Installation guide

Updating NetWorker by using Client Push 59
Updating from a previous release
5. A list of hosts and installed products appears. Select the hosts and products, and
click Next.
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If the wizard displays multiple versions of the same NetWorker product, then only
select one version. When you select mutiple versions of a product for the same
client, the wizard only updates the client to the last version that you select.
6. The Monitor Activity window appears and provides the status of upgrade job in the
top table and the status of each client upgrade operation in the bottom window, for
the selected upgrade job. When the upgrade job contains many clients, the job
might take awhile to complete.
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Do not use Back button until the upgrade job completes.
If the update operation fails, review the nsrcpd.raw file on the NetWorker server.
Optionally, select the failed operation then click Retry client job to reattempt the
update.
7. Click Finish.
◆ To update the software packages on all hosts that match a user specified product and
version:
1. Start the Software Administration Wizard, click Next.
2. Select Upgrade the software on my NetWorker clients, click Next.
3. Select the option By Product and Version, will upgrade all clients to a new software
version, click Next.
4. Select one or more products that you want to update on the clients. For example,
select NetWorker and NMDA. The wizard may display multiple versions of a
product. To update the host, select only one version.
5. Click Next. A list of clients and products appear, one client and product per line.
Only clients with a software version that is earlier than the version selected in the
Select Products to upgrade window appear.
6. Select one or more of the client/product combinations to update, click Next.
7. In Monitor Activity window, review the status of the upgrade operation, then click
Finish.
If the update operation fails, review to the nsrcpd.raw file on the NetWorker server
or nw_install.
server_name .log in the tmp directory on the target host for error
messages.
Select the failed operation and click Retry client job to reattempt the update.
Updating NetWorker using nsrpush
Log in to the NetWorker server with the root user on UNIX or the administrator user on
Windows and use the nsrpush command to update all inventoried hosts or selected hosts
of the NetWorker server.