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Bucky Backup - Upgrading the Bucky Backup Client for Novell Netware

This document explains how to upgrade an existing Bucky Backup client to the latest version of the 5.5 client. If you have not yet installed the Bucky Backup client on the machine, then see the document Bucky Backup - Installing the Bucky Backup Client for Novell Netware for instructions.

Preparing for the Bucky Backup Client Upgrade

1. Review the readme file in the Bucky Backup client repository and the list of changes in the 5.5 client.
2. Confirm that your server meets the Bucky Backup client environment prerequisites.
3. Read the upgrade path documentation. Note the impact of upgrading to the new client and also the impact of reverting to a previous version.
   • The Bucky Backup 5.5 client can restore data that was backed up with the 5.3 or 5.4 client.
   • The Bucky Backup 5.3 and 5.4 clients cannot restore data that was backed up with the 5.5 client.
4. Check the list of known problems and limitations for the new client.

Installing the New Bucky Backup Client

1. Download the latest version of the Bucky Backup client for Netware from the Bucky Backup client repository .
2. Create a tsmnw directory and move the downloaded executable into it.
3. Extract the client installation files into the tsmnw directory.
4. Move the tsmnw directory to the SYS volume of the Netware server.
5. Stop the Bucky Backup client on the Netware server.
6. Backup your existing Bucky Backup client by copy the SYS:tivoli directory to SYS:tivolibackup.
7. Install the new Bucky Backup client by running nwconfig.nlm from the server console.
8. Restart the Bucky Backup client on the server.