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  2. NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide
  3. Planning for an upgrade
  4. General upgrade information
  5. About planning a NetBackup 11.2 upgrade
NetBackup™ Upgrade Guide

About planning a NetBackup 11.2 upgrade

The currently installed version of NetBackup affects the upgrade process for the NetBackup 11.2.

  • Review the upgrade requirements for your platform:

    • See Upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux.

    • See Upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters.

    • See Requirements for Windows cluster upgrades.

  • Upgrades from pre-NetBackup 10.3 to NetBackup 10.3 or later releases require you to download a license file from the Cohesity Entitlement management portal, https://support.cohesity.com/s/. A license is only required on the primary server.

  • All pre NetBackup 10.2 versions must plan for the database conversion.

Table: Required upgrade tasks based on currently installed version has additional information about what tasks you must perform for the upgrade.

Table: Required upgrade tasks based on currently installed version

Upgrade task

Versions that must perform the task

Download license file

Upgrades from pre-NetBackup 10.3 to NetBackup 10.3 or later releases require you to download a license file from the Cohesity Entitlement management portal. A license is only required on the primary server. More information is available:

https://support.cohesity.com/s/article/article-100058779

Database conversion precheck

All upgrades from pre NetBackup 10.2 to NetBackup 10.2 and later should run the database conversion precheck utility. Run this utility before an upgrade from pre NetBackup 10.2. See https://support.cohesity.com/s/article/article-100055151 for additional information.

Before you begin an upgrade, review the NetBackup Release Notes document that is included with your media kit or the electronic product image files. This document describes important changes in NetBackup 11.2 that you should be familiar with before you upgrade.

Caution:

To help ensure a successful upgrade to NetBackup 11.2, you should visit the SORT page and the NetBackup Upgrade Portal and for complete upgrade details:

SORT page:

https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup

See About Cohesity Services and Operations Readiness Tools.

NetBackup Upgrade Portal:

https://support.cohesity.com/s/article/article-100032801

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