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Veritas NetBackup™ Installation Guide

Last Published: 2018-09-21

Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.2)

Installing NetBackup master server software on UNIX

The master server manages backups, archives, and restores. The master server is where the NetBackup catalog resides which includes the internal databases that contain information about NetBackup configuration and backups.

Use the following guidelines for a new master server installation:

Designate master server	Designate the computer that you want to be the master server and install the master server software on that computer first.
EMM server	You must configure EMM on the master server. All master servers must have their own EMM configuration. Remote EMM or shared EMM is no longer supported.
Licenses	During master server installation, you must enter a NetBackup base product license. You must also enter licenses for any additional NetBackup product options or agents that are used on the server or its clients. These additional licenses must be entered on the master server. If you add or make and save any license updates in the NetBackup-Java Administration Console, you must restart the console. For more information on how to administer NetBackup licenses, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I. http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332
Customer Registration Key for Veritas Smart Meter	Beginning with NetBackup 8.1.2, you must specify a Customer Registration Key for Veritas Smart Meter. More information about Veritas Smart Meter is available: See About Veritas Smart Meter. During install and upgrade to NetBackup 8.1.2, please allow the installer to copy the `veritas_customer_registration_key.json` file to its final destination. NetBackup can set the file permission and ownership correctly through this process. If you place the file onto your systems outside of the install or the upgrade process, the process may not work correctly.

To install NetBackup master server software

Log in to the server as root.
Navigate to where the ESD images (downloaded files) reside and enter the command shown:
./install

When the following message appears press Enter to continue:

Veritas Installation Script
Copyright 1993 - 2016 Veritas Corporation, All Rights Reserved.


        Installing NetBackup Server Software


Please review the VERITAS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT located on
the installation media before proceeding.  The agreement includes
details on the NetBackup Product Improvement Program.

For NetBackup installation and upgrade information specific to your
platform and to find out if your installed EEBs or hot fixes are
contained in this release, check out the Veritas Services and 
Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) Installation and Upgrade Checklist 
and Hot fix and EEB Release Auditor, respectively, at 
https://sort.veritas.com/netbackup.

ATTENTION!  To help ensure a successful upgrade to NetBackup 8.1.2,
please visit the NetBackup 8.x Upgrade Portal:
http://www.veritas.com/docs/000115678.

Do you wish to continue? [y,n] (y)

When the following message appears press Enter to continue:
Is this host a master server? [y/n] (y)
If you need to perform a disaster recovery of your master server, select Y when prompted. Press Enter for the default N.
Do you want to do a disaster recovery on this master server? [y/n] (n)
The disaster recovery process requires additional steps and information that is not covered in this manual. More information is available.
Veritas NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide
When the following question appears, enter the fully qualified path that contains your customer registration key.
Please enter the fully qualified path containing your customer registration key file, or enter q to quit the install script.
During install and upgrade to NetBackup 8.1.2, please allow the installer to copy the veritas_customer_registration_key.json file to its final destination. NetBackup can set the file permission and ownership correctly through this process. If you place the file onto your systems outside of the install or the upgrade process, the process may not work correctly.
For the NetBackup installation location, enter the appropriate platform information as follows:
- When the following question appears, press Enter to accept the default (y).
```
The NetBackup and Media Manager software is built
for use on <platform> hardware. Do you want to install
NetBackup and Media Manager files? [y,n] (y)
```
- When the following question appears, select where to install NetBackup and Media Manager software:
```
NetBackup and Media Manager are normally
installed in /usr/openv.
Is it OK to install in /usr/openv? [y,n] (y)
```
  The path displayed for Solaris is /opt/openv.
  To accept the default (y), press Enter.
  To change the installation location, type n and press Enter. Then enter the appropriate destination.
  Additional information about installation folder restrictions is available.
  See Restrictions on the NetBackup installation directory.
Enter the Netbackup server or Enterprise server License.
Type y, then follow the prompts to add license keys for other NetBackup options and agents.
Although you can add licenses later, you should enter them now. If you add any licenses later through the NetBackup Administration Console, you must restart the console.
After all licenses are entered, type q to quit the License Key Utility and complete the server software installation.
Verify or enter the correct computer name when prompted by the following message:
```
Installing NetBackup Enterprise Server version: 8.1.2
If this machine will be using a different network interface than 
the default (name), the name of the preferred interface 
should be used as the configured server name. If this machine 
will be part of a cluster, the virtual name should be used as the 
configured server name.
The domainname of your server appears to be "domain". You 
may choose to use this domainname in your configured NetBackup 
server name, or simply use "name" as the configured 
NetBackup server name.
Would you like to use "name.domain" as the configured NetBackup server
name of this machine? [y, n] (y)
```
Note:
Incorrect information for the domain name results in failures during the configuration of Authentication Broker and NetBackup Access Controls. To correct this problem, use the bpnbaz -configureauth command to configure Authentication Broker. More information about the bpnbaz -configureauth command is available.
Veritas NetBackup Commands Reference Guide
http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332
- To accept the displayed (default) name, press Enter.
- To change the displayed (default) name, type n and enter the name that you want.
- For a clustered NetBackup server, enter the virtual name for the NetBackup server and not the actual local host name.
Identify or verify the master server by answering the following question when it appears:
```
Is <name> the master server? [y, n] (y)
```
- To accept the displayed name (which is the name that you identified in the previous step), press Enter.
- If you entered a virtual name for the server in the previous step, the installation script presents the following question:
```
Is this server part of a cluster installation?
```
  If the answer is yes, press y and answer the series of cluster configuration questions that appear.
  If the answer is no, press n.
Identify whether there are any media servers for this master server by answering the following question when it appears:
```
Do you want to add any media servers now? [y, n] (n)
```
- If there are no media servers for this master server, press Enter and proceed to the next step.
- If there are media servers for this master server, type y and enter the name of each media server.
  When you enter the media server names, you must enter the computer name and the domain name. For example:
```
alpha.domain.com
	
```
  Where alpha is the computer name and domain.com is the domain name.
  The media server names that you enter here are added to the bp.conf file on the master server, automatically. After you install the media server software later, the master server can then communicate with the media servers immediately.
- To add a media server to an existing and an operational NetBackup environment, you cannot use the procedures in this guide. For complete details on how to add a media server to an existing and an operational NetBackup environment, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume II.
  http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332

When the following message appears, press Enter and accept the default name of the EMM server. You must configure EMM on the master server. All master servers must have their own EMM configuration. Remote EMM or shared EMM is no longer supported.

NetBackup maintains a centralized catalog (separate from the 
image catalog) for data related to media and device 
configuration, device management, storage units, hosts and host 
aliases, media server status, NDMP credentials, and other 
information. This is managed by the Enterprise Media Manager 
server.
Enter the name of the Enterprise Media Manager (default: <name>)

Answer the following question when it appears:
```
Do you want to start the NetBackup job-related processes so backups and 
restores can be initiated? [y, n] (y)
```
- If you have (or want to have) a clustered NetBackup server, type n.
- For non-clustered installations, press Enter to accept the default answer (y) and start the NetBackup processes and the EMM server.
  You must start these processes now because the EMM server must be running when you install any media servers later.
For a clustered NetBackup master server, repeat these steps on every node on which you want to run NetBackup.
(Conditional) On a clustered NetBackup master server, you must obtain the Certificate Authority certificate and the host certificate for each inactive node. More information is available:
See Generate a certificate on the inactive nodes of a clustered master server.
(Conditional) If you use cloud storage in your NetBackup environment, you must update your cloud configuration file. More information is available.
See Update cloud configuration file on the master server immediately after install or upgrade to NetBackup 8.1.2.
After your initial installation is complete, you can install any other NetBackup add-on products (such as language packages).