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Re: [Veritas-bu] Master server upgrade
2010-08-13 14:20:19
This is a basic list of what I've done
this in the past:
1) Configure new server to match your
old server as much as possible and where applicable (interface configuration,
filesystems, NBU patch level, tape config, etc.).
2) Shut down NBU on original
3) Tar up the entire /usr/openv directory
4) Copy tarball over to new server
5) Untar on new server
6) Swap the hostname and IP so that
the new server is the same name (this is a requirement to keept NBU working
properly)
The tar of the entire /usr/openv directory
will capture all your config files, settings, scripts, etc. Installing
and patching NBU to the new server will ensure that everything will function
properly when you untar it. I've done this on several NBU servers with
success. Most were going from Solaris 9 to 10, but one or two were Solaris
8 and the process didn't seem to be any different. This takes us most of
the day to get this completed, but NBU will need to be down anyway to ensure
everything is in sync. You could even mirror/rsync the filesystem to the
new server or if you have /usr/openv on external storage you swing it over
to the new server when that is ready. Regardless of your solution to this
problem, if you don't have much experience with the chosen method, I would
highly recommend doing this in a test/lab configuration first and prepare
a list of steps.
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List,
I'm planning a Netbackup server upgrade from Solaris 8
sparc to Solaris 10 on CMT (T5120) and I wondered if anyone might have
a check list or plan that might have been used to do a similar upgrade?
The master is the only server in the environment.
At a high level I know I need to do the following...
1. Install the solaris 10 system and get netbackup installed
on the new system.
2. Stop netbackup on the old server.
3. Restore the catalog to the new server
4. Configure Storage Units on the new server.
Questions:
1. How are the licenses moved from the old server to the
new server?
2. Does the catalog restore include the policies or are
they restored some other way?
3. What are the gotchas I might try to avoid?
Thanks for any experiences you might be willing to share.
Vic
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