Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5.6 client update script
Re #2: I'm pretty sure update_clients doesn't depend in any way on rsh or rsh, or on ssh for that matter. It uses sockets provided by NetBackup. On 2013-05-02 5:35 PM, William Brown william.d.br...@gsk.com wrote: I'll need to see what we do for a manual install, but I'm sure that the instructions that ship with the 6.5.6 patch kit are correct. We did a lot of work to package the installs so we only have to load the correct client tar file on the client - by default you have *all* the clients in some kits. We did generate the 6.5.6 kits on the master as for the remote install, and shipped those to the targets, but for basic testing we do it from the CDs and the patch kits. One key thing on RHEL was that for the tar command you must use the P option (tar xfP) as otherwise it does not unpack the tar files correctly and it all goes horribly wrong. As I understand it you can do 3 different installs: 1) LiveUpdate - very interesting but tricky to set up when there are mixed Windows/UNIX environments 2) update_clients script from the Master - used to require 'shields down' i.e. permit rhosts as root from the Master, later did allow a password to be entered...never viable for us 3) Local install/upgrade We always use some version of (3), either by hand or using Altiris to push the installs. We do a huge amount of packaging to automate installs and configure the clients servers to perform well, so we don't often hand install...but it definitely works locally for RHEL. William From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] on behalf of Neil Conner [n...@mbari.org] Sent: 01 May 2013 23:58 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5.6 client update script Environment: NetBackup 7.5.0.5 on Linux. I have some 32-bit Linux machines that need to be backed up. I still have the 6.5 installation CDs, so that's not a problem. But I'd like to install the 6.5.6 update to be consistent with my other clients. As near as I can tell, the scripts supplied with the 6.5.6 update expect to be run from the master server, and they expect the master to be running 6.5.6. Does anyone know how to run the 6.5.6 update scripts in a 7.5 environment? Ideally, I'd like to run the install locally on the client and not have to bother with the master server... Thanks, Neil ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This e-mail was sent by GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited (registered in England and Wales No. 1047315), which is a member of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The registered address of GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited is 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5.6 client update script
I have the correct 6.5.6 update and I've unpacked it locally. But every permutation of the install scripts I've tried to run eventually generate some kind of an error or another and it either bails out early, or worse, I end up with a partially installed update. Can you tell me the syntax you're using? On May 1, 2013, at 10:30 PM, William Brown william.d.br...@gsk.com wrote: While you can push updates from the master in most cases, but as you say only of the version on the Master, you can always install the software locally. So all you need is the package for the correct Linux clients (_R or _S whether RedHat or SuSe etc). You can unpack it and then run the update locally. We use /var/tmp and create a directory there to work in. Same with any options installed on the Client, like Oracle agents. William From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] on behalf of Neil Conner [n...@mbari.org] Sent: 01 May 2013 23:58 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5.6 client update script Environment: NetBackup 7.5.0.5 on Linux. I have some 32-bit Linux machines that need to be backed up. I still have the 6.5 installation CDs, so that's not a problem. But I'd like to install the 6.5.6 update to be consistent with my other clients. As near as I can tell, the scripts supplied with the 6.5.6 update expect to be run from the master server, and they expect the master to be running 6.5.6. Does anyone know how to run the 6.5.6 update scripts in a 7.5 environment? Ideally, I'd like to run the install locally on the client and not have to bother with the master server... Thanks, Neil ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This e-mail was sent by GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited (registered in England and Wales No. 1047315), which is a member of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The registered address of GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited is 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5.6 client update script
I'll need to see what we do for a manual install, but I'm sure that the instructions that ship with the 6.5.6 patch kit are correct. We did a lot of work to package the installs so we only have to load the correct client tar file on the client - by default you have *all* the clients in some kits. We did generate the 6.5.6 kits on the master as for the remote install, and shipped those to the targets, but for basic testing we do it from the CDs and the patch kits. One key thing on RHEL was that for the tar command you must use the P option (tar xfP) as otherwise it does not unpack the tar files correctly and it all goes horribly wrong. As I understand it you can do 3 different installs: 1) LiveUpdate - very interesting but tricky to set up when there are mixed Windows/UNIX environments 2) update_clients script from the Master - used to require 'shields down' i.e. permit rhosts as root from the Master, later did allow a password to be entered...never viable for us 3) Local install/upgrade We always use some version of (3), either by hand or using Altiris to push the installs. We do a huge amount of packaging to automate installs and configure the clients servers to perform well, so we don't often hand install...but it definitely works locally for RHEL. William From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] on behalf of Neil Conner [n...@mbari.org] Sent: 01 May 2013 23:58 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5.6 client update script Environment: NetBackup 7.5.0.5 on Linux. I have some 32-bit Linux machines that need to be backed up. I still have the 6.5 installation CDs, so that's not a problem. But I'd like to install the 6.5.6 update to be consistent with my other clients. As near as I can tell, the scripts supplied with the 6.5.6 update expect to be run from the master server, and they expect the master to be running 6.5.6. Does anyone know how to run the 6.5.6 update scripts in a 7.5 environment? Ideally, I'd like to run the install locally on the client and not have to bother with the master server... Thanks, Neil ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This e-mail was sent by GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited (registered in England and Wales No. 1047315), which is a member of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The registered address of GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited is 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5.6 client update script
Environment: NetBackup 7.5.0.5 on Linux. I have some 32-bit Linux machines that need to be backed up. I still have the 6.5 installation CDs, so that's not a problem. But I'd like to install the 6.5.6 update to be consistent with my other clients. As near as I can tell, the scripts supplied with the 6.5.6 update expect to be run from the master server, and they expect the master to be running 6.5.6. Does anyone know how to run the 6.5.6 update scripts in a 7.5 environment? Ideally, I'd like to run the install locally on the client and not have to bother with the master server... Thanks, Neil ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5.6 client update script
While you can push updates from the master in most cases, but as you say only of the version on the Master, you can always install the software locally. So all you need is the package for the correct Linux clients (_R or _S whether RedHat or SuSe etc). You can unpack it and then run the update locally. We use /var/tmp and create a directory there to work in. Same with any options installed on the Client, like Oracle agents. William From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] on behalf of Neil Conner [n...@mbari.org] Sent: 01 May 2013 23:58 To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 6.5.6 client update script Environment: NetBackup 7.5.0.5 on Linux. I have some 32-bit Linux machines that need to be backed up. I still have the 6.5 installation CDs, so that's not a problem. But I'd like to install the 6.5.6 update to be consistent with my other clients. As near as I can tell, the scripts supplied with the 6.5.6 update expect to be run from the master server, and they expect the master to be running 6.5.6. Does anyone know how to run the 6.5.6 update scripts in a 7.5 environment? Ideally, I'd like to run the install locally on the client and not have to bother with the master server... Thanks, Neil ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu This e-mail was sent by GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited (registered in England and Wales No. 1047315), which is a member of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The registered address of GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited is 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
