Our current Netbackup Master Server is Windows 2003 x86 running Netbackup 7.1.0.2. To be able to upgrade Netbackup we need to go to a 64 bit OS so we purchased a new physical server to replace the current master server. I found the following instructions to upgrade to the new master server but I am a little concerned with the down time required.
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?pag...
Is it possible to add the new server as a master and then migrate the logs from our current master server to the new server while backups/duplications are still running. Then once the new master server is online take the old master server offline and reload it? Our full catalog backup takes 4-6 hours and then the time needed to install the new server and restore the catalog will take atleast a day.