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Solstice Backup 5.1 Installation and Release Notes

Software Installation Roadmap

Backup's default installation program installs all the Backup software packages during a single session. You can override the default selection if you want to install only selected software.

Read the sections referenced for each procedure before you install the Backup software following these steps:

  1. If you have an earlier version of Backup installed, you must first remove the existing Backup software before you install this release of Backup on your Backup server and clients and prepare to convert the configuration files.

    See "How to Remove the Backup Software". To update the software and indexes from an earlier release, see"How to Update from Release 5.0.1", "How to Update from Release 4.2.x" or "How to Update from Release 4.1.x".

  2. Make the distribution files available from one of the following:

  3. Install the required Backup software (SUNWsbuc, SUNWsbus1, SUNWsbun, and SUNWsbus2) on the system you want to designate as the Backup server.

    Before you install the Backup software on the server, read the following sections in this Solstice Backup 5.1 Installation and Release Notes:

    Install all the Backup software on the server at the same time. If you choose to install only selected software packages on the server, you must install them in the following order:

    1. The client software package (SUNWsbuc)

    2. The storage node software package (SUNWsbun)

    3. The server software package (SUNWsbus1)

    4. The optional device drivers package (SUNWsbus2)

  4. Install the Backup client (SUNWsbuc) software on machines with the same operating system and hardware platform as the Backup server.

    You can choose to install the software locally on each client or remotely through a mounted network file system (NFS) partition.

    Before you install the Backup software on the clients on your network, read the following sections in this Solstice Backup 5.1 Installation and Release Notes:

  5. If you purchased an enabler for storage node support, install the Backup client (SUNWsbuc), storage node (SUNWsbun), and device driver (SUNWsbus2) software on the machines that you want to designate as storage nodes.

    To find the latest information about supported devices, obtain the latest Compatibility Guide from the Legato web site:

    http://www.legato.com/documents/NetWorker/compat-guide.html

  6. Configure the devices for the Backup server and storage nodes.

    See "">"Configuring Autochanger Support." For more detailed information, refer to the autochanger and silo chapters in the Solstice Backup 5.1 Administration Guide.

  7. Enable and register all of your Backup products.

    See "Enabling and Registering Backup".

    The software for a Solaris Backup server, clients, and storage nodes is in the Solaris directory of the distribution files. The Solaris directory also contains the Backup man pages. The Manuals directory contains HTML, PostScriptTM, and PDF file versions of the Backup documentation set.

    Installation of the HTML, PDF files, and Backup man pages is optional; they are provided as a convenience. You can install the HTML, PDF files, and Backup man pages on as many Solaris systems on the network as you want to, or you can read from the Backup CD.

    After Backup is installed on the server, storage nodes, and clients, refer to the Solstice Backup 5.1 Administration Guide for information on how to configure Backup for scheduled backups. For assistance using the Backup GUI, refer to the online help. Refer to the Solstice Backup 5.1 Disaster Recovery Guide to learn how to use Backup to recover data lost in a system disaster.

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    The PATH environment variable for root on the Backup server and the user on each Backup client must contain the directory where the Backup executables reside (/usr/sbin/nsr and /usr/bin/nsr by default).