Installing Client Software on Trusting UNIX Clients

You can install client software on trusting UNIX clients through the NetBackup Administration Console on a UNIX server. Prerequisites are as follows:

• You can install the client software only from a UNIX NetBackup server and this server must be the one that you specified in the login dialog when starting the interface. This server must also be the master where you are currently managing backup policies and clients must be in a policy on this master.

For example, assume you want to install clients that are in a policy on a master server named shark. Here, you must have specified shark in the login dialog and therefore be managing NetBackup through the NetBackup-Java Administration Console's application server on this system. shark must also be the master server you are currently managing when you perform the install. In this instance, to install clients for a UNIX master server named tiger you must exit the NetBackup Java interface and restart it, this time specifying tiger in the login dialog.

• Each client to be installed must have an entry for the current master server in its /.rhosts file. If these entries exist, the clients are referred to as trusting clients. The /.rhosts entries for the master server are not required for correct operation of NetBackup and you can remove them after installing the client software.

  To install UNIX client software

1. In the NetBackup Administration Console, expand NetBackup Management > Policies. If you want to install client software, you cannot use the File > Change Server command to get to another master server. The master server must be the server that you specified in the login dialog.
2. Select the master server name at the top of the All Policies middle pane.
3. Click Actions > Install UNIX Client Software. The Install UNIX Client Software dialog appears.
4. In the Don't install these clients box, select the clients you want to install and click the right arrows. The clients are moved to the Install these clients field.
5. Click the Install Client Software button to start the installation.

   Client software installation can take a minute or more per client. NetBackup writes messages in the Progress box as the installation proceeds. If the installation fails on a client, NetBackup notifies you but keeps the client in the policy. You cannot stop the installation once it has started.

   During installation, NetBackup does the following:

   • Copies the client software from the /usr/openv/netbackup/client directory on the server to the /usr/openv/netbackup directory on the client.
   • Adds the required entries to the client's /etc/services and inetd.conf files.

   The only way to install client software to a different location on the client is to create the directory where you want the software to reside, then create /usr/openv/netbackup as a link to that directory prior to installing software.

6. When the install is complete, click Close.