Bobby,
We always:
shutdown all netbackup processes
tar cvf /largedir/openv.tar ./usr/openv/*
before we do upgrades.
I have had to restore from this type of tar file and it works perfectly on the
same system/hardware/library that it was made on. You can then whack away at
all the /installpath/openv/stuff you want and you'll have a quick way out.
Remember that this tar file will contain your database, so it could be big -
ours, for example, is several gigabytes.
Mickey Baker
-----Original Message-----
From: Bobby Ramirez <BobbyR AT belkin DOT com>
Sent: Nov 21, 2003 11:08 AM
To: "Veritas-Bu (E-mail)" <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Maintenance Pack NB_45_5_M install BEST PRACTICES
Believe it or not we have not applied any maintenance packs since upgrading to
4.5.
I am looking for samples of "best practices" for installing NB Maint patches.
We have a Sun 2.8 server as the Master, and also functions as a media server.
Have 2 other Sun media servers, and 2 HP-UX media servers. The veritas
documentation just mentions running,
/bin/sh Vrts_pack.install, then update the clients using update_clients, etc.
Not much on their site about backing up the previous install or catalog via an
OS backup, or coping it somewhere. Or how to recover from a back upgrade.
I asume the Master/Media server should be done first, then the other media
servers, then the clients. Is the update_clients script smart enough to what
needs to be updated on a media server? I would just like more head-up, and
gotchas kind of information.
Bobby Ramirez
UNIX Systems Administrator
Belkin Corporation
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