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
How the installation script works
When you install NetBackup server software, client software is also installed.
When you install NetBackup 8.1, the following options are also installed if the platform supports them:
BMR Master Server
NDMP
Veritas Product Authentication and Authorization (NetBackup Access Control)
Vault
BMR Boot Server
DB2
Encryption
Informix
LiveUpdate agent
Lotus Notes
Oracle
SAP
Snapshot Client
Sybase
After installation is complete, a valid license key for each option must be entered to enable its functionality. Each option must also be configured as needed.
In addition to server software and options, the installation script performs the following tasks:
Host names | Places the host name in the For clustered environments, the script places the virtual host name in the |
Automatic startup and shutdown scripts | Adds the automatic startup and shutdown scripts to the appropriate directories on the various supported platforms. |
PBX | If the computer where you install NetBackup does not already have PBX and the platform supports it, the installation script installs PBX. If PBX already exists on the computer, the installation script performs one of the following tasks:
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