How to install Netbackup 7.5 on RHEL?

[blackhawktek]

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
 

[Marianne]

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]

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?
 

[Marianne]

Correct.

NBU 6.5 will install on 32-bit Linux but is no longer supported.

See NBU 7.x SCL: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH76648

[Stumpr2]

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]

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 · Accepted solution]

 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]

Thanks!

We will give it a shot.  Yes, the client is 7.5. 

[blackhawktek]

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]

>>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.

[blackhawktek]

Cool, that worked.  Just changed the name of the folder and presto.  Thanks!