Installing and Configuring Arcserve Backup UNIX and Linux Data Mover › Limitations on Upgrading from a Previous Release

Limitations on Upgrading from a Previous Release

Consider the following limitations when upgrading BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5 to this release.

• Arcserve Backup does not support upgrading from the BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5 base product directly to this release. Setup will terminate if it detects the BrightStor ARCserve Backup base product installed on the target data mover server. Therefore, you must uninstall the components from the previous release and then perform a new installation of UNIX and Linux Data Mover on the target data mover server.

  However, Arcserve Backup lets you upgrade only the following components on the target data mover server:

  • Client Agent for UNIX/Client Agent for Linux
  • Agent for Oracle for UNIX/Agent for Oracle for Linux

  Important! Either one or both of the above-described components and the Common Agent must be the only BrightStor ARCserve Backup components installed on the target server.

• Arcserve Backup lets you upgrade the file system agent and the Agent for Oracle on the target data mover server. When running Setup on the target data mover server, Setup detects the versions of the upgradable components, if any, are installed on the server. If a supported upgrade is detected, Setup prompts you to install the latest version of the following components:
  • Client Agent for UNIX (r11.5, r12, r12.5, and r15)
  • Client Agent for Linux (r11.5, r12, r12.5, and r15)
  • Agent for Oracle on UNIX platforms (r11.5, r12, r12.5, and r15)
  • Agent for Oracle on Linux platforms (r11.5, r12, r12.5, and r15)
  • Data Mover for Linux (r15)
  • Data Mover for UNIX (r15)
• Arcserve Backup lets you migrate database information from the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Ingres database and the Media Management Option (MMO) to this release. If you wish migrate the information from the Ingres database, the MMO, or both to the Arcserve Backup database, do not delete the Ingres database from the data mover server when you uninstall BrightStor ARCserve Backup. For more information, see Migrate Database Information from Previous Releases to the Arcserve Backup Database.
• After you install UNIX and Linux Data Mover on the data mover server, you may need to recreate backup jobs to protect the data mover server.
• To use the data that is stored on BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5 file systems devices, do the following:
  1. Using UNIX and Linux Data Mover, create a new file system device using the path that was configured under ARCserve r11.5.

     Arcserve Backup upgrades the file system device to this release.

  2. Merge the session header data into the Arcserve Backup database using the Merge Utility.