I've used the method of swinging the SAN attached /usr/openv/ over to the new 
server and it worked perfectly.  TAR will have the same affect.

As other have mentioned... Make sure you new system has NetBackup installed 
before hand,  Test out the new server to make sure everything works on it 
before the move, and make sure you re-name the new server to have the exact 
same name(s) and network connections as the old one did or you will have issues.

As for licenses, copy them down from the get_license_keys command, or there's 
another one that I can't remember the name of that will spit them out in a more 
CSV friendly format.

I believe the catalog restore includes everything form the old system, 
including configuration.

Even if your devices are exactly the same on the new system, I still recommend 
deleting all the old devices from the configuration, and re-do your entire 
device configuration after the move.


Victor Engle wrote:
> List,
> 
> I'm planning a Netbackup server upgrade from Solaris 8 sparc to Solaris 10 on 
> CMT (T5120) and I wondered if anyone might have a check list or plan that 
> might have been used to do a similar upgrade? The master is the only server 
> in the environment.
> 
> 
> At a high level I know I need to do the following...
> 
> 
> 1. Install the solaris 10 system and get netbackup installed on the new 
> system.
> 2. Stop netbackup on the old server.
> 3. Restore the catalog to the new server
> 4. Configure Storage Units on the new server.
> 
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 
> 1. How are the licenses moved from the old server to the new server?
> 2. Does the catalog restore include the policies or are they restored some 
> other way?
> 3. What are the gotchas I might try to avoid?
> 
> 
> Thanks for any experiences you might be willing to share.
> Vic


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