About VxUpdate
VxUpdate provides a policy-based upgrade tool for media servers and clients. By using the policy format, Veritas provides a simplified tool for media server and client upgrades. No additional external tools are required and the configuration is in a familiar policy-based format, similar to a backup policy. Signed packages are verified and installed into the VxUpdate repository on the primary server. Once the packages are installed, they become available for use with deployment policies. Additionally, you can use the deployment policies to automate the installation of emergency engineering binaries, as provided by Veritas.
The deployment policy lets you configure and run deployment activities on a schedule or enable the client host owners to upgrade at their convenience. Furthermore, you can split deployment activities into smaller, discrete tasks. You can schedule pre-check, staging, and installation tasks as separate activities with different schedules, each with their own specific deployment windows.
Note:
You can only cancel queued deployment jobs. Once a VxUpdate job enters the active state it cannot be canceled.
The deployment policies are not located with the other policies in the NetBackup Administrative Console. Deployment policies are located in the NetBackup Administration Console under Deployment Management > Deployment Policies.
To successfully create and use deployment policies, Veritas recommends:
Table:
Step | Action | Additional information |
|---|---|---|
1 | Populate the NetBackup repository | |
2 | Create the deployment policy | |
3 | (Optional) Manually run the upgrade from the primary server, media server, or the client | See Manually initiating upgrades from the primary server using VxUpdate. See Manually initiating upgrades from the media server or client using VxUpdate. |