Upgrading DELL EMC NetWorker from 8.2.x to 18.2.x(Linux)
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EMC NetWorker (formerly Legato NetWorker) is an enterprise-level data protection software product that unifies and automates backup to tape, disk-based, and flash-based storage media across physical and virtual environments for granular and disaster recovery. Cross-platform support is provided for Linux, Windows, macOS, NetWare, OpenVMS and Unix environments. Deduplication of backup data is provided by integration with Dell EMC Data Domain (DD Boost) storage solutions.
This video show you the steps to upgrade your NetWorker data zone on version 8.2.x to 18.2.x. The OS hosting the NetWorker server is Linux(RHEL 7) in this demo. Here are a few things to keep in mind
Check the compatibility of all the components in your data zone eg: VBA, DDOS and legacy clients.
If using savepnpc, convert to pre command and post command before going with the upgrade.
Upgrade the VBA and the respective proxy hosts to the supported version, the proxy’s will need to be redeployed.
In case you want to take a snapshot of the VBA to revert in case of any issues, make sure the snapshot is taken after the VBA is shutdown. You will have issue with GSAN in case you revert a snapshot which is taken when the VBA is running.
In the case of any client using 9.0 or higher make sure the configuration is updated to support the respective change.
Also, take a backup of your nsrdb and mm before the upgrade.
The commands that were used in the video are listed below for your reference. For any questions or queries visit www.crazyrov.com or email me at [email protected].
Login to datazone and untar the installation package download from the DELL EMC support website
cd /nsr/nwpackages/nw18202
tar -zxvf nw18202_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
#make yourself root run following consistency check commands
nsrls
nsrports
sudo nsrck -m
#execute bootstrap backup
savegrp -O -l full -G mss_00_hrk_fsdd_00_backupserver
mminfo -B
#Unload all DataDomain devices
nsrmm
nsrmm -u -y
nsrmm
#Shutdown NetWorker
nsr_shutdown -f
#upgrade storage nodes to version 18.2.0.2
#create emergency copy of networker in case of backout.
mkdir /nsr/nw8.2_backup/
cd /nsr
tar cf /nsr/nw8.2_backup/bootstrap.tar res mm
#Check mount-point utilization
df -hP
#Upgrade NetWorker
cd /nsr/nwpackages/nw18202/
rpm -ivh nre*.rpm
cd /nsr/nwpackages/nw18202/linux_x86_64/
rpm -Uvh lgtoclnt-18.2.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm lgtonode-18.2.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm lgtoserv-18.2.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm lgtoman-18.2.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm lgtoauthc-18.2.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm lgtoadpt-18.2.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm lgtoxtdclnt-18.2.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm
Configure the authentication service
/opt/nsr/authc-server/scripts/authc_configure.sh
Start NetWorker service
/etc/init.d/networker start or systemctl start networker
#Create a lgto DB dump
/etc/init.d/gst stop
mkdir cd /nsr/nwpackages/nw18202/nmc_target_conversion_dir
cd /opt/lgtonmc/bin
cp -p /nsr/nwpackages/nw18202/linux_x86_64/gstdbunload .
mkdir /nsr/nmc_target_conversion_dir
./gstdbunload /nsr/nmc_target_conversion_dir
#Upgrade NetWorker
cd /nsr/nwpackages/nw18202/linux_x86_64/
rpm -Uvh lgtonmc-18.2.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm
#Run the configuration script to configure your NMC
/opt/lgtonmc/bin/nmc_config
Start the NMC service
/etc/init.d/gst start or systemctl start gst