[Veritas-bu] Re: NetBackup 6.0 master with 5.x media servers

Windows is for me :-)

Regards

Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:jpiszcz.backup AT gmail DOT com] 
Sent: 03 April 2006 15:41
To: WEAVER, Simon
Cc: NBUList (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Re: NetBackup 6.0 master with 5.x media servers


Should be on their website, it is called:

NetBackup Installation guide for UNIX and Linux

Will e-mail it to you (the windows one too :P)


On 4/3/06, WEAVER, Simon <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net> wrote:
>
> Justin
> Any chance of seeing this doc? Sorry im a bit late on coming on board, 
> but looking to move to NBU 6 soon, so would like to know of any pros 
> or cons or lack of upgrade!
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
>
> Simon Weaver
> 3rd Line Technical Support
> Windows Domain Administrator
>
> EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
> Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
>
> Email: Simon.Weaver AT Astrium-eads DOT net
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:jpiszcz.backup AT gmail DOT com]
> Sent: 03 April 2006 15:29
> To: NBUList (E-mail)
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Re: NetBackup 6.0 master with 5.x media servers
>
>
> Looking more closely at the doc it appears that NB will "know" about 
> the NB 5.x media servers and I just run that command once for 
> compatibility, so it will work just fine with the NB media servers, 
> right?
>
> On 4/3/06, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz.backup AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> > In the upgrade doc it says:
> >
> > To configure 5.x media servers for compatibility with 6.0 
> > environments NetBackup 6.0 provides backlevel support for media 
> > servers running NetBackup 5.0MP4 (or later) or 5.1. This enables you 
> > to upgrade some or all of your media servers to NetBackup 6.0 at a 
> > later time. However, you must modify the configuration slightly so 
> > version 5.x media servers work in the NetBackup 6.0 environment. 1. 
> > Run the nbpushdata -modify_5x_hosts command on the NetBackup 6.0 
> > master servers that administer the media servers that you want to 
> > remain at version 5.x. Note The command option is literally 
> > modify_5x_hosts, and uses the character x rather than a version 
> > number. Do not type either modify_50_hosts or modify_51_hosts. 
> > /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/nbpushdata -modify_5x_hosts 60 NetBackup 
> > Installation Guide for UNIX and Linux Upgrading NetBackup on UNIX 
> > Servers and Clients 2. Repeat step 1 on any additional master 
> > servers that administer media server(s) you are not upgrading to 
> > version 6.0. You only need to run this command once on each 
> > applicable master server.
> >
> > So we just run: nbpushdata -modify_5x_hosts hostname1
> >                        nbpushdata -modify_5x_hosts hostname2
> >
> > (after the nbpushdata -add)
> >
> > For each NetBackup media server that still resides on NB 5.x?
> >
> > Justin.
> >
>
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