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nbustarter380
Level 6
11 years ago

Installing the netbackup windows client on a Windows 2012 core server

Hi, Has anyone installed the Symantec Windows Netbackup on a Windows 2012 core server? There was a request for us to backup Windows 2012 servers however there is no GUI installed and the Windows Ad...
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  • The_Skip's avatar
    The_Skip
    11 years ago

    As Chris said, a remote install is probably the easiest:

    Remote Installation

    1. PC_Clnt\x64\Setup.exe to start the setup wizard.
    2. Follow the prompts. You will have the option to specify local or
    remote installation.
    3. Refer to the Remote Installation Instructions in the NetBackup for
    Microsoft Windows Client Chapter in the "NetBackup
    Installation Guide for Windows" for additional installation
    instructions.

    You might also be able to perform a Silent install from the command line:

    To perform a silent installation of NetBackup client software on Windows
    1.  Copy the self extracting executable NB_7.5.0.6.winnt.x64.Client.Win2012.exe to the system to a temporary location.
    2.  From the command line navigate to directory where the executable is and run it to extract the file..
    3.  In the temporary directory, if you have a command line text editor, edit the silentclient.cmd file so the script installs the client software as needed.

    or edit the silentclient.cmd on another system and copy it into place

    4.  Run the silentclient.cmd script.
    5. To verify that the installation was successful, check the installation log file
    in the following directory:
    %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Symantec\NetBackup\InstallLogs

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The_Skip
Level 3
11 years ago

As Chris said, a remote install is probably the easiest:

Remote Installation

1. PC_Clnt\x64\Setup.exe to start the setup wizard.
2. Follow the prompts. You will have the option to specify local or
remote installation.
3. Refer to the Remote Installation Instructions in the NetBackup for
Microsoft Windows Client Chapter in the "NetBackup
Installation Guide for Windows" for additional installation
instructions.

You might also be able to perform a Silent install from the command line:

To perform a silent installation of NetBackup client software on Windows
1.  Copy the self extracting executable NB_7.5.0.6.winnt.x64.Client.Win2012.exe to the system to a temporary location.
2.  From the command line navigate to directory where the executable is and run it to extract the file..
3.  In the temporary directory, if you have a command line text editor, edit the silentclient.cmd file so the script installs the client software as needed.

or edit the silentclient.cmd on another system and copy it into place

4.  Run the silentclient.cmd script.
5. To verify that the installation was successful, check the installation log file
in the following directory:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Symantec\NetBackup\InstallLogs