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[Veritas-bu] Netbackup upgrade 5.1MP5 to 6.0MP4 problems

2007-04-15 13:42:21
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup upgrade 5.1MP5 to 6.0MP4 problems
From: jpiszcz at lucidpixels.com (Justin Piszcz)
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:42:21 -0400 (EDT)
I had the same issues, you need to re-discover all of the missing devices 
or do it from hand.  Once you fix that though -- you should be ok.

Make sure you follow the upgrade procedure revision B and also when you 
install ICS, do not use FQDN.


Justin.

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, Wessam Aly wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I started an upgrade of my netbackup server (HPUX 11.11) from 5.1 MP5 to
> netbackup 6.0MP4. everything seemed to be going smoothly and no errors
> were reported in the installation phase.
>
> However, when I started my checks, I found out that only the policies
> have been migrated. All device and livrary definitions are gone ! And
> whats worse, is that all the media information is gone !
>
> I tried to run the graphical wizard to re-detect drives, an error was
> reported by the EMM server and the wizard cancelled out before detecting
> anything.
>
> I'll try to restore back my original nb5.1 enviroment but I wanted to
> understand what went wrong as I need to upgrade soon.
>
> PS: I'm the kind of guy who doesn't really have time to read a 100 page
> installation manual, I'd like to do things fast !
>
> Thanks all,
> Wessam Aly
> Waly at NOSPAM AT mobinil DOT com
>
>
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