NetBackup™ Installation Guide
- Preparing for installation
- General installation information
- Available NetBackup installation methods
- About compatibility between NetBackup versions
- About NetBackup software availability
- Required libraries missing from some Linux distributions
- How to install NetBackup
- Creating the user account to support the NetBackup web server
- About storage device configuration
- About security certificates for NetBackup hosts
- Environment variable for certificate key size
- Restrictions on the NetBackup installation directory
- NetBackup database is not supported on the btrfs file system
- Installation operational notes and limitations
- Windows compiler and security requirements for NetBackup 10.4 and later installation
- Java GUI and JRE installation optional for some computers
- Enable 8dot3 name file setting for the NetBackup primary servers
- NetBackup servers must use a host name that is compliant with RFC 1123 and RFC 952
- Host ID-based certificate is not deployed during installation on 8.1 media server or client host with dual stack configuration
- External certificate authority certificates supported in NetBackup 8.2 and later
- SCCM and Chef deployment tools and documentation now available
- Known SUSE Linux primary server install issue
- Performance and tuning considerations
- SORT information
- Veritas NetInsights Console information
- General installation information
- NetBackup licenses
- Installing server software on UNIX systems
- Installation requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Do not mix non-English versions of Windows and UNIX platforms unless primary 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 Linux clustered environments
- How the installation script works
- Installing NetBackup primary server software on Linux
- Installing NetBackup media server software on Linux
- About pushing client software from a primary server to clients
- Installation requirements for UNIX and Linux
- Installing server software on Windows systems
- Installation requirements for Windows and Windows clusters
- Requirements for Windows cluster installations
- 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 web user interface
- 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 and Linux
- Configuring NetBackup
- Removing NetBackup server and client software
- About NetBackup server software removal on Linux 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
- 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 primary server
- NetBackup database user
- About the NetBackup answer file
- About the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
- Manually install or uninstall NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector binaries
- Manually configure the NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector
- Persistent Java Virtual Machine options
- About RBAC bootstrapping
- NetBackup primary server web server user and group creation
- About the NetBackup Java Runtime Environment
- Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after install
- Using NetApp disk arrays with Replication Director
- Security updates to the NetBackup database
- Size guidance for the NetBackup primary server and domain
Installing client software with the ssh method
This client installation method is based on the usage of the SunSSH and the OpenSSH products, which must be at specific version and patch levels. For more information about these patches, please refer to the NetBackup 10.4 Release Notes.
Before you perform this procedure, read the following guidelines:
SSH daemon (sshd) | To use the ssh method, the UNIX client must have sshd enabled and configured to allow root user logins. |
Client software location | If you want to install client software to a location other than the default, you must first create and link the desired directory. Create the directory where you want the client software to reside, and then create /usr/openv as a link to that directory. Additional information about installation folder restrictions is available. |
Backup policies | Make sure that the clients are assigned to a backup policy. |
Security configuration | The install_client_files scripts may prompt you for security information based on your environment. The information that is required is based on the primary server security mode and the target host security configuration. For details on how to respond to these prompts, refer to the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide. |
To install client software from a Linux primary server to UNIX clients with the ssh method
- On the NetBackup server, run the install_client_files script.
Use one of the following commands:
To move software to only one client at a time:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/install_client_files ssh client
The client is the host name of the client.
To move software to all clients at once:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/install_client_files ssh ALL
The ALL option specifies that you want to install all clients that are configured in any backup policy on the server.