veritas_agent

As any client-server backup configuration, the veritas backup is composed by:

Agent
Server

Therefore, in order to configure an agent, it should be firstly installed:

Install

[root@orabkprestore agent]# ls -lart
total 173744
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112254024 Oct 2 2016 RALUS_RMALS-1142.0.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65449441 Jul 24 17:22 ralus1142.1632SP.tar.gz
drwxr-x--- 18 root root 4096 Dec 12 14:13 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 12 14:22 .
[root@orabkprestore agent]# gunzip RALUS_RMALS-1142.0.tar.gz
[root@orabkprestore agent]#
[root@orabkprestore agent]# tar xvf RALUS_RMALS-1142.0.tar
Debug/
Debug/VxIF3.vpb
RALUS64/
RALUS64/uninstallrmal
RALUS64/installralus
RALUS64/installrmal
RALUS64/ralusinst.conf
RALUS64/pkgs/
RALUS64/pkgs/Linux/
RALUS64/pkgs/Linux/ralusinst.conf
RALUS64/pkgs/Linux/VRTSralus.tar.gz
RALUS64/pkgs/Linux/rmalinst.conf
RALUS64/rmalinst.conf
RALUS64/uninstallralus
VxIF/
VxIF/AIX/
VxIF/AIX/CPIAIX.pm
VxIF/AIX/ThunkAIX.pm
**************************************************

[root@orabkprestore agent]# ./installralus

Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux 16.0.1142-0

Enter the system names separated by spaces on which to install RALUS: (orabkprestore.izola.dom)

Checking system communication:

Checking OS version on orabkprestore.izola.dom ...................................... Linux 2.6.18-274.el5
Checking system support for orabkprestore.izola.dom .............. Linux 2.6.18-274.el5 supported by RALUS

Initial system check completed successfully.

Press [Return] to continue:

Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux 16.0.1142-0

installralus will install the following RALUS packages on Linux target system: orabkprestore.izola.dom

VRTSralus Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux

Press [Return] to continue:

Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux 16.0.1142-0

Checking system installation requirements:

Checking RALUS installation requirements on Linux target systems: orabkprestore.izola.dom

Checking RALUS installation requirements on orabkprestore.izola.dom:

Checking file system space ................................................... required space is available

Installation requirements checks completed successfully.

Press [Return] to continue:
Checking for port 10000 ............................................................................. Done

Agent User Group Configuration

To perform backups, you must have a 'beoper' user group configured with root account priviledges on the system. The 'beoper' user group can be created on all systems except NIS Servers.

After pressing [Return], the system 'orabkprestore.izola.dom' will be scanned to detect a 'beoper' user group with root account privileges. It will also scan for a NIS server.

Press [Return] to continue:
Checking for NIS server: ............................................................................. No

Checking for 'beoper' user group: .................................................................. Found
Checking for 'root' user membership in 'beoper' user group: ........................................ Found

Your system 'orabkprestore.izola.dom' already has a required user group and membership.

Press [Return] to continue:

Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux 16.0.1142-0

Checking Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux on orabkprestore.izola.dom:

Checking VRTSralus package ................................................................. not installed

Press [Return] to continue:

Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux 16.0.1142-0

Installing Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux on orabkprestore.izola.dom:

Installing VRTSralus 16.0.1142-0 on orabkprestore.izola.dom ............................ done 1 of 1 steps

Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux installation completed successfully.

Press [Return] to continue:
Copying new initialization scripts .................................................................. Done
Updating files for beoper group ..................................................................... Done
Installing SymSnap driver ........................................................................... Done

Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux 16.0.1142-0

Configuring Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux:

Creating configuration files on orabkprestore.izola.dom ............................................. Done

The agent installer can automatically start the agent after the installation completes. Do you want to automatically start the agent on 'orabkprestore.izola.dom'? [y, n] (y)n

To establish a trust between the Backup Exec server and the agent, move to the Backup Exec server and add the agent computer to the list of servers.

To add the agent computer, click Add on the Backup and Restore tab.

Veritas Backup Exec Agent for Linux configured successfully.

Press [Return] to continue:
The response file is saved at:

/var/tmp/vxif/installralus1212142610/installralus1212142610.response

The installralus log is saved at:

/var/tmp/vxif/installralus1212142610/installralus.log

We can also Patch the agent using the patch the same way:

Patch

[root@orabkprestore agent]# cd patch/
[root@orabkprestore patch]# gunzip ralus1142.1632SP.tar.gz
[root@orabkprestore patch]# tar xvf ralus1142.1632SP.tar
Linux/
Linux/bin/
Linux/bin/rptool
Linux/bin/libnrdsnet.so
Linux/bin/libbestdutl.so
Linux/bin/libbedsedir.so
Linux/bin/libndmpcomm.so
Linux/bin/libvxTAO_AnyTypeCode.so.6
Linux/bin/tpexec
Linux/bin/libstsapi.so
Linux/bin/mktls
Linux/bin/libbe_util.so
Linux/bin/libndmpsrvr.so
Linux/bin/libsth.so
Linux/bin/libeng_dsss.so
Linux/bin/libbeengsvr.so

[root@orabkprestore patch]# ./installraluspatch.sh
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Upgrading from Backup Exec 16...

Current Backup Exec RALUS base version installed on system : 1142
Current Backup Exec RALUS patch version installed on this system : 1142.0
Installing RALUS patch 1142.1632 for Linux64...

Stopping RALUS service...
Stopping Veritas Backup Exec Remote Agent: [FAILED]
Newer AOFO-L driver present for RALUS...updating
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Symantec symbdsnap, build 3.1.0-54367.........................................................................................................................
Finished installing RALUS patch...restarting RALUS services...
Starting Veritas Backup Exec Remote Agent ......
Starting Veritas Backup Exec Remote Agent: [ OK ]
[root@orabkprestore patch]#