Veritas NetBackup™ 53xx Appliance Initial Configuration Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.0)
Platform: 5330,5340

Installing NetBackup client software through CIFS and NFS shares

After all appliance configuration has been completed, you can use the following procedures to install NetBackup client software on the Windows and UNIX clients that are used with your NetBackup Appliance. These procedures describe how to install the client software through a CIFS or an NFS share.

Before the installation, make sure that you have downloaded the NetBackup client software package to the appliance and verified that it exists in the following NFS share:<appliance-name>:/inst/client

Note:

If you have existing NetBackup clients and add-ons that you want to use with the appliance master server, they must be version 6.0 or later. For these clients, you only need to add the appliance master server name to the client.

NetBackup Windows client software installation through a CIFS share

To install NetBackup client software on a Windows client through a CIFS share

  1. On the appliance where the client software resides, log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu with your administrator credentials.
  2. Open the CIFS share using the following command:

    Main > Settings > Share ClientInstall Open

  3. On the Windows client computer where you want to install the NetBackup client software, log on as the administrator.
  4. Open a map or a directory to the following CIFS shared folder on the appliance:

    \\<appliance_name>\install

  5. Click on the Windows executable, quickinstall.exe.

    This action installs the NetBackup client software and adds the appliance master server name on the client.

  6. On the appliance, close the shared directory using the following command:

    Main > Settings > Share ClientInstall Close

NetBackup UNIX client software installation through an NFS share

To install NetBackup client software on a UNIX client through an NFS share

  1. On the appliance where the client software resides, log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu with your administrator credentials.
  2. Open the NFS share using the following command:

    Main > Settings > Share ClientInstall Open

  3. On the UNIX client computer where you want to install the NetBackup client software, log on as root.
  4. Mount the following NFS share:

    <appliance_name>:/inst/client

  5. Browse the files within the NFS share directory. The following files or directories appear:

    • .packages

    • clientconfig

    • quickinstall.exe

    • PC_Clnt

    • docs

    • unix-client-install

  6. Run the unix-client-install script.

    This action installs the NetBackup client software.

  7. Add the appliance master server name to the bp.conf file on the client as follows:

    • On the client, navigate to the following location:

      cd /usr/openv/netbackup

    • Enter ls to see the contents of the directory.

    • Open the bp.conf file in a text editor.

    • Enter the fully qualified host name of the appliance master server.

    • Save your changes and close the file.

  8. On the appliance, close the shared directory using the following command:

    Main > Settings > Share ClientInstall Close

See Downloading NetBackup client packages to a client from a NetBackup Appliance.