Hello,

Upgrading OS was perhaps a poor choice of words since we are really
doing an OS replacement via jumpstart; therefore the application packages
will have to be reinstalled. 

Diane


> From: Jack L. Forester <jack.l.forester AT lmco DOT com>
> To: nbu-list <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Upgrading the OS on NetBackup media server
> 
> 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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> > Larry Kingery
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