Re: [Networker] Upgrade from Networker 7.2 to 7.4 Sp3

Don't be surprised if 7.4.4 doesn't work for you, either. 

We have 2 - 7.4.4 servers, one working properly, but it has only 10
clients.  Our other server, which has over 100 clients, is constantly
not working, and we have to reboot daily, sometimes multiple times in
one day.  EMC has been unable to figure it out.  They are going to
monitor backups with me tonight, between 8pm and midnight, and see what
they can figure out.  Until then, our main production backup server will
stay on 7.2.2.  

Hopefully, if you have only 20 clients, it won't be an issue for you. 

David M. Browning Jr.
IT Project Coordinator Enterprise Backups and Help Desk

 

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Chester Martin
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 9:07 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Upgrade from Networker 7.2 to 7.4 Sp3

FYI...Two issues I know of with 7.4.3:
- 7.4.3's owner notification is broken, emc has a patch for it. 7.4.4
also fixes this.
- With 7.4.3 you won't be able to see any output in the monitoring tab
for ndmp jobs.  The fix is to go to 7.4.4.



-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Preston de Guise
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 3:13 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Upgrade from Networker 7.2 to 7.4 Sp3

On 09/03/2009, at 19:03 , kurianv wrote:

> hi preston,
> thanks for the reply....so it means we can use the old license
> itself to activate the old clients itself rite ?

There is effectively no activation. If the client is using a license
now, it will continue to use a license after the upgrade.

> And for the bug..i hav hrd about it..but i did not seriously
> consider this ? do u have any link to this issue being posted
> anywhere like powerlink or anywhere itself ? i am really concerned
> after u told about this bug ? what is it related to?

All versions of NetWorker have bugs/known issues - same as for any
software. What I was referring to was that each version of NetWorker
gets updated release notes that include lists of "known issues"; what
I was referring to was that unless you're planning to go to 7.4.3
because of differences between the "known issues" in the 7.4.3 release
notes and the 7.4.4 release notes, you should go to 7.4.4.

Cheers,

Preston.


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