Re: [Networker] Q about upgrading from NW 7.5.2 to 7.6.2

I haven't been checking the listserv lately so forgive me if this is a repeat 
question.

We are currently on 7.5.3.2 and will be upgrading to 7.6.2.  We currently are 
using VMWare VCB backups for our virtuals.  We have a proxy server for the VCB 
backups of the virtuals (the server where VMWare takes the servers and breaks 
them down into files, where Networker then backs up the files from)

In reading the docs for Networker 7.6.2 and the chance to VADP, it states that 
version 7.6.2 will still support VCB backups with a 7.6.1 proxy node.  It 
appears you can continue using VCB as long as you don't upgrade the proxy 
storage node to 7.6.2.   If you want to "convert" to using VADP on the proxy 
storage node, you have to run a process that will convert your clients to the 
new VDAP process.  I assume that that process make it impossible to "go back" 
to using VCB once you do that.

Has anyone using VBC already done the upgrade to 7.6.2 and done the VADP 
"conversion"?  Just wondering how that was done..if you still continued to use 
VCB with a 7.6.1 proxy storage node for a while or just went "whole hog" and 
did the conversion at the same time.  Looking for any insights before we bite 
the bullet.

Kevin


Kevin Malone
Network Administrator
Information Technology
Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD 21801



-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Francis Swasey
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:34 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Q about upgrading from NW 7.5.2 to 7.6.2

On 8/2/11 9:24 AM, Michael Leone wrote:
> I'm planning on upgrading my Win NW 7.5.2 server (and 7 storage nodes) to 
> NW 7.6.2. I remember the last couple times I upgraded, I just ran the 
> upgrade - I did not uninstall first, which is the recommended method by 
> the Networker Procedure Generator. So my question is: if I uninstall 
> Networker, won't it remove all my history? I'd really prefer not to have 
> to do a "mmrecov" and "nsrck -L7". So how can I keep all my clients, media 
> history, etc? 

Are you re-installing the OS, or just installing a new version of NW?  When you 
uninstall NW,
it doesn't delete the /nsr directory, so all the history remains.   I've never 
had a problem
with uninstalling the previous version of NW and then installing the new 
version.  In July, I
upgraded from 7.5.4 to 7.6.2 (on 64-bit Linux) by uninstalling the older 
version and installing
the newer version.

Frank

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