Upgrading a node that is not in a cluster
You can directly upgrade a NetBackup Flex Scale node from a lower version to a higher version. Use the following procedure to upgrade an out of the box appliance node that is on a lower version and is not yet a part of the cluster to a higher version.
To upgrade a node
- Download the upgrade RPM file to a Windows system that can access the Download Center and the NetBackup Flex Scale node.
Go to the Veritas Support website (https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US) and click Downloads, which redirects you to the Download Center.
In the Veritas Download Center, in the Products list, select Appliances, in the Sub product list select NetBackup Flex Scale. Select the required version and click Explore.
Expand Updates.
Select the required file from this section and click Download. You must sign in with your Veritas account credentials to download the upgrade file.
- Open an SSH session and log on to the appliance node as the admin user.
- In the NetBackup Flex Scale Appliance shell menu, use the following command to open NFS shares:
system software share open
- On the local system where you downloaded the upgrade file, complete the following steps to copy the upgrade file to the
/system/inst/patch/incomingfolder of the appliance node:Mount the NFS share:
Node_management_IP:/system/inst/patch/incoming
where Node_management_IP is the IP address that is assigned to the eth1 network interface of the node.
Copy the upgrade file from your local system to the mapped directory.
Unmount or unmap the share.
- On the appliance node, in the NetBackup Flex Scale Appliance shell menu, enter the following command to close the NFS shares:
system software share close
- To install the upgrade file, run the following command:
system software install-update update-name=update-name where update-name is the name of the upgrade file that you want to install.
- To check the upgrade status, run the following command:
system software upgrade-status
