Ignite versions

[John McWilliams_1]

Hello all

I do ignite network backups. The clients using ignite 5.4.50 on hpux 11.11 and the backup server is the same.
I recently added 2 IA64 servers running HPUX 11.23 into the network and want to backup the same way.
I understand that the same version ignite is required for both servers
Is there a 5.4.50 ignite for Itanium ? If not how do I proceed with this .

Thanks John

[Sameer_Nirmal · Accepted solution]

Yes you can make use of the same version of IG-UX for Integrity servers.

Refer the release notes at
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/IUX/docs/Cver_release_note.html

From the notes:
The B.5.4 release of Ignite-UX supports the HP-UX 11i (B.11.11) PA-RISC release, the 11i v1.6 (B.11.22) release, and 11i v2 (B.11.23) Itanium-based release. It can be installed on either PA-RISC or Itanium-based Ignite-UX servers.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom

Version 5.4.50 is not a great choice for overall Ignite stability.

It certainly is better than the recalled 5.3.x version but you may find greater stability in the 6.x range.

Its a tough call because technically every time you upgrade Ignite you may need to run a small disaster recovery test.

Itanium does have different restore procedures with Ignite and once in a while an actual DR test of Ignite with reasonable servers is called for.

SEP

[John McWilliams_1]

Thanks for the info. It is a big job to put a new version but will probably do it early next year.
I successfully recovered a server last month using this version so I know it works.