Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Administrator's Guide

To install NetBackup client software on a Windows client through a CIFS share

1. On the appliance where the client software resides, log on to the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu with your administrator credentials.
2. Open the CIFS share using the following command:

   Main > Settings > Share ClientInstall Open

3. On the Windows client computer where you want to install the NetBackup client software, log on as the administrator.
4. Open a map or a directory to the following CIFS shared folder on the appliance:

   \\<appliance_name>\install

5. Click on the Windows executable, quickinstall.exe.

   This action installs the NetBackup client software and adds the appliance master server name on the client.

6. On the appliance, close the shared directory using the following command:

   Main > Settings > Share ClientInstall Close

To install NetBackup client software on a UNIX client through an NFS share

1. Log on to the master appliance from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu with your administrator credentials.
2. Add the client host names to the additional servers list of the master server appliance using the following command:

   Main > Settings > NetBackup AdditionalServers Add

3. Open the NFS share using the following command:

   Main > Settings > Share ClientInstall Open

4. On the UNIX client host where you want to install the NetBackup client software, log on as root.
5. Mount the following NFS share:

   <appliance_name>:/inst/client

6. On the client, browse the files within the NFS share directory. The following files or directories appear:

   • NetBackup_8.1_CLIENTS2 and/or NetBackup_8.1_CLIENTS1

   • .packages

   • clientconfig

   • quickinstall.exe

   • PC_Clnt

   • docs

   • unix-client-install

7. On the client, use a text editor to open the following file:

   /inst/client/clientconfig/defaults.txt

8. Add one or more media servers from this NetBackup domain to the ADDITIONALSERVERS entry. Use only the host name to specify a media server. Use a comma-separated list if you want to add multiple media servers.

   Example:

   MASTERSERVER=master123.test.com
   ADDITIONALSERVERS=media1.test.com,media2.test.come,media3.test.com
   

   Note:

   Media servers that are used for backing up the client hosts are preferred. If you do not know the media servers in this NetBackup domain, run the Main > Settings > NetBackup AdditionalServers Show|ShowAll commands on the master appliance. You can also check the media servers from the NetBackup Administration Console.

   Save the file and exit the editor.

9. Create the NetBackup answer file (NBInstallAnswer.conf) in the client /tmp directory.

   Example:

   CA_CERTIFICATE_FINGERPRINT=<fingureprint_value>
   AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN=<token>

   More information about the answer file and its contents is available in the NetBackup Installation Guide

10. Populate NBInstallAnswer.conf with the following information:

    CA_CERTIFICATE_FINGERPRINT=<fingureprint_value>

    Example (the fingerprint value is wrapped for readability):

    CA_CERTIFICATE_FINGERPRINT=30:A5:9A:D1:18:F0:01:E4:21:E8:0D:A0:

    26:95:14:52:7C:7A:58:B1

    Depending on the security configuration in your NetBackup environment, you may need to add the AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN option to the answer file.

    Additional information about the NetBackup answer file is available:

    See the NetBackup Installation Guide

    Additional information about the CA certificate fingerprint and the authorization token is available:

    See the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide

11. Run the unix-client-install script.

    This action installs the NetBackup client software.

12. Check the following file on the client. Make sure that the bp.conf file contains the media server names you added to the defaults.txt file in Step 8.

    /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf

13. On the appliance, close the shared directory using the following command:

    Main > Settings > Share ClientInstall Close