and a media server to avoid unwanted client upgrades.
For clustered environments, you can push client software only from the active node.
During a client upgrade, the new client files are written to a directory in
/tmp
on the
client. This directory must have sufficient space to temporarily store the new client
files to ensure a successful upgrade. If sufficient space is not available, a status
message informs you that the upgrade script could not write to the location in the
/tmp
directory. To resolve this issue, allocate more space to the
/tmp
directory and
perform the upgrade procedure again. The temporary directory is removed when
the upgrade is complete.
To upgrade clients after you have upgraded servers
1
Use one of the following methods to start the installation script:
■
Insert the NetBackup UNIX Clients DVD into the
drive.
See
“About the NetBackup media kit”
on page 16.
■
If necessary, mount the DVD.
See
“Mounting NetBackup software media on UNIX
or Linux systems”
on page 37.
■
Enter the following command:
cd_directory
/install
The
cd_directory
is the path to the directory where
you can access the DVD.
DVD
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■
Navigate to the location where the installation images
reside.
■
Enter the following command:
./install
ESD images (downloaded
files)
2
When the following message appears, press
Enter
to continue:
Installing NetBackup Client Software.
Do you wish to continue? (y/n) [y]
The client binaries represent the operating system versions where the binaries
were compiled. The binaries typically function perfectly on later versions of the
operating system. For example, HP PA-RISC 11.11 binaries also are used on
the HP PA-RISC 11.23 level of the operating system.
3
Select the client type that you want to load and follow the prompts to load that
client type. Repeat as necessary until all desired client types have been loaded.
Make sure that you load the software for all of the UNIX client types that you
intend to push to from this server. Otherwise, you cannot add these client types
to the NetBackup policy configuration.
4
After the installation is complete, unmount the DVD.
5
As a root user on the NetBackup master server, enter the following command
to see whether
bprd
is running:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpps
If
bprd
is running, stop it with the following command:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bprdreq -terminate
6
Enter the following command to make sure that backups or restores are not in
progress:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpdbjobs
7
Update UNIX client software by running the
update_clients
script. Specify
the host names of the individual nodes (not virtual names) in the list of clients.
Use one of the following commands:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/update_clients
If you do not use a
-ClientList
file:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/update_clients
-ClientList
filename
If you use a
-ClientList
file:
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The
-ClientList
parameter is required on a media server.
