Nope, no redo, Thank God. All my classes, schedules, pools, etc were all
there. I didn't want to reconstruct any of that and I would have been real
peeved if I had to redo anything. I did go in and change the schedule for
my "monthly" class in order to convert from 4-week based scheduling to
calendar (first-of-month) based scheduling -- the main reason why I wanted
4.5 in the first place.
BTW, I had to do my first file restore this morning, using 4.5 with a
file written via NB 3.4. No problems, got my file back.
--- Jeff
On Wed, 22 May 2002, Jeff Kennedy wrote:
> Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 06:21:12 -0700
> From: Jeff Kennedy <jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com>
> To: Jeff A. Earickson <jaearick AT colby DOT edu>
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup upgrade from 3.4 to 4.5 -success!
>
> One quick question; did you have to redo anything after the upgrade?
> Classes, schedules, etc...?
>
> Thanks.
>
> ~JK
>
> "Jeff A. Earickson" wrote:
> >
> > Y'all,
> >
> > I upgraded from Netbackup 3.4 to 4.5 on a Solaris 8 system (L20 tape
> > robot) with zero problems yesterday. It went really smooth. I put the
> > cdrom in, su'ed to root, ran the install script on the cdrom, followed
> > the instructions, no problem. My comments about the procedure are:
> >
> > * the booklet you get with Veritas 4.5 isn't really useful for the actual
> > upgrade, just for all the possible gotchas. You ought to read the
> > book before the upgrade, but don't expect any step-by-step instructions
> > for the actual install. There ought to be some!!!
> >
> > * For Solaris, the first thing the install script wants you to do is remove
> > the prior copy of Netbackup and Volume Manager. I found this to be scary.
> > I didn't want to loose my setup and catalog information. I tarred up
> > my old /usr/openv directory before starting, to cover my ass. Then
> > I ran pkgrm for the two packages. One question you get asked during
> > the package remove is "Are you doing this remove as part of an
> > upgrade?". I answered yes. I would guess that if you answer no,
> > then you blow away all of your setup and catalog information too.
> > The Veritas book should explain this in detail. Beware.
> >
> > Netbackup 4.5 gets a thumbs up. The Java GUI is much more stable than 3.4.
> > With jnbSA in 3.4 I got a lot of thread exceptions and crashes; I ended
> > up using bpadm a lot instead. No crashes with the GUI in 4.5. The
> > calendar feature of 4.5 is a big winner. Now I can do my monthly backups
> > on the first of the month without guessing when they might run.
> >
> > ** 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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> Jeff Kennedy
> Unix Administrator
> AMCC
> jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com
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