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  2. NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager Install and Upgrade Guide
  3. Section II. NetBackup Snapshot Manager maintenance
  4. Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager
  5. Upgrade scenarios
NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager Install and Upgrade Guide

Upgrade scenarios

The following table lists the NetBackup Snapshot Manager upgrade scenarios.

Note:

For the NetBackup version 10.1, NetBackup (primary, media) server and NetBackup Snapshot Manager version should be at the same level. During upgrade, first upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager and then upgrade NetBackup server.

Table: Upgrade scenarios

Scenario

Description

Action

Full upgrade from NetBackup 8.3 or 9.0 to NetBackup 9.1 or later

If you plan to upgrade NetBackup to 9.1 or later that includes upgrading all NetBackup Snapshot Manager servers.

  • Disable NetBackup Snapshot Manager servers

  • Upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager servers

  • Upgrade NetBackup primary server

  • Then enable NetBackup Snapshot Manager servers

See Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager.

Note:

If you do not plan to upgrade one or more NetBackup Snapshot Manager servers, then you must disable them using the NetBackup Web UI. In that case, any assets associated with the disabled NetBackup Snapshot Manager servers cannot be protected by NetBackup.

Only NetBackup Snapshot Manager upgrades to version 9.1 or later

If you plan to upgrade only the NetBackup Snapshot Manager servers to 9.1 or later, but do not plan to upgrade NetBackup to 9.1 or later.

  • Contact Veritas Technical Support to obtain an Emergency Engineering Binary (EEB) to support the incompatibility between the NetBackup Snapshot Manager and NetBackup versions.

  • Disable NetBackup Snapshot Manager servers

  • Apply the EEB patch on the NetBackup primary server and associated media servers.

  • Upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager servers

  • Then enable NetBackup Snapshot Manager servers

See Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager using patch or hotfix.

Upgrading to NetBackup version 10.1

If your NetBackup 8.3.x server has NetBackup Snapshot Manager, you must first upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager to NetBackup 9.1.x before you upgrade to NetBackup 10.1. Then you can proceed to upgrade NetBackup 8.3.x to NetBackup 10.1.

The process for this upgrade is:

  • Disable the NetBackup Snapshot Manager server for maintenance in the NetBackup web UI.

  • Upgrade the NetBackup Snapshot Manager server from NetBackup 8.3.x to NetBackup 9.1.x.

  • Upgrade the NetBackup Snapshot Manager server from NetBackup 9.1.x to NetBackup 10.1.

  • Enable the NetBackup Snapshot Manager server in the NetBackup web UI.

  • Upgrade the NetBackup server from 8.3.x directly to 10.1.

  • Upgrade the media server to 10.1 if it has been configured with storage units.

Migrating VM based NetBackup Snapshot Manager to Kubernetes deployment

If you plan to migrate your VM based NetBackup Snapshot Manager to a managed Kubernetes cluster.

For the the complete procedure, refer to the "Migration and upgrade of NetBackup Snapshot Manager" section of NetBackup™ Deployment Guide for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) Cluster.

Migrating and upgrading the NetBackup Snapshot Manager on RHEL

If you plan to migrate and upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager on RHEL 8.6 or 8.4

See Migrating and upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager.

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