Hi Dave, Thanks for the reply/advice. I wished I had a test system to try this
out on, but that isn't the case.
Randy
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> On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 09:46:58AM -0400, Randy Doering wrote:
> > Greetings, This weekend (thanks for it being the 5th weekend of the month
> > and no scheduled fulls) I'm going to upgrade our Alpha TruCluster Networker
> > from 7.1.1 to 7.2.1 and I have a couple of questions.
> >
> > 1) Hopefully after the upgrade all of our clients
> > (Windows/Linux/Oracle/Exchange) will still be able to backup/restore
> > without having to also upgrade. I didn't see this expressly stated in the
> > documentation, but wanted to asked to be sure. Is this correct?
>
> It's a general practice that the server can be newer than the clients,
> but the clients shouldn't be newer than the server. So, upgrade the
> server first, and then the clients.
>
>
> > 3) Basically, I'm assuming that all of my current configuration (Indices,
> > Clients, Licensing, Scheduling, Groups, etc) will be preserved during the
> > installation/upgrade. I'm I correct in this assumption?
> >
> > I've done this installation from scratch (the 7.1.1 install) but not an
> > upgrade.
>
> At least in the linux and solaris server installs/upgrades I've done,
> removing the server packages doesn't alter the /nsr directory, so all
> of that information is preserved. I usually try to copy all the /nsr
> data over to a second test system and run the upgrade there first. That
> way you get a heads up for things like upgrade enablers, and can verify
> restores/indexes still work on the new platform before you upgrade your
> live server.
>
> Dave
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