Deployment Management
Veritas introduces
VxUpdate in NetBackup 8.1.2. VxUpdate is the replacement for LiveUpdate. The
main component of VxUpdate is the new deployment policy that serves as a client
upgrade tool. With the release of VxUpdate, Veritas no longer supports LiveUpdate.
The new deployment policy
lets you configure and run deployment activities on a schedule or enable the
client host owners to upgrade at their convenience. Furthermore, you can split
deployment activities into smaller, discrete tasks. You can schedule pre-check, staging, and installation
tasks as separate activities with different schedules, each with their own
specific deployment windows.
The deployment policies
are not located with the other policies in the NetBackup Administrative
Console. Deployment policies are located in the NetBackup Administration
Console under Deployment Management
> Deployment Policies.
With the addition of the
VxUpdate feature, Veritas introduces two new commands.
nbrepo
Use the nbrepo command
to manage the NetBackup package repository. You can add, validate, and delete
packages, as well as obtain package identifier and other information on
packages in the repository. This command is only located on the master server.
nbinstallcmd
Use the nbinstallcmd command
to initiate the deployment policies from the command line. You can also use the
command to initiate on-demand deployment jobs.
The package types you can
load into the repository include:
VxUpdate
client packages
You can upgrade NetBackup
clients to a newer version of NetBackup with VxUpdate. These packages are
slightly different from standard NetBackup client packages. The packages
include additional components to support the various VxUpdate operations.
Emergency
binaries (EEBs) and hotfixes
You can use VxUpdate to deploy
emergency binaries and hotfixes to NetBackup 8.1.2 clients. You can obtain
VxUpdate formatted EEBs from support in the same way you obtain traditional
EEBs. These EEBs are only for NetBackup version 8.1.2 and later. Any client
hotfixes that Veritas creates for NetBackup 8.1.2 and later releases include
VxUpdate formatted fixes.
Schedule
types:
Precheck
Performs the various
precheck operations, including confirming there is sufficient space on the
client for the update. The precheck schedule type does not exist for EEB
packages.
Stage
Moves the update package
to the client, but does not install it. Also performs the precheck operation.
Install
Installs the specified
package. Also performs the precheck and the stage package operations. If you
already performed the stage package operation, the install schedule does not
move the package again.
Create a New Deployment Policy.
In the Attributes tab, Select the package from the repository and select the host to upgrade.
Create a schedule. (PreCheck or Stage or Install).
Manually run the policy, and view the job status in WebUI.
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