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Hi all,

I am presently using NBU3.4.1 on HP-UX 11.0 and under Veritas support. 
Do I qualify for a free upgrade to NBU4.5?

Sridhar

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kennedy" <jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com>
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 6:48 pm
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup upgrade from 3.4 to 4.5 -success!

> Jeff,
> 
> Many thanks for the update.  I have my copy of 4.5 staring at me right
> now and have been hesitant to upgrade because I go on vacation 
> Friday...
> Maybe now I'll do it anyway...)
> 
> ~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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