IMHO, I would upgrade to 6.5 first, then move to the cluster. My reasoning
for this is that upgrading to 6.5 is not trivial, so the more stable the
system when you do the upgrade the smoother it should go. After that you can
move to the cluster. I should also be easier since all the pieces of the
"database" will now be on one server instead spread out all over the place
(assuming you have multiple media servers). Of course this is just my
opinion others may disagree. Either way, good luck. And don't forget NBCC,
NBCC, NBCC, NBCC then NBCC. :)


Regards,
 
Patrick Whelan
VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for UNIX.
VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for Windows.

netbackup AT whelan-consulting.co DOT uk


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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of UlrichJU
Sent: 08 September 2008 19:53
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup 5.1 upgrade


We have a Netbackup 5.1 master running on HP-UX that we need to upgrade.
We have purchased two new servers and the end goal is to be running
Netbackup 6.5 in a service guard cluster on the two new servers.  My
question is in what order is it best to do this.   Do we move to a cluster
at version 5.1 and then upgrade or do we upgrade on the existing older
server and then move to the cluster after the upgrade is complete?

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