I'm in the process of a 5.1 to 6.5.1 upgrade in my stagging environment (Windows Master, 4 Linux Media Servers) as of yesterday and today. When finished, I'll be heading east to upgrade the operations there. Upon returning, I'll then upgrade the production system here (Windows Master, 11 Linux Media Servers with ACSLS and a SL8500 Library), so I'll have much to share. One thing I've noticed (with two different 6.5.1 media sets); many read errors. We've found it easier to copy the data to a media server and NFS mount to that location and run the install's from there. At minimum, I'd check the read or copy capability from the CD/DVD drives on the systems you intend to upgrade. -sj
>>> "WEAVER, Simon (external)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/4/2008 8:35 AM >>> Id be interested to hear if anyone had a plan of action from any NBU upgrade - I will be doing 5.1 to 6.5.1 Si From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony T. Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 3:32 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Lets hear about your upgrade experience! 5.x - 6.5 Hi all, I am interested in hearing about any of the upgrades that you have done, mainly going from 5.x to 6.5 There seem to be quite a few environments (in my area) that are looking to upgrade, and I am putting together some documentation that asks questions to better prepare for it. I am still learning the ropes of NBU but I have a lot of experience with the server side of things especially Sun and AIX systems with SAN storage. I have the Symantec upgrade guide "Upgrading to Veritas Netbackup 6.5" and it appears to be pretty detailed, but it just covers the steps to get from point A to point B. Some of the things I am interested in finding out: - is there anyway to estimate how long step X might take? I realize that there are so many variables that it is not possible to say "popluating the EMM will take X hours" but if enough people chime in on what their experience was like, maybe we can come up with an average - have there been any show stoppers that were unanticipated? We could all learn from this, knowing what questions to ask up front based on our past...er...challenges. NBU has so many options and is such a broad product that I doubt any two environments are identical. Just sort of brain storming here, looking forward to hearing (seeing?) what you all have to share. If we get a good dialog going I will attempt to compile it into something usable and post it back here. T. -- ) ( ) [_]) This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 REGISTERED OFFICE:- Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England
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