03-07-2016 02:57 PM
Doing a bit of housecleaning prior to upgrades... and I notice my master appliance (2.6.0.4) is probably a bit too full in the /inst filesystem to attempt an upgrade. I look into it and see quite a few old client directories:
<master>:/inst/client/.packages # du -sk * | sort -n 978212 NetBackup_7.6.0.1_LinuxS_x86_64 1551296 NetBackup_7.6.0.1_Win 3481176 NetBackup_7.6.0.2_CLIENTS 3515036 NetBackup_7.6.0.4_CLIENTS 4053288 for_download 4530424 NetBackup_7.6.0.1_CLIENTS 10066360 from_dvd
Seems like I could get rid of a bunch of this... but was wondering if the clish provided a built-in method to do this already...
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03-10-2016 02:22 PM
I backed up the /inst directory and removed all the old crap. :)
03-08-2016 01:11 AM
See the Software > Uninstall and Delete options:
NetBackup 52X0 Appliance CLISH Quick Reference Card
http://www.veritas.com/docs/000021706
...which should be able to delete some of the folders that you have listed above, after that then remove the non-standard ones manually yourself.
03-08-2016 01:15 AM
Appliance documentation is here:
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.DOC2792
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The CLIsh command ref for v2.6.0.4 is here:
Symantec NetBackup 52xx Appliance Command Reference Guide – Release 2.6.0.4
http://www.veritas.com/docs/000004280
...see page 105.
03-08-2016 06:11 PM
Sorry - I should have been more clear about what I'd done - there are no updates to delete to speak of - I'd checked that earlier.
<master>.Software> List Downloaded Software updates downloaded: Patch_Name Size Release_Date NBU_Version SYMC_NBAPP_update-2.6.1.2-2.x86_64.rpm 3.6G Thu Jul 09 2015 7.6.1.2 SYMC_NBAPP_EEB_ET3487431-2.6.0.2-4.x86_64.rpm 4.4M Fri Aug 08 2014 SYMC_NBAPP_EEB_ET3716427-2.6.0.4-1.x86_64.rpm 19M Fri Jan 30 2015 SYMC_NBAPP_EEB_ET3570768-2.6.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm 61K Mon Aug 18 2014 SYMC_NBAPP_EEB_ET3631602-2.6.0.1-6.x86_64.rpm 938K Mon Oct 06 2014
Was hoping for some appliance-specific expertise on removing those directories. To be honest, I'm not even sure how they got there. Seems an odd location to install system software. I can see the links in /usr/openv/netbackup/client/ (below). It really smells like I could just delete the older client directories - I'm just wondering why they weren't cleaned up at some point automatically? I think maybe I'll just play whack-a-mole and nuke 'em.
<master>:/usr/openv/netbackup/client # ll total 48 drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin 4096 May 15 2014 HP-UX-IA64 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 17 2014 HP9000-700 -> HP9000-800 drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin 4096 Jun 17 2014 HP9000-800 drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin 4096 May 15 2014 INTEL lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 103 Feb 2 2015 Linux -> /inst/client/.packages/NetBackup_7.6.0.4_CLIENTS/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin 4096 May 15 2014 MACINTOSH drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin 4096 May 15 2014 NDMP drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin 4096 May 15 2014 Novell drwxr-xr-x 5 root bin 4096 May 15 2014 OpenVMS lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 104 Feb 2 2015 RS6000 -> /inst/client/.packages/NetBackup_7.6.0.4_CLIENTS/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/RS6000 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 105 Feb 2 2015 Solaris -> /inst/client/.packages/NetBackup_7.6.0.4_CLIENTS/NBClients/anb/Clients/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Solaris drwxr-xr-x 8 root bin 4096 May 15 2014 Windows-x64 drwxr-xr-x 8 root bin 4096 May 15 2014 Windows-x86
03-10-2016 02:22 PM
I backed up the /inst directory and removed all the old crap. :)
03-10-2016 04:20 PM
How did you remove it? via CLIsh or root CLI or both?
03-11-2016 02:26 PM
I removed all the old files with an elevated shell.
WARNING: DO NOT REMOVE /inst/client/.packages/from_dvd UNLESS YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR UPGRADE TO WORK.
Don't ask me how I know this...