Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager using patch or hotfix
You can also upgrade your current NetBackup Snapshot Manager server using a patch or a hotfix. All the considerations and steps that apply for a normal upgrade, also apply to the upgrade being done using a patch or a hotfix, except that instead of downloading a new NetBackup Snapshot Manager image, you download the patch/hotfix binaries.
Contact Veritas Technical Support at https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/contact-us to obtain an Emergency Engineering Binary (EEB) for patch/hotfix.
Following are the brief steps explained with an example. For the detailed upgrade procedures
See Upgrading NetBackup Snapshot Manager.
Consider that the currently installed version is NetBackup Snapshot Manager 10.4.x.x and you are upgrading to a NetBackup Snapshot Manager patch version 11.1.x.x-xxxx on a RHEL8.6 system in a Podman/Docker environment.
To upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager using a patch or a hotfix
- Download the NetBackup Snapshot Manager EEB obtained from Veritas Technical Support.
Example:
NetBackup_SnapshotManager_<version>.tar.gz - Un-tar the image file and list the contents:
# ls NetBackup_SnapshotManager_11.1.x.x-xxxx.tar.gz netbackup-flexsnap-11.1.x.x-xxxx.tar.gz flexsnap_preinstall.sh
- Run the following command to prepare the NetBackup Snapshot Manager host for installation:
# sudo ./flexsnap_preinstall.sh
- Verify that there are no protection policy snapshots or other operations in progress and then stop NetBackup Snapshot Manager by running the following command:
For Docker/Podman: Using the flexsnap_configure CLI:
# flexsnap_configure stop
Note:
Veritas recommends the use of flexsnap_configure CLI for Snapshot Manager installation. Snapshot Manager installation through docker/podman CLI is deprecated for non RHEL 8/9 and dropped for RHEL 8/9.
- Upgrade NetBackup Snapshot Manager by running the following command:
For Docker/Podman: Using the flexsnap_configure CLI:
# flexsnap_configure install
Note:
Veritas recommends the use of flexsnap_configure CLI for Snapshot Manager installation. Snapshot Manager installation through docker/podman CLI is deprecated for non RHEL 8/9 and dropped for RHEL 8/9.
The installer first loads the individual service images and then launches them in their respective containers.
- (Optional) Run the following command to remove the previous version images.
(For Podman) # sudo podman rmi -f <imagename>:<oldimage_tagid>
(For Docker) # sudo docker rmi -f <imagename>:<oldimage_tagid>
- To verify that the new NetBackup Snapshot Manager version is installed successfully:
See Verifying that NetBackup Snapshot Manager is installed successfully.
- This concludes the NetBackup Snapshot Manager upgrade process using a patch or a hotfix. Verify that your NetBackup Snapshot Manager configuration settings and data are preserved as is.