yes, all of the clients are at the latest patch, but it seemed every server
operation was taking a bit more time than usual. So I don't think it is the
client.
For what its worth, it seems to be running fairly well now...
David
-----Original Message-----
From: W. Curtis Preston [mailto:curtis AT colltech DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 1:47 PM
To: David A. Chapa; Henfling, Timothy
Cc: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrading 3.2 to 3.4 in a NT and Unix
Environment
Did you have 3.2 clients backing up to these 3.4 servers? If so, did you
apply the latest jumbo patch to them?
At 08:32 AM 11/8/00 -0600, David A. Chapa wrote:
>I was less than impressed with the NT upgrade (Unix
>always has gone smooth). While the master server
>seemed to go okay, on the media server the
>installer 'crashed' on me. Just went away! It didn't
>finish the serialization of the robotics and drives and
>as well as the last few steps of the upgrade. When I
>re-ran the install I had an option to repair the
>install, which I did and everything seemed to install.
>
>I did install the lastest 3.4 DataCenter patch to both
>Master and Media during this upgrade. During my
>testing, I found however that the servers seemed to be
>much slower than before (queued jobs, none active).
>Jobs were erroring out that were destined for the media
>server with a 219 (storage unit unavailable).
>Everything was there and it wasn't clear why it was
>erroring, but after rebooting the master and media
>server (the installer by the way doesn't require a
>reboot), the jobs worked just fine.
>
>I'm usually quite positive about NBU upgrades, but this
>one had me a bit uneasy, perhaps its just NT.
>
>David
>
>Quoting "Henfling, Timothy" <TMHenfling AT homeside DOT com>:
>
> > I'm upgrading my NT and Unix Environment from
>Netbackup 3.2 to 3.4 and was
> > wondering if anyone has had a major problem or hit a
>stumbling block during
> > their upgrades.
> >
> > I'm verifying all my licenses especially the robotic
>licenses. Also I'm
> > ensuring the all my clients are at the highest jumbo
>patch possible.
> > Besides these two points is there anything else I
>should be aware of before
> > starting this upgrade.
> >
> > any inputs will be greatly appreciative.
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tim Henfling, MSCE, CNA
> > HomeSide Lending, Inc.
> > (904) 281-3427
> > Fax (904) 281-3939
> > tmhenfling AT homeside DOT com
> >
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