Netbackup client for linux

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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?

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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).

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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

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Install NetBackup Client on Ubuntu Jaunty (i386 and amd64)

Note: There will be a few errors generated, but most are simply due to the inability to create files in a rc.d structure… You may also need to know the address of your backup server.

Starting the services

$ sudo cp /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/nbclient /etc/init.d/

$ sudo /etc/init.d/nbclient start

$ sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd restart

$ sudo update-rc.d nbclient defaults

Notify Administrators

At this point, you’ll need to notify your local backup admin that you’ve just added a machine to the network. I think your administrator will need to specify your machine as “Redhat2.6” for the backups to work. I’m not sure if any other setting will work properly.

Ensuring the correct files are backed up

NetBackup keeps an include_list and exclude_list located in /usr/openv/netbackup. If you wish to specify folders to backup, you will need to add the path to any other folder to the include_list to ensure that it’s included in the backup.

Verifying Backups

In order to see backup logs showing what was backed up on your machine, you need to create a special folder. When the bpbkar process sees this folder, it will append a log.000000 file with the current day. At the end it should say what the exit status is.

Warning! These files get big and aren’t rotated by default, so the folder will need to be cleaned out periodically.

$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbkar

References

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Veritas Netbackup 8.1 Client Installation

In this article, we are going to share the Sureshot procedure on how to install veritas netbackup 8.1 client installation on your UNIX Linux server.

You may be having any script to do so. If for some reason your script is not working for the latest version. This procedure is expected to work.

How to Push Netbackup Client from Master Server

Basically, this is a pushing method. How you can push netbackup client from netbackup master server.

You can try this method if you have already tried any other method you may have. The basic requirement for this method is just you need to have privileged access to Netbackup Media Server.

If you are installing an agent means you must be already having the required permission to the client machine.

Syntax of command will be like below

So let us see sample output to understand it in a better way. As always please use the find or locate command to find the path of the command.

This is going to a two-step procedure. The first one is supposed to be run on the netbackup master server and others have to be run on the nbu client target server.

During this process, client software gets copied to the target machine and you will get instructions for installation.

Push Netbackup Client S/W to Client from Media Server

#./sftp_to_client lnxserv01  Connecting to lnxserv01. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago) Password: sftp completed successfully. The root user on lnxserv01 must now execute the command "sh /tmp/bp.6459/ client _config [-L]". The optional argument, "-L" is used to avoid modification of the client's current bp.conf file. #

Step 2:

Install Netbackup Client S/W on Client Machine

Log in to the target server where you are trying to install Netbackup Client Software and execute the command which you get as instructions while pushing client software.

# /bin/sh /tmp/bp.6459/client_config Installing VRTSnbpck . Checking for required system conditions. ok be_nb_same_host: inapplicable on linux: skipping ok unsupported_platform: Passed checks for unsupported platforms. ok space_check: There is enough space present on /dev/sda2 to proceed. Checking for recommended system conditions. ok space_check: There is enough space present on /dev/sda2 to proceed. ok hotfix_auditor: NetBackup is not installed or there is no hotfix or EEB data present. Skipping HF/EEB Auditor check. Installed VRTSnbpck successfully. Installing VRTSpbx . Installed VRTSpbx successfully. Installing VRTSnbclt . #

That`s it. You have a netbackup client installed on your server. This should work. In case of any issue, you can troubleshoot further. You can validate the functionality of the netbackup client using the bpps command.

Please refer to this if you want to have more details about the bpps command in netbackup.

In case if you have to restart the netbackup client for any reason as part of your troubleshooting effort you can refer to this how-to restart netbackup client.

That`s it guys about Veritas Netbackup 8.1 Client Installation on the UNIX Linux platform.

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