1) Yes, you have to stop the services. After stopping the services, I would 
copy the entire NSR directory somewhere else so if you have to undo the 
upgrade, it will be easy. Depending on the size of your indices, this may or 
may not be easy.

2) It's a good idea to make sure that the catalog is consistent before any 
upgrade. The nsrim -X, nsrck -m won't take much time, but be prepared for a 
long process for the "nsrck -L6".

3) Yes, and you must. The one hard rule is that the server and all storage 
nodes have to be the same version.


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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of psoni
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:19 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Upgrade to 7.4 SP3 ( Windows )

Hi,

[1] Do i have to stop any services before the upgrade ?

[2] I read that networker catalog consistency checking is required with the 
following commands 
    
nsrim -X
nsrck -m
nsrck -L6

Is it only for the networker server ?

[3] Can i upgrade storage nodes after  upgrading  the n/w server ?

Thanks

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