Installation guide

Preparing the NetWorker server 33
Updating from a previous release
Preparing the NetWorker server
Before you update the NetWorker server, ensure that the media database and client file
indexes are in a consistent state and that you have a backup of the databases.
To prepare the NetWorker server, perform these steps from a command prompt on the
NetWorker server as root on UNIX or administrator on Windows.
1. Put the NetWorker databases in a consistent state:
nsrim -X
nsrck -m
nsrck -L6
2. Record the current location of the NetWorker media database:
nsrls -m
3. Record the current location of the NetWorker client file indexes:
nsrls
4. Record the range of ports the NetWorker software uses:
nsrports
7.5.x console server Update a NetWorker 7.5.x Console server directly to NetWorker 8.1.x
when the Console server is not the NetWorker server.
NMM 2.3 clients NetWorker 8.1.x does not support NMM 2.3. Update hosts to NMM
2.4 before you update the NetWorker server and storage nodes.
Storage node NetWorker 7.6.x and 8.0.x server supports a NetWorker 8.1.x storage
node.
Console server Console server 8.1.x supports NetWorker 7.6.x and 8.0.x servers.
When the Console server is not the NetWorker server, update the
Console server before you update the NetWorker server. NetWorker
7.6.x and 8.0.x Console servers do not support NetWorker 8.1.x
servers.
Clients NetWorker 8.1.x server supports NetWorker 8.0.x and 7.6.x clients.
Note: The Client Configuration Wizard supports NetWorker 7.6 SP4 or
later client only.
NetWorker 7.6.x and 8.0.x servers and storage nodes support
NetWorker 8.1.x clients.
Operating system Update the operating system first and then update the NetWorker
software.
Table 1 Interoperability and backward compatibility requirements (page 2 of 2)
When updating Interoperability information