Veritas Netbackup Client Installation

Netbackup client needs to be installed on the server that you need to create backup.

For Linux

1. Check if netbackup client exist

# rpm -qa | grep nbu

2. If none yet, install the netbackup client rpm package

# rpm -ivh SYSnbuc-6.0-4.i386.rpm (or the name of the package)

3. Edit bp.conf

# cd /usr/openv/netbackup
# vi bp.conf (remove everything and put your backup server's hostname)

SERVER = hostname

4. Create exclude_list file. This will exclude the specified file or dir from the backup. See example below.
[root@hostname] cat exclude_list
#Sparse file that can take 45 mins to process.
/var/log/lastlog
#2.6 kernel introduces the /sys tree which cannot be backed up
/sys

5. Check route of client to netbackup server

# netstat -rn (check routing table of the client)
If the route from the client to to backup server doesn't exist, create the static route, example below.

route add -net 172.24.16.0 netmask 255.255.252.0 gw 172.24.27.1

Add this to your /etc/rc.local/ to add route during boot up.

# ssh backup_server (connect to backup server via ssh)
# ping backup_client


For Sun Solaris 8/10

1 Check if there's netbackup client installed - check if there's /opt/openv or /usr/openv
2. if none exist, install the package
# pkgadd -d . netbackcl

3. Edit bp.conf
# cd /usr/openv/netbackup/
# vi bp.conf (remove everything and put below entry)
--

SERVER = hostname
---

4. create exclude_list file

For Solaris 8:

/proc/
/tmp/
/cdrom/
core
/home/
/apps/
/builds/
/patches/
/packages/

For Solaris 10:

#Start of OS standard excludes
/*arch*/
/*ora*dump*/
/ldoms/*
/oracrs*/*
/oravote*/*
/tmp/*
/var/SUNWsrspx/SRSQueueStore/store/.free
/var/SUNWsrspx/SUNWsrspx/SRSQueueStore/store/.free
/var/crash/*
/var/opt/SUNWsrspx/SRSQueueStore/store/.free
/var/tmp/*
#End of OS standard excludes
#Host specific excludes below