Veritas_Netbackup_Client

Introduction

• 1. this wiki page will detail a procedure used to install the Veritas Netbackup 6 MP4 client on a Gentoo linux machine.
• 2. this has worked well at our site but your mileage may vary depending on the setup at yours
• 3. please consider this a work in progress and do feel free to improve this wiki page

Veritas Netbackup Server Configuration

• 1. add an entry for the the Gentoo linux server's FQDN and IP Address to the /etc/hosts file on the Vertias Netbackup Master server
• 2. add the Gentoo Linux machine as a client to the Veritas Netbackup policy which will be used to backup the Gentoo Linux machine, the machine type for the Gentoo Linux machine should be "Red Hat 2.4"
• 3. get the Veritas Netbackup client files onto the Gentoo Linux machine by:

     /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/install_client_files ftp <gentoo hostname> <gentoo machines user name for ftp>
    

• 4. get any Veritas Netbackup client patches onto the Gentoo Linux machine

Gentoo Linux Configuration

• 1. add an entry for the the Veritas Netbackup Master server's FQDN and IP Address to the /etc/hosts file on the Gentoo linux machine
• 2. look up the proper USE flags for the lib-compat package from http://gentoo-portage.com/USE
• 3. add those USE flags to /etc/portage/package.use
• 4. emerge --pretend lib-compat and ensure there are no blocked dependencies and if so resolve those issues
• 5. emerge lib-compat
• 5++. If you do not have libstdc++, emerge it.
• 6. do the same for the xinetd package if it is not already installed on your Gentoo Linux machine
• 7. comment out lines 856 through 860 in the /tmp/bp.xxxxx/client_config file
• 8. add the following line to the /tmp/bp.xxxxx/client_config file as line number 861:

     /etc/init.d/xinetd reload

• 9. install the Veritas Netbackup client onto the Gentoo Linux machine via user root "sh /tmp/bp.xxxxx/client_config"
• 10. install any Veritas Netbackup client patches onto the Gentoo Linux machine
• 11. edit the file /etc/xinetd.d/bpcd adding the following line:

     only_from               = IP Address of Veritas Netbackup Master Server

    so your /etc/xinetd.d/bpcd file should like similar to the following:

         # Service bpcd for NetBackup
         service bpcd
         {
              socket_type             = stream
              protocol                = tcp
              wait                    = no
              user                    = root
              server                  = /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpcd
              disable                 = no
              only_from               = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
         }

• 12. restart xinetd: as root run "/etc/init.d/xinetd restart"

Testing the Configuration

• 1. you should now be able to click on the Gentoo Linux machine's name in the Veritas Netbackup Java GUI's Clients window and see that the Gentoo Linux machine is "Connected".
• 2. if not you will need to troubleshoot the configuration per your sites needs.
• 3. if you are "Connected" please initiate a backup and then a restore to test your setup.

• Good luck!