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Stream-Hunt
Level 2
2 years ago

Does the NetBackup 7.5 client support CentOS 7?

Hey all!

I know this is a question about an older version of NetBackup, but unfortunately the documentation is rather unhelpful - all of it points me to Symantec knowledge base articles that, obviously, no longer link to anything.

We aren't planning on sticking to NetBackup 7.5 for much longer, but in the meantime, it is our current production backup system (works well!). Until we get our new one spun up, is it possible to run the NetBackup 7.5 client on CentOS 7?

12.x and Earlier
Linux
  • davidmoline's avatar
    davidmoline
    2 years ago

    Hi Stream-Hunt 

    Did you check the SCL before asking? If you had you would have seen that support for Centos 7 only became available from NetBackup 7.6.1.1.

    There is also the minor fact that NetBackup 7.5 is well out of support anyway - so if you can make it work I'd say go for it (you will not get any offical help if things go wrong).

    David

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    davidmoline
    Level 6
    2 years ago

    Hi Stream-Hunt 

    Did you check the SCL before asking? If you had you would have seen that support for Centos 7 only became available from NetBackup 7.6.1.1.

    There is also the minor fact that NetBackup 7.5 is well out of support anyway - so if you can make it work I'd say go for it (you will not get any offical help if things go wrong).

    David