Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

NetWorker Year 2038 Readiness

In NetWorker versions earlier than 19.3, the save sets could not be configured for browse and retention time beyond the year 2038. When you try to set a date beyond the year 2038, NetWorker returns an invalid retention time and the corresponding operation fails. From NetWorker 19.3 onwards, you can set a retention time beyond the year 2038.

1. Update the browse and retention time value of the respective backup action to a value greater than the year 2038 and perform scheduled backups.
   NOTE:

   • For all the actions to support a retention value greater than the year 2038, both the NetWorker server and the NetWorker client must be updated to NetWorker 19.3 or later.
   • Browse value beyond the year 2038 is only supported for traditional backup action.
2. Update the browse and retention time value of the respective clone action to a value greater than the year 2038 and perform the respective clone actions.
   NOTE:Update only the NetWorker server to NetWorker 19.3 or later and clients can still be on any supported NetWorker version. The backups are limited to the retention time of the year 2038. You can later change it to a value greater than the year 2038 using the nsrmm command available as part of NetWorker 19.3 and later.
3. Change the browse and retention time value of the backups and clones using the nsrmm command available as part of NetWorker 19.3 and later. No change in the actions are required.
   NOTE:Update only the NetWorker server to NetWorker 19.3 or later.