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blackhawktek
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12 years ago
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How to install Netbackup 7.5 on RHEL?

Guys,

I'm trying to install NetBackup on one of our RHEL 5 servers.  I'm not sure if we don't have the right installers or what (another tech from another group downloaded the TAR files/licensing stuff). 

smb: \> cd NetBackup_7.5
smb: \NetBackup_7.5\> ls
  .                                  DA        0  Mon Mar 25 12:21:51 2013
  ..                                 DA        0  Mon Mar 25 12:21:51 2013
  licensing                          DA        0  Mon Mar 25 12:11:23 2013
  NetBackup-and-OpsCenter-7.5_README_Download.txt      A     9102  Wed Oct 17 06                 :59:14 2012
  NetBackup_7.5_CLIENTS              DA        0  Mon Mar 25 12:11:33 2013
  NetBackup_7.5_CLIENTS.tar.gz        A 3884030989  Wed Oct 17 13:23:04 2012
  NetBackup_7.5_LU.tar.gz             A 4412662868  Wed Oct 17 07:21:56 2012
  NetBackup_7.5_Win.zip               A 2224912736  Wed Oct 17 07:37:42 2012
  NetBackup_Win                      DA        0  Mon Mar 25 12:17:55 2013
  OpsCenter_7.5_Win                  DA        0  Mon Mar 25 12:21:51 2013
  OpsCenter_7.5_Win.zip               A 945154537  Thu Feb 23 16:30:48 2012

                33496 blocks of size 134217728. 23911 blocks available
smb: \NetBackup_7.5\> cd NetBackup_7.5_CLIENTS
smb: \NetBackup_7.5\NetBackup_7.5_CLIENTS\> ls
  .                                  DA        0  Mon Mar 25 12:11:33 2013
  ..                                 DA        0  Mon Mar 25 12:11:33 2013
  Doc                                DA        0  Mon Mar 25 12:11:33 2013
  install                             A    59354  Wed Feb  8 10:07:16 2012
  LICENSE                             A    49589  Wed Feb  8 10:07:16 2012
  NBClients                          DA        0  Mon Mar 25 12:17:55 2013
  VSM_README                          A     2416  Wed Feb  8 10:07:16 2012

                33496 blocks of size 134217728. 23911 blocks available
smb: \NetBackup_7.5\NetBackup_7.5_CLIENTS\> ./install
./install: command not found

 

If I change to the NetBackup_7.5 directory and try ./install , I get an error.  Is this even the right installer for RHEL 5?

TIA
 

7.5
Backup and Recovery
Installing
Linux
NetBackup
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    12 years ago

     Download NBU Client patch files for Unix/linux from: www.symantec.com/docs/TECH199244

    Copy the 3 files to the Linux Client, join them as per instructions in the download page:
    cat "NB_CLT_7.5.0.5_tar-split.1of3" "NB_CLT_7.5.0.5_tar-split.2of3" "NB_CLT_7.5.0.5_tar-split.3of3" > "NB_CLT_7.5.0.5.tar"  
    then extract them using 'tar xvf NB_CLT_7.5.0.5.tar'.
    Next,  install using NB_update.install script.

    Not a good idea to run installation scripts from a Windows share.

    Can we assume that the client is already on 7.5?

     

     

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    Yes, that is the correct installation method.

    Question: what is RHEL bit version? Only 64-bit clients are supported.

    Please post output of the following :

    uname -a

    cat /etc/redhat-release

  • blackhawktek's avatar
    blackhawktek
    Level 3
    12 years ago

    It is 32bit.

    Linux <servername> 2.6.18-348.el5PAE #1 SMP Wed Nov 28 21:44:58 EST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.9 (Tikanga)

     

    So, we are out of luck?
     

     

  • Stumpr2's avatar
    Stumpr2
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    I'm kinda in same boat with a handfull of 32 bit Linux clients. I run NetBackup 6.5.3 on the clients. If you already have a Linux client running 6.5.3 you can create a tarball of the /usr/openv directory and ftp it to new client. Modify bp.conf /etc/services and xinetd.d for new client and restart xinetd.

  • blackhawktek's avatar
    blackhawktek
    Level 3
    12 years ago

    We do have another server that is running RHEL 6.4 and is 64bit. 

    Linux <servername> 2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jul 5 21:08:58 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago)

     

    What am I doing wrong here?  How do I get this one patched to 7.5.0.5? 

    I SSH into the server, use the SMB Client to browse to the Windows server where the files are, but run into a snag...

     

            33496 blocks of size 134217728. 23903 blocks available
    smb: \> cd NetBackup_7.5.0.5
    smb: \NetBackup_7.5.0.5\> ls
      .                                  DA        0  Mon Mar 25 15:28:13 2013
      ..                                 DA        0  Mon Mar 25 15:28:13 2013
      NB_7.5.0.5_Linux                   DA        0  Mon Mar 25 11:00:48 2013
      NB_7.5.0.5_x64                     DA        0  Mon Mar 25 15:28:31 2013
      NB_7.5.0.5_x86                     DA        0  Mon Mar 25 15:28:13 2013

            33496 blocks of size 134217728. 23903 blocks available
    smb: \NetBackup_7.5.0.5\> cd NB_7.5.0.5_Linux
    smb: \NetBackup_7.5.0.5\NB_7.5.0.5_Linux\> ls
      .                                  DA        0  Mon Mar 25 15:27:53 2013
      ..                                 DA        0  Mon Mar 25 15:27:53 2013
      .sizes_VrtsNB_7.5.0.5.linuxR_x86      A        7  Sun Feb 10 05:11:55 2013
      NB_update.install                   A   107854  Sun Feb 10 05:54:10 2013
      VrtsNB_7.5.0.5.linuxR_x86.tar.gz      A 213487632  Sun Feb 10 05:11:59 2013
      VrtsNB_7.5.0.5.postinstall          A    14283  Sun Feb 10 05:54:28 2013
      VrtsNB_7.5.0.5.postuninstall        A    14283  Sun Feb 10 05:54:28 2013
      VrtsNB_7.5.0.5.preinstall           A    14283  Sun Feb 10 05:54:28 2013
      VrtsNB_7.5.0.5.preuninstall         A    14283  Sun Feb 10 05:54:28 2013
      VrtsNB_7.5.0.5.README               A     6288  Sun Feb 10 05:54:13 2013

        33496 blocks of size 134217728. 23903 blocks available
    smb: \NetBackup_7.5.0.5\NB_7.5.0.5_Linux\> ./NB_update.install
    ./NB_update.install: command not found
    smb: \NetBackup_7.5.0.5\NB_7.5.0.5_Linux\> sh ./NB_update.install
    sh: command abbreviation ambiguous


     

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    12 years ago

     Download NBU Client patch files for Unix/linux from: www.symantec.com/docs/TECH199244

    Copy the 3 files to the Linux Client, join them as per instructions in the download page:
    cat "NB_CLT_7.5.0.5_tar-split.1of3" "NB_CLT_7.5.0.5_tar-split.2of3" "NB_CLT_7.5.0.5_tar-split.3of3" > "NB_CLT_7.5.0.5.tar"  
    then extract them using 'tar xvf NB_CLT_7.5.0.5.tar'.
    Next,  install using NB_update.install script.

    Not a good idea to run installation scripts from a Windows share.

    Can we assume that the client is already on 7.5?

     

     

  • blackhawktek's avatar
    blackhawktek
    Level 3
    12 years ago

    Okay, joined the files up and untar-ed to the Desktop.  Is this normal...

     

    [root@<servername>Netbackup 7.5.0.5 patch]# ls -lah
    total 7.3G
    drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Mar 26 10:34 .
    drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4.0K Mar 26 10:34 ..
    -rw-r--r--  1 root root 3.7G Mar 26 10:32 NB_CLT_7.5.0.5.tar
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root bin  106K Feb 10 05:54 NB_update.install
    -rw-r--r--  1 root bin  342M Feb 10 05:33 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.HP9000-800.tar.gz
    -rw-r--r--  1 root bin  498M Feb 10 05:29 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.HP-UX-IA64.tar.gz
    -rw-r--r--  1 root bin   43M Feb 10 05:35 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.INTEL.tar.gz
    -rw-r--r--  1 root bin  320M Feb 10 05:44 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.Linux-IA64.tar.gz
    -rw-r--r--  1 root bin  1.4G Feb 10 05:36 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.Linux.tar.gz
    -rw-r--r--  1 root bin   38M Feb 10 05:46 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.MACINTOSH.tar.gz
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root bin   34K Feb 10 05:55 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.postinstall
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root bin   34K Feb 10 05:55 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.postuninstall
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root bin   34K Feb 10 05:55 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.preinstall
    -rw-r--r--  1 root bin  9.1K Feb 10 05:55 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.README
    -rw-r--r--  1 root bin  577M Feb 10 05:46 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.RS6000.tar.gz
    -rw-r--r--  1 root bin  564M Feb 10 05:50 VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.Solaris.tar.gz
    [root@<servername> Netbackup 7.5.0.5 patch]# ./NB_update.install
    ./NB_update.install: line 3704: [: too many arguments
    ./NB_update.install: line 3704: [: too many arguments
    ./NB_update.install: line 3704: [: too many arguments
    ./NB_update.install: line 3704: [: too many arguments
    ./NB_update.install: line 2583: [: too many arguments
    ./NB_update.install: line 2607: cd: /root/Desktop/Netbackup: No such file or directory

    There is 1 pack available in /root/Desktop/Netbackup 7.5.0.5 patch:
    (* denotes installed pack)

    head: cannot open `/root/Desktop/Netbackup' for reading: No such file or directory
    head: cannot open `7.5.0.5' for reading: No such file or directory
    head: cannot open `patch/VrtsNB_CLT_7.5.0.5.README' for reading: No such file or directory
            NB_CLT_7.5.0.5

    Enter pack name (or q) [q]:

  • Will_Restore's avatar
    Will_Restore
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    >>cd: /root/Desktop/Netbackup: No such file or directory

     

    Seems it doesn't like spaces in filepath. Move the files to /tmp and run from there.