Veritas NetBackup™ Installation Guide
- Preparing for installation
- Restrictions on the NetBackup installation directory
- Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
- About compatibility between NetBackup versions
- About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools
- Recommended SORT procedures for new installations
- Recommended SORT procedures for upgrades
- About NetBackup software availability
- About storage device configuration
- How to install NetBackup
- About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
- SCCM and Chef deployment tools and documentation now available
- Support is discontinued for push installation of a master server
- NetBackup licenses
- Installing server software on UNIX systems
- Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Do not mix non-English versions of Windows and UNIX platforms unless master and media servers are NetBackup appliances
- NetBackup installations on environments that run different versions of UNIX-based operating systems
- Special installation guidelines for Solaris systems
- Special installation guidelines for HP-UX systems
- Special guidelines for AIX master servers
- Special installation guidelines for UNIX clustered environments
- How the installation script works
- About mounting the NetBackup software media
- Installing NetBackup master server software on UNIX
- Installing NetBackup media server software on UNIX
- About pushing client software from a master server to clients
- Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Installing server software on Windows systems
- Installation and upgrade requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
- Requirements for Windows cluster installations and upgrades
- Performing local, remote, or clustered server installation on Windows systems
- Post-installation tasks for NetBackup cluster environments
- Verifying Windows cluster installations or upgrades
- Installing NetBackup servers silently on Windows systems
- About the administrative interfaces
- About the NetBackup Administration Console
- Installing the NetBackup Administration Console
- Installing multiple versions of the NetBackup Administration Console on Windows
- Removing earlier versions of the NetBackup Administration Console on Windows
- About the NetBackup Remote Administration Console
- Installing the NetBackup Remote Administration Console
- Installing NetBackup client software
- About NetBackup client installation
- About NetBackup client installation on Windows
- About NetBackup client installation on UNIX/Linux
- About UNIX/Linux client installation methods
- Installing UNIX clients locally
- Install and upgrade of the UNIX and Linux client binaries with native installers
- About remote installation methods for UNIX/Linux clients
- Adding a UNIX/Linux client after initial server installation
- Upgrading clients after servers are upgraded
- Configuring NetBackup
- Upgrading NetBackup software
- Removing NetBackup server and client software
- About NetBackup server software removal on UNIX systems
- About NetBackup client software removal on UNIX and Linux systems
- Removing NetBackup from UNIX and Linux servers and clients
- About NetBackup server software removal on Windows systems
- Removing NetBackup server and client software from Windows servers, clusters, and clients
- Removing NetBackup LiveUpdate from Windows systems
- About removal of the Java Console state data from Windows servers and Windows clients
- Removing a clustered media server by migrating all data to a new media server
- Reference
- Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered master server
- About the NetBackup answer file
- NetBackup master server web server user and group creation
- About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
- Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
- Security updates to the NetBackup database
About the NetBackup media kit
The media kit includes a DVD for each supported UNIX platform or operating system and one DVD for Windows. The label on each DVD provides a brief description of its contents. Printed materials in the kit include a copy of the NetBackup Getting Started Guide.
Table: NetBackup 8.1.1 DVD contents describes the contents of each DVD.
Table: NetBackup 8.1.1 DVD contents
Platform OS | Contents |
|---|---|
AIX 64-bit | Server and supported options |
HP-UX IA64 | Server and supported options |
Linux RedHat x86_64 |
Server and supported options |
Linux SUSE x86_64 | Server and supported options |
Solaris SPARC64 | Server and supported options |
Solaris x86-64 | Server and supported options |
Windows |
|
Linux zSeries RedHat x64 | Media server and supported options |
Linux zSeries SUSE x64 | Media server and supported options |
UNIX clients 1 |
|
UNIX clients 2 | All Linux platforms |
Clients in LiveUpdate format 1 |
|
Clients in LiveUpdate format 2 |
|
OpsCenter for Windows | All Windows platforms |
OpsCenter for UNIX/Linux | All UNIX/Linux platforms |
OpenVMS (CD format) | NetBackup Client for OpenVMS |
Note:
The NetBackup vCenter plug-in for ESX is available electronically from the MyVeritas download site. It is free to customers under maintenance contract. An e-mail with access information to the MyVeritas download site was sent when NetBackup 7.6.1 became generally available. More information is available.