NetBackup™ Installation Guide

To install the Linux primary server binaries using native installers:

1. Please create the NetBackup installation answer file (NBInstallAnswer.conf) in the primary server's temporary directory. That directory is usually the /tmp directory. More information about the answer file and its contents is available.

   See About the NetBackup answer file.

2. Populate NBInstallAnswer.conf with the following required information:

   SERVER=primary_server_name
   CLIENT_NAME=primary_server_name
   MACHINE_ROLE=PRIMARY
   LICENSE=EVALUATION | license_file_path
   SERVICE_USER=service_user

   Note:

   If the SERVICE_USER account is root, you must include the DATABASE_USER=database_user keyword, and provide a non-root account.

   For primary servers, the name that is specified in the CLIENT_NAME= line should match the first SERVER= line.

   To enter multiple licenses, provide a separate LICENSE=license_file_path for each license.

3. You can add optional parameters to the NBInstallAnswer.conf file. The parameters that are shown are examples of some of the parameters you can add. Veritas recommends that you review the NetBackup answer file section that is included in this documentation:

   • INSTALL_PATH

   • Additional LICENSE entries

   • Additional SERVER entries

   • WEBSVC_GROUP

   • WEBSVC_USER

   • DATABASE_USER

   • VXDBMS_POSTGRESQL_POOLER_ODBC_PORT

   See About the NetBackup answer file.

4. (Conditional) If you want to assign RBAC security and backup administration roles to a user or a user group, populate NBInstallAnswer.conf with the following required information:

   • RBAC_DOMAIN_TYPE

     Use this field to specify the domain type to which the user or the user group belongs. The following RBAC_DOMAIN_TYPE values are supported: NT, VX, UNIXPWD, LDAP.

   • RBAC_DOMAIN_NAME

     Use this field to specify the name of the domain to which the user or the user group belongs.

   • RBAC_PRINCIPAL_TYPE

     Use this field to specify USER or USERGROUP.

   • RBAC_PRINCIPAL_NAME

     Use this field to specify the user name or the user group.

   More information about the RBAC_* options is available.

   See About RBAC bootstrapping.

   See About the NetBackup answer file.

5. Download the server package that matches your server platform to a system with sufficient space. Then extract the contents of the server package file.

   Extract the contents of the server package file. Example:

   • For Linux RedHat:

     tar -xzvf NetBackup_10.4_LinuxR_x86_64.tar.gz

   • For Linux SuSE:

     tar -xzvf NetBackup_10.4_LinuxS_x86_64.tar.gz

6. Change to the directory for your desired operating system and copy server files to computer to be installed.

   Operating system directory:

   • For Linux RedHat:

     NetBackup_10.4_LinuxR_x86_64/linuxR_x86/anb

   • For Linux SuSE:

     NetBackup_10.4_LinuxS_x86_64/linuxS_x86/anb

   Copy server files to machine to be installed:

   Linux

   • VRTSnbmqbrkr.rpm

   • VRTSnbprimary.rpm

   • VRTSnbslibs.rpm

   • VRTSnbweb.rpm

   • VRTSnetbp.rpm

   • VRTSpddei.rpm

   • VRTSpddes.rpm

   • VRTSpostgresql.rpm

7. Extract the client binaries and copy them to the primary server.

   Extract the client binaries:

   tar -xzvf client_dist.tar.gz

   Change directory to your desired operating system:

   • RedHat: openv/netbackup/client/Linux/RedHat3.10.0

   • SuSE: openv/netbackup/client/Linux/SuSE3.0.76

   Copy the files that are shown to the primary server.

   • VRTSnbpck.rpm

   • VRTSpbx.rpm

   • VRTSnbclt.rpm

   • VRTSnbclibs.rpm

   • VRTSnbjre.rpm

   • VRTSnbjava.rpm

   • VRTSpddea.rpm

   • VRTSnbcfg.rpm

   • VRTSpddeu.rpm

8. (Conditional) To install NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector:

   • Create the /usr/openv/tmp directory with the mkdir -p /usr/openv/tmp command.

   • Copy the ita_dc.tar.gz tarball from the media's /catalog/anb/ directory to /usr/openv/tmp.

   • Verify the INSTALL_ITA_DATA_COLLECTOR value is set to YES in the NBInstallAnswer.conf file.

     If you do not want to install NetBackup IT Analytics Data Collector, make sure the INSTALL_ITA_DATA_COLLECTOR value is set to NO in the NBInstallAnswer.conf file.

9. Install the files in the order that is shown with the commands that are shown:

   RedHat Linux	rpm -U VRTSnbpck.rpm rpm -U VRTSpbx.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbclt.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbclibs.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbjre.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbjava.rpm rpm -U VRTSpddes.rpm rpm -U VRTSpddeu.rpm rpm -U VRTSpddea.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbcfg.rpm rpm -U VRTSpostgresql.rpm rpm -U VRTSnetbp.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbprimary.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbmqbrkr.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbweb.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbslibs.rpm
   SuSE Linux	rpm -U VRTSnbpck.rpm rpm -U VRTSpbx.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbclt.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbclibs.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbjre.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbjava.rpm rpm -U VRTSpddeu.rpm rpm -U VRTSpddea.rpm rpm -U VRTSpddes.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbcfg.rpm rpm -U VRTSpostgresql.rpm rpm -U VRTSnetbp.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbprimary.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbmqbrkr.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbweb.rpm rpm -U VRTSnbslibs.rpm

10. If you decide to install the Java GUI or the JRE after the installation completes, additional information is available.

    See Add or Remove Java GUI and JRE after install.