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Installing a VERITAS NetBackup 3.4.1 Client, Copy the NetBackup

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Installing Third-Party Agent Software Installing a VERITAS NetBackup 3.4.1 Client This section describes how to install the UNIX/Linux agent from VERITAS NetBackup. 1 Copy the NetBackup NBClients directory and the Linux directory from the root of the NetBackup CD to the agent directory on the Snap Server. 2 Connect to the Snap Server via SSH, and login as admin using your admin user password. 3 To change to superuser, enter the following command and press Enter: su 4 At the prompt, enter the admin user password, and press Enter. 5 To change to the agent directory, enter the following command and press Enter: cd /shares/SHARE1/agent 6 To run the client installation, type the following command: ./NBClients/catalog/anb/client.inst Press Enter and follow the prompts on the screen. 7 Choose Linux as the OS, and press Enter. Tip At the end of the installation process, a few errors will appear saying that the installer cannot find the CD-ROM. This is caused by the installer attempting to unpackage the Java files. The required Java files are already on the Snap Server and are not a required component of the installation. The VERITAS NetBackup client is now installed. 8 Close the SSH client, and then return to the Administration Tool and do the following: a To disable SSH on the Snap Server, navigate to the System > SSH screen, select No, and then click OK. SSH is immediately disabled. b To start the newly installed backup agent, navigate to the Maintenance > Shutdown/Reboot screen, and click Reboot. In the future, the NetBackup client will start each time you reboot the Snap Server. 9 Delete the NBClients and Linux directories that you copied from the CD to the Snap Server as they are no longer needed. 10 To verify the success of the installation, use your backup management software to configure and run a test backup. 109

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Installing Third-Party Agent Software
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Installing a VERITAS NetBackup 3.4.1 Client
This section describes how to install the UNIX/Linux agent from VERITAS
NetBackup.
1
Copy the NetBackup
NBClients
directory and the
Linux
directory from the root of
the NetBackup CD to the agent directory on the Snap Server.
2
Connect to the Snap Server via SSH, and login as admin using your admin user
password.
3
To change to superuser, enter the following command and press
Enter
:
su -
4
At the prompt, enter the admin user password, and press
Enter
.
5
To change to the agent directory, enter the following command and press
Enter
:
cd /shares/SHARE1/agent
6
To run the client installation, type the following command:
./NBClients/catalog/anb/client.inst
Press
Enter
and follow the prompts on the screen.
7
Choose Linux as the OS, and press
Enter
.
Tip
At the end of the installation process, a few errors will appear saying that the
installer cannot find the CD-ROM. This is caused by the installer attempting to
unpackage the Java files. The required Java files are already on the Snap Server
and are not a required component of the installation.
The VERITAS NetBackup client is now installed.
8
Close the SSH client, and then return to the Administration Tool and do the
following:
a
To disable SSH on the Snap Server, navigate to the
System > SSH
screen, select
No
, and then click
OK
. SSH is immediately disabled.
b
To start the newly installed backup agent, navigate to the
Maintenance >
Shutdown/Reboot
screen, and click
Reboot
. In the future, the NetBackup client
will start each time you reboot the Snap Server.
9
Delete the
NBClients
and
Linux
directories that you copied from the CD to the
Snap Server as they are no longer needed.
10
To verify the success of the installation, use your backup management software
to configure and run a test backup.