NetWorker 7.3.2 Question

[jimichanga]

I'm planning to upgrade NetWorker server from 7.2.2 to 7.3.2. Are versions 7.2.1 and 7.2.2 of the client compatible with 7.3.2 server? I am planning to upgrade the clients to 7.3.2 but probably can't get to all of them in one day.

The server is RHEL3 and clients are linux and windows.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[605]

Yes, NW is backward compatible. It has to be because not all clients are always updated at the same time.

Do not forget that you have to purchase the NW 7.3 update enabler.

 

[polska14]

Jim:

We have a customer with NW server 7.3.2 in a Solaris Cluster. When I try to b-up a 7.2.1 client, the following error was received: "Probe job had unrecoverable failure(s)" in one of the cluster nodes (the other work fine). Be careful, and make some tests before.

 

[605]

This must not necessarily be a bug. Run savefs with added verbisity to investigate the behavior.

 

[sallender]

Probe job had unrecoverable failure(s)"

This is a big problem in 7.3.2.

I've been working around it for months now.

If you have a "servers" file on the client, try leaving it's content empty. NO Legato Master Entries that is.

If that doesn't work, make sure you can forward/reverse resolve the client and Master server from the client and server using nslookup hostname, nslookup xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.

There are just a lot of little quirky things in 7.3.2. Let us know if find anything....