Installing netbackup client on linux

[gkman]

There must be at least a dozen threads about this subject but I failed to find my answer.

I understood that installing the client is as simple as extracting it to the server and executing the install script. but which tar file do I use? (there is one file of 2.4GB and one of 1.5GB) why are there 2 different files? (and why so big?)

also, I understand there is a way to push a backup client on a fresh server? does it work if my master server is windows? how do I do it?

thanks for the help

[vjuhola]

I believe you are talking about CLIENTS1 and CLIENTS2. They contain binaries for many OSes. For Linux client installation you need the CLIENTS2 package. The installation sequence is simple as extracting the package and running install -script, after that the installation sequence will ask a few questions.

For the push install you need to have either a Linux or UNIX master or media server. For example you cannot push from a Windows master server Linux client software.

Client binaries for the current platform already exist, for example on Linux master server there are Linux client binaries in place and you can push clients. For other OS you need to extract the CLIENTS1 and CLIENTS2 packages. Binaries are located here:

[root@master client]# pwd
/usr/openv/netbackup/client
[root@master client]# ls -l
total 52
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   10 Feb 11  2015 HP9000-700 -> HP9000-800
drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin  4096 Oct 25  2014 HP9000-800
drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin  4096 Oct 25  2014 HP-UX-IA64
drwxr-xr-x 4 root bin  4096 Jul 20  2015 INTEL
drwxr-xr-x 8 root bin  4096 May  5  2015 Linux
drwxr-xr-x 5 root bin  4096 Jul 20  2015 Linux-s390x
drwxr-xr-x 4 root bin  4096 Jul 20  2015 MACINTOSH
drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin  4096 Feb 11  2015 NDMP
drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin  4096 Feb 11  2015 Novell
drwxr-xr-x 5 root bin  4096 Feb 11  2015 OpenVMS
drwxr-xr-x 3 root bin  4096 Oct 25  2014 RS6000
drwxr-xr-x 4 root bin  4096 Mar 16 12:10 Solaris
drwxr-xr-x 8 root bin  4096 Feb 11  2015 Windows-x64
drwxr-xr-x 8 root bin  4096 Feb 11  2015 Windows-x86
[root@master client]# du -sk *
0       HP9000-700
210648  HP9000-800
663768  HP-UX-IA64
12      INTEL
2313312 Linux
16      Linux-s390x
12      MACINTOSH
8       NDMP
8       Novell
16      OpenVMS
774712  RS6000
1733780 Solaris
28      Windows-x64
28      Windows-x86

Before you can install client software by pushing you need to "inform" NetBackup which binaries you will be pushing. That happens by adding a client to a policy with proper OS type. The complete process can be done using three commands, first will add a new client to a policy, second will transfer binaries to client and third will do the actual installation:

/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplclients PolicyName -add clienthostname Linux RedHat2.6.18
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/install_client_files sftp clienthostname username
ssh -t username@clienthostname '/usr/bin/sudo sh /tmp/bp.xxxxxxx/client_config'

In my example I used RHEL OS. I hope this helps

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

NBU Installation Guide is your friend. Clients2 download contains all Linux client versions. You can only push-install from a Unix/Linux master. (Also documented in NBU Installation Guide).

[gkman]

I was looking through the guide (https://download.veritas.com/resources/content/live/DOCUMENTATION/6000/DOC6447/en_US/NetBackup76_Install_Guide.pdf?__gda__=1462402743_275d0c981d97eb91cff20acf81035301) but didn't find any references to the rat files. only to the installation DVD.

also, if clients2 is all Linux clients versions, what is clients1 used for?

thanks again.

[Marianne]

Download files (Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) images) contains the same software as DVD set.

Extract from NetBackup Installation Guide  :

UNIX clients 1 : 
■ AIX
■ FreeBSD
■ HP PA-RISC and IA64
■ Mac
■ Solaris SPARC and X86

UNIX clients 2 :
All Linux platforms