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process/procedure to make smaller client install kits
is there process/procedure to make smaller client install kits?
We are attempting a 7.6.1 client install on redhat 64bit. when stripping down install tar we get missing files errors.
Hi
I assume you've downloaded NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.tar.gz
cp NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.tar.gz /tmp
cd /tmp
tar zxvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.tar.gz
rm -rf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/IBMzSeriesSuSE2.6.16/
rm -rf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/SuSE2.6.16/
rm -rf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/IBMzSeriesRedHat2.6.18/
rm -rf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/Debian2.6.18/cd NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2
./install
The trouble with copying the CLIENTS2 file (at 1.6GB) is that we need 3.2 GB of disk to have a copy locally, and to unpack it - before the CLIENTS2 file can be deleted.
When I strip down the client kits to RHEL only I end up with a 464 MB kit:
464,205,312 NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.specific.Linux.RedHat2.6.18.tar
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See this link for a description of the 'base' and 'patch' NetBackup Client kits:
What about an ISO for 7.6 client install on RedHat 64bit - Comment:6 hours 32 min ago : Link
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Here's a procedure to strip down v7.6.1 base kits, and v7.6.1.2 patch kits.
Do NOT think of using this procedure to strip down v7.5, v7.6.0.x, v7.7 kits - because each NetBackup major version has a certain number of version to version minor differences, and unless you are quite comfortable with the folder structures and file names then you can get in to a proper mess if you attempt to use these v7.6.1.x procedures on any other version.
Enjoy:
Example - How to Make Smaller NetBackup v7.6.1 Client BASE Kits on a Mac OSX in a Terminal Session ================================================================================================== # This process makes smaller NetBackup Client "BASE" kits for Unix and Linux... #...this process assumes that a structured folder tree of NetBackup kits already exists on another server... #...which has already been mounted (on Mac OSX) via NFS Client or CIFS/SMB client, at the Mac OSX file system... #...name/point of: /Volumes/NetBackup/ #...first, check that tar is at least version 1.16 #...see tech note: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH154080 tar --version #...WARNING: if your tar version is not high enough (on any OS) then do NOT continue with this process !!! #...check that we have at least 10 GB of disk space free: df -h /tmp #...make sure this folder does not already exist, because we'll be working with a folder of this name, and ultimately deleting it: ls -lash /tmp/nbu/ #...if it already exists, then think carefully before deleting it - ask yourself... why does it already exist ? rm -rvf /tmp/nbu #...copy main Client kit from the respository to /tmp on our local machine: cd /tmp cp -v '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1 - Binaries/NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1.tar.gz' ./ cp -v '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1 - Binaries/NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.tar.gz' ./ ls -lash #...test the kit: tar -tvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1.tar.gz tar -tvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.tar.gz #...check the sym-links and check that linked files only refer to files within the same family set: tar -tvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1.tar.gz | grep "\->" | grep -v "install_client" tar -tvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.tar.gz | grep "\->" | grep -v "install_client" #...N.B. if any files sym-link to files outside of their own family group then abandon this procedure and do NOT continue... #...and maybe think about updating this procedure to cope with the situation... #...i.e. if any of the sym-link pointers point to three levels or more upwards, then do not continue. #...now extract each large kit, and delete each large kit: tar -xvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1.tar.gz rm -v NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1.tar.gz tar -xvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.tar.gz rm -v NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.tar.gz #...there is no longer any need to drop most of the documentation set... #...as the v7.6.1 base kit no longer includes the entire documentation set... #...now we will temporarily store the folders of the client family kits elsewhere... #...we will do this several times, before we get to the Linux and Solaris kits: ls -lash NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ ls -lash NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ mkdir /tmp/nbu/ mv -v NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/* /tmp/nbu/ mv -v NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/* /tmp/nbu/ ls -lash NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ ls -lash NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ #...and now bring each family folder back and make new O/S family specific kits... #...make base client kit for: HP-UX-IA64 mv -v /tmp/nbu/HP-UX-IA64/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ tar -h -cvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1.specific.HP-UX-IA64.tar NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/ rm -rvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/HP-UX-IA64/ #...make base client kits for: INTEL mv -v /tmp/nbu/INTEL/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ tar -h -cvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1.specific.INTEL.tar NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/ rm -rvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/INTEL/ #...make base client kits for: MACINTOSH mv -v /tmp/nbu/MACINTOSH/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ tar -h -cvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1.specific.MACINTOSH.tar NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/ rm -rvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/MACINTOSH/ #...make base client kits for: RS6000 mv -v /tmp/nbu/RS6000/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ tar -h -cvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1.specific.RS6000.tar NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/ rm -rvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/RS6000/ #...now for the Linux kits, we're going to make specific platform kits... #...but making sure that we use the "-h" option of tar to dereference sym-links... #...i.e. to directly include linked files, and not the links themselves... #...the Solaris family kit actually contains kits for two variants: # Solaris10 # Solaris_x86_10_64 #...and the Linux family kit actually contains kits for seven variants: # Debian2.6.18 # IBMpSeriesRedHat2.6.16 # IBMpSeriesSuSE2.6.16 # IBMzSeriesRedHat2.6.18 # IBMzSeriesSuSE2.6.16 # RedHat2.6.18 # SuSE2.6.16 #...each of which we are going to re-package into smaller kits... #...so, first move back the family folders: #...list the folders, these should be empty, if they are not empty then something above has gone wrong: ls -lash NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ ls -lash NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ mv -v /tmp/nbu/Solaris/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ mv -v /tmp/nbu/Linux/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ #...the folders should now contain the two families of Solaris and Linux: ls -lash NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ ls -lash NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/ #...remove the now empty temporary holding area... #...if this folder delete fails, then something has gone wrong with the steps above: rmdir /tmp/nbu/ #...N.B. these next two lines are each a single line - so watch out for line/word wrap: tar -h -cvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1.specific.Solaris.Solaris10.tar NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/Doc/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/LICENSE NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Solaris/Solaris10/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/catalog/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/VSM_README NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/install tar -h -cvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1.specific.Solaris_x86_10_64.tar NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/Doc/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/LICENSE NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Solaris/Solaris_x86_10_64/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/NBClients/catalog/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/VSM_README NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/install #...N.B. these next four lines are each a single line - so watch out for line/word wrap: tar -h -cvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.specific.Linux.Debian2.6.18.tar NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/Doc/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/LICENSE NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/Debian2.6.18/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/catalog/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/VSM_README NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/install tar -h -cvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.specific.Linux.IBM.tar NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/Doc/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/LICENSE NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/IBM*/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/catalog/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/VSM_README NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/install tar -h -cvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.specific.Linux.RedHat2.6.18.tar NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/Doc/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/LICENSE NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/RedHat2.6.18/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/catalog/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/VSM_README NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/install tar -h -cvf NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2.specific.Linux.SuSE2.6.16.tar NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/Doc/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/LICENSE NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/SuSE2.6.16/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/NBClients/catalog/ NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/VSM_README NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/install #...remove the expanded base client kit areas that we have been working with: rm -rvf /tmp/NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS1/ rm -rvf /tmp/NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS2/ #...list the specific kits: ls -lash NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS*.specific.* #...copy the new specific kits to repository... #...N.B. you may need to re-establish a connection from your workstation to your CIFS share or NFS export, i.e. the NetBackup software kits repository: ls -lash '/Volumes/' ls -lash '/Volumes/NetBackup/' ls -lash '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/' ls -lash '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1 - Binaries/' mkdir '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1 - Binaries/specific/' ls -lash '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1 - Binaries/specific/' cp -v NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS*.specific.*.tar '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1 - Binaries/specific/' ls -lash '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1 - Binaries/specific/' #...cleanup... now delete the local copy of the kits: rm -v /tmp/NetBackup_7.6.1_CLIENTS*.specific.*.tar Example - How to Make Smaller NetBackup Client v7.6.1.2 PATCH Kits on a Mac OSX in a Terminal Session ===================================================================================================== # This process makes smaller NetBackup Client "PATCH" kits... #...first, check that tar is at least version 1.16 #...see tech note: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH154080 tar --version #...WARNING: if your tar version is not high enough (on any OS) then do NOT continue with this process !!! #...check that we have at least 10 GB disk space: df -h /tmp #...make sure these two folders do not already exist, because we'll be working with folders of these names, and ultimately deleting them: ls -lash /tmp/nbu/ ls -lash /tmp/temp/ #...if they already exist, then think carefully before deleting them - ask yourself... why do they already exist ? rm -rvf /tmp/nbu rm -rvf /tmp/temp #...copy main client patch kit: cd /tmp ls -lash cp -v '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1.2 - Patch/NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.tar' ./ ls -lash #...test the kit: tar -tvf NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.tar #...now extract the kit, but in to the "nbu" sub-folder... #...we have to extract down into our current sub-folder because this tarball does not contain a sub-folder: mkdir nbu cd nbu pwd tar -xvf ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.tar #...delete the large kit sitting above us: rm -v ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.tar #...temporarily store the O/S family kit variants in the folder directly above us: mv -v VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.*.tar.gz ../ #...now, one at a time, bring down the OS specific tar balls, so that we can make some smaller O/S family specific client kits... #...we will do this several times, before we get to work on the larger Linux and Solaris kits: mv -v ../VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.HP-UX-IA64.tar.gz ./ tar -cvf ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.HP-UX-IA64.tar * rm -v VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.HP-UX-IA64.tar.gz mv -v ../VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.INTEL.tar.gz ./ tar -cvf ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.INTEL.tar * rm -v VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.INTEL.tar.gz mv -v ../VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.MACINTOSH.tar.gz ./ tar -cvf ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.MACINTOSH.tar * rm -v VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.MACINTOSH.tar.gz mv -v ../VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.RS6000.tar.gz ./ tar -cvf ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.RS6000.tar * rm -v VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.RS6000.tar.gz #...now we will make Linux and Solaris family kits, for specific platforms... #...the tricky part is that the Linux client patch kits are contained within a large file of 1.8 GB named: # VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz #...and the Solaris client patch kits are contained within a large file named: # VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.tar.gz #...but we want to create smaller client patch variant kits, yet each kit still needs to contain a file named: # VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz #...or: VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.tar.gz #...and seeing as the original files can contain sym-links, we're going to need to de-reference too... #...so, we're going to have to extract all the files and re-form each specific kit one at a time... #...first thing to do is to move the original full Linux and Solaris patch kits somewhere safe for now: mkdir /tmp/temp/ mv -v ../VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz /tmp/temp/ mv -v ../VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.tar.gz /tmp/temp/ #...make sure kits are valid: tar -tvf /tmp/temp/VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz tar -tvf /tmp/temp/VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.tar.gz #...now we extract the full trees, of "usr/.." downwards: cd /tmp/temp/ tar -xvf VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz tar -xvf VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.tar.gz #...and now create individually named variants (that will later be renamed back to the original plain _CLT_ name)... #...note how we de-reference sym-links (using -h) and compress (using -z): tar -h -z -cvf VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.Debian2.6.18.tar.gz usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/Debian2.6.18/ tar -h -z -cvf VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.IBM.tar.gz usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/IBM*/ tar -h -z -cvf VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.RedHat2.6.18.tar.gz usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/RedHat2.6.18/ tar -h -z -cvf VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.SuSE2.6.16.tar.gz usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/SuSE2.6.16/ tar -h -z -cvf VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.Solaris10.tar.gz usr/openv/netbackup/client/Solaris/Solaris10/ tar -h -z -cvf VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.Solaris_x86_10_64.tar.gz usr/openv/netbackup/client/Solaris/Solaris_x86_10_64/ #...now for each variant we're going to rename the variant back to _CLT_ and then create the true variant patch kit... #...i.e. bring back a variant file, rename it to the original name, and then re-package all as a specific kit: cd /tmp/nbu mv -v /tmp/temp/VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.Debian2.6.18.tar.gz ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz tar -cvf ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.Linux.Debian2.6.18.tar * rm -v ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz mv -v /tmp/temp/VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.IBM.tar.gz ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz tar -cvf ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.Linux.IBM.tar * rm -v ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz mv -v /tmp/temp/VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.RedHat2.6.18.tar.gz ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz tar -cvf ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.Linux.RedHat2.6.18.tar * rm -v ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz mv -v /tmp/temp/VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.SuSE2.6.16.tar.gz ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz tar -cvf ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.Linux.SuSE2.6.16.tar * rm -v ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Linux.tar.gz mv -v /tmp/temp/VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.Solaris10.tar.gz ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.tar.gz tar -cvf ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.Solaris.Solaris10.tar * rm -v ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.tar.gz mv -v /tmp/temp/VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.Solaris_x86_10_64.tar.gz ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.tar.gz tar -cvf ../NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.Solaris.Solaris_x86_10_64.tar * rm -v ./VrtsNB_CLT_7.6.1.2.Solaris.tar.gz #...cleanup: cd /tmp rm -rvf /tmp/nbu/ rm -rvf /tmp/temp/ #...save the newly made specific client patch kits to the repostory... #...N.B. you may need to re-establish a connection from your Mac to your CIFS share or NFS export, i.e. the repository: ls -lash '/Volumes/' ls -lash '/Volumes/NetBackup/' ls -lash '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/' ls -lash '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1.2 - Patch/' mkdir '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1.2 - Patch/specific/' ls -lash '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1.2 - Patch/specific/' cp -v NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.*.tar '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1.2 - Patch/specific/' ls -lash '/Volumes/NetBackup/NetBackup v7.6/NetBackup v7.6.1.2 - Patch/specific/' #...tidy-up: rm -v /tmp/NB_CLT_7.6.1.2.specific.*.tar [end]
