The first time you create an SRT on a Linux boot
server, you are guided installing the following software:
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The operating system software.
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BMR third-party products , the open source products
that may not be included in the vendor Linux distribution. To
download a CD image at no charge, see the following:
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/275782.htm.
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NetBackup client software.
During this process, the
bmrsrtadm command also copies files
from the operating system installation program and BMR third-party
installation program to the following directory:
/usr/openv/netbackup/baremetal/server/data/media
Each time thereafter that
you create an SRT on that boot server, bmrsrtadm uses those installation files. You do
not have to enter the path to the installation program or images.
If you want to be prompted for installation program or image
location again, remove the media
directory before running bmrsrtadm.
The bmrsrtadm command on Linux also lets you specify
the path to a file system image file. (You also can specify a
device path, a local directory path, or a network directory path).
For example, the BMR third-party products CD is distributed as an
ISO file system image. You can download the image and use it as the
source image or write it to CD media.
Table: Prompts for creating a Linux SRT
shows the prompts that appear when you create a Linux SRT:
Table: Prompts for creating a Linux SRT
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Prompt
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Action or explanation
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Enter the name of the SRT to create
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The name of the SRT also is used for the directory that contains
it.
Only alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_) character
are allowed.
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Enter the description of the new SRT
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A description of the SRT.
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Enter the directory in which to place the new SRT
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The path to the directory in which to create the SRT. The root
of the SRT (called the SRT path) is the pathname to the SRT
location, which includes the SRT name.
The default is either /export/srt or the directory where an SRT
was last created successfully.
The directory must exist.
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The following media is required:
Linux distribution - disk x of
x
Please load the media now.
Load media from:
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The Linux distribution (Red Hat or SUSE) and the required
disk.
The bmrsrtadm command prompts you
for several of the Linux installation discs.
Some systems try to mount the media that is loaded in the CD
drive automatically (such as the Red Hat magicdev process). When you are prompted for media
on those systems, do the following: load the media into the drive,
close the drive tray, and wait for the drive light to stop flashing
before pressing Enter.
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The following media is required:
BMR third-party products CD (3PPCD)
Please load the media now.
Load media from:
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Enter the name of the device in which the BMR third-party
products CD is inserted or enter the path to the installation
image.
This CD contains open source the components that BMR uses on
Linux systems.
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The following media is required:
NetBackup x.x Client
Please load the media now.
Load media from:
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Enter the name of the device in which the NetBackup client
software installation media is inserted or enter the path to the
installation image.
After you enter the device name or path, the NetBackup client
installation procedure installs the client software into the
SRT.
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The following appears when the NetBackup client software
installation process begins:
Symantec installation script
Copyright 1993 - 2007 Symantec Corporation, All Rights
Reserved.
Installing NetBackup Client Software
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Note:
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To install NetBackup server software, insert
the appropriate NetBackup server CD.
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Do you want to continue? [y,n] (y) y
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Enter y.
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Do you want to install the NetBackup client software for this
client? [y,n] (y)
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Enter y.
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OS Level Options
1. IBMzSeriesLinux2.4.21
2. RedHat2.4
q. To quit from this script
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Always choose Red Hat 2.4, even when you create an SUSE Linux
SRT.
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Enter the name of the NetBackup server:
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Enter any nonblank value; the server name is replaced at restore
time with the correct values for the BMR client being restored.
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Would you like to use servername as
the configured name of the NetBackup client? [y,n] (y)
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Accept the default or enter any nonblank value. The client name
is replaced at restore time with the correct values for the BMR
client being restored.
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After you install the
Linux and NetBackup software, the bmrsrtadm command provides options to install
other software in the SRT. You can either add other software now or
quit (you can always add software later).
More information is
available about how to add other software.
