Hi,
On 05/02/2009, at 03:57 , J. Carlson wrote:
I'm currently on 7.4 (Solaris server with Windows clients). I would
like to
upgrade to at least 7.4.1 in order to be able to backup Linux
clients as
well (I have extra client connections).
1) Should I just upgrade to 7.4.1 to get the functionality I need (I
don't
really need any of the newer features in 7.4.2 - 7.4.4 at this time)
or
should I go to 7.4.4? 7.5 appears to have some issues so it's not
even
under consideration at this time.
No, upgrade to 7.4.4. Forget extra functionality, the number of bug
fixes as cited by the release notes should be reason enough to upgrade
to 7.4 SP4.
3) To upgrade from 7.4 to 7.4.x do I need to uninstall 7.4 or can I
run the
upgrade right over my existing 7.4 installation? I read in the
installation
guide that a direct upgrade is not supported, but I'm not clear if
that was
specific to upgrading from 7.3 or for any and all upgrades.
For Solaris, you typically have to do an uninstall/reinstall, though
this leaves all configuration files in place.
For Windows, you should be able to just run the new installer; it will
update the existing install. In previous versions of NetWorker this
wasn't so good an option, but for the 7.4.x tree it has been
particularly stable.
4) any issues I should be aware about in upgrading from 7.4 to 7.4.x?
You'd be best reading the release notes and see whether there's any
cited "known issues and limitations" in there that may affect your
particular site.
Cheers,
Preston.
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