~Ed
Well that's not strictly correct - what you could do is perform a
"migration" to 6.0 rather than an upgrade :-)

1) Implement new NBU Server
2) upgrade old NBU Clients to latest version and ensure they can communicate
with your new Master
3) Configure with your existing hardware tape robotic library
4) Attempt backups.

I was fortunate enough to migrate 3.4 to 5.1 as the 3.4 master used a very
old robot and 5.1 used LTO HP ESL Library.

Its another option - Upgrade may be a problem, especially if there are
issues with the DB (I think I may have mentioned this!)

Regards

Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org] 
Sent: 13 July 2006 12:54
To: WEAVER, Simon
Cc: 'Steve.Bally at radisys.com'; Veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 6.0 Upgrade Checklist


On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:23:47AM +0100, WEAVER, Simon wrote:
> Steve
> There is a Veritas Installation Guide (PDF) that is well worth a read. 
> It is not long, and gives some good clear breakdowns as to how to 
> upgrade or move or install a clean version of 6.0
>  
> >From my perspective (and being a Win2k3 setup) my checklist would be
>  
> 1) Ensure FULL compatability with current setup

One thing we noticed was that 3.4 clients now fail with 6.  We had a few old
NT4 systems still running 3.4 that never got upgraded.  They should be
upgraded before you upgrade if you have any still out there.

> As for MP..... dodgy one really - MP3 is (I think the latest) readily 
> available, however concerns about bugs and being a bit unreliable 
> makes me wonder what is the best MP to use.

MP3 is better than the previous MPs. However, that doesn't mean it's good
enough yet.

> If you have a veritas support agreement, go with MP3

If you don't, don't even think about going to 6!

        .../Ed

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