About the licenses.
The licenses are encrypted at /usr/openv/var directory and contains the name
of the master server. If you copy the entire /usr/openv, then you will have
no problem.
This command will help you to extract the licenses, if you want them
bpminlicense -list_keys [-verbose ]

stefanos

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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Master server upgrade

I've used the method of swinging the SAN attached /usr/openv/ over to the
new server and it worked perfectly.  TAR will have the same affect.

As other have mentioned... Make sure you new system has NetBackup installed
before hand,  Test out the new server to make sure everything works on it
before the move, and make sure you re-name the new server to have the exact
same name(s) and network connections as the old one did or you will have
issues.

As for licenses, copy them down from the get_license_keys command, or
there's another one that I can't remember the name of that will spit them
out in a more CSV friendly format.

I believe the catalog restore includes everything form the old system,
including configuration.

Even if your devices are exactly the same on the new system, I still
recommend deleting all the old devices from the configuration, and re-do
your entire device configuration after the move.


Victor Engle wrote:
> 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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