Our Solaris 9 Master Server is running NB_5.1 MP6 on a V480.
What I want to do is to bring up Solaris 10 on a T2000, install NB_5.1 MP6
then upgrade to NB_6.0MP4.  I heard that it would be better to upgrade
Netbackup on the existing server then transfer to the T2000, but there is
not enough disk on the current computer for NB 6.0.  Bringing up a new
server with NB_5.1 also leaves a fall back plan in-case the upgrade fails.
I can switch back to the V480. I am thinking about adding new media pools
and have the new server back up new tapes so the old master catalog
will stay synchronized if I have to go back. Why is it better to upgrade
Netbackup before migrating to the new platform?

Thanks Carl Mathews
University of Arkansas


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Ed Wilts ewilts at ewilts.org
Tue May 29 22:00:45 CDT 2007


The general rule of thumb is to always do as few changes as possible to
minimize the risk of things going seriously wrong.  As long as 5.1MP6 is
supported on RHEL 2.1 (I assumed you've checked - I haven't), you're
taking the right approach by upgrading to 5.1MP6 first.  Once you have
that upgrade complete, let it stabilize for a while then build up your new
system. There's really no catalog migration - you can rsync the /usr/openv
tree to the RHEL 4 system - shut down the RHEL 2.1 system, change the RHEL
4 system host name back to what the original system name was, and then
re-run the device configuration setup.

Don't try and change names on your master during your migration - that
will
just get you in trouble.

        .../Ed
--
Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP
mailto:ewilts at ewilts.org
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