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Re: [Networker] Upgrading
2009-06-29 06:14:28
On 29/06/2009, at 20:01 , Stan Horwitz wrote:
From: "Khan, Sami" <sami AT essex.ac DOT uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:57:36 +0100
To: Stan Horwitz <stan AT temple DOT edu>, EMC NetWorker discussion
<NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
Subject: RE: [Networker] Upgrading
Sorry forgot to mention that, we are running 1 backup server and 2
storage nodes (all windows 2003) on dell hardware with xeon 3GHz
and 3GB
ram on all servers, backing up around 100 servers. The ADIC Scalar
100
is also supported.
Before you do the NetWorker upgrade, make sure Windows 2003 is
updated and
patched on all three boxes. In your environment, it probably would
be best
at this point to go right to 7.5.1.
Disregarding any 7.5.x vs 7.4.4 discussion, also make sure you:
(a) Have your update enablers authorised and ready
(b) Do a proper, full index backup (e.g., "savegrp -O -l full
groupName" for a group that has all clients in it); copying indices is
all well and good, but EMC don't recommend it in their documentation
and thus if you want a good fall-back scenario that is _supported_ you
should do the full index backup.
(c) Ensure that you upgrade the storage nodes and the backup server
together. It is no longer the case that having mixed versions for the
server and storage node(s) could be recommended.
Cheers,
Preston.
--
Preston de Guise
"Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery: A Corporate Insurance Policy":
http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Systems-Backup-Recovery-Corporate/dp/1420076396
http://www.enterprisesystemsbackup.com
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