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