Upgrading a NetBackup failover server on HP Service Guard Cluster
Follow these instructions to upgrade NetBackup failover server.
Note:
Before upgrading NetBackup on HP Service Guard cluster, please refer the technote at http://www.veritas.com/docs/000010468 .
To upgrade a NetBackup failover server on HP Service Guard Cluster
- Ensure that a good backup of your cluster environment exists that includes a catalog backup.
- For each NetBackup server that runs outside of the cluster, ensure that the server list is accurate. This list must contain the name of each node on which NetBackup can run and the name of the virtual server.
- Place NetBackup in a frozen state by executing the following:
cmmodpkg -d netbackup
- Run the following command on the active node to disable the NetBackup agent monitor:
touch /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/cluster/frozen
- On active node, install the NetBackup server.
Note the following:
Follow the instructions for how to install NetBackup server as described in the NetBackup Installation Guide.
If required to specify the server name, provide the virtual name of the server.
- On each inactive node to which NetBackup may failover, install the NetBackup server.
Note the following:
Follow the instructions for how to install NetBackup server as described in the NetBackup Installation Guide.
If required to specify the server name, provide the virtual name of the server.
- During an upgrade of a NetBackup in a Service Guard cluster you see the messages that indicate that the database is created twice. These messages appear because the database is created in the default location (/usr/openv/db/) during install_bp. Later, it is moved or recreated on the shared disk.
- Run the following command:
cmmodpkg -e netbackup
- Run the following command on the active node to enable the NetBackup agent monitor:
rm -f /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/cluster/frozen
The NetBackup resources are brought online and Service Guard resumes monitoring the NetBackup resource.
- Bring the NetBackup resource group offline and online.
- Post upgrade installation, verify if the security certificates are deployed on all the nodes within the cluster. If not, generate security certificates on all the nodes within the cluster.
For more information on deploying a certificate in a clustered NetBackup setup, see the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.
- Verify that NetBackup can failover properly in the cluster.