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TheLaw's avatar
TheLaw
Level 2
15 years ago

Installing NetBackup client on Debian GNU/Linux

Hi,

I got a package called RedHat2.6.tar.Z to install a client of the backup client on my Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.4.
This should be version6.5.3.1.

After installing I get the following message in the logs when nbclient is started:

03/19/2010 08:20:43.314 [Info] V-137-74 =====================================================
03/19/2010 08:20:43.314 [Info] V-137-13         Starting service: nbFTClient
03/19/2010 08:20:43.314 [Info] V-137-74 =====================================================
03/19/2010 08:20:43.583 [VssInit] (vss_auth.cpp,815): vrtsAtInit returned FAILURE
03/19/2010 08:20:43.584 [OrbService::setMaxDataLimit] successfully set max data limit: current=4294967295, max=4294967295(OrbService.cpp:241)
03/19/2010 08:20:43.653 [Info] V-137-74 =====================================================
03/19/2010 08:20:43.653 [Info] V-137-20         Now Running as Daemon: nbFTClient
03/19/2010 08:20:43.653 [Info] V-137-74 =====================================================
03/19/2010 08:20:43.665 [Orb::init] endpointvalue is : pbxiop://1556:nbFTClient(Orb.cpp:603)
03/19/2010 08:20:43.667 [Orb::init] initializing ORB nbFTClient with: nbFTClient -ORBSvcConfDirective "-ORBDottedDecimalAddresses 0" -ORBSvcConfDirective "static PBXIOP_Factory '-enable_keepalive'" -ORBSvcConfDirective "static EndpointSelectorFactory ''" -ORBSvcConfDirective "static Resource_Factory '-ORBProtocolFactory PBXIOP_Factory'" -ORBSvcConfDirective "static Resource_Factory '-ORBProtocolFactory IIOP_Factory'" -ORBSvcConfDirective "static PBXIOP_Evaluator_Factory '-orb nbFTClient'" -ORBSvcConfDirective "static Resource_Factory '-ORBConnectionCacheMax 1024 '" -ORBEndpoint pbxiop://1556:nbFTClient -ORBSvcConf /dev/null -ORBSvcConfDirective "static Server_Strategy_Factory '-ORBMaxRecvGIOPPayloadSize 268435456'"(Orb.cpp:714)
03/19/2010 08:20:43.679 [Critical] V-137-6 Failed to initialize ORB: check to see if PBX is running or if service has permissions to connect to PBX. Check PBX logs for details
03/19/2010 08:20:43.680 V-137-103 [Orb::init] CORBA exception: system exception, ID 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/BAD_PARAM:1.0'
TAO exception, minor code = 5 (endpoint initialization failure in Acceptor Registry; ECONNREFUSED), completed = NO
during orb activation
03/19/2010 08:20:43.680 V-137-510 [startServiceContainer] CORBA exception: system exception, ID 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/BAD_PARAM:1.0'
TAO exception, minor code = 5 (endpoint initialization failure in Acceptor Registry; ECONNREFUSED), completed = NO
executing service container run
03/19/2010 08:20:43.680 [Info] V-137-74 =====================================================
03/19/2010 08:20:43.680 [Info] V-137-12         Stopping service: nbFTClient
03/19/2010 08:20:43.680 [Info] V-137-74 =====================================================

What do I have to do to get the client running?

Thx in advance.


7.1.x and Earlier
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  • CRZ's avatar
    CRZ
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    PBX usually isn't installed on a client, though.

    nbFTClient is specifically for use with Fibre Transport.  Do you actually need this?

    On Linux, you normally won't see any services "running" after the client is installed - rather, you'll see open ports awaiting connections for backup jobs.

    Does output from a `netstat -an` command include LISTEN lines for ports 13724, 13782, &c.?

    #netstat -an | grep LISTEN
    ...
          *.13782              *.*                0      0 49152      0 LISTEN
          *.13724              *.*                0      0 49152      0 LISTEN

    Can you telnet to port 13782 on the client, or is the connection refused?

    You could also check your inetd.conf or xinetd.conf (probably xinetd.conf for Debian) for NetBackup entries for vnetd, bpcd &c. - if they exist, you may have a successful client install there.

    Obviously, attempting a backup and it succeeding is also a good test.  :)


  • TheLaw's avatar
    TheLaw
    Level 2
    15 years ago
    Thx.

    I do not know anything about fibre transport so I guess I will not need it.

    I have no clue about NetBackup, but know very much about linux. I somehow figured out it was a problem with the firewall installed. I had a manual which said only to open port 13782 tcp which probably wasn't enough. I now also opened the other tcp ports in inetd.conf by NetBackup and it seemed to work.

    Is there a manual which states which ports are required by NetBackup? Is it all four ports listed and only tcp? I think they all should be available for the NetBackups servers.