OS upgrade/backup

I am trying to upgrade from Mac os x 10.4.11 to snow leopard. There doesn't seem to be any way for me to back up before I install the new OS. Any ideas?

To backup you will need an external HD and also either SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner. Both applications will create a bootable clone of your internal HD. Remember first to format the EHD to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) prior to creating the clone.
Roger

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After successfully upgrading to the latest oes and linux 11 sp1, I now find that backup exec 2010 (ralus) will not find any files to backup in an nss volume. Everything was working fine before the upgrade, and BE can see the nss volume, but finds nothing inside it. Otherwise, all files are visible from other network connections, and I can find no new version of ralus to put things working again.
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Why not also open a S.R. with Backup Exec? Do they even support their product?
--El
Originally Posted by mrosen
On 10.01.2012 17:36, chas wrote:
>
> After successfully upgrading to the latest oes and linux 11 sp1, I now
> find that backup exec 2010 (ralus) will not find any files to backup in
> an nss volume. Everything was working fine before the upgrade, and BE
> can see the nss volume, but finds nothing inside it. Otherwise, all
> files are visible from other network connections, and I can find no new
> version of ralus to put things working again.
>
> Anyone got any ideas regarding this matter?
It's not you, seems to be an universal issue. I strongly suggest to open
a SR with Novell. If you post the number here, I see that the efforts
will get coordinated.
CU,
Massimo Rosen
Novell Knowledge Partner
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Pre upgrade backup

Hi guys,
We are due to upgrade oracle rac, what are the diffrent options for backing up the linux OS and Oracle cluster/software binaries incase we need to restore to current version ?
Can I simply use cp to backup oracle home /grid home ? plus ocr&voting disk ? is that’s sufficient?

Hi
Look like you want to backup RAC binaries just in case you have to restore.
You have three or Two homes. Go into each home and use TAR command the out put file save on other mount point. If you to restore the binaries just UNTAR them in the corrosponding home.
If you like to backup database use data pump export or RMAN backup. I hope it will help you.
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MM

RV082 upgrade backup firmware - advanced

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Cisco TMS Upgrade (Backup Meetings)

Hi,
I'm upgrading from TMS from 14.1 to 14.5. Couple of questions.
* From the admin guide it tells you to backup the SQL database using SQL backup components
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187048%28v=sql.105%29.aspx.
Does this backup the current scheduled meetings ?
* Does the upgrade effect the current scheduled meetings? If so is there any supported way to backup / restore the current scheduled meetings. There are several re-current meetings in the organisation so need to know if these will be impactd
Thanks
Nalaka

Something to note to my reply about the backup option in the TMS installer that I remembered today. Since TMS 14.4, that backup dialog has been removed. It's still present in TMS 14.1, the version you're currently running, but after you upgrade past 14.4, you'll need to rely on another method to backup the database. The TMS install and upgrade guide recommends you use one of these backup methods in the following Microsoft technet article depending on which version of SQL server your'e using, Back Up and Restore of SQL Server Databases.
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5508 upgrade/backup controller

If I am concerned about minimizing downtime I would use AP image pre- download option.
>> I will download 7.6 image on old WLC and push this image to the APs connected to them. When Pre download is completed APs will have primary and secondary image as 7.0 and 7.6 . At this time both my APs and WLC are working with 7.0 image.
>> Swap the image on APs.
>> Check if we have right image on APs( show ap image all).
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>> Once the APs have joined the old WLC on 7.6 then we can move the APs to new WLC using HA tab.
Link : http://www.my80211.com/cisco-wlc-cli-commands/2011/2/20/wlc-predownload-the-image-to-the-access-points-from-the-cont.html
I hope that helps.
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Old WLC = WLC1
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2. Upgrade the firmware of WLC2 (including the FUS/bootstrap).
3. Make sure you configure DNS for WLC2.
4. Connect WLC2 to the network and make sure you can remotely access WLC2.
5. Upgrade the firmware of WLC1 but DO NOT reboot.
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After ERP Upgrade online backup slow down

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> I would like to know how resource Consummation increase from 4.6c to ECC.
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The reason you can't see the backups of the old home folder from the new one is simply that they have different names.
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**Also see MetaLink Note:214887.1 & Note:159657.1
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ORACLE_HOME
PATH
ORA_NLS33
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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Oracle Workspace Manager 9.0.1.0.0 LOADED
Oracle interMedia 9.0.0.0.0 LOADED
Oracle Spatial 9.0.0.0.0 BETA LOADED
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col object_name format a30
col object_type format a15
col owner format a12
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BALTOTDELETE PROCEDURE
HtoD JAVA CLASS
MILEXTRACT PROCEDURE
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sys & system
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HT5381 I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and attempting to upgrade to Mavericks....installation completes and a message appears stating that my computer will restart in x seconds. I then get a message "Application install OS X Mavericks failed to quit". A

IMac upgrade from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to Mavericks errors by failing to restart computer........after install message states that "your computer is restarting in x seconds"...then window appears that "application install OS x Mavericks failed to quit"...try to log out again, quit install OS x Mavericks and choose apple menu to log out...........this does not work!

Are you running OS X Server (the forum this question was posted in), or are you running OS X? If you're not sure what that difference is and why I'm asking it, then you're probably running OS X and are very likely not running OS X Server here.
Hopefully you have a pre-upgrade backup of your data, on the off chance something has either already gone badly wrong already, or if something goes wrong with the following...
To force the quit here and to force the shutdown here, press and hold the power button for ~10 seconds.
If you don't have a backup already and if the box doesn't reboot, then you'll want to boot from the 10.6 DVD (of OS X or OS X Server) and create a backup — it won't be a particularly good backup of the OS X or OS X Server system, but at least you'll have access to your own files and related data. This backup because recovering from a badly-failed upgrade might involve reinstalling OS X.

Upgrade to OS X 10.10 from 10.6.8

I would be grateful for advice about upgrading my OS.
I have got a MacBook Pro bought in September 2013 in the UK which is running under OS X 10.6.8, with 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB of memory, and a 500GB hard drive, mostly unused. Some software I've just bought needs OS X 10.7 or later so I intend to upgrade.
Looking on the web, I think my machine can support OS X 10.10, and I gather that it's a simple, though lengthy process, to upgrade from the App Store. Since I'm starting from OS X 10.6.8 I understand it's free.
The important non-Apple applications I'm running are MS Office for Mac and Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop.
I'm running Time Machine to an external hard drive, so I understand that if anything goes wrong I can restore my system and data to what they were before.
Should I go to OS X 10.9 or earlier rather than 10.10? I'm unlikely to make much use of whizzy new features; performance is more important to me.
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Many thanks to Eric, dwb, and Jimmy for all this information. I’m still digesting it, and the further information in the links within the links. I have made significant progress.
Right now I would be grateful for thoughts on further questions, in bold in the notes below. It's quite likely that these notes go into more detail than you want to read. If so, please just look at the specific questions.
GENERAL PERFORMANCE
I replaced my 4GB of RAM by 8GB from Crucial (arrived next day). It made a great difference. I’m now considering replacing my hard drive by an SSD. That would be tied in with a new strategy for backups, below, in which I could use the HD for a clone backup.
What might I have got wrong with the Apple Hardware Test? I held down D while restarting and while powering on but nothing special happened. The machine started up normally.
I uninstalled Carbonite. It kept getting the colour wheel in the menu bar and in System Preferences and used a lot of CPU even though it said it was idle. I might reinstall it if its problem with Yosemite gets sorted out – my subscription runs until August.
I had problems with Dropbox. They now seem to be cleared, not quite sure why. Seem to have to run it every so often to get it into the menu bar, then it disappears again.
SECURITY
Any suggestions for an anti-virus product on a flash drive which I could run from time to time? JimmyCMPIT suggests this. I got rid of Sophos, but I would like to be able to check for malware which affects Window machines – I also use a PC. ClamXav get lots of mentions but several reviews don’t think much of it.
I installed the Firefox add-on NoScript. I shall do my banking using Firefox with NoScript from a user account (which I would anyway), on both Mac and PC. NoScript is freeware but if it turns out to be as good as claimed I shall make a donation.
I cleared the download folders in all my accounts and will keep them empty.
I went through the settings in all browsers in all accounts – auto-update, checking options allowed, add-ons and plugins. And auto-update for OS and MS Office. On both Mac and PC I have four user accounts and an administrator account. On the Mac I have Safari and Firefox, on the PC IE, Firefox, and Chrome.
BACKUP AND RECOVERY
Two or three years ago my hard drive failed. I had to rebuild everything from scratch. I thought that since I had Carbonite it would not be much problem – I did not then have Time Machine. In fact it was quite difficult and took a very long time, even with very effective assistance from Carbonite support staff.
A bootable clone would save a lot of time. It seems to me that I would make a clone backup just before a major upgrade, in case the upgrade turned out to be unviable. Once the upgrade showed that it was stable I would overwrite the pre-upgrade backup by a post-upgrade backup to fall back to subsequently if necessary. After that I would every so often replace it by a more up-to-date backup. I’d keep it off-site.
Carbon Copy Cloner seems to be the popular choice.
If I bought an SSD drive could I put the current internal drive into an enclosure and use it for clone backups? Alternatively I could use an old external drive I’ve got.
What sort of SSD should I buy? The Crucial website lists several for my machine (MacBook Pro 13” mid-2009). The cheaper ones have slower write speeds, from 150 MB/s to 370 Mb/s. How significant would that be?
Will I have to deal with TRIM?
Is it possible to recover from the bootable clone then tell Time Machine to restore all user files created/changed since the date the clone was created?
One of Eric’s links suggests also making occasional off-site copies of important user data on non-rewriteable media, i.e. DVD-R. I could get everything important onto four disks.
I would set up a similar backup strategy for my PC, with Windows 7 built-in back-up and Carbonite taking the place of Time Machine.
Does the strategy below look sensible?
Mac:
Internal hard drive: SSD
Bootable clone: HD - before then after major upgrades
On-site contemporaneous user data backup: Time Machine on external HD
Off-site contemporaneous user data backup: None, unless Carbonite gets fixed
Non-rewriteable user data backups: 4 x DVD-R - say two sets cycling monthly, kept off-site
PC:
Internal hard drive: HD
Bootable clone: HD - before then after major upgrades
On-site daily user data backup: Windows 7 backup on external HD
Off-site contemporaneous user data backup: Carbonite
Non-rewriteable user data backups: 4 x DVD-R - say two sets cycling monthly, kept off-site

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Hi gang,
I forgot that I have a 10.5.6 family upgrade disc. I've upgraded my kid's Mac Mini and was not sure about upgrading my MacBook Pro then.
So I'm thinking I should upgrade my MacBook Pro now but I am not sure if I will lose any data or application (and application specific information). Can you folks please clarify and/or provide best way to perform the upgrade?
I use my MacBook Pro on a daily basis from office document, browsing, audio recording and editing, video editing and photo editing that I can't imagine my MacBook Pro having a problem.
I'm also hoping that with the upgrade, my Superdrive will somehow come back to life and be useful again.
Here's my MacBook Pro info:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP31.0070.B07
SMC Version: 1.16f11
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

I'm also hoping that with the upgrade, my Superdrive will somehow come back to life and be useful again.
Unlikely.
That usually means a hardware problem. No operating system update will fix hardware problems.
I'd get it fixed by an authorized service center. If you are in the U.S. there are places that can do it cheaper if you are out of warranty:
http://www.dttservice.com/
http://www.powerbookresq.com/
http://www.microdocusa.com/
http://www.macspecialist.com/
http://www.techrestore.com/
Before doing any upgrade, backup your data*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
That way you avoid the risk of losing everything.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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