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Hampus
We just went through such an upgrade at a client site and here is a quick
summary of our experience:
1) Actual upgrade is smooth enough (don't forget to immediately apply the
current Service Pack, number 1)
2) Try and leave clients alone as they will work fine and you'll have a
harder time trouble shooting if you change everything all at once.
3) If you use the SAP agent anywhere; those machines clients and their
agents MUST be upgraded to 4.5 as the 3.4 SAP agent will NOT work with a 4.5
master!
4) The Unix based Java Administrative GUI sucks wind. Badly. Not only that
but it its activity monitor reports plain old wrong job status information.
As does the detail behind bpdbjobs. We haven't run with the Windows
administrative console much yet because it requires that these PCs be listed
as servers in the bp.conf file. All NBU systems at this site sit on a
private network and we cannot route to/from it to where the adminstrative
PCs are located. (Stupid design on Veritas' behalf if you ask me...)
5) Unless your image catalog is huge, don't bother converting it. Just let
the old images stay in ascii format.
6) The new binary job database, although it content is badly hosed, is
reported on nice and fast, FWIW.
If the client hadn't needed storage unit grouping so storage units could be
prioritized we would never have upgraded.
Just my $.02
-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Hampus Lind
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 4:14 AM
To: Veritas maillista
Subject: [Veritas-bu] upgrade 3.4.1 to 4.5
Hi.
I`am about to carry out a upgrade from Netbackup DataCenter 3.4.1 to 4.5.
Has any one had problem with this? Or maybe some good pointers?
We have Netbackup DataCenter 3.4.1 master and media server in the same
hp-ux 11.00 server. Out clients are everything from NetWare, Windows,
solaris, hpux to informix database agents.
Tanks in advance
Hampus
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D650514612-20092002>Hampus</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D650514612-20092002>We=20
just went through such an upgrade at a client site and here is a quick =
summary=20
of our experience:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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Actual upgrade is smooth enough (don't forget to immediately apply the =
current=20
Service Pack, number 1)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D650514612-20092002>2) Try=20
and leave clients alone as they will work fine and you'll have a harder =
time=20
trouble shooting if you change everything all at =
once.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D650514612-20092002>3)=20
<STRONG>If you use the SAP agent anywhere; those machines clients and =
their=20
agents MUST be upgraded to 4.5 as the 3.4 SAP agent will NOT work with a =
4.5=20
master!</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D650514612-20092002>4) The=20
Unix based Java Administrative GUI sucks wind. Badly. Not =
only that=20
but it its activity monitor reports plain old wrong job status=20
information. As does the detail behind bpdbjobs. We haven't =
run with=20
the Windows administrative console much yet because it requires that =
these PCs=20
be listed as servers in the bp.conf file. All NBU systems at this =
site sit=20
on a private network and we cannot route to/from it to where the =
adminstrative=20
PCs are located. (Stupid design on Veritas' behalf if you ask=20
me...)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D650514612-20092002>5)=20
Unless your image catalog is huge, don't bother converting it. =
Just let=20
the old images stay in ascii format.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D650514612-20092002>6) The=20
new binary job database, although it content is badly hosed, is reported =
on nice=20
and fast, FWIW.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D650514612-20092002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D650514612-20092002>If the=20
client hadn't needed storage unit grouping so storage units could be =
prioritized=20
we would never have upgraded.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D650514612-20092002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D650514612-20092002>Just=20
my $.02</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20
veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu=20
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]<B>On Behalf Of =
</B>Hampus=20
Lind<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 20, 2002 4:14 AM<BR><B>To:</B> =
Veritas=20
maillista<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Veritas-bu] upgrade 3.4.1 to=20
4.5<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I`am about to carry out a =
upgrade from=20
Netbackup DataCenter 3.4.1 to 4.5.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Has any one had problem with =
this? Or=20
maybe some good pointers? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We have Netbackup DataCenter 3.4.1 =
master and=20
media server in the same hp-ux 11.00 server. Out clients are =
everything from=20
NetWare, Windows, solaris, hpux to informix database =
agents.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tanks in advance</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Hampus</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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