About the NetBackup 10.4 Upgrade Guide
The NetBackup 10.4 Upgrade Guide is provided to help assist you plan and accomplish your upgrade to NetBackup 10.4. The NetBackup 10.4 Upgrade Guide provides an upgrade path from NetBackup version 7.7.x and later to NetBackup 10.4. You can obtain the latest version of this guide on the NetBackup Upgrade Portal.
Your NetBackup environment supports mixed versions of NetBackup. Support for multiple versions of NetBackup lets you upgrade one server at a time. This upgrade process minimizes the effect on overall system performance. More information about mixed version support is available.
Veritas recommends that you refer to the NetBackup Release Notes for information about changes to NetBackup in the 10.4 release.
See About compatibility between NetBackup versions.
The Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) is a valuable resource for upgrade preparation. More information about SORT is available.
See About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools.
NetBackup 7.6.x and older are End of Support Life (EOSL). Information about required upgrade steps for EOSL versions of NetBackup are not included in the NetBackup 10.4 Upgrade Guide. For a successful upgrade from an ESOL version of NetBackup directly to 9.1, you must:
Refer to the NetBackup 8.0 Release Notes to understand the changes to NetBackup.
Refer to the upgrade procedure that is listed in the NetBackup 8.0 Upgrade Guide.
Combine the upgrade steps in the NetBackup 8.0 procedure with the upgrade steps in the NetBackup 10.4 Upgrade Guide.
Veritas recommends that you refer to the NetBackup Release Notes and NetBackup Upgrade Guide for each release between your ESOL version and NetBackup 10.4.
These documents provide additional information about the upgrade steps and the requirements that are helpful for a successful upgrade.
For copies of these documents, refer to the NetBackup Documentation Landing Page.