User Guide

4 Yosemite Backup Installation Guide
If you have any installation problems, refer to Appendix A – Troubleshooting Guide. You can also refer
to General Installation Notes and the installation notes for your platform in Chapter 4 - Installation
Notes.
Upgrading Yosemite Backup
Before you install Yosemite Backup in place of a pre-existing installation of Yosemite software, consider
the following:
• You must upgrade to the same version of Yosemite Backup on every machine in the Yosemite
Backup management domain in order to avoid incompatibilities between older and newer versions of
the software.
• Decide whether to install in place of a pre-existing Yosemite installation or to install alongside the
pre-existing software.
Upgrading to a new version of Yosemite Backup will remove the older software and all related data.
Make a full backup of your critical data for future use before you upgrade to Yosemite Backup.
Installing Yosemite Backup alongside a pre-existing installation of any previous versions of the
Yosemite Backup means that you will have two versions of our software running on the machine
simultaneously. Conflicts might arise if the old and new versions of the software are both
running as a service. Stop any previous versions of the Yosemite Backup service on the Yosemite
Backup backup server before you start the installation process.
WARNING: If you use the Upgrade command to convert any previous versions of the Yosemite Backup
storage management database immediately, any active previous versions of the Yosemite Backup
database will no longer be available. If you use the Install command to install Yosemite Backup
alongside any previous versions of the Yosemite Backup, you will not be able to convert the contents of
any previous versions of the Yosemite Backup database into the newer Yosemite Backup catalog.
Instead, you must import the contents of media with Import Media jobs.
Migrating data to the Yosemite Backup catalog
When you upgrade to Yosemite Backup, information in the older database about any file objects that
were backed up with any previous versions of the Yosemite Backup is converted into records in the
Yosemite Backup catalog. The types of objects that are converted and appended to the Yosemite Backup
catalog include word processing files, database instances like Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft
Exchange, and Oracle, and other data files. System state information, settings for backup, restore or
verify jobs, and user information is not converted.
You may upgrade an older database to the new catalog in either of the following ways:
• Use the Upgrade command from the Yosemite Backup installer
• Import media created in Yosemite Backup into the new Yosemite Backup catalog
Each upgrade choice presents specific advantages. Use the Upgrade command to convert the database
and you can manage all legacy backups performed in any previous versions of the Yosemite Backup
immediately. Use Import Media jobs later to include information on media created in any previous