Veritas NetBackup™ Installation Guide
- Preparing for installation
- General installation information
- How to install NetBackup
- About storage device configuration
- Installation operational notes and limitations
- SORT information
- Smart Meter information
- General installation information
- NetBackup licenses
- Installing server software on UNIX systems
- Installation and upgrade requirements for UNIX and Linux
- 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
- About the administrative interfaces
- Installing NetBackup client software
- About NetBackup client installation on Windows
- About NetBackup client installation on UNIX/Linux
- About remote installation methods for UNIX/Linux clients
- Configuring NetBackup
- Upgrading NetBackup software
- Removing NetBackup server and client software
- Reference
About NetBackup client installation
By definition, NetBackup servers are also clients. When you install NetBackup server software, client software is also installed.
When you install client software, you perform a true client installation since no server software is installed.
Client software can be installed locally at each individual computer or remotely. The operating system determines which clients can be installed remotely.
Windows | A Windows host can only push client software to Windows clients. NetBackup does not need to be installed on the host that is used to perform the remote client installation. |
UNIX or Linux | A NetBackup UNIX or Linux server can only push client software to UNIX or Linux clients. NetBackup software and client type software must be installed on the server that is used to perform the remote client installation. |
Note:
Additional steps are required to deploy clients in a secure environment where the clients do not have direct connectivity to the master server. More information on this topic is available. See the topic on deploying certificates on clients without connectivity to the master server in the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.
Note:
All scripts must be stored and run locally. One recommendation is that scripts should not be world-writable. Scripts are not allowed to be run from network or remote locations. Any script that is created and saved in the NetBackup db_ext
(UNIX) or dbext
(Windows) location needs to be protected during a NetBackup uninstall.
For more information about registering authorized locations and scripts, review the knowledge base article:
http://www.veritas.com/docs/000126002
For more information about your specific database agent, review the documentation for that agent: