Planning for an upgrade additional steps required for

Planning for an upgrade
Additional steps required for upgrade of Solaris SPARC with MSDP

If the NetBackup installer still does not detect the MSDP configuration, you must
launch the conversion manually.
More information about this topic is available.
See “Converting the MSDP metadata during an upgrade to NetBackup 7.6”
on page 85.
About the migration phases
The image metadata migration begins after NetBackup 7.6 has started. The image
migration occurs in two phases as follows:
This phase is initiated automatically after the upgrade steps
have been completed, when the first instance of the
nbstserv process runs.
Note:
Phase 1 migration is only performed if the upgrade is
from a pre-NetBackup 7.5 environment.
The following images are migrated during this phase:
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All SLP controlled images
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All staged DSSU images
Phase 1 migration
This phase is initiated automatically based on the nbpem
scheduled image clean-up jobs, or you can initiate it manually
to speed up the migration process.
For pre-NetBackup 7.5 environments, this phase migrates
all of the images that were not migrated in phase 1.
For NetBackup 7.5. x environments, this phase migrates the
DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server images again to gather more
information specific to the 7.6 release.
Phase 2 migration
Note: The migration phases can run in any order and may also overlap.
About operational restrictions during the image
metadata migration
During the image metadata migration, certain NetBackup and OpsCenter operations
may prevent a successful image metadata migration. Other NetBackup operations
are also affected and may report errors while the image metadata migration is in
progress.
26 Planning for an upgrade
About the migration phases

The following describes the guidelines that you should follow before the upgrade
and during the image metadata migration. The following also describes expected
NetBackup operational behavior during the image metadata migration.
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Disable OpsCenter data collection.
If you use OpsCenter, before you start the upgrade, disable
data collection for the master server. Do not activate data
collection for the server until after phase 1 and phase 2 of the
image metadata migration have completed.
More information about how to disable OpsCenter data collection
is available.
NetBackup OpsCenter Administrator's Guide .
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Do not perform any catalog backup or catalog recovery
operations until after phase 1 and phase 2 of the image
metadata migration have completed.
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Minimize the use of any NetBackup commands that query the
NetBackup catalog until after phase 2 of the image metadata
migration has completed. Such commands include but are not
restricted to bpimage and bpimagelist . During the migration,
these types of commands consume resources that cause them
to run inefficiently and also slow the migration process.