FC 2/3 Backup

[Anthony J Placilla]

On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 11:52 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-
> > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Anthony J Placilla
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 11:38 AM
> > To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> > Subject: Re: FC 2/3 Backup
> > 
> > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 11:18 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
> > > Good Morning Everyone:
> > >
> > > I have just found out that it is not possible to back up our fedora
> > > servers using our current backup solution (veritas 10 for windows) -
> > > the remote agent will not work on Fedora.  So I am at the point of
> > > needing some help, I need some form of a backup solution that will
> allow
> > > us to back up the fedora boxes either using the veritas server (like
> a
> > > remote agent that works), or some form of a backup solution that I
> can
> > > just use
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Veritas BackUpExec & NetBackup both ship with Linux/UNIX agents on the
> > CD
> > 
> > We're using BackUpExec 10 on the Windows server & it see the linux
> > clients fine.
> > 
> > What particular issues are you having?
> > 
> > 
> [Tim Holmes wrote] 
> 
> I have the linux/unix agents on disk, but it will not install properly
> on 2 of the machines (both fc2, 1 webserver running apache, and one DB
> server running MySQL)  It tells me that it cannot ping the box, that it
> is an unsupported platform, then it trys to connect over rsh and says
> that rsh generated extraneous characters, and that it cannot install.  
> 
> On the one box that I did get it to install on -- remarkably with no
> problems, the veritas 10 for windows server says it cannot start the
> remote agent when it tries to back up stuff
> 
> Any ANY help you can provide would be greatly appreciated
> 
> TIM
> 
> 
> 

I basically followed the instructions in
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/269804.htm

you can also try the legacy agent
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/269803.htm

for testing purposes I would try exporting / just to make sure that the
server can see everything. Don't use passwords. Obviously these
parameters would need to be adjusted in production.

verify that the Linux clients contain a valid lookup in /etc/hosts for
your backup server & that the following lines are appended to the bottom
of /etc/services

# Local services

grfs            6101/tcp        # Backup Exec Agent


install doc for the legacy agent is at
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/240654.htm



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Tony Placilla, RHCT
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