Guys, I am a bit confused now.
Is it possible to get NBU PM to elaborate these statements? As of now, the tech note looks like a standard vague pre-sales statement, whereas technical documents ought to be clear-cut. Best regards, Mikhail On 30 Jan 2014, at 1:37 am, Joe Eversole <joe_evers...@symantec.com> wrote: > The wording in the third bullet Rusty posted below isn't very clear. If you > re-write the "or" statement as two different bullets, it reads: > If you upgrade to NetBackup 7.5.0.7, your upgrade path is to a release in the > NetBackup 7.6 maintenance line (triple-dot) available in the first half of > calendar year 2014. > If you are currently running version 7.5.0.6 with Amazon S3 cloud storage > buckets in regions other than US Standard, your upgrade path is to a release > in the NetBackup 7.6 maintenance line (triple-dot) available in the first > half of calendar year 2014. > If you are running 7.5.0.7, your next upgrade opportunity will be 7.6.0.2. > > (disclaimer: I work for Symantec. I do not speak for the company. I could > also be wrong about everything I wrote above.) > > From: Mikhail Nikitin <mikhail.niki...@gmail.com> > Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 21:31 > To: Rusty Major <rusty.ma...@sungard.com> > Cc: "VERITAS-BU@MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN.EDU" <VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu> > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NBU 7.6.0.1 and Appliance 2.6.0.1 > > Gents, > > It looks like this limitation is not that critical. I had a word with my > local SE and he has confirmed this limitation only affects installations > which use AWS OST plug-ins outside of the US region. > > Everyone else can upgrade from 7.5.0.7 to 7.6.0.1, no worries. > > Best regards, Mikhail > > On 29 Jan 2014, at 7:25 am, Rusty Major <rusty.ma...@sungard.com> wrote: > >> I was curious about this as it didn't sound right. But Mikhail is correct. >> >> From the technote: >> If you are currently running NetBackup 7.5.0.5 or earlier, your upgrade path >> is to NetBackup 7.6 GA. >> If you are currently running NetBackup 7.5.0.6 and you do not use Amazon S3 >> cloud storage buckets in regions other than US Standard, your upgrade path >> is to 7.6 GA. >> If you upgrade to NetBackup 7.5.0.7 or you are currently running version >> 7.5.0.6 with Amazon S3 cloud storage buckets in regions other than US >> Standard, your upgrade path is to a release in the NetBackup 7.6 maintenance >> line (triple-dot) available in the first half of calendar year 2014. >> >> http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH210461 >> >> Good catch, Mikhail! >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Mikhail Nikitin <mikhail.niki...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> The only caveat of the 7.5.0.7 patch is that you can't upgrade 7.5.0.7 to >>> 7.6 yet. >>> So, if anyone is planning upgrade to 7.6 soon - do not install 7.5.0.7 >>> Best regards, Mikhail >>> On 28/01/2014 8:35 am, "tsimerson" <nbu-fo...@backupcentral.com> wrote: >>>> Finally able to get to Symantec web sites. The issue with the TIR pruning >>>> not working correctly is isolated to 7.5.0.6. There is a specific EEB >>>> that you can get to patch either NBU 7.5.0.6 or appliance version 2.5.3. >>>> The other solution is to patch up to NBU 7.5.0.7 or appliance version >>>> 2.5.4. >>>> >>>> Let this run for at least 24 hours for a normal image clean up process to >>>> complete. >>>> >>>> Here's a link to the Symantec tech article: >>>> http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH209826 >>>> >>>> +---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> |This was sent by t...@tjsimerson.org via Backup Central. >>>> |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. >>>> +---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu >>>> http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu >>> http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Rusty Major ▪ Technical Architect and Team Lead - Backup Infrastructure >> Engineering ▪ Sungard Availability Services ▪ 757 N. Eldridge Pkwy., Suite >> 200, Houston, TX 77079 ▪ 281-584-4693 ▪ Cell 713-724-4914 ▪ >> rusty.ma...@sungard.com >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Think before you Print >> CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain >> confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized >> disclosure or use is prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, >> please notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system. >
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