Thanks Jeff
Hoping to get as many responses
as possible.
We were asked by a customer in a
(fairly) large environment to provide recommended firmware and driver info. I
am merely prepared to give what is in the Compatibility List. There are
separate teams for everything – SAN, O/S (separate Windows and Unix team),
Backup. Backup team has VERY limited access to servers (sudo access to NBU
commands only on Solaris servers, local admin on Windows). Which team should be
responsible for gathering and implementing firmware/driver updates?
The installation is about 2
years old and no updates have been done since the original installation.
NetBackup has been patched several times.
From: Lightner, Jeff [mailto:jlightner AT water DOT com]
Sent: 12 May 2010 02:03 PM
To: Marianne Van Den Berg; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Off Topic: Firmware and driver versions?
I don’t see that at all – the switches and HBAs are
SAN/Network technology that deal with the transport of data and aren’t
directly addressed by NetBackup per se. NetBackup compatibility should
have to do with what OS they’ll run on and what storage medium
they’ll work on – it should be up to the HBA and storage vendors to
determine what will get data between the two of them.
In any scenario where you have multiple vendors involved
you’re apt to find something in your overall solution that isn’t on
everyone’s compatibility list. There’s been many a
complicated environment I’ve worked on where one piece or another
wasn’t “supported” but worked just fine and had to be
there. If you hold back on constituent applications or hardware
waiting for it to be in the matrix you’re apt to find that by the time it
is something else has gone EOL so no longer is.
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Marianne
Van Den Berg
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 7:54 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Off Topic: Firmware and driver versions?
Another Off Topic question:
In a big SSO environment with
mixed O/S media servers attached to tape and disk (via different HBA’s)
– who dictates what driver/firmware versions should be used on tape
drives, hba’s, switches?
The NBU hardware compatibility
list is very basic and list ‘tested’ versions for tape drives, not
recommended.
As far as switches and
HBA’s are concerned, the compatibility guide says: “Consult the
hardware vendor's web site for up-to-date firmware and driver updates.”
My viewpoint is that the tape
vendor should supply all these compatibilities. I’d like to know how
it’s done in your environment and who initiates the whole process…
Regards
Marianne
Proud
partner. Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Please consider our environment before
printing this e-mail or attachments.
----------------------------------
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential
information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are
not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of
the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have
received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the
sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you.
----------------------------------
