Let me make sure I read this correctly...you want to upggrade from
Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 8 and as a result, you have to reinstall NBU?

That seems a bit extreme to have to reinstall your application software
after upgrading the OS.  Is this a 2.6 -> 8 thing or does NBU have to be
reinstalled on a Solaris 8 to Solaris 9 upgrade as well?  I ask, because
we are considering upgrading our media server clusters to Solaris 9.

On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 17:45, Larry Kingery wrote:
> > Hi List,
> > 
> > We are planning to upgrade one of our media servers from Solaris 2.6
> > to Solaris 8.  This will require a reinstallation of NetBackup 4.5
> > and also a patch install to MP4.  That piece seems straight forward
> > enough.
> > 
> > However, I am not certain how I should proceed with getting the
> > media server's database and image pieces back.  My plan is to do
> > something like the following:
> > 
> >  - We currently backup (via the NetBackup catalog) the following
> >  - pieces from the media server:
> >         
> >       /usr/openv/var
> >       /usr/openv/netbackup/db
> >       /usr/openv/volmgr/databases
> > 
> >  - If I (after the NetBackup install and patching) run a bprecover
> > of the following files, will my environment be back to what it was
> > prior to the OS upgrade?  Are we missing files? I realize I will
> > have to save my bp.conf and other customizations, etc.  My big
> > concern is being able to run restores from images that were run on
> > this media server prior to the upgrade.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
> 
> The upgrade will probably replace your st.conf, so you'll want to
> reapply any changes immediately.  You may have to update /etc/services
> and inetd.conf, which you can do with install_bp if you like.  You'll
> also probably have to reinstall the sg driver stuff using sg.install.
> 
> BTW, the one file that you really care about is mediaDB (assuming
> you've got the volume database host set to the master, if not also
> include volDB).  Everything else can be recreated if necessary.
> 
> You might also want to update the client (media server) in the policy
> to Solaris 8.  I don't believe it's going to do anything or matter in
> any way, but it's probably wise to be accurate anyway.
> 
> >     
> > Diane Meeker
> > 
> > --
> > Diane Meeker           ladydi AT virginia DOT edu    
> > University of Virginia        434-924-4182
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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