Administering remote servers of different versions
The NetBackup web user interface (web UI) is only available for NetBackup 8.1.2 and later. This interface is available on the primary server and supports the version of NetBackup on that server. You do not need to locate and open a specific version as you do with the NetBackup Administration Console. See the documentation for the NetBackup web UI.
The NetBackup server installation provides multiple versions of the NetBackup Administration Console to administer remote servers of different versions. When starting the console, select the version of the console that is compatible with the NetBackup server that you want to administer.
Alternatively, from the command line, you can use the jnbSA command with the -r option to launch the console. For example, to connect to a 8.0 primary server from a 8.1 UNIX primary server, enter the following command on the 8.1 primary server:
./jnbSA -r 8.0
Several versions of the interface exist. Use the -h option and review the -r options to find out which versions are supported.
If no -r option is specified, the default is the NetBackup version of the current primary server.
Note:
To log on to any NetBackup Administration Console, your logon credentials must be authenticated from the connecting primary or media server.
The NetBackup Administration Console is backward-compatible between a patch release (x.x.x.x) and a major (x.x) or minor release (x.x.x) that shares the same first and second digits.
For example, the 8.1.x.y console is compatible with a 8.1 primary server. However, a NetBackup 8.1.x.y console cannot administer a 8.0.x.y primary server. See Figure: Examples of supported and unsupported back-level console configurations for various examples.
