in place upgrade for NBU
> 5.1 MP7 to 6.5.2
> Original Plan: Upgrade Master only, then do SAN Media Servers at a later
> date.
> However, due to issues with one Media Server and the nbpushdata command
> having problems communicating with one Media Server (Even though NBCC worked
> like a charm!), an issue had arisen that required Symantec Help!
> In the end, it was easier to do an inplace upgrade for everything (Did not
> make me popular but its done!) and so far its gone ok-ish!
> Main problem was 1 Media Server was offline, refused to do restores or
> backups. Turned out it was only Active for disks. Problem tied down to a
> corrupt ltid and oprd processes. These got repaired by a manual replacement
> of the files. No idea why it happened, as the box in question installed and
> upgraded flawlessly!
> One major problem I have seen is with my Win2k3 Active/Passive Mail Cluster.
> Now reading some notes, its clear something has changed in terms of how 6.5
> handles Virtual Server Names, but if anyone can shed any light on this, it
> would be appreciated.
> The 5.1 Topology used to show the NODE1 and NODE2 as physical SSO SAN MEDIA
> SERVERS. I used the command BPSTUADD to create a Virtual Storage Unit called
> MAIL. This used to appear in the topology of Activity Monitor.
> Now, it appears, when I run the backup, the topology shows the Virtual Name
> MAIL as a Computer Icon. As if it is doing the backups over the LAN. Worse
> still, the throughput is showing speeds as if it is LAN Based Backups !!
> Not sure why this has happened, but if anyone has a Mail System in a 2-node
> cluster and was on 5.1 and now moved to 6.5, I would be interested to hear
> how yours is working!
> Thanks !
> Regards
> Simon
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