Installing The Symantec Netbackup 6.5 Client - Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual

SnapServer 7.0 Administrator's Guide

Installing the Symantec NetBackup 6.5 Client

NOTE: This procedure assumes that you are using the default SnapServer configuration; and
To install the Symantec NetBackup 6.5 Client, follow these procedures.
Prepare the SnapServer
1. Connect to the server over SSH.
NOTE: SSH v2 is required. If you fail to connect to the server, ensure that your SSH client is
2. Log in as
3. You are placed into the CLI shell. However, a standard Linux shell must be used to
install the agent. To launch a shell, type the following command and press
osshell
4. Change to root by entering the following command:
su -
Give the root password (same as admin password).
5. Select a volume on which to put a directory called openv.
NOTE: If you later delete the volume the openv directory is on, you will need to reinstall the
cd /hd
ls
df -h
6. Determine which volume has the most available space by looking at the
column in the volume usage table. Change directory to the volume with the most
available space.
cd
where [volumename] is the name of the volume with the most available space.
ls
7. Create a directory called openv on that volume:
mkdir openv
8. Create a "symbolic" link to the openv directory in the /usr/ directory:
ln -s hd/
where [volumename] is the name of the volume with the most available space.
9. Use the host file editor ( Maintenance > Host File Editor page) to add the NetBackup
servers to
server.
Install NetBackup v6.5 Client
1. Using a network client, copy the directory called
directory on a share (for example, SHARE1 or Agent) on the SnapServer.
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you have created a directory called agent (to which to copy your agent/client files) on the
default share (SHARE1), such that the path to the directory is /shares/SHARE1/agent.
configured to connect via SSH v2.
(using the password for the admin account).
admin
agent.
[lists all the volumes]
[shows volume usage]
[volumename]
[lists what is on that volume]
[volumename]
/openv /usr/
on the SnapServer. Verify that you can ping the NetBackup
/etc/hosts
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