Hi,

Justin.

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010, Rusty.Major AT sungard DOT com wrote:

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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