Ok, so was the actual upgrade as simple as they make it seem in the
guide?
~JK
Geoffrey Hazel wrote:
>
> Sorry, when I said "convert" I meant "re-enter in 4.5 by hand". My main
> point was that you can still transition the vaults to 4.5 one by one and
> use the old vault param files in the interim, you don't have to re-setup
> everything right away.
>
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> | | "Robinson, Gina" |
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> | To: Geoffrey Hazel/Seattle/Contr/IBM@IBMUS, "Robinson, Gina"
> <Gina.Robinson AT trw DOT com> |
> | cc: jaearick AT colby DOT edu, jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com,
> veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu, |
> | veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
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> | Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] upgrade from NB 3.4 to 4.5?
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>
> That may be true, but I think what they meant by "convert" is that you have
> to create
> the vault using the 4.5 GUI. You can't simply upgrade the vault from 3.4
> to 4.5.
> I heard it straight from the horses mouth Veritas) that you can't convert
> dup_param
> files in 4.5 from 3.4 in an upgrade fashion. I specifically asked can you
> simply
> upgrade from 3.4 to 4.5........the answer, "No, you have to create the
> vaults from
> scratch". I'm planning ahead based on what I've heard.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey Hazel [mailto:geoffh AT us.ibm DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:46 PM
> To: Robinson, Gina
> Cc: jaearick AT colby DOT edu; jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com;
> veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu;
> veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] upgrade from NB 3.4 to 4.5?
>
> At our little get-together today, they said that 3.4 vault will still run
> with NBU 4.5. You could then convert your dup_param files over to 4.5 one
> by one as you wish.
>
> |---------+--------------------------------------->
> | | "Robinson, Gina" |
> | | <Gina.Robinson AT trw DOT com> |
> | | Sent by: |
> | | veritas-bu-admin AT mailman DOT eng|
> | | .auburn.edu |
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> | | 05/16/02 01:27 PM |
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> | To: jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com, jaearick AT colby DOT edu
> |
> | cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> |
> | Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] upgrade from NB 3.4 to 4.5?
> |
> |
> |
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>
> I haven't done the upgrade myself. However, at the Veritas conference I
> learned
> that if you have the BPVault Extension Product that you need a license for
> it and
> that you will have to reconfigure the dup vaults from scratch. The
> reconfiguration
> is required since BPVault has a GUI interface in 4.5 and does away, in some
> part,
> with the dup_param files.
>
> Gina G. Robinson
> TRW Network Administration
> (310) 813-4202 - Office
> (310) 389-8550 - Pager
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Kennedy [mailto:jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 1:13 PM
> To: Jeff A. Earickson
> Cc: Veritas Netbackup List
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] upgrade from NB 3.4 to 4.5?
>
> Huh, I was just sitting here contemplating sending the same e-mail.....
>
> ~JK
>
> "Jeff A. Earickson" wrote:
> >
> > Y'all,
> >
> > Has anybody made the leap from Netbackup 3.4 to 4.5 already? How did
> > it go? I run 3.4 on a Solaris box and my copy of 4.5 landed on my desk
> > today. I'm wondering what pain lies ahead for me.
> >
> > ** Jeff A. Earickson, Ph.D PHONE: 207-872-3659
> > ** Senior UNIX Sysadmin, Information Technology EMAIL:
> jaearick AT colby DOT edu
> > ** Colby College, 4214 Mayflower Hill, FAX: 207-872-3076
> > ** Waterville ME, 04901-8842
> >
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