Installing Solstice Backup

This section provides the information necessary to perform the basic Solstice Backup 5.1 installation, either locally or remotely. It is assumed that you have a CD-ROM drive already installed on a machine.

How to Install Backup Software on a System With a Local CD-ROM

1. Become root on the system where you want to install the Backup software.

2. Insert the Backup distribution CD-ROM into the drive.

3. Mount the CD-ROM.

4. Change to the appropriate directory and enter the pkgadd command at the system prompt.

   For SPARC:

   # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris/sparc # pkgadd -d .

   or for Intel:

   # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris/x86 # pkgadd -d .

5. See "Server Software Installation Example" or "Client Software Installation Example" for an example of the questions asked by the pkgadd command script.

6. After the installation is complete, remove the Backup CD-ROM from the drive and store it in a safe location.

How to Install Backup Software From a Remote CD-ROM

1. Insert the CD-ROM in the remote system's drive.

2. Mount the CD-ROM on the remote system.

3. Make the mounted CD-ROM on the remote system exportable through NFS.

4. Become root on the system where you want to install the Backup software.

5. Create a mount point.

   # mkdir tmpmntdir

6. Mount the file system where the CD-ROM is mounted onto the system where you want to install the Backup software.

   # mount remote-host:/cdrom/cdrom0 /tmpmntdir

7. Enter the pkgadd command at the system prompt.

   For SPARC:

   # pkgadd -d tmpmntdir/Solaris/sparc

   or for Intel:

   # pkgadd -d tmpmntdir/Solaris/x86

   See "Server Software Installation Example" or "Client Software Installation Example" for an example of the questions asked by the pkgadd command script.

8. After the installation process is complete, unmount the CD-ROM.

   # umount remote-host:/cdrom/cdrom0