Re: [Veritas-bu] Most recent stable release?

Sure, but Dean's original post described a plan to upgrade his Win2k3 media servers AND move them into his Linux-mastered 6.5.2 environment at the same time.

My point is that he can actually go ahead and one-step that process (move in first, then upgrade once bound to the 6.5.2 master), he just has to be careful not to target the added media server with any 6.5.2 clients. (Unless what you say about disk STUs is true, but I don't believe that it is: I think that's restricted to 6.0 flat through MP2, when EMM was just new to the scene. Further back you're in full-on compat mode, and that still functions with tape.)

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From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org]
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:31 PM
To: Rosenkoetter, Gabriel
Cc: Dean; List Veritas List
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Most recent stable release?

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Rosenkoetter, Gabriel <Gabriel.Rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz> wrote:

Ed, I don't see where what you've quoted states that, nor do I see it stated in the relevant documentation myself. The only discussion of 5.x I see at http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/264767.htm is under the points specific to NetBackup 6.0 ("A 6.0 master will work with 5.1 and 5.0MP1 (or later) media servers. NetBackup 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 or later is the minimum required version for a 5.x Media server in a 6.0 environment. See TechNote 278153 for additional details.")

Have you tried yourself and found this limitation?

Nope - we don't keep our master and media servers that far apart with releases.

The text you quote explicitly avoids mentioning anything below 6.0, but you're saying it applies to prior releases...?

That's the way I interpret it but I could be wrong. In any case, if you read 290141 that you referenced earlier, it says:

Upgrading 5.x media servers and clients to 6.5.x is an optional step, although it is strongly recommended.
NetBackup 5.x media servers are supported in a NetBackup 6.5.x environment. However, clients that are
upgraded to NetBackup 6.5.x cannot be backed up to NetBackup 5.x or 6.0 media servers. In addition, 5.x media
servers and clients will not be supported in the next major release of NetBackup. Therefore, it is recommended
that you update all 5.x media servers and clients to NetBackup 6.5.x to avoid compatibility issues.

5.1 has also reached its end of standard support. You could certainly try a 6.5.x master with a 5.1 media server, but you're pretty much on your own if you do and you can't back up clients that are newer than 5.1 (remember that media servers have to be at a release newer than the clients).

.../Ed

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