UNIX Clients

On all Backup clients for UNIX, you must manually update and verify the following files:

• The /etc/hosts file must contain the Internet address of the Backup client and the Backup server, unless you use DNS or Network Information System (NIS), for example:

127.0.0.1 				localhost			loopback
137.69.8.1 				server			server.companyname.com
137.69.8.2 				client 			client.companyname.com

Backup does not automatically configure and update the /etc/hosts file. You must manually edit the file and verify that the information in this file is accurate. Do not delete or comment out the entry for the localhost loopback.

• During SunOS and Solaris client software installation, if you accepted the default directory when installing the Backup executables, the default directory should already be in your executable path. If you specify a different directory, add the directory to your executable path for root or Backup users.

  The executable path is set in the PATH environment variable. Adding the directory containing the Backup executables to your executable path allows execution of Backup commands without entering the full pathname. For example, you enter nwbackup instead of /usr/bin/nsr/nwbackup.