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Bucky Backup - Upgrading the Bucky Backup Client for Solaris

This document explains how to upgrade an existing Bucky Backup client for Solaris to the latest version of the 5.5.x 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 Solaris 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. Stop the existing Bucky Backup scheduler process.
   • /etc/init.d/tsm_scheduler stop
2. Make backup copies of your Bucky Backup client configuration files.
   • mkdir /tmp/tsm-backup
   • cp /usr/bin/dsm.opt /tsm/tsm-backup
   • cp /usr/bin/dsm.sys /tsm/tsm-backup
   • cp /usr/bin/inclexcl /tsm/tsm-backup
3. Remove the old Bucky Backup packages.
   • pkgrm TIVsmCba TIVsmCapi TIVsmCdoc  # For previous TSM versions
   • pkgrm IBMadsm-w IBMadsm-c IBMadsm-a #  For older ADSM versions
   • pkgrm TIVsmChsm # If HSM a previous version of HSM was installed
4. Download the latest version of the Bucky Backup client for Solaris from the Bucky Backup client repository.
5. Extract the client installation files into a temporary directory.
   • uncompress 5.5.1.10-TIV-TSMBAC-SolarisSparc.tar.Z
   • tar -xvf 5.5.1.10-TIV-TSMBAC-SolarisSparc.tar
6. Install the new Bucky Backup client packages in the following order and accept the default settings.
   • pkgadd -d ./TIVsmCapi.pkg TIVsmCapi
   • pkgadd -d ./TIVsmCba.pkg  TIVsmCba 
   • pkgadd -d ./TIVsmChsm.pkg TIVsmChsm # To install the HSM client (optional)
   • pkgadd -d ./TIVsmCdoc.pkg TIVsmCdoc # To install the documentation (optional)
7. Restart the Bucky Backup client scheduler on the server.
   • /etc/init.d/tsm_scheduler start