EMC® NetWorker®

Release 8.1

Installation Guide
P/N 300-000-556
REV 02
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CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Getting Started

Installation roadmap................................................................................... 14
Update roadmap ......................................................................................... 15

Chapter 2 Introduction
About the NetWorker product ...................................................................... 18
NetWorker datazone.................................................................................... 18
NetWorker client ......................................................................................... 18
NetWorker storage node.............................................................................. 18
NetWorker server ........................................................................................ 19
NetWorker Management Console server ...................................................... 20
Console client ............................................................................................. 21
NetWorker daemons.................................................................................... 22
Enabler codes ............................................................................................. 23

Chapter 3 Software Requirements

Multi-locale datazone requirements ............................................................ 26
General multi-locale considerations ...................................................... 26
Windows requirements ......................................................................... 27
UNIX requirements ................................................................................ 27
TCP/IP requirements ................................................................................... 28
IPv6 protocol............................................................................................... 28

Chapter 4 Updating from a previous release

Introduction................................................................................................ 32
Interoperability and backward compatibility................................................ 32
Preparing the NetWorker server ................................................................... 33
Preparing the storage node for Virtual Synthetic Full.................................... 34
Preparing for a Console server update ......................................................... 34
Preparing the Console server................................................................. 34
Preparing the Console clients................................................................ 34
Updating NetWorker from 8.0.x ................................................................... 35
Updating NetWorker on RHEL, RedFlag, Oracle Enterprise Server, RedFlag
Asianux, SuSE, Fedora and CentOS ....................................................... 36
Updating NetWorker on AIX, HP-UX, Debian, Ubuntu, MAC-OSX, and Solaris
36
Updating NetWorker and Console server on Windows............................ 38
For Console server updates only, reconfigure LDAP................................ 38
Authorizing the NetWorker server .......................................................... 39
Updating NetWorker from 7.6.x ................................................................... 39
Determining the NetWorker version on the storage nodes ..................... 40
Console server requirements................................................................. 40
UNIX only, backing up the configuration files......................................... 41
RHEL Linux only, enabling SELinux ........................................................ 42
Optional, moving the Console server files to a new Console server ........ 43
Updating NetWorker on RHEL, RedFlag, Oracle Enterprise Server, RedFlag
Asianux, SuSE, Fedora and CentOS ....................................................... 43

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Updating NetWorker on AIX, HP-UX, Debian, Ubuntu, MAC-OSX, and Solaris

44
Updating NetWorker and Console server on Windows............................ 45
Reviewing the Console server database conversion status .................... 46
For Console server updates only, reconfiguring LDAP............................. 48
UNIX only, retaining startup script customizations................................. 49
NetWorker server only, updating the Clone Storage Node attribute ........ 49
Optional, converting VCB client backups to VADP.................................. 50
Confirming the update of all storage nodes ........................................... 50
Authorizing the NetWorker server .......................................................... 50
Updating NetWorker by using Client Push.................................................... 50
Client Push requirements ...................................................................... 51
Preparing the Media Kit Location........................................................... 52
Preparing the software repository.......................................................... 53
Inventorying the target hosts for installed products............................... 56
Updating NetWorker products by using Client Push ............................... 57
Troubleshooting client push.................................................................. 60
Updating from a different bit version of NetWorker (32-bit, 64-bit)............... 62

Chapter 5 AIX Installation

Installing NetWorker on AIX ......................................................................... 64
Reviewing the operating system requirements for AIX............................ 64
Changing the default directory locations ............................................... 65
Installing the NetWorker software on AIX ............................................... 66
Installing the Console server on AIX............................................................. 67
Reviewing Console server requirements ................................................ 68
Installing the Console server software ................................................... 68
Configuring the Console server software................................................ 69
Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software on AIX................... 70

Chapter 6 HP-UX Installation

Installing NetWorker on HP-UX .................................................................... 74
Reviewing NetWorker requirements for HP-UX ....................................... 74
Changing default directory locations ..................................................... 76
Installing the NetWorker software.......................................................... 76
Uninstalling the NetWorker software on HP-UX ............................................ 77

Chapter 7 Linux Installation

Installing NetWorker on Linux...................................................................... 80
Reviewing the operating system requirements for Linux ........................ 80
Changing the default directory locations ............................................... 80
Preparing the Linux target host.............................................................. 82
Installing the NetWorker packages on Linux .......................................... 82
Post installation consideration for st tape devices................................. 86
Installing Console server on Linux ............................................................... 87
Reviewing Console server requirements ................................................ 87
Installing the Console server software on Linux ..................................... 87
Configuring the Console server software................................................ 88
Uninstalling NetWorker and Console server software on Linux ..................... 89
Uninstalling NetWorker on Debian and Ubuntu...................................... 89
Uninstalling NetWorker on other Linux operating systems ..................... 90

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Chapter 8 Mac OS-X Client Installation

Installing NetWorker on Mac-OSX ................................................................ 92
Reviewing the Mac OS-X requirements .................................................. 92
Installing the NetWorker software.......................................................... 92
Verifying the software installation ......................................................... 93
Uninstalling the NetWorker software on Mac OS-X ....................................... 94

Chapter 9 Solaris Installation

Installing NetWorker on Solaris ................................................................... 96
Reviewing the NetWorker requirements for Solaris ................................ 96
Changing the default directories ........................................................... 98
Installing NetWorker packages on Solaris.............................................. 99
Installing Console server on Solaris ........................................................... 101
Reviewing the Console server requirements ........................................ 101
Installing the Console server software ................................................. 102
Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Solaris ......................... 104

Chapter 10 Microsoft Windows Installation

Installing NetWorker and Console software on Windows ............................ 108
Reviewing the NetWorker software requirements................................. 108
Installing the NetWorker software........................................................ 110
Adjusting antivirus software settings................................................... 114
Installing the NetWorker and Console server on Windows 2008 Server Core .....
115
Installing additional components .............................................................. 115
Installing the Console server software on an existing NetWorker host.. 115
Installing additional language packs ................................................... 118
Changing the installation type............................................................. 119
Performing a silent install.......................................................................... 120
Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Windows...................... 122
Uninstalling the NetWorker software ................................................... 122
Performing a silent uninstall................................................................ 123
Uninstalling the NetWorker software on Windows 2008 Server Core .... 123
Using SMS to install or uninstall the NetWorker software ........................... 125

Chapter 11 Verify the Installation

Using NetWorker for the first time.............................................................. 128
Connecting to the Console server GUI for the first time ........................ 128
Changing the NetWorker servers with access to the host ..................... 131
Starting the Console client after the first time ...................................... 132
Troubleshooting Console client connection issues..................................... 132
Unable to display to Console server web page..................................... 132
Unable to connect to the Console server.............................................. 133
Error: error while loading shared libraries: libsasl2.so.2: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64 ........................................................................................ 134
Unable to connect to server: Failed to contact using UDP ping ............. 134
Unable to start gstd process on Console server ................................... 135
Cannot log in to the Console server with Firefox................................... 137
Cannot generate console reports after updating the Console server..... 138

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Chapter 12 Downgrade to a Previous Release

Downgrading a NetWorker server to NetWorker 8.0.x ................................. 140
Uninstalling the NetWorker software ................................................... 140
Deleting the NetWorker tmp directory .................................................. 140
Installing the NetWorker software........................................................ 140
Downgrading a NetWorker server to NetWorker 7.6.x or earlier................... 140
Uninstalling the NetWorker software ................................................... 141
Deleting the NetWorker tmp directory .................................................. 141
Restoring pre-NetWorker 8.1 resources files ........................................ 141
Installing the NetWorker software........................................................ 142
UNIX only, retaining start-up script customizations.............................. 142
Scanning the AFTD and Data Domain devices ...................................... 143
Downgrading a NetWorker storage node or client ...................................... 143
Uninstalling the NetWorker software ................................................... 143
Deleting the NetWorker tmp directory:................................................. 144
Installing the NetWorker software........................................................ 144
UNIX only, retaining start-up script customizations.............................. 144
Downgrading the Console server ............................................................... 145
Uninstalling the Console server software............................................. 145
Installing the Console server software ................................................. 146
Recovering the previous version of the Console server database ......... 146
Configuring the Console clients to connect to the Console server ........ 147

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REVISION HISTORY

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The following table lists the revision history of this document.

Revision Date Description of added or changed sections

01 July 26,2 013 First release of this document for the EMC NetWorker 8.1 DA
Release .

02 Sept 25, 2013 • Removed BBB (Block Based Backup) incremental backup
limitation with the Client Push feature.
• Removed BBB option from Table 28 on page 111.
• Updated Windows install steps in Chapter 10, “Microsoft
Windows Installation,” to reflect that BBB binaries are
installed automatically.
• Updated steps in “Installing the Console server software on an
existing NetWorker host” on page 115 to reflect that BBB
binaries are installed automatically.
• Updated BBB options for the setup.exe command in
“Performing a silent install” on page 120.
• Removed BBB related steps in “Uninstalling the NetWorker
software” on page 121.
• Updated Downgrading chapter to describe how to downgrade
a NetWorker server when the DA version is currently or was
previously installed. “Downgrade to a Previous Release” on
page 139
• Updated the Linux chapter to include a step to set the
LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable when you change the
default installation location.“Changing the software
installation directory” on page 81

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 Preface

PREFACE

As part of an effort to improve its product lines, EMC periodically releases revisions of its
software and hardware. Therefore, some functions described in this document might not
be supported by all versions of the software or hardware currently in use. The product
release notes provide the most up-to-date information on product features.
Contact your EMC representative if a product does not function properly or does not
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Note: This document was accurate at publication time. New versions of this document
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Audience
This document is part of the NetWorker documentation set and is intended for use by
system administrators during the installation and setup of the NetWorker software.

NetWorker product documentation

The following EMC publications provide additional information:
◆ NetWorker Administration Guide — Describes how to configure and maintain the
NetWorker software.
◆ EMC NetWorker Cluster Integration Guide — Describes how to install and administer
the NetWorker software on cluster servers and clients.
◆ EMC NetWorker Release Notes — Contains information on new features, changes,
fixed problems, known limitations, environmental considerations, and system
requirements for the latest NetWorker software release.
◆ NetWorker Command Reference Guide — Provides reference information for the
NetWorker commands and options.
◆ EMC NetWorker Avamar Devices Integration Guide — Provides planning and
configuration information on the use of Avamar devices in a NetWorker environment.
◆ EMC NetWorker Data Domain Deduplication Devices Integration Guide — Provides
planning and configuration information on the use of Data Domain devices for data
deduplication backup and storage in a NetWorker environment.
◆ EMC NetWorker Error Message Guide — Describes common NetWorker error messages.
◆ EMC NetWorker Licensing Guide — Describes how to license the NetWorker products
and the features.
◆ NetWorker License Manager Installation and Administration Guide — Describes how to
install and administer the EMC License Manager application.

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◆ NetWorker Performance Optimization and Planning Guide — Provides basic

performance information to size, plan, and optimize the NetWorker environment.
◆ EMC NetWorker Management Console Online Help — Describes the day-to-day
administration tasks performed in the NetWorker Management Console and the
NetWorker Administration window. To view Help, click Help in the main menu.
◆ EMC NetWorker User Online Help — Describes how to use the NetWorker User program
on a Windows client to connect to the NetWorker server and perform backup, recover,
and archive operations.

NetWorker related documentation

◆ NetWorker VMware Release Integration Guide — Describes how to plan and configure
VMware and the vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP) within an integrated EMC®
NetWorker® environment.
◆ NetWorker Procedure Generator — The NetWorker Procedure Generator (NPG) is a
stand-alone Windows application that generates precise user driven steps for high
demand tasks carried out by customers, Support, and the field. With the NPG, each
procedure is tailored and generated based on user-selectable prompts. This
generated procedure:
• Gathers the most critical parts of the NetWorker product guides
• Combines the advice of the experts in a single document
• Provides the content in a standardized format.
To access the NetWorker Procedure Generator, log on to:
http://support.emc.com
Specify NetWorker Procedure Generator in the Search EMC Support field. You must
have a valid service agreement to use this site.
◆ Technical Notes and White Papers — Provide an in-depth technical perspective of a
product or products as they apply to critical business issues or requirements.
Technical notes and white papers include:
• Technology and business considerations
• Applied technologies
• Detailed review
• Best practices planning
To search for NetWorker Technical Notes and Whitepapers, log on to
http://support.emc.com and select Support By Product. In the Find a Product field,
specify NetWorker. On the NetWorker Support By Product page, select Documentation.

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CHAPTER 1
Getting Started

This chapter provides a summary roadmap of the NetWorker software installation and
update process:
◆ Installation roadmap............................................................................................... 14
◆ Update roadmap ..................................................................................................... 15

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Installation roadmap
Use this roadmap to install the NetWorker software, on a host that does not have a
previous version of the NetWorker software installed.
1. “Software Requirements” on page 25 provides the general requirements and
considerations relevant to each supported Windows and UNIX operating systems.
2. Review the operating system specific chapter to install the NetWorker server, storage
node, Console server, and client software:
• “AIX Installation” on page 63 describes how to install the NetWorker software on
the supported AIX operating systems.
• “HP-UX Installation” on page 73 describes how to install the NetWorker software
on the supported HP-UX operating systems.
• “Linux Installation” on page 79 describes how to install the NetWorker software on
the supported Linux operating systems.
• “Mac OS-X Client Installation” on page 91 describes how to install the NetWorker
software on the supported Mac OS-X operating systems.
• “Solaris Installation” on page 95 describes how to install the NetWorker software
on the supported Solaris operating systems.
• “Microsoft Windows Installation” on page 107 describes how to install the
NetWorker software on the supported Windows operating systems.
3. “Verify the Installation” on page 127 describes how to test the NetWorker software
functionality.
4. Enable and register the NetWorker products. The NetWorker Licensing Guide provides
information.

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Update roadmap
Use this roadmap to update the NetWorker software from a previous release.
1. “Software Requirements” on page 25 provides the general requirements and
considerations that are applicable to all of the supported Windows and UNIX
operating systems.
2. “Updating from a previous release” on page 31 describes how to update the
NetWorker software on all of the supported operating systems in three different
scenarios:
• “Updating NetWorker from 8.0.x” on page 35 describes how to update the
NetWorker software from NetWorker 8.0.x.
• “Updating NetWorker from 7.6.x” on page 39 describes how to update the
NetWorker software from NetWorker 7.6.x.
• “Updating NetWorker by using Client Push” on page 50 describes how to use
Software Distribution feature to update the NetWorker client and storage nodes.
• “Updating from a different bit version of NetWorker (32-bit, 64-bit)” on page 62
describes how to update a NetWorker server from a 32-bit operating systems to a
64-bit operating system, before updating the NetWorker software.
3. Review the operating system specific chapter to install the NetWorker server, the
storage node, the Console server, or the client software:
• “AIX Installation” on page 63 describes how to install the NetWorker software on
the supported AIX operating systems.
• “HP-UX Installation” on page 73 describes how to install the NetWorker software
on the supported HP-UX operating systems.
• “Linux Installation” on page 79 describes how to install the NetWorker software on
supported the Linux operating systems.
• “Mac OS-X Client Installation” on page 91 describes how to install the NetWorker
software on the supported Mac OS-X operating systems.
• “Solaris Installation” on page 95 describes how to install the NetWorker software
on the supported Solaris operating systems.
• “Microsoft Windows Installation” on page 107 describes how to install the
NetWorker software on the supported Windows operating systems.
4. “Verify the Installation” on page 127 describes on how to test the NetWorker software
functionality.
5. Enable and register the NetWorker products. The NetWorker Licensing Guide provides
more information.

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 Introduction

CHAPTER 2
Introduction

This chapter includes these sections:

◆ About the NetWorker product .................................................................................. 18
◆ NetWorker datazone................................................................................................ 18
◆ NetWorker client ..................................................................................................... 18
◆ NetWorker storage node.......................................................................................... 18
◆ NetWorker server .................................................................................................... 19
◆ NetWorker Management Console server .................................................................. 20
◆ Console client ......................................................................................................... 21
◆ NetWorker daemons................................................................................................ 22
◆ Enabler codes ......................................................................................................... 23

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About the NetWorker product

The EMC® NetWorker® product is a storage management software suite that provides
backup, recovery, and other services to hosts with a wide variety of operating systems and
data types. NetWorker products for different operating systems are interoperable.
NetWorker provides the flexibility to design a storage management system that works best
with the current computing environment.
The NetWorker software is distributed in these formats:
◆ In a media kit that contains the software and electronic documentation for several
related NetWorker products.
◆ As a downloadable archive file from the EMC Online Support Site website.
The NetWorker product has these components:
◆ NetWorker client
◆ NetWorker storage node
◆ NetWorker server
◆ NetWorker Management Console server (NMC)
◆ NetWorker language packs
◆ NetWorker license manager

NetWorker datazone
A NetWorker datazone is a single NetWorker server and its client and storage node hosts.

NetWorker client
The NetWorker client software communicates with the NetWorker server and provides
client initiated backup and recover functionality. Install the NetWorker client software on
each host that you will back up on the NetWorker server.
Before you install the NetWorker client software, ensure that NetWorker supports the
specific client operating system and hardware configuration.
The EMC NetWorker Software Compatibility Guide provides the most up-to-date
information about compatibility.

NetWorker storage node

NetWorker can back up data to devices that are local to a NetWorker server or remotely to
devices on a storage node. A storage node controls storage devices such as tape drives,
disk devices, autochangers, and silos. The NetWorker server is a local storage node. You
can use a remote storage node to offload most of the data movement involved in a backup
or a recovery operation from the NetWorker server. A remote storage node improves
performance but requires high I/O bandwidth to manage the transfer of data from local
clients, or network clients to target devices. The operating system of a remote storage
node can differ from the NetWorker server.

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Before you install NetWorker on a storage node host, ensure that the operating system
recognizes the devices. NetWorker supports a variety of media types and devices
including:
◆ Disk devices
◆ Stand-alone tape devices
◆ Tape devices in an autochanger or silo tape library
The term autochanger refers to a variety of backup devices:
• Autoloader
• Carousel
• Datawheel
• Jukebox
• Library
• Near-line storage

The NetWorker 7.3 (and Later) Hardware Compatibility Guide provides the most up-to-date
list of supported devices.
To avoid potential data loss when using tape devices:
◆ Ensure that the block-size mode for the tape devices is variable otherwise, recoveries
can fail. The procedure to set up the device block size varies depending on the
operating system.
◆ Use a nonrewinding tape device. NetWorker writes a file mark on the volume at the
end of each backup. When the next backup occurs, NetWorker appends the data to
the volume based on the position of the file mark. When a device automatically
rewinds the tape, the file mark position is lost and the next backup overwrites existing
data. You cannot recover the data.
Configuring Tape Devices for EMC NetWorker Technical Note on EMC Online Support Site
provides best practices on how to configure tape devices for use by NetWorker server and
storage nodes.

NetWorker server
The NetWorker server provides services to back up and recover the data of any NetWorker
host in a datazone. The NetWorker server can also act as a storage node and control
multiple remote storage nodes.

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Table 1 on page 20 summarizes the different databases a NetWorker server uses to

manage a datazone.

Table 1 NetWorker server database functions

Database Function

Client File Index Tracks the files that belong to a save set. There is one client file
(CFI) index for each configured NetWorker client.
The client file indexes can grow to become prohibitively large over
time and negatively impact backup performance.

Media database Tracks:

(mm) • The volume name.
• The location of each save set fragment on the physical media
(file number/file record).
• The backup dates of the save sets on the volume.
• The filesystems in each save set.

Note: There is only one media database per server.

The media database can grow to become prohibitively large over

time and negatively impact backup performance.

Jobs (jobsdb) Stores for a limited amount of time, information about NetWorker
job operations, for example:
• Scheduled and queued backup and recovery operations.
• Real-time backup and restore related activities.
• All Console server communication.

Recovery operations do not require the data stored in the jobsdb

database.

Resource Stores the configuration information for a NetWorker server, for

(resdb) example:
• NetWorker client backup configurations.
• Schedule recover configurations.
• Pool configurations.
• Device configurations.

Client push Stores configuration information for the Client push application.
(cpdb)

nsrla Stores configuration information for the NetWorker nsrexecd

service.

NetWorker Management Console server

The NetWorker Management Console (NMC) server or Console server, is a Java-based web
application and database server that provides centralized:
◆ Management of multiple NetWorker servers across multiple datazones.
◆ Monitoring of multiple NetWorker servers across multiple datazones.
◆ Reporting for multiple NetWorker servers across multiple datazones.

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The Console server uses:

◆ Embedded Apache server software to:
• Download of the Console jar files.
• Startup of the Console server daemon or service.
◆ Embedded Sybase SQL Anywhere software to store reporting and Console server
configuration information.

You can install the Console server software package on an AIX, Linux, Solaris, or Microsoft
Windows host. The Console server software requires the NetWorker client software.
The NetWorker Software Compatibility Guide on EMC Online Support Site provides the
latest information about supported operating system versions.
You can install the Console server software on the NetWorker server but EMC does not
recommend this configuration when the NetWorker server manages 50 or more clients and
when the Console server will monitor multiple datazones.
The minimum system requirements for a Console server host is 1 GHz with 512 MB of
RAM.
To monitor:
◆ 50 servers—Use a Console server with at least Dual 1 GHz processors and no less than
2 GB of RAM.
◆ 100 servers— Use a Console server with at least Dual 1 GHz processors and no less
than 4 GB of RAM.
◆ 200 servers—Use a Console server with at least Dual 1 GHz processors and no less
than 8 GB of RAM.
To ensure Console server database backups, configure the Console server as a client of
the NetWorker server. The NetWorker Administration Guide describes how to configure an
Console server database backup

Console client
A Console client is any host in the environment that uses a web browser and Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) to display the Console server GUI. Multiple users can access the
Console server GUI concurrently from different browser sessions.
Table 2 on page 21 summarizes the JRE and browser requirements for a Console client.

Table 2 Console client requirements (page 1 of 2)

Operating system JRE and browser Requirements

AIX 6.1, 7.1 • JRE 1.6.x

• Mozilla

HP-UX 11iv1, 11iv2, 11iv3 • JRE 1.6.x

• Mozilla

Linux x86 (32-bit) RHEL 5, 6 • JRE 1.6.x or JRE 1.7.x

• Mozilla
• Firefox

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Table 2 Console client requirements (page 2 of 2)

Operating system JRE and browser Requirements

Linux em64T & AMD64 • JRE 1.6.x or JRE 1.7.x

(64-bit) RHEL 5, RHEL6, SLES • Firefox
10, SLES 11

Solaris 10 & 11 for Solaris • JRE 1.6.x or JRE 1.7.x

SPARC, Solaris Opteron • Mozilla
(64-bit)

Windows XP, Windows 2003, • JRE 1.6.x or JRE 1.7.x

2003 R2 for x86, em64T & • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
AMD64 (64-bit) • Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
• on Windows XP and Windows 2003
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP, Windows 2003,
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7, Windows Vista,
Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2
• Firefox 5.0 on Windows XP and Windows 2003.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 and Windows
2012, in Desktop mode only. Windows 2012 and Windows 8
support JRE 1.7 only.

Notice: If you use Internet Explorer, then you must ensure that you
use the Internet Explorer version that matches the JRE version. For
example, when the host uses 32-bit JRE,ensure that you use 32-bit
Internet Explorer to connect to the Console server GUI. “Windows
only, confirming JRE version” on page 130 provides more
information.

Windows 7, Vista, Windows • JRE 1.6.x or JRE 1.7.x

1008, Windows 2008 R2 for • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
x86, em64T & AMD64 • Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
(64-bit)
• Firefox

Windows 8 and Windows • JRE 1.7 only.

2012 • Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 in Desktop mode only.

NetWorker daemons
The NetWorker software requires processes on Windows or daemons on UNIX to run on the
system and facilitate NetWorker operations in the datazone.
Table 3 on page 22 lists the NetWorker daemons for each of the software components.

Table 3 NetWorker daemons

NetWorker packages NetWorker daemons

NetWorker server nsrd, nsrexecd, nsrindexd, nsrmmdbd, nsrmmd, nsrjobd, nsrmmgd,

nsrlcpd, nsrlogd, nsrsnmd, nsrcpd

NetWorker client nsrexecd, nsrpsd

NetWorker storage node nsrexecd, nsrmmd, nsrlcpd, nsrsnmd

NetWorker Management gstd, httpd, dbsrv12, gstsnmptrapd (optional)

Console server

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Consider the following:

◆ The nsrmmd process or daemon is present when one or more devices are enabled.
◆ The nsrmmgd process or daemon is present on the NetWorker server when a library is
enabled.
◆ The nsrlcpd process or daemon is present on a NetWorker server and storage nodes
with an attached library.
◆ The nsrcpd process or daemon is present on the NetWorker server during a client push
software upgrade.
◆ The Console server daemon, gstd starts these additional processes:
• dbsrv12 — the SQL Anywhere database process.
• httpd — there will be 2 or more httpd processes.
• gstsnmptrapd — an optional process that is present on the Console server when
SNMP Trap monitoring is configured for a Data Domain system.

Enabler codes
Enabler codes or licenses activate the functionality of the NetWorker software and are
generally sold separately. The NetWorker License Guide provides more information.

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CHAPTER 3
Software Requirements

This chapter provides the general software requirements for the NetWorker software:
◆ Multi-locale datazone requirements ........................................................................ 26
◆ TCP/IP requirements ............................................................................................... 28
◆ IPv6 protocol........................................................................................................... 28

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Multi-locale datazone requirements

This section provides information to consider, when using the NetWorker software in a
multi-locale datazone.
In a multi-locale datazone, you can configure hosts to run in different locales. The
NetWorker software supports a multi-locale datazone.
The NetWorker command line interface (CLI), the Console server graphical user interface
(NMC GUI) and the NetWorker User program are I18N compliant.
In a multi-locale datazone, users can display data and remotely manage their NetWorker
environment in the locale defined on their local host. NetWorker supports different locales
on the local host, the NetWorker server, and the Console server.
The NetWorker software includes language pack support for the French, the Japanese, the
Simplified Chinese, the Korean, and the English locales.
The NetWorker software supports:
◆ The languages and the character sets that the underlying OS support.
◆ UTF-8 encoded input and output files.
◆ Non-English scheduled backup and archive requests.
◆ Non-English mounts on UNIX hosts.
The NetWorker software detects these mounts during a “All” save set backup.
◆ A directed recover to a non-English relocation directory.
◆ A save set recover of a non-English save set, independent of the locale of the source
host.
◆ The NetWorker 8.1 Administration Guide describes how to perform NetWorker tasks in
a multi-locale datazone.
Before you configure the NetWorker software in a multi-locale datazone, review these
considerations:
◆ “General multi-locale considerations” on page 26
◆ “Windows requirements” on page 27
◆ “UNIX requirements” on page 27

General multi-locale considerations

This section describes general considerations to review before installing the NetWorker
software in a multi-locale datazone.
To view localized textual elements for example: radio buttons and menu options, the
dates, the times, and the numbers in the CLI, the Console server GUI, and the NetWorker
User application, ensure that you:
◆ Install the required language font on the operating system of the host that is accessing
the application interface.
◆ Enable the corresponding language locale on the operating system of the host that
accesses the application interface.

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◆ Enable the corresponding language locale on the Console server.

◆ Install the corresponding language pack included with the NetWorker software
package on the NetWorker client, server, storage node, and Console server.
The NetWorker software does not support locales that the operating system defines or
code sets that remap characters that have a special meaning for file systems, for example
De_DE.646. Depending on the file system, these special cancters might include the
forward slash (/), the backward slash (\), the colon (:), or the period(.).
When the appropriate non-English font is not available on the Console client, the Console
GUI renders the localized textual elements in English or the elements might appear as
illegible.
The CLI displays the data correctly when the current locale supports the characters and the
encoding. However, when the user and system locales do not match on a Windows host,
characters might display incorrectly.
The nsr_render_log command enables you to render English log file messages into the
locale of the user that runs nsr_render_log command. The NetWorker Command Reference
Guide or the UNIX man pages describes how to use the nsr_render_log program.
Message files that support localization include:
◆ daemon.raw file
◆ nsrcpd.raw file — the client push log
◆ gstd.raw file — the Console server log file
◆ networkr.raw file — the Windows recovery log file

The NetWorker 8.1 Administration Guide on the EMC Online Support Site describes how to
view raw log files.

Windows requirements
This section provides general locale requirements, when using a Windows Console client
or the NetWorker User program in a multi-locale NetWorker datazone.
When non-UTF8 data from a UNIX host uses encoding that Windows does not support
natively, for example euc-jp, the UNIX host data will not appear correctly on the Windows
host.
The NetWorker User program displays the textual elements, dates, times, and numbers
based on the Regional and Language Options settings in Control Panel.

UNIX requirements
This section provides general locale requirements when using a UNIX Console client in a
multi-locale NetWorker datazone.
NetWorker does not support a non-ASCII installation directory. Create a symbolic link of
the /nsr folder to a non-ASCII directory.

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To display non-English textual elements, the dates, the times, and the numbers in the
NMC GUI ensure that you:
◆ Install the appropriate NetWorker language package on the client.
◆ Define the LC_ALL and LANG environment variables to match the NetWorker language
pack installed.
For example, on Solaris:
• To use the French NetWorker language pack, type:
setenv LANG fr
setenv LC_ALL fr

• To use the Japanese NetWorker language pack, type:

setenv LANG ja
setenv LC_ALL ja

• To use the Simplified Chinese NetWorker language pack, type:

setenv LANG zh
setenv LC_ALL zh

• To use the Korean NetWorker language pack, type:

setenv LANG ko
setenv LC_ALL ko

TCP/IP requirements
The NetWorker software requires that you install and configure TCP/IP on each host.
Before you install the NetWorker software, ensure that:
◆ The /etc/hosts file on each Solaris and Linux NetWorker host contains an entry for the
IPv4 loopback address:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

◆ The NetWorker server when configured as a DHCP client, uses a reserved address that
is synchronized with DNS.
◆ The name of the host that the hostname command returns on the system must match
the name that the IP address resolves to when using nslookup.
◆ When using OS tools for example, nslookup, the IP address of the host must resolve to
the same hostname defined for the NIC used by NetWorker
◆ The hostname does not contain an underscore character (_).

IPv6 protocol
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is a next generation Internet protocol used concurrently
with IPv4 or in a pure IPv6 environment. IPv6 increases the number of available IP
addresses and adds improvements in the areas of routing and network autoconfiguration.
IPv6 addresses are represented by 8 groups of 16-bit hexadecimal values that are
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For example:
2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334

Most newer operating systems configure the IPv6 loopback interface, by default. To
determine if the IPv6 loopback interface is configured on the host, use operating system
tools such as ifconfig on UNIX and ipconfig on Windows. On UNIX systems, the device
name of the loopback interface is usually lo or lo0.
NetWorker does not support temporary or link-local IPv6 addresses.
The client backup fails when the IPv6 address for the client is not:
◆ Stored in DNS or in the hosts file.
◆ Added to the client resource.

When the operating system configures the IPv6 loopback interface, ensure that:
◆ The hosts file on each NetWorker host has an entry that associates the IPv6 loopback
interface (::1) with the localhost. Add the IPv6 loopback interface entry before the
IPv4 loopback entry (127.0.0.1 localhost)
For example:
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

◆ The IPv6 loopback entry must remain in the hosts file when the host is operating in a
pure IPv4, pure IPv6, or dual stack configuration.

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CHAPTER 4
Updating from a previous release

This chapter includes these sections:

◆ Introduction ............................................................................................................ 32
◆ Interoperability and backward compatibility............................................................ 32
◆ Preparing the NetWorker server ............................................................................... 33
◆ Preparing the storage node for Virtual Synthetic Full................................................ 34
◆ Preparing for a Console server update ..................................................................... 34
◆ Updating NetWorker from 8.0.x ............................................................................... 35
◆ Updating NetWorker from 7.6.x ............................................................................... 39
◆ Updating NetWorker by using Client Push................................................................ 50
◆ Updating from a different bit version of NetWorker (32-bit, 64-bit)........................... 61

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Introduction
This section provides you with the information to review before you update a NetWorker
host to 8.1 and provides detailed information about the update procedure on each
supported operating system.

Note: “Downgrade to a Previous Release” on page 139 provides the steps required to
downgrade the NetWorker software.

Interoperability and backward compatibility

Before you update any host in the datazone, review information about the interoperability
and backwards compatibility.
Table 4 on page 32 summarizes interoperability and backward compatibility
requirements.

Table 4 Interoperability and backward compatibility requirements (page 1 of 2)

When updating Interoperability information

7.6.x and earlier storage NetWorker 8.1 server supports NetWorker 8.0.x and later storage
nodes nodes only.
Update all NetWorker 7.6.x storage nodes to version 8.1 before
updating the NetWorker server. This includes storage nodes that are
operating on standalone servers and dedicated storage nodes
operating on application servers. Update storage nodes embedded
within the EMC Disk Library (EDL SN) to NetWorker 8.0.x. EDL SN does
not support NetWorker 8.1.

Note: A NetWorker 8.1 server disables NetWorker 7.6.x and earlier

storage nodes.

7.5.x NetWorker server You cannot directly update a NetWorker 7.5.x server to NetWorker 8.1.
Use the following method to update the hosts in a NetWorker 7.5.x
datazone:
1. Update the NetWorker 7.5.x server to version 7.6.x.
2. Update each NetWorker storage node to version 8.1.

Note: Update EDL SN to NetWorker 8.0

3. Update the NetWorker 7.6.x server to version 8.1.

4. Update the NetWorker clients to version 8.1.

7.5.x console server Update a NetWorker 7.5.x Console server directly to NetWorker 8.1
when the Console server is not the NetWorker server.

NMM 2.3 clients NetWorker 8.1 does not support NMM 2.3. Update hosts to NMM 2.4
before you update the NetWorker server and storage nodes.

Storage node NetWorker 7.6.x and 8.0.x server supports a NetWorker 8.1 storage
node.

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Table 4 Interoperability and backward compatibility requirements (page 2 of 2)

When updating Interoperability information

Console server Console server 8.1 supports NetWorker 7.6.x and 8.0.x servers.
When the Console server is not the NetWorker server, update the
Console server before you update the NetWorker server. NetWorker
7.6.x and 8.0.x Console servers do not support NetWorker 8.1
servers.

Clients NetWorker 8.1 server supports NetWorker 8.0.x and 7.6.x clients.

Note: The Client Configuration Wizard supports NetWorker 7.6 SP4 or

later client only.

NetWorker 7.6.x and 8.0.x servers and storage nodes support

NetWorker 8.1 clients.

Operating system Update the operating system first and then update the NetWorker
software.

Preparing the NetWorker server

Before you update the NetWorker server, ensure that the media database and client file
indexes are in a consistent state and that you have a backup of the databases.
To prepare the NetWorker server, perform these steps from a commandprompt on the
NetWorker server as root on UNIX or administrator on Windows.
1. Put the NetWorker databases in a consistent state:
nsrim -X
nsrck -m
nsrck -L6

2. Record the current location of the NetWorker media database:

nsrls -m

3. Record the current location of the NetWorker client file indexes:

nsrls

4. Record the range of ports the NetWorker software uses:

nsrports

5. Perform a back up of the bootstrap, the client file indexes, and the resource database
on the NetWorker server:
savegrp -O group

To back up all client file indexes, specify a group that contain all the NetWorker clients
in the datazone.
If a group that contains all the clients does not exist, run multiple savegrp commands,
specifying a different group each time, until you back up all clients indexes.



Ensure the media pool associated with the group has appendable media available.

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6. Record the latest bootstrap save set ID (ssid) including the file number, the record
number, and the associated volume label.
For example:
mminfo -B

date time level ssid file record volume

10/11/11 16:29:40 full 4254377781 0 0 bootstrap_vol.001

In this example:
• The save set ID (ssid) is 4254377781.
• The file number is 0.
• The record number is 0.
• The label of the volume that contains the bootstrap save set is bootstrap_vol.001.

Preparing the storage node for Virtual Synthetic Full

Virtual Synthetic Full (VSF) requires a value in the volume location attribute for a Data
Domain device. NetWorker updates the volume location attribute during the device mount
operation. Before you update a storage node that uses Data Domain devices, unmount
each device. Once the update completes, mount each device.

Preparing for a Console server update

This section describes the steps you need to do on the Console server and Console clients
before you update the Console server.

Preparing the Console server

Before you update the Console server, perform a level Full backup of the Console server
database.
“Backing up NetWorker Console Management data” in the NetWorker 8.1 Administration
Guide provides more information.

Preparing the Console clients

Review this section before you update the Console server for information about Console
clients and how to clear the java cache.
NetWorker 8.1 and later do not support the following previously supported Console
clients:
◆ Apple OS-X for Intel
◆ Linux ia64-bit
◆ IBM system Z
◆ IBM Power Linux

The EMC NetWorker Software Compatibility Guide on EMC Online Support provides more
information about supported Console server operating systems.

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The Console server update process replaces the gconsole.jnlp file in the Java Web Start
cache on the Console server. As a result, after a Console server update, the Console client
fails to start the NMC GUI with an error message similar to the following:
Unable to launch NetWorker Management Console

To prevent this issue, on each host that you use as a Console client, clear the local java
cache. This enables the Console client to download the new gconsole.jnlp file from the
Console server.
The procedure is different for UNIX and Windows:

UNIX Console client

To clear the java cache on a UNIX Console client:
1. Run the Java Web Start program.
2. Move or delete the $HOME/.java directory:
cd $HOME
mv .java .java_orig

3. Run the javaws -viewer command to creates a new $HOME/.java directory and start
the Java Cache Viewer.
4. Reconfigure Java Web Start preferences if required and exit the Java Cache Viewer.

Windows Console client

To clear the java cache on a Windows Console client:
1. Open the Java Control Panel application.
2. On the General tab, in the Temporary Internet Files section, select View...
3. Delete the NetWorker Management Console entry, then click Close.
4. On the General tab, in the Temporary Internet Files section, select Settings.
5. 6. Select Delete files... and then click OK.
6. Close the Java Cache Viewer window andthe Java Control Panel window.

Updating NetWorker from 8.0.x

When you update the NetWorker software from 8.0.x, some Linux operating systems and
the Windows operating system allows you to update the NetWorker software without
removing the previous version. For HP-UX, AIX, Debian, and Ubuntu you must remove the
previous version of the NetWorker software, then install the newer version.
These sections describe how to update the NetWorker software from 8.0.x:
◆ “Updating NetWorker on RHEL, RedFlag, Oracle Enterprise Server, RedFlag Asianux,
SuSE, Fedora and CentOS” on page 36
◆ “Updating NetWorker on AIX, HP-UX, Debian, Ubuntu, MAC-OSX, and Solaris” on
page 36
◆ “Updating NetWorker and Console server on Windows” on page 38

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◆ “For Console server updates only, reconfigure LDAP” on page 38

◆ “Authorizing the NetWorker server” on page 39

Updating NetWorker on RHEL, RedFlag, Oracle Enterprise Server, RedFlag Asianux,

SuSE, Fedora and CentOS
You can update the NetWorker client, server, storage node, and Console server software
without first removing the previous version of the software by using the rpm -U command.

Note: Use the rpm -qa | grep lgto command to display list of installed NetWorker packages.

To update the software, from the directory that contains the extracted NetWorker 8.1
software packages, type:
rpm -Uvh package [package]...

where package [package]... is a list of the software package required for the installation
type. Table 5 on page 36 provides a list of the software packages required for each
installation type. Specify optional packages such as language packs and man pages in
rpm command after the required packages for the installation type.

Table 5 List of NetWorker packages to update by installation type

Installation type Packages

Client software lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm

Storage Node software lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm lgtonode*.rpm

Server software lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm lgtonode*.rpm lgtoserv*.rpm

Console server lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm lgtonmc*.rpm

Man pages lgtoman*.rpm

Simplified Chinese language support lgtozh*.rpm

French language support lgtofr*.rpm

Japanese language support lgtoja*.rpm

Korean language support lgtoko*.rpm

For Console server updates only, after you update the Console server software, you must
configure the Console server software. “Configuring the Console server software” on
page 88 provides more information.
After you update the NetWorker software, EMC recommends that you stop the NetWorker
daemons on the NetWorker host , delete the /nsr/tmp directory, and then start the
NetWorker daemons.

Updating NetWorker on AIX, HP-UX, Debian, Ubuntu, MAC-OSX, and Solaris

When you update the NetWorker server, the storage node, the client, and the Console
server software from 8.0.x, remove the previous version of the NetWorker software, then
install the newer version.

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Uninstalling the previous version of NetWorker

Before you remove the NetWorker software, remove the NetWorker module software
including the NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications and the NetWorker Module for
Databases and Applications. The appropriate module installation guide describes how to
uninstall the module software.
EMC recommends that after you remove the NetWorker software, you delete the /nsr/tmp
directory.
These sections describe how to uninstall NetWorker:
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software on AIX” on page 70
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software on HP-UX” on page 77
◆ “Uninstalling NetWorker and Console server software on Linux” on page 89
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software on Mac OS-X” on page 94
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Solaris” on page 104

Installing NetWorker
Install the NetWorker 8.1 software on the target host.
These sections describe how to install the NetWorker 8.1 software:
◆ “Installing NetWorker on AIX” on page 64
◆ “Installing NetWorker on HP-UX” on page 74
◆ “Installing NetWorker on Linux” on page 80
◆ “Installing NetWorker on Mac-OSX” on page 92
◆ “Installing NetWorker on Solaris” on page 96



If you removed the NetWorker module software before the NetWorker software update,
reinstall the NetWorker Module software. The appropriate module install guide describes
how to install the module software packages.

For the Console server only, install the Console server software
This section describes how to install the Console server software.
On UNIX, when the Console server is also the NetWorker server:
◆ Ensure that the httpd, gstd, and dbsrv9 processes are not running.
• If gstd is running, then remove the Console server software.
• If the httpd and dbsrv9 processes are running and you removed the Console
software, then use the kill -TERM to stop the processes. Do not use the kill -9
command to stop the dbsrv9 process.
◆ Install the NetWorker 8.1 Console server software after you successfully install the
NetWorker software.
The following sections describe how to install the Console server software on the
supported UNIX operating systems:
◆ “Installing the Console server on AIX” on page 67
◆ “Installing Console server on Linux” on page 87
◆ “Installing Console server on Solaris” on page 101

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Updating NetWorker and Console server on Windows

You can update the NetWorker client, server, storage node and Console server software
without first removing the previous version of the software by using the setup.exe
command.
To update the NetWorker software:
1. Log in to the target host with a user that has administrator privileges.
2. For NetWorker 7.6.5 only, stop the NetWorker PowerSnap service.
3. In the directory that contains the extracted NetWorker software, run setup.exe in the
networkr subdirectory.
4. On the Choose Setup Language window, select a language and click OK.
5. On the Welcome to NetWorker Installation window, click Next.
6. On the Ready to update window, click Update.
7. For Console server only:
a. On the Welcome to NetWorker Management Console Upgrade window, click Next.
b. On the Product Configuration window, click Next.
c. On the Ready to upgrade the Program window, click Upgrade.

For Console server updates only, reconfigure LDAP

When the Console server uses Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
authentication, attempts to login to the NMC server with the LDAP account after upgrading
to NetWorker 8.1 will succeed but the LDAP account will not have Networker Server
Administration privileges. To resolve this issue, reconfigure LDAP authentication:
1. Move the following files from the NMC_installation_directory\gst\cst directory on
Windows or the NMC_installation_directory/cst on UNIX to a temporary location:
• Config.xml
• csp.clb
• csp.clb.bak
• csp.cred
• upgrade_cst.tag, if present

2. Rename the Config.xml.template file to Config.xml. The Console server starts in native
authentication mode. Log in with the NMC Administrator user and the password that
you defined before you configured NMC to use LDAP.
If you do not remember this password:
a. Set the Environment Variable GST_RESET_PW to a value of 1.
b. Start the EMC GST service.
c. Connect to the Console server by using a browser.
d. Log in to the Console server with the administrator username and the password
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3. Reconfigure the Console server to use LDAP authentication. “An external

authentication authority” in the NetWorker 8.1 Administration Guide describes how to
reconfigure LDAP authentication.
4. If set, delete the GST_RESET_PW environment variable. This step prevents a password
reset at each Console server login attempt.

Authorizing the NetWorker server

The NetWorker software adds a required update enabler code to the NetWorker server
configuration. You cannot delete this enabler code. The update enabler code expires 45
days after the NetWorker server update, unless you use capacity-based licensing.
Contact EMC Licensing within 45 days of upgrading the NetWorker server to permanently
authorize the update enabler. The NetWorker Licensing Guide describes how to authorize
an update enabler and how to use the capacity-based license model.



If the update enabler expires or you do not apply the authorization code, the NetWorker
software will not function at the new release level.

Updating NetWorker from 7.6.x

When updating the NetWorker software from 7.6.x, some Linux operating systems and the
Windows operating system allows you to update the NetWorker software without removing
the previous version. For HP-UX, AIX, Debian, and Ubuntu you must remove the previous
version of the NetWorker software, then install the newer version.



After you update the NetWorker server, restart the NetWorker services.

The NetWorker 7.6.x and earlier installation process made modifications to syslog.conf file
on UNIX hosts. The uninstall process removes entries made to this file. Before you remove
the NetWorker software, back up the syslog.conf file.
The NetWorker 8.1 and later installation process does not modify the syslog.conf file.



Update each NetWorker storage node before you update the NetWorker server.

These sections describe how to update the NetWorker server, the storage node, the client,
and the Console server software from 7.6.x:
◆ “Determining the NetWorker version on the storage nodes” on page 40
◆ “Console server requirements” on page 40
◆ “UNIX only, backing up the configuration files” on page 41
◆ RHEL Linux only, enabling SELinux 42
◆ “Optional, moving the Console server files to a new Console server” on page 43
◆ “Updating NetWorker on RHEL, RedFlag, Oracle Enterprise Server, RedFlag Asianux,
SuSE, Fedora and CentOS” on page 43
◆ “Updating NetWorker on AIX, HP-UX, Debian, Ubuntu, MAC-OSX, and Solaris” on

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page 71
◆ “Updating NetWorker and Console server on Windows” on page 38
◆ “Reviewing the Console server database conversion status” on page 46
◆ “For Console server updates only, reconfiguring LDAP” on page 48
◆ “UNIX only, retaining startup script customizations” on page 49
◆ “NetWorker server only, updating the Clone Storage Node attribute” on page 49
◆ “Optional, converting VCB client backups to VADP” on page 50
◆ “Confirming the update of all storage nodes” on page 50
◆ “Authorizing the NetWorker server” on page 50

Determining the NetWorker version on the storage nodes

A NetWorker 8.1 server disables NetWorker 7.6.x and earlier storage nodes. Before you
update the NetWorker server software, update each NetWorker storage node.
Use the nsradmin program as root on UNIX or as administrator on Windows to determine
the NetWorker version installed on the storage nodes in a datazone:
1. From a command prompt, type:
nsradmin

2. Set the attribute type to nsr storage node:

nsradmin> . type: nsr storage node

3. Display the hostname of the storage node and the NetWorker software version:
nsradmin> show name;version

4. Display a list of every storage node in the datazone and the corresponding version of
the NetWorker software:
nsradmin> print

5. Close the nsradmin program:

nsradmin> quit

For example:
nsradmin> . type: nsr storage node
Current query set
nsradmin> show name;version
nsradmin> print
name: mystoragenode.domain.com;
version: 7.6.3;
nsradmin> quit

Console server requirements

When you update the Console server software, the installation process automatically
converts the SQLAnywhere database to a newer version. A special migration utility,
gstdbupgrade.sh on UNIX and gstdbupgrade.exe on Windows performs the conversion
process.
During the database conversion process, the migration utility:
◆ Automatically records the progress of the conversion in the gstdbupgrade.log.
◆ Displays the progress of the database conversion process to the console.

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“Reviewing the Console server database conversion status” on page 46 provides more
information about the migration process.
The conversion of a Console server database:
◆ Can take several hours.
For example, it takes approximately 3 hours to migrate a 4.5 GB database on a dual
core system with 16 GB RAM.
◆ Can be I/O and CPU intensive.
Avoid performing other resource intensive processes during a Console server
database conversion.
◆ Requires the that file system that contains the Console server database directory has
available space that is equal to double the size of the current database.
The Console server software does not support the following previously supported
operating systems:
◆ HP-UX ia64
◆ Windows 2003, 2003 SP1, 2003 R2, Windows 32-bit
◆ AIX 5.2, AIX 5.3
◆ Solaris 9, Solaris x86

If the Console server runs on one of these operating systems, you cannot update the
Console server to 8.1. Perform one of the following task:
◆ Install a new Console server in the datazone on a supported operating system. To
provide historical reports, keep the old Console server at the previous NetWorker
version.
◆ Install a new Console server in the datazone on a supported operating system and
move the Console server database and configuration files to the new Console server.
“For the Console server only, install the Console server software” on page 37 provides
more information.
◆ Update the operating system to a supported version before updating the Console
servers software to version 8.0. The EMC NetWorker Software Compatibility Guide on
EMC Online Support Site provides more information about supported Console server
operating systems.

UNIX only, backing up the configuration files

The NetWorker software installation process overwrites the existing NetWorker startup
script files. Back up the configuration files before you install the NetWorker software.
To back up the NetWorker configuration files:
1. Log in to the target host as root.
2. Create a backup copy of the original files.
For example:
cp original_file backup_file

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Table 6 on page 42 provides a list of the names and locations of the configuration files
on each operating system.

Table 6 Configuration files on UNIX

Operating System Original files

AIX /etc/inittab
/etc/rpc
/etc/rc.nsr

HP-UX /sbin/init.d/networker

Linux /etc/init.d/networker
/etc/rc3.d/S95networker
/etc/rc5.d/S95networker
/etc/ rc0.d/K05networker

Solaris /etc/init.d/networker

RHEL Linux only, enabling SELinux

NetWorker 7.6 SP3 and earlier did not support Linux hosts with SELinux enabled.
NetWorker 8.1 and later supports SELinux.
To enable SELinux:
◆ On RHEL 5:
a. Run system-config-securitylevel.
b. In the window that appears, select the SELinux tab.
c. Select Enable SELinux and restart the system.
◆ On RHEL 6:
a. Ensure that the operating system contains these packages:
– selinux-policy-targeted-3.7.19
– policycoreutils-gui-2.0.83
– selinux-policy-3.7.19

b. Use the sestatus command to determine the state of SELinux:

For example:
/usr/sbin/sestatus

SELinux status: disabled

SELinuxfs mount: /selinux
Current mode: enforcing
Mode from config file: enforcing

When the SELinux status value is disabled:

– In the /usr/bin directory, open the SELinux program and configure the SELinux
status:
system-config-selinux

– Change the SELinux status to Enabled.

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– Restart the system.

– Use the getenforce command to confirm the status of SELinux.

Optional, moving the Console server files to a new Console server

If you replaced the Console server in the datazone, move the NMC database and
configuration files to the new Console server before installing the Console server software.
To move the Console server database and configuration files:
1. On the current Console server, stop the gstd process on UNIX or service on Windows:
• On AIX, type: /etc/rc.gst stop
• On Linux and Solaris, type: /etc/init.d/gst stop
• On HP-UX, type: /sbin/init.d/gst stop
• On Windows: Stop the EMC GST service

2. Ensure the httpd, gstd, and dbsrv9 processes are not running. Use the kill -TERM to
stop the processes. Do not use the kill -9 command to stop the dbsrv9 process.
3. Copy the contents of the Console server database directory from the current Console
server to a new directory on the new Console server.
The Console server database directory defaults to the following locations:
• AIX, HP-UX, and Linux: /opt/lgtonmc/lgto_gstb
• Solaris: /opt/LGTOnmc/lgto_gstb
• Windows: installation_dir\Management\lgto_gstb

Note: The lgto_gstdb and lgto_gst.log files are binary files and gstd_db.conf is an
ASCII file.

Updating NetWorker on RHEL, RedFlag, Oracle Enterprise Server, RedFlag Asianux,

SuSE, Fedora and CentOS
You can update the NetWorker client, server, storage node, and Console server software
without first removing the previous version of the software by using the rpm -U command.
Before you remove the NetWorker software, remove the NetWorker module software
including NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications and the NetWorker
PowerSnap module. The appropriate module installation guide describes how to uninstall
the module software.

Note: Use the rpm -qa | grep lgto command to display list of installed NetWorker packages.

To update the software, from the directory that contains the extracted NetWorker 8.1
software packages, type:
rpm -Uvh package [package]...

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where package [package]... is a list of the software package required for the installation
type. Table 14 on page 71 provides a list of the software packages required for each
installation type. Specify optional packages such as language packs and man pages in
rpm command after the required packages for the installation type.

Table 7 List of NetWorker packages to update by installation type

Installation type Packages

Client software lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm

Storage Node software lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm lgtonode*.rpm

Server software lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm lgtonode*.rpm lgtoserv*.rpm

Console server lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm lgtonmc*.rpm

Man pages lgtoman*.rpm

Simplified Chinese language support lgtozh*.rpm

French language support lgtofr*.rpm

Japanese language support lgtoja*.rpm

Korean language support lgtoko*.rpm

For Console server updates only, after you update the Console server software, you must
configure the Console server software. “Configuring the Console server software” on
page 88 provides more information.
After you update the NetWorker software, EMC recommends that you stop the NetWorker
daemons on the NetWorker host , delete the /nsr/tmp directory, and then start the
NetWorker daemons.

Updating NetWorker on AIX, HP-UX, Debian, Ubuntu, MAC-OSX, and Solaris

When you update the NetWorker server, the storage node, the client, and the Console
server software from 8.0.x, remove the previous version of the NetWorker software, then
install the newer version.

Uninstalling the previous version of NetWorker

Before you remove the NetWorker software, remove the NetWorker module software
including NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications and the NetWorker
PowerSnap module. The appropriate module installation guide describes how to uninstall
the module software.
EMC recommends that after you remove the NetWorker software, you delete the /nsr/tmp
directory.
These sections describe how to uninstall NetWorker:
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software on AIX” on page 70
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software on HP-UX” on page 77
◆ “Uninstalling NetWorker and Console server software on Linux” on page 89
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software on Mac OS-X” on page 94
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Solaris” on page 104

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Installing NetWorker
Install the NetWorker 8.1 software on the target host.
These sections describe how to install the NetWorker 8.1 software:
◆ “Installing NetWorker on AIX” on page 64
◆ “Installing NetWorker on HP-UX” on page 74
◆ “Installing NetWorker on Linux” on page 80
◆ “Installing NetWorker on Mac-OSX” on page 92
◆ “Installing NetWorker on Solaris” on page 96



If you removed the NetWorker module software before the NetWorker software update,
reinstall the NetWorker Module software. The appropriate module install guide describes
how to install the module software packages.

For the Console server only, install the Console server software
This section describes how to install the Console server software.
On UNIX, when the Console server is also the NetWorker server:
◆ Ensure that the httpd, gstd, and dbsrv9 processes are not running.
• If gstd is running, then remove the Console server software.
• If the httpd and dbsrv9 processes are running and you removed the Console
software, then use the kill -TERM to stop the processes. Do not use the kill -9
command to stop the dbsrv9 process.
◆ Install the NetWorker 8.1 Console server software after you successfully install the
NetWorker software.
The following sections describe how to install the Console server software on the
supported UNIX operating systems:
◆ “Installing the Console server on AIX” on page 67
◆ “Installing Console server on Linux” on page 87
◆ “Installing Console server on Solaris” on page 101

Updating NetWorker and Console server on Windows

You can update the NetWorker client, server, storage node and Console server software
without first removing the previous version of the software by using the setup.exe
command.
To update the NetWorker software:
1. Log in to the target host with a user that has administrator privileges.
1. In the directory that contains the extracted NetWorker software, run setup.exe in the
networkr subdirectory.
2. On the Choose Setup Language window, select a language and click OK.
3. On the Welcome to NetWorker Installation window, click Next.
4. On the Ready to update window, click Update.

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5. For Console server only:

c. On the Welcome to NetWorker Management Console Upgrade window , click Next.
d. On the Database Migration Information window:
– Optionally, click Change and select a new directory in which to save a copy of
the Console server database.
– Click Next.
6. Review the information in the Product Configuration Summary window and click Next.
7. In the Ready to upgrade the Program window, click Upgrade.
If the database conversion fails, then a message similar to the following appears:
Database upgrade failed. Please see C:\Program Files
(x86)\Legato\Management\GST\logs\gstdbupgrade.log for details. You
can continue finishing installation, then convert the database
manually, or exit installation now. Do you want to continue with the
installation?

• If you select Yes, the NetWorker and Console server software installation
continues.
• If you select No, the NetWorker and Console server software installation fails. The
software is rolled back to the previous version of the NetWorker and Console server
software.
“Reviewing the Console server database conversion status” on page 46 describes how
to determine the cause of the conversion failure and the steps to convert the database
after the software install has completed.
e. On the NetWorker Management Console Setup Completed window, clear Launch
the console client in the default browser immediately after exiting the InstallShield
Wizard, and click Next.
8. Optionally, on the NetWorker setup complete window, select Run Change Journal
Manager on exit. The NetWorker Administration Guide describes how to configure the
NetWorker software to use the Windows Change Journal. Click OK to complete the
install.



If you removed NetWorker module software before you updated the NetWorker software,
then reinstall the NetWorker Module software. The appropriate module install guide
describes how to install the module software packages.

Reviewing the Console server database conversion status

This section describes how to determine the status of the Console server database
conversion and how to attempt another database conversion if the conversion fails.
To confirm that the conversion is successful:
◆ Review the gstd_db.conf file, located in the following directory by default:
• Windows: NMC_installation_directory\Management\lgto_gstdb
• AIX and Linux: /opt/lgtonmc/lgto_gstdb

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• Solaris: /opt/LGTOnmc/lgto_gstdb
◆ Search for the following line that denotes a successful database conversion:
db_format_12=yes

When the Console server database conversion fails, a message similar to the following
appears:
Install failed to upgrade the database <full path>. Check the install
log <full path> for details. Please fix any environment related errors
mentioned in the log and then run the script <full path to script>
manually to upgrade the database after the install is complete.

If you see this message, then:

1. Review the gstdbupgrade.log file and correct the errors.
The gstdbupgrade.log appears in the following directories, by default:
• Solaris: /opt/LGTOnmc/logs
• AIX and Linux: /opt/lgtonmc/logs
• Windows: NMC_installation_directory\Management\GST\logs
2. Start the database conversion manually:
a. On UNIX:
gstdbupgrade.sh –p NMC_Database_dir -o log_file_directory –b
Backup_NMC_database_dir

where:
– gstdbupgrade.sh appears in the /opt/lgtonmc/sybasa/bin directory on AIX and
Linux by default
– gstdbupgrade.sh appears in the /opt/LGTOnmc/sybasa/bin directory on
Solaris by default.
– NMC_database_dir is the location of the Console server database. On Aix and
Linux the directory is /opt/lgtonmc/lgto_gstdb. On Solaris the directory is
/opt/LGTOnmc/lgto_gstdb.
– -o log_file_directory is optional. Use this option to direct the database
conversion log file to an alternate location.
– –b Backup_NMC_database_dir is optional. Use this option to specify an
alternate location or path for the backup copy of the original NMC database. By
default, the conversion process stores the backup copy in the same location as
the original database.



On UNIX, the Console server 8.1 software installation completes when a database
conversion fails.

b. On Windows, the installation process prompts you to continue or cancel the

installation when the conversion fails. After you correct the errors in the
gstdbupgrade.log file, try to convert the database in one of the following ways:

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– If you cancelled the installation of the NetWorker and Console server software
then install the software again to convert the Console server database.
– If you completed the installation of the NetWorker and Console server software
then run gstdbupgrade.exe located in
NMC_installation_directory\Management\GST\sybasa\bin to manually convert
the database.

For Console server updates only, reconfiguring LDAP

When the Console server uses Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
authentication, attempts to log in to the Console server after an update may fail with the
error: Problem contacting server Servername: Connection refused:connect and the EMC
GST daemon stops.
When you see this error and the gstd process is not running:
1. From a command prompt change to the
NMC_installation_directory\management\logs directory on Windows or
NMC_installation_directory/management/logs directory on UNIX.
2. Render the gstd.raw log file and save the output to a text file:
nsr_render_log -pathmey gstd.raw 1>output.txt 2>&1

3. Review the output.txt file. If you see the error: acm: External directory library
initialization failed, reconfigure LDAP authentication to correct the issue.
To reconfigure LDAP authentication:
a. Move the following files from the NMC_installation_directory\gst\cst directory on
Windows or the NMC_installation_directory/cst on UNIX to a temporary location:
– Config.xml
– csp.clb
– csp.clb.bak
– csp.cred
– upgrade_cst.tag, if present

b. Rename the Config.xml.template file to Config.xml. The Console server starts in

native authentication mode. Log in with the NMC Administrator user and the
password that you defined before you configured NMC to use LDAP.
If you do not remember this password:
a. Set the Environment Variable GST_RESET_PW to a value of 1.
b. Start the EMC GST service.
c. Connect to the Console server by using a browser.
d. Log in to the Console server with the administrator username and the password
administrator. If prompted, create a new password for the administrator user.
c. Reconfigure the Console server to use LDAP authentication. “An external
authentication authority” in the NetWorker 8.1 Administration Guide describes
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d. If set, delete the GST_RESET_PW environment variable. This step prevents a

password reset at each Console server login attempt.

UNIX only, retaining startup script customizations

This section describes how to add startup script customizations made in previous
versions of the NetWorker software, to the new nsrrc file.
NetWorker 8.0 and later introduces support for a new environment variable file. This file,
nsrrc, is sourced before starting the nsrexecd and nsrd processes. Subsequent NetWorker
software updates do not overwrite this new file.
Add environment variables previously defined in the NetWorker startup files to this new
file:
1. Review the configuration files you copied in “UNIX only, backing up the configuration
files” on page 41 for a list of defined environment variables.



Do not overwrite the new startup files with the contents of the .orig files. Add the old
customizations to the new environment variable file.

2. Create a Bourne shell script file called nsrrc in the /nsr directory.
3. Add the required environment variables and the export command to the nsrrc file.
For example:
ENV_VAR_NAME=value
export ENV_VAR_NAME

4. Save the file.

5. Stop the NetWorker daemons:
nsr_shutdown

6. Start the NetWorker daemons:

• On Solaris and Linux, type:
/etc/init.d/networker start

• On AIX, type:
/etc/rc.nsr

• On HP-UX, type:
/sbin/init.d/networker start

NetWorker server only, updating the Clone Storage Node attribute

When you update the NetWorker server software to NetWorker 8.1 and later, the
NetWorker software automatically creates a new Clone Storage Node attribute for each
existing Storage Node resource. The value in this attribute determines which storage node
to use when writing clone data.

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In the NetWorker 7.6.x and earlier software, the Clone Storage Node attribute was present
in each NetWorker client resource. After a NetWorker server software update, the Clone
Storage Node attribute is still present in each client resource but the attribute is read-only.
The NetWorker 8.1 server does not use this attribute to determine which storage node to
use when the writing clone data for the client.
By default, the Clone Storage Node attribute for each storage node resource does not
contain any values. If required, after updating the NetWorker server software, modify the
Clone Storage Node attribute for each storage node. The section Directing clones to a
special storage node in the NetWorker 8.1 Administration Guide provides more
information.

Optional, converting VCB client backups to VADP

The NetWorker 7.6 SP2 software and later supports a backup and recovery of VMware
clients that uses the vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP) program. The NetWorker 7.6
SP2 and earlier software uses the VMware Consolidated Backups (VCB) program to protect
VMware clients.
If you update the NetWorker server and the VM Proxy server from a version before
NetWorker 7.6 SP2, use the nsrvadpserv_tool tool to convert virtual clients from VCB to
VADP backups. The NetWorker VMware Integration Guide provides more information.

Confirming the update of all storage nodes

The NetWorker 8.1 server does not support a NetWorker 7.6.x and earlier storage node.
Ensure that each NetWorker storage node in the datazone runs the NetWorker 8.1
software. “Determining the NetWorker version on the storage nodes” on page 40
describes how to determine the NetWorker version running on all storage nodes in the
datazone.

Authorizing the NetWorker server

The NetWorker software adds a required update enabler code to the NetWorker server
configuration. You cannot delete this enabler code. The update enabler code expires 45
days after the NetWorker server update, unless you use capacity-based licensing.
Contact EMC Licensing within 45 days of upgrading the NetWorker server to permanently
authorize the update enabler. The NetWorker Licensing Guide describes how to authorize
an update enabler and how to use the capacity-based license model.



If the update enabler expires or you do not apply the authorization code, the NetWorker
software will not function at the new release level.

Updating NetWorker by using Client Push

Use the software distribution feature, Client Push, to update the NetWorker and module
software on NetWorker hosts in the datazone from the NetWorker server. You need not log
in to each host and manually uninstall the old NetWorker software version and install the
new NetWorker software version.

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The following sections describe how to use client push:

◆ “Client Push requirements” on page 51
◆ “Preparing the Media Kit Location” on page 52
◆ “Preparing the software repository” on page 53
◆ “Inventorying the target hosts for installed products” on page 56
◆ “Updating NetWorker products by using Client Push” on page 57
◆ “Troubleshooting client push” on page 60

Client Push requirements

Before you use Client Push, ensure that the datazone satisfies the Client Push
requirements.
Table 8 on page 51 summarizes the Client Push datazone requirements.
Table 8 Client Push datazone requirements

NetWorker server and target host environment Client Push requirements

NetWorker server and target host configuration • The nsrexecd process must run on the
target host.
• At least one client instance exists on the
NetWorker server.

Supported NetWorker products on the target host • 7.3 and later client
• 7.3 and later storage Node
• 7.3 and later language packs
• 7.3 and later man pages
• NetWorker Module for Databases and
Applications (NMDA)

NetWorker server on Windows Server 2008 The Administrator and SYSTEM users
require write access to the temp folders
defined by the TEMP and TMP environment
variables. Software updates, additions to
the repository, and inventory operations
require write access.

Supported operating systems on the NetWorker • Linux x86-64

server • HP-UX IA-64
• IBM AIX
• MS Windows x86-64
• Solaris Sparc, AMD 64

Note: You cannot use Client Push to update a clustered host, NMM client, NetWorker
server, EMC License Manager server, Console server, a PowerSnap client, or MacOSX
client.

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Preparing the Media Kit Location

During a client push operation, the NetWorker server obtains the source NetWorker
software packages from the software repository, located on the NetWorker server then
pushes the software to the target host.
The Media Kit Location contains the source NetWorker 8.1 software packages used to
update the NetWorker target hosts. The Media Kit Location can be the NetWorker software
DVD or a directory that contains the extracted software packages.
If you will place multiple versions of the NetWorker software in the Media Kit Location,
create separate subdirectories for each version to avoid overwriting files and directories.
Each extracted package for each NetWorker version has an identical directory structure
and the same filenames.
There are two different scenarios to consider when preparing the software repository to
update the NetWorker software using client push:
◆ “The NetWorker server is the same operating system as the target hosts” on page 52
◆ “The NetWorker server and target host operating systems differ” on page 52

The NetWorker server is the same operating system as the target hosts
When the targets hosts are the same operating system as the server, extract each software
packages to the Media Kit Location. The Media Kit Location must reside on a file system
that is local to the NetWorker server.

The NetWorker server and target host operating systems differ

When the operating system of the target hosts differs from the NetWorker server, for
example, when a Windows NetWorker server updates a UNIX client, you must configure a
proxy host to store the cross platform packages.
The Proxy Media Kit Location is the directory on the proxy host that contains the cross
platform software packages.
Follow these guidelines when configuring a proxy host:
◆ Use the same platform as the cross platform packages.
For example, if the NetWorker server is a Linux host, use a Windows proxy host to
update Windows x86, Windows x64, and Windows ia64 clients.
◆ Install the NetWorker 7.6 or later client software.
◆ Create a client instance for the host on the NetWorker server.
◆ Create a media kit location that resides on a local file system and uses a path that
does not contain spaces.
◆ The Proxy Media Kit Location should be locally available on the proxy host.
◆ Ensure that the NetWorker packages in the Proxy Media Kit Location are the same
version as the packages in the Media Kit Location on the NetWorker server. When the
packages differ, the update process indicates that the client software will be updated
to the version that is in the NetWorker server Media Kit Location but the client is
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To prepare the proxy media kit location:

1. On the NetWorker server, extract each compressed software package into the Media
Kit Location.
2. On the proxy host:
a. Create a directory for the Proxy Media Kit Location.
b. Extract a copy of the cross platform software packages to the Proxy Media Kit
Location.
For example:
When a Linux NetWorker server updates Windows x86, Windows x64, and
Windows ia64 NetWorker clients, you must extract the Windows x86, Windows
x64, and Windows ia64 packages to the Proxy Media Kit Location.

Preparing the software repository

Before you can use Client Push to update the NetWorker software, you must add the
information about the NetWorker packages from the Media Kit Location into the Client
Push software repository database.
You can use the Software Administration Wizard GUI or the nsrpush program to prepare
the software repository database:
◆ “Adding software to the repository using the Software Administration Wizard” on
page 53 describes how to use the GUI interface to update the NetWorker software.
◆ “Adding software to the repository using nsrpush” on page 54 describes how to use
command line to update the NetWorker software.

Adding software to the repository using the Software Administration Wizard

Use the Software Administration Wizard in NMC to add software to the Client Push
software repository.
1. Login to the NMC console with an user that is both an NMC administrator and a
member of the Application administrators user group on the NetWorker server.
2. Connect to the NetWorker server in NMC.
3. In the Configuration menu, select Software Administration Wizard...
4. On the Welcome to the Software Administration Wizard window, click Next.
5. On the Select Operation window, select Add or remove products from my software
repository, click Next.
6. On the Software Repository Operations window, select Add software products to the
repository value, click Next.
7. On the Create Software Repository window, click Yes then click Next.
8. If this is the first time you are creating the repository, specify the Repository location,
click Next. The default location is C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\repository on
Windows and /nsr/repository on UNIX.
9. On the Select platform type window, select the platform type of the software to add to
the repository, click Next.

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10. On the Add software products to repository window, select Yes, click Next.
11. On the Media Kit Location window, specify the path to the Media Kit location, click
Next.
12. The Select Products window appears a list of detected software packages in the
repository. Select the products to add to the repository, click Next.



“Troubleshooting client push” on page 60 provides more information if you do not see
all of the products in the Media Kit Location or you see duplicate packages.

13. If you selected cross platform products, then the Host and Media Kit location window
appears.
a. Specify the name of the Proxy host and the location of extracted software packages
on the proxy.
Ensure the cross-platform path you specify includes the subdirectory that contains
the metafile. For example, if the directory on the proxy client that contains the
metafiles is C:\media\win_x64, specify this complete path.
b. Click Next.



Once started, you cannot cancel the add software to the repository operation.

14. In the Message window, click OK.



If a usam error appears, then review the nsrcpd.raw for error messages.

15. Confirm that the wizard added the software to the repository. The default lo cation is
C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\repository on Windows and /nsr/repository on
UNIX.

Adding software to the repository using nsrpush

Log in to the NetWorker server with the root user on UNIX or the administrator user on
Windows, and use the nsrpush program to add software to the software repository
database.
1. Review the list of extracted products in the media kit location. The command to view
the Windows and UNIX products differ:
• For UNIX software products, type:
nsrpush -L -U -m media_kit_location

• For Windows software products, type:

nsrpush -L -W -m media_kit_location

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2. Use the nsrpush command to add packages, one at time to the repository:
nsrpush -a -p Product_Name -v version -P platform -R repo_location
-U|-W -m media_kit_location -c cross-platform_client -C
cross_platform_media_kit_location

where:
• Product_Name is the name of the product:
– NetWorker
– “NetWorker Module for Microsoft Application”“NetWorker Module for
Databases and Applications”

• version is the version of the software product, for example 8.1

• platform is the operating system platform of the package: win_x64, win_x86
• -R repo_location specifies the path to the repository. Specify this option when you
add software to the repository for the first time. The default location is C:\Program
Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\repository on Windows and /nsr/repository on UNIX.
• -U specifies a NetWorker server on UNIX and -W specifies a NetWorker server on
Windows. Use the appropriate option for the NetWorker server.
• -m media_kit_location is the path to the media kit. Use this option you are not
adding cross platform packages.
• -C cross_platform_client specifies the hostname of the proxy host. Use this option
only when you add cross platform packages.
• -C cross_platform_media_kit_location specifies the location of the proxy media kit
location. Use this option only when you add cross platform packages.



Once started, you cannot cancel the add software to the repository operation.

Example 1

To add the 64-bit Windows package to the repository to a NetWorker server on UNIX,
where:
◆ The media kit location is /tmp/prod
◆ The proxy media kit location on the cross-platform host windows_host is
D:\temp\downloads
Type the following command:
nsrpush -a -p NetWorker -v 8.1 -P solaris_64 -W -m /tmp/prod -c
"windows_host" -C "D:\temp\downloads"

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Example 2

To add the 64-bit Solaris package to a repository on a Window NetWorker server host,
where:
◆ The media kit location is D:\temp\downloads
◆ The proxy media kit location on the cross-platform host solaris_host is /tmp/prod
Type the following command:
nsrpush -a -p NetWorker -v 8.1 -P solaris_64 -U -m "D:\temp\downloads"
-c "solaris_host" -C /tmp/prod

Inventorying the target hosts for installed products

Before you can update the NetWorker software on a host, you must inventory the host to
determine the installed versions of NetWorker software.
Use the Software Configuration Wizard GUI or the nsrpush program to inventory target
hosts:
◆ “Inventorying installed products by using the Software Administration Wizard” on
page 56
◆ “Inventorying installed products by using nsrpush” on page 57

Inventorying installed products by using the Software Administration Wizard

Use the Software Administration Wizard in NMC to generate an inventory of NetWorker
software installed on the target hosts.
1. Start the Software Administration Wizard and click Next.
2. In the Select Operation window, select Discover the currently installed software
products on my NetWorker clients, click Next.
A list of the clients configured on the NetWorker server appears.
3. In the Select Clients for Inventory window, select the required clients and click Next.



The inventory of a client is valid at the time when you last ran the inventory operation.
To ensure that the Wizard has the most current software inventory for a client,
reinventory clients whose status is Yes in the Already Inventoried column.

4. In the Client Inventory Started window, accept the default option, Yes.
5. Click Next to monitor the inventory operation.
The Monitor Activity window appears and provides the status of inventory job in the
top table and the status of each client inventory operation in the bottom window, for
the selected inventory job. When the inventory job contains many clients, the job
might take awhile to complete.

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Do not use Back button until the inventory job completes.

If the inventory operation fails, review to the nsrcpd.raw file on the NetWorker server.
Optionally, select the failed operation and click Retry client job to reattempt the
inventory.
6. Click Finish.

Inventorying installed products by using nsrpush

Use the nsrpush command to generate an inventory of the NetWorker software installed
on the target hosts.



You must add at least one package to the software repository before you can run an
inventory operation.

To inventory hosts configured on the NetWorker server, type:

nsrpush -i -all|hostname...

where -all queries inventories every NetWorker client and hostname specifies the name of
a host to inventory. Separate multiple hostnames with spaces.

Updating NetWorker products by using Client Push

Once a NetWorker host is in the Client Push inventory, use Client Push to update the host
with software that resides in the Client Push software repository database.
For Windows hosts that support BBB, Client Push installs the BBB drivers. The NetWorker
Administration Guide describes how to enable and configure BBB backups.
You can use the Software Administration Wizard or the nsrpush program to update
NetWorker products on target hosts:
◆ “Updating NetWorker by using the Software Administration Wizard” on page 57
◆ “Updating NetWorker using nsrpush” on page 58

Updating NetWorker by using the Software Administration Wizard

You can use the Software Administration Wizard in NMC to update the NetWorker software
on certain hosts in a datazone or update all hosts in a datazone that use a particular
NetWorker product.
◆ To update NetWorker products on user specified host:
1. Start the Software Administration Wizard and click Next.
2. Select Upgrade the software on my NetWorker clients and click Next.
3. Select the option By Client, will upgrade on the clients that you select, click Next.
4. Select the appropriate hosts, and click Next.

Note: The wizard only displays only hosts that client push support.

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5. A list of hosts and installed products appears. Select the hosts and products, and
click Next.



If the wizard displays multiple versions of the same NetWorker product, then only
select one version. When you select mutiple versions of a product for the same
client, the wizard only updates the client to the last version that you select.

6. The Monitor Activity window appears and provides the status of upgrade job in the
top table and the status of each client upgrade operation in the bottom window, for
the selected upgrade job. When the upgrade job contains many clients, the job
might take awhile to complete.



Do not use Back button until the upgrade job completes.

If the update operation fails, review the nsrcpd.raw file on the NetWorker server.
Optionally, select the failed operation then click Retry client job to reattempt the
update.
7. Click Finish.
◆ To update the software packages on all hosts that match a user specified product and
version:
1. Start the Software Administration Wizard, click Next.
2. Select Upgrade the software on my NetWorker clients, click Next.
3. Select the option By Product and Version, will upgrade all clients to a new software
version, click Next.
4. Select one or more products that you want to update on the clients. For example,
select NetWorker and NMDA. The wizard may display multiple versions of a
product. To update the host, select only one version.
5. Click Next. A list of clients and products appear, one client and product per line.
Only clients with a software version that is earlier than the version selected in the
Select Products to upgrade window appear.
6. Select one or more of the client/product combinations to update, click Next.
7. In Monitor Activity window, review the status of the upgrade operation, then click
Finish.
If the update operation fails, review to the nsrcpd.raw file on the NetWorker server
or nw_install.server_name.log in the tmp directory on the target host for error
messages.
Select the failed operation and click Retry client job to reattempt the update.

Updating NetWorker using nsrpush

Log in to the NetWorker server with the root user on UNIX or the administrator user on
Windows and use the nsrpush command to update all inventoried hosts or selected hosts
of the NetWorker server.

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◆ To query a host for a list of installed NetWorker products, type:

nsrpush -s -all|hostname...

where -all queries each inventoried client and hostname specifies the name of a host
to query. Separate multiple hostnames with spaces.
◆ To update all hosts in a datazone with the exception of certain hosts, add the clients
to the exclude list:
nsrpush -e hostname...

where hostname is the name of the host to exclude from the update process. Separate
multiple hostnames with spaces.

Note: To remove clients from the exclude list, type nsrpush -x hostname...

◆ To update the NetWorker software, type:

nsrpush -u -p product -v version -Tp directory -To timeout
-all|hostname...

where:
• product is the name of the product to update.
• version is the version of the product in the repository.
• -Tp path is optional and allows you to specify an alternate existing location with
sufficient disk space, to store temporary installation files on the target host. When
you specify multiple clients, you must specify the path in the same order. The
default location is C:\windows\temp on Windows and /tmp on UNIX.



When the path does not exist on the target host NetWorker copies the temporary
files to C:\ on a Windows host and / on a UNIX host.

• -To timeout is optional and allows you to define how long to attempt the update
operation on a client before cancelling the operation. When you specify multiple
clients, you must specify the timeout values in the same order. The default timeout
value is different for each operating system:
– Solaris, Linux, and Windows—600 seconds
– AIX—200 seconds
– HP Unix—400 seconds
• -all updates all inventoried clients that are not in the exclude list and hostname is
the name of the host to update. Separate multiple hostnames with spaces.

Example 3

To update two client hosts, client1.emc.com and client2.emc.com to NetWorker 8.1, type:
nsrpush –u –p NetWorker –v 8.1 client1.emc.com client2.emc.com

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If the update operation fails, review the nsrcpd.raw file on the NetWorker server or
nw_install.server_name.log file in the tmp directory on the target host for error messages.

Troubleshooting client push

This section provides resolutions to common client push issues.
◆ “No available products were found for the selected client(s) in the software
repository” on page 60
◆ “Ran inventory scripts on client hostname but could not process the data” on page 60
◆ “Client hostname is in the excluded clients list” on page 60
◆ “Remote error running the tmp space check command on client” on page 61
◆ “Select Products window does not contain all products” on page 61
◆ “Select Products window contains duplicate packages” on page 61

No available products were found for the selected client(s) in the software repository
This error message appears during an update operation in the following scenarios:
◆ When the software repository does not contain any software packages.
◆ When the required software is not in the software repository.
◆ When the version in selected client is more recent than the product version in the
repository.
To resolve this issue, add software packages to the repository. “Adding software to the
repository using the Software Administration Wizard” on page 53 describes how to add
the software from the Software Configuration Wizard. “Adding software to the repository
using nsrpush” on page 54 describes how to use nsrpush to add the software to the
repository.

Ran inventory scripts on client hostname but could not process the data
This error message appears during an inventory operation of a client that uses when NMM
2.4.x or earlier. Client Push supports updates of NMM 3.0 and later clients only.
To resolve this issue, update the client using standard updating procedures.

Client hostname is in the excluded clients list

This message appears during an inventory or update operation when you specify the -all
option or a hostname for a client that is in the Client Push exclude list.
To resolve this issue:
1. Determine which clients are in the exclude list:
nsrpush -d

2. Remove clients from the exclude list:

nsrpush -e hostname...

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Remote error running the tmp space check command on client

This message appears when you specify the -Tp option to update the software but nsrpush
has encountered an error accessing the specified path.
To resolve this issue, ensure that the:
◆ Path exists on the target host.



When the path does not exist, nsrpush copies the temporary files to C:\ on Windows
and in the root NetWorker installation directory on UNIX. For example, /usr on Linux.

◆ Filesystem that contains the path has sufficient disk space to store the temporary
installation files.

Select Products window does not contain all products

When adding software to the repository by using the Software Configuration wizard, if the
Select Product window does not contain all products in the Media Kit Location, then
review the client push log file, nsrcpd.raw on the NetWorker server for error messages.
◆ On UNIX, the /nsr/logs directory contains the nsrcpd.raw file.
◆ On Windows, the C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs directory contains the
nsrcpd.raw file.

Select Products window contains duplicate packages

When adding software to the repository, if you specify a Media Kit Location that contains
multiple copies of the same NetWorker package, then the packages appears twice in the
Select Products window.
To avoid this issue, ensure the Media Kit Location contains only one copy of a NetWorker
package.



When you select both copies, only one copy is added to the repository.

Updating from a different bit version of NetWorker (32-bit, 64-bit)

This section describes how to update a 32-bit installation of the NetWorker software to a
64-bit version of the NetWorker software.
◆ When a 64-bit NetWorker storage node or client host has the 32-bit version of
NetWorker installed, you can update to NetWorker software to the 64-bit version.
Use the appropriate operating system sections of this guide to remove the 32-bit
version of the NetWorker software and install the 64-bit version of the NetWorker
software.
◆ When a 64-bit NetWorker server on Windows has the 32-bit version of NetWorker
installed, you can update the NetWorker software to the 64-bit version.

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Use the appropriate operating system sections of this guide to remove the 32-bit
version of the NetWorker software and install the 64-bit version of the NetWorker
software.
◆ When 64-bit NetWorker server on UNIX has the 32-bit version of the NetWorker
software installed, you cannot update to the 64-bit version of the NetWorker software.
EMC Professional Services or a certified EMC partner must perform this update.

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CHAPTER 5
AIX Installation

This chapter includes these sections:

◆ Installing NetWorker on AIX ..................................................................................... 64
◆ Installing the Console server on AIX......................................................................... 67
◆ Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software on AIX............................... 70

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Installing NetWorker on AIX

Before installing the NetWorker software, review the following sections:
◆ “Installation roadmap” on page 14
◆ “Software Requirements” on page 25

Complete these tasks to install the NetWorker software:

◆ “Reviewing the operating system requirements for AIX” on page 64
◆ “Changing the default directory locations” on page 65
◆ “Installing the NetWorker software on AIX” on page 66

Reviewing the operating system requirements for AIX

This section describes the NetWorker software considerations for the AIX operating
system.
In NetWorker 8.1 and later the NetWorker software does not support AIX 5.x.
Before installing the NetWorker software, review the operating system and IPv4
considerations:
◆ “Packages disk space requirements for AIX” on page 64
◆ “AIX 6.1 requirements” on page 64
◆ “IPV4 requirements” on page 64

Packages disk space requirements for AIX

Download the NetWorker software package from the EMC Online Support Site and extract
the packages to a temporary location on the target host.
Ensure that there is sufficient disk space on the host to contain both the compressed
NetWorker software package and the fully uncompressed files. The compressed package
is 235 MB and the uncompressed size is 663 MB.

AIX 6.1 requirements

On AIX 6.1, system limits or memory management issues can cause core dumps and
performance degradation during NetWorker operations.
To prevent these issues on AIX 6.1 TL04, install the hot fix for AIX APAR IZ65501.

IPV4 requirements
The default behavior of the AIX name resolver is to look up both the IPv4 and the IPv6
addresses for a host. If either address fails to resolve locally, the operating system
requests the address from the DNS Server. If you did not configure IPv6 addressing, then
the DNS Server request will time out and return a failure message. If the time out wait time
is too long, some NetWorker commands can have a delayed response and time out.

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To prevent the time out of NetWorker commands, change the default name resolution
lookup behavior to prevent IPv6 lookups. AIX uses three methods to configure the name
resolution mechanism. Ensure each method does not try to perform IPv6 lookups:
◆ NSORDER environment variable.
From the system prompt, type:
env

If the NSORDER variable is not NSORDER=local,bind4, type:

export NSORDER=local,bind4

◆ /etc/irs.conf file.
Ensure the hosts entries are:
hosts local
hosts dns4

◆ /etc/netsvc.conf file.
Ensure the hosts entry is:
hosts=local, bind4

Changing the default directory locations

This section describes the installation location of the NetWorker software and the disk
space requirements.
The AIX installp utility installs the NetWorker software. This utility does not enable you to
change installation location of NetWorker binaries.
The NetWorker software installs the binaries in the /usr/bin directory. If there is
insufficient disk space to install the NetWorker software, the AIX installp utility allocates
more disk space, to successfully complete the software installation.
The /nsr directory contains the NetWorker configuration, logs, and database files. To
change this location create a symbolic link from the new directory to the /nsr directory.
For example:
1. Create another nsr directory on a disk with sufficient space:
mkdir /disk2/nsr

2. Link the new directory to the /nsr directory:

ln -s /disk2/nsr /nsr

Before you install the NetWorker software, ensure that:

◆ The PATH variable for the root and user accounts contains the /usr/bin directory.
◆ There is sufficient disk space to install the NetWorker software.

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Table 9 on page 66 specifies the default location and space requirements for the
NetWorker software.

Table 9 AIX default file locations and space requirements

NetWorker package Location Space

Client (lgtoclnt) /opt/nsr 11 MB

/usr/bin 156 MB
/usr/lib 87 MB
/usr/lpp 40 KB

Storage node (lgtonode) /usr/bin 91 MB

/usr/lib 18 MB
/usr/lpp 28 KB

Server (lgtoserv) /usr/bin 101 MB

/usr/lpp 12 KB

Man pages (lgtoman) /usr/lpp 36 KB

/usr/share 2 MB

French Language Pack (lgtofr) /opt/nsr 5 MB

/usr/bin 4 KB
/usr/lib 32 KB
/usr/lpp 44 KB
/usr/share 2 MB

Japanese Language Pack (lgtoja) /opt/nsr 7 MB

/usr/bin 4 KB
/usr/lib 40 KB
/usr/lpp 44 KB
/usr/share 2 MB

Korean Language Pack (lgtoko) /opt/nsr 6 MB

/usr/bin 4 KB
/usr/lib 28 KB
/usr/lpp 44 KB
/usr/share 2 MB

Simplified Chinese Language Pack (lgtozh) /opt/nsr 6 MB

/usr/bin 4 KB
/usr/lib 24 KB
/usr/lpp 40 KB
/usr/share 1 MB

Client file index, media database, resource /nsr varies

database, and log files

Installing the NetWorker software on AIX

This section describes how to install the client, the storage node, and the server software
and optional software such as the man pages and language packs.
The NetWorker software ships in a 32-bit version. Install this version on both the 32-bit
and the 64-bit versions of the AIX operating system.
To install the NetWorker software:
1. Log in to the target host as root.

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2. Create a backup copy of the operating system configuration files:

cp /etc/rpc /etc/rpc.orig
cp /etc/inittab /etc/inittab.orig

3. Use the installp program to install the NetWorker software from the system prompt.
For example:
installp -a -d /dir_pathname package [package]...

where:
• /dir_pathname is the complete pathname of the directory that contains the
installation software.
For example, if you extract the NetWorker software packages to the /software
directory, the dir_pathname is /software/aixpower.
• package [package]... is a list of the software package required for the
installation type. Table 10 on page 67 provide a list of the software packages
required for each installation type.

Table 10 List of NetWorker packages required for each installation type

Installation type: Packages:

Client software LGTOnw.clnt.rte

Storage Node software LGTOnw.clnt.rte LGTOnw.node.rte

Server software LGTOnw.clnt.rte LGTOnw.node.rte LGTOnw.serv.rte

Man pages LGTOnw.man.rte

Simplified Chinese language support LGTOnw.zh.rte

French language support LGTOnw.fr.rte

Japanese language support LGTOnw.ja.rte

Korean language support LGTOnw.ko.rte

For example, to install the NetWorker server software, the man pages and the
Japanese language pack, type:
installp -a -d /nw_packages/aixpower LGTOnw.clnt.rte LGTOnw.node.rte
LGTOnw.serv.rte LGTOnw.man.rte LGTOnw.ja.rte

4. Confirm that the required packages successfully installed for each installation type:
lslpp -L all | grep -i lgto*

Installing the Console server on AIX

To manage the NetWorker server, install the Console server software on one host in the
NetWorker datazone.
Complete these tasks to install the Console server software:
◆ “Reviewing Console server requirements” on page 68
◆ “Installing the Console server software” on page 68
◆ “Configuring the Console server software” on page 69

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Reviewing Console server requirements

This section describes the Console server requirements.
Before installing the Console server software package, review the following requirements:
◆ If you did not install the NetWorker client software on the target host, then install the
NetWorker client software when you install the Console server software.
◆ A NetWorker 8.0 and later Console server software does not support AIX 5.2 and AIX
5.3.
◆ A NetWorker 8.1 Console server does not support AIX 32-bit NetWorker server. The
EMC NetWorker Software Compatibility Guide on the EMC Online Support Site
provides the most up to date information on supported Console server operating
systems.
“Optional, moving the Console server files to a new Console server” on page 43
describes how to migrate a Console server from a previously supported operating
system to a new Console server.
◆ Ensure that there is sufficient disk space to install the Console server software files.
Table 11 on page 68 specifies the default location and space requirements for the
Console server software on an AIX host.

Table 11 AIX Console server default file locations and space requirements

NetWorker package Location Size

LGTOnmc.rte /opt/lgtonmc 189 MB

/usr/lpp 76 KB

Installing the Console server software

This section describes how to install the Console server software.
1. Log in to the target host as root.
2. Rename the .toc file in the directory that contains the NetWorker software packages.
3. If you installed NetWorker client software on the host:
• Confirm that the NetWorker Remote Exec daemon, nsrexecd is started:
ps -ef | grep nsr
• If the nsrexecd daemon is not started, type:
/etc/rc.nsr

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4. Use the installp program to install the Console server software from the system
prompt:
installp -a -d /dir_pathname LGTOnw.clnt.rte LGTOnmc.rte
[packages]...

where:
• /dir_pathname is the complete pathname of the directory that contains the
installation software.
For example, if you extracted the NetWorker software packages to the /software
directory, the dir_pathname is /software/aixpower.
• Specify the LGTOnw.clnt.rte only if you did not previously install the NetWorker
client package.
• [packages]... is a list of the optional software packages.
For example, to install the Console server software with the French language pack and
the NetWorker client software package, type:
installp -a -d /software/aixpower LGTOnw.clnt.rte LGTOnmc.rte
LGTOnw.fr.rte

5. Confirm that the required package installation completed successfully:

lslpp -L all | grep -i lgto*

Configuring the Console server software

Use the nmc_config command to configure the Console server software program.
To configure the console server software:
1. From a system prompt, type:
/opt/lgtonmc/bin/nmc_config

2. Specify a non-root user/group with limited privileges. The Console server uses this
user/group to run the web server. For example, use the default user/group
[nobody/nobody].
3. For the web server port number, use the default port number (9000) or use a custom
port number.
Valid port numbers are between 1024 and 49151.
4. For the Console server, use the default port number (9001) or use a custom port
number. Valid port numbers are between 1024 and 49151.



Do not use port numbers that are already in use. For example: The Console server
uses port 2638 for TDS protocol communications with the Console database. The
preferred port for EMC Data Protection Advisor product is 9002.

5. Specify the directory to use for the lgtonmc database.

For example:
/opt/lgtonmc/lgto_gstdb

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6. If the installation process detects an existing database, type y to retain the existing
database when prompted.
7. If the installation process detects a NetWorker 7.6.x Console server database:
a. To proceed with the installation and Console server database conversion, type y.
b. Specify the directory location for the database backup file.
For example:
/opt/lgtonmc/lgto_gstdb

If the conversion fails the following error message appears:

Install failed to upgrade the database full_path_and_database name.
Check the upgrade log full_path_and_log_name_file for details.
Please, fix any environment related errors mentioned in the log and
then run the script <full path to gstdbupgrade.sh>
manually to upgrade the database after the install is complete.

8. Specify the location of the NetWorker binaries.

For example
/usr/bin

9. When prompted to start the Console server daemons:

• If the database conversion is successful, type y.
• If the database conversion encountered errors, type n. “Reviewing the Console
server database conversion status” on page 46 describes how to determine the
cause of the conversion failure and the steps to convert the database after the
software install has completed.
10. Update the MANPATH variable for the Console server man pages.
For example:
MANPATH=$MANPATH:/opt/lgtonmc/man
export MANPATH

11. “Connecting to the Console server GUI for the first time” on page 128 describes on
how connect to the Console server for the first time.

Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software on AIX

Use installp or smitty to uninstall the NetWorker software.
To uninstall the NetWorker software:
1. Log in to the target host as root.
2. Use the lslpp command to get a list of installed NetWorker software packages:
lslpp -L all | grep -i lgto*

3. Use installp -u to remove the software packages:

installp -u package [package]...

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When removing multiple NetWorker software packages, specify the LGTOnw.clnt.rte
package last.

Table 12 Select NetWorker software packages to uninstall

Installation type Software packages

Client software LGTOnw.clnt.rte

Storage Node software LGTOnw.node.rte LGTOnw.clnt.rte

Server software LGTOnw.serv.rte LGTOnw.node.rte

LGTOnw.clnt.rte

Console server software LGTOnmc.rte LGTOnw.clnt.rte

Man pages LGTOnw.man.rte

NetWorker License Manager LGTOnw.licm.rte

French language support LGTOnw.fr.rte

Japanese language support LGTOnw.ja.rte

Korean language support LGTOnw.ko.rte

Simplified Chinese language support LGTOnw.zh.rte

For example, to uninstall the Console server software and the French language pack,
type:
installp -u LGTOnmc.rte LGTOnw.fr.rte LGTOnw.clnt.rte

4. To confirm the package removal, type:

lslpp -L all | grep -i lgto*

5. If there is no plan to update or reinstall the software packages:

a. Remove the /nsr directory.
b. Delete the Console server directory. By default, this directory is /opt/lgtonmc.
6. If JRE is no longer required, remove the JRE program.

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CHAPTER 6
HP-UX Installation

This chapter includes these sections:

◆ Installing NetWorker on HP-UX ................................................................................ 74
◆ Uninstalling the NetWorker software on HP-UX ........................................................ 77

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Installing NetWorker on HP-UX

Before installing the NetWorker software, review the following sections:
◆ “Installation roadmap” on page 14
◆ “Software Requirements” on page 25

Complete these tasks to install the NetWorker software:

◆ “Reviewing NetWorker requirements for HP-UX” on page 74
◆ “Changing default directory locations” on page 76
◆ “Installing the NetWorker software” on page 76

Reviewing NetWorker requirements for HP-UX

This section outlines the software considerations and requirements for the NetWorker
software on supported HP-UX operating systems.
◆ “General requirements” on page 74
◆ “Package disk space requirements” on page 74
◆ “HP-UX 11iv3 requirements” on page 75
◆ “HP-UX 11iv2 requirements” on page 75
◆ “HP-UX on PA-RISC requirements” on page 75

General requirements
Perform these tasks before you install the NetWorker software on HP-UX.
1. Review the NetWorker Software Compatabilty Guide for the latest information about
supported HP-UX operating systems for each NetWorker installation type.
1. Ensure that the kernel parameter maxfiles_lim is a minimum value of 8192.
2. Set the nfile value, according to the following formula:
The nfile setting + (number of expected concurrent save times)
The minimum value for the number of expected concurrent save times is 50.
For example:
nfile = 1 X 50

3. Ensure that the /etc/nsswitch.conf file contains an ipnodes policy:

ipnodes=files

If you do not specify an ipnodes policy, the NetWorker daemons fail to start with a
message similar to the following:
lgtolmd: Failed to resolve the IPv6 localhost address ::1. Please
verify an entry for the IPv6 localhost address exists in your
/etc/hosts file and an "ipnodes" policy has been added to your
/etc/nsswitch.conf file.

Package disk space requirements

Download the NetWorker software package from the EMC Online Support Site and extract
the packages to a temporary location on the target host.

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Ensure that there is sufficient disk space on the host to contain both the compressed
NetWorker software package and the fully uncompressed files.
Table 13 on page 75 provides a list of NetWorker packages and the compressed and
uncompressed file sizes.

Table 13 Size of compressed and uncompressed files

Operating system Compressed file Uncompressed file

HP-UX 191 MB 575 MB

HP-UX itanium 393 MB 1.4 GB

HP-UX 11iv3 requirements

Before you install the NetWorker software on HP-UX 11iv3, review the following
considerations:
◆ If you use stape on an HP-UX11iv3 NetWorker server or storage node, install patch
PHKL_36312 or later.
This will enhance tape device compatibility.
◆ For HP-UX NetWorker servers and storage nodes that use tape devices, install
PHKL_41474 or higher.
This is required for CDI support.
◆ If you backup the /dev directory to a local HP-UX 11iv3 storage node, then the backup
may fail and the system may fail to respond.
To avoid this issue, implement one of these options:
• Do not back up the /dev directory.
• Do not specify ALL in the client Save Set attribute or use a directive to exclude the
/dev directory from the backup.
• Do not specify save sets that include the /dev directory in the backup.
• Use a remote storage node.

HP-UX 11iv2 requirements

Before you install the NetWorker software on HP-UX 11iv2, ensure that you install the
PHSS_37500 and PHSS_39101 patches on the host.

HP-UX on PA-RISC requirements

This section describes the software considerations for HP-UX on PA-RISC.
Before you install the NetWorker client software on HP-UX RISC, install the following
patches on the host:
◆ QPK1123(B.11.23.0712.070a) 1185010 Quality Pack Depot
◆ PHSS_37492

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Changing default directory locations

NetWorker installs the binaries in the /opt/networker/bin directory. The /nsr directory
contains the NetWorker configuration, logs, and database files.
You cannot change the location of the NetWorker binaries, configuration, log files and
databases.
Before you install the NetWorker software, ensure that the PATH variable for the root and
user account contains the /opt/networker/bin directory.

Installing the NetWorker software

This section describes how to use swinstall to install the client, storage node, and server
software packages and optional packages such as the man pages and language packs on
HP-UX 11.x or HP-UX 11i platforms on IPF.
The swinstall utility uses the character mode or the System Administration Manager (SAM)
utility. The character mode swinstall screens contain the same information as the SAM
utility. The same choices are made with both formats.
1. Log in to the target host as root.
2. Create a backup copy of the rpc.org configuration file:
cp /etc/rpc /etc/rpc.org

3. At the system prompt, type:

swinstall &

Note: If you use the character interface, do not include the & symbol.

4. Press Enter.
5. On the Specify Source window, provide the location of the NetWorker installation files:
a. In the Source Depot Type field, press Enter and select Local Directory.
b. In the Source Host Name field, ensure that the hostname of the target host is
selected.
c. In the Source Depot Path field, type the full path of the NetWorker.pkg file.
For example:
/tmp/hpux11_ia64/NetWorker.pkg

6. Click OK.

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7. On the SD Install - Software Selection window, select and mark the software packages
required for the installation type. Table 14 on page 77 provides a summary of the
NetWorker software packages required for each NetWorker component.

Table 14 HP-UX software packages

To install the: Select these packages:

Client software NWr-Client

Storage node software NWr-Client

NWr-Node

Server software NWr-Client

NWr-Node
NWr-Server

Man pages NWr-Man

French language support NWr-FR

Japanese language support NWr-JA

Korean language support NWr-KO

Simplified Chinese language support NWr-ZH

8. Press Enter.
9. On the Actions menu, click Install.
10. Verify the status of the install analysis.
• To review the log file and verify that the swinstall program did not encounter errors,
click Logfile.
• Correct any problems before you continue the installation.
11. To continue with the installation, click OK.
12. To review the log file for error or warning messages generated during installation, click
Logfile.
13. When the installation completes, click Done.
14. Exit swinstall.
15. “Connecting to the Console server GUI for the first time” on page 128 describes how to
use a Console client to connect to the NetWorker server.

Uninstalling the NetWorker software on HP-UX

As root, use the swremove utility to uninstall the NetWorker software.
1. Shut down the NetWorker daemons:
nsr_shutdown

2. Confirm that all of the NetWorker daemons stop:

ps -ef | grep nsr

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3. To start the NetWorker software removal process, type:

swremove &



If you are using the character interface, do not include the & symbol.

4. On the Software Selection window, select the NetWorker software to remove.

5. On the Actions window, select Remove.
This runs an analysis of the remove operation.
6. To confirm that the analysis did not detect any problems, click Logfile.
Fix any reported problems before you continue with the operation.
7. On the Remove Analysis window, click OK to continue the remove operation.
8. On the Remove window, click Done.
9. On the File menu, select Exit.
10. Verify that all the files are removed from /opt/networker directory.
11. If there is no plan to update or reinstall the software packages, remove the /nsr
directory.

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CHAPTER 7
Linux Installation

This chapter includes these sections:

◆ Installing NetWorker on Linux.................................................................................. 80
◆ Installing Console server on Linux ........................................................................... 87
◆ Uninstalling NetWorker and Console server software on Linux ................................. 89

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Installing NetWorker on Linux

Before installing the NetWorker software, review these sections:
◆ “Installation roadmap” on page 14
◆ “Software Requirements” on page 25

Complete these tasks to install the NetWorker software:

◆ “Reviewing the operating system requirements for Linux” on page 80
◆ “Changing the default directory locations” on page 80
◆ “Preparing the Linux target host” on page 82
◆ “Installing the NetWorker packages on Linux” on page 82
◆ “Post installation consideration for st tape devices” on page 86

Reviewing the operating system requirements for Linux

Download the NetWorker software package from the EMC Online Support Site and extract
the packages to a temporary location on the target host.
Ensure that there is sufficient disk space on the host to contain both the compressed
NetWorker software package and the fully uncompressed files.
Table 15 on page 80 provides a list of NetWorker packages and the compressed and
uncompressed file sizes.

Table 15 Size of compressed and uncompressed files

Operating system Compressed file Uncompressed file

Linux s390 22 MB 22 MB

Linux IBM PowerPC 20 MB 20 MB

Linux x86 179 MB 270 MB

Linux x86-64 395 MB 397 MB

Linux Itanium 115 MB 115 MB

NetWorker 8.1 does not support:

◆ NetWorker server on Linux 32-bit
◆ Networker server and storage node on Linux IA-64 bit

Changing the default directory locations

The NetWorker software installs the binaries in the /usr directory. The /nsr directory
contains the NetWorker configuration, logs, and database files. You can change these
directory locations on all supported Linux operating systems with the exception of Debian
and Ubuntu. This section describes how to change the default directory locations for the
binaries, the databases, and the log files on the target host.
Table 16 on page 81 specifies the default location and space requirements for the
NetWorker software in a Linux environment. Review this table to ensure that you have
sufficient disk space to install the NetWorker software.

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Table 16 Linux default file locations and space requirements

Space

Linux Linux Linux Linux

NetWorker Package Location ia64 x86 Linux x64 PPC64 s390

Client (lgtoclnt) /usr/lib 60 MB 29 MB 50 MB 1.6 MB 1.6 MB

/usr/sbin 204 MB 55 MB 78 MB 37MB 41 MB
/usr/bin 66 MB 31 MB 33 MB 16 MB 18 MB
/opt/nsr 21 MB 16 MB 21 MB 20.0 KB 20.0 KB

Storage node /usr/lib n/a n/a 11 MB n/a n/a

(lgtonode) /usr/sbin 67 MB

Server (lgtoserv) /usr/sbin n/a n/a 71 MB n/a n/a

Man pages (lgtoman) /usr/share 1.7 MB 1.7 MB 1.8 MB 1.8 MB n/a

French Language Pack /usr/lib 44 KB 44 KB 44 KB n/a n/a

(lgtofr) /usr/sbin 8.0KB 8.0 KB 8.0 KB
/usr/share 1.9 MB 1.9 MB 1.9 MB
/opt/nsr 5.2 MB 6.9 MB 8.2 MB

Japanese Language /usr/lib 52 KB 52 KB 52 KB n/a n/a

Pack (lgtoja) /usr/sbin 8.0 KB 8.0 KB 8.0 KB
/usr/share 1.8 MB 1.8 MB 1.8 MB
/opt/nsr 5.9 MB 9.4 MB 9.4 MB

Korean Language Pack /usr/lib 40 KB 40 KB 40 KB n/a n/a

(lgtoko) /usr/sbin 8.0 KB 8.0 KB 8.0 KB
/usr/share 1.7 MB 1.7 MB 1.7 MB
/opt/nsr 5.3 MB 8.5 MB 8.5 MB

Simplified Chinese /usr/lib 36 KB 36 KB 36 KB n/a n/a

Language Pack (lgtozh) /usr/sbin 8.0 KB 8.0 KB 8.0 KB
/usr/share 1.4 MB 1.4 MB 1.4 MB
/opt/nsr 4.4 MB 8.0 MB 6.9 MB

Client file index, media /nsr varies varies varies varies varies
database, resource
database

Changing the software installation directory

To install the NetWorker binaries in a non-default location, use rpm --relocate as root.
For example, to install the NetWorker server to the /nw directory:
1. Log in to the target host as root.
2. From the directory that contains the NetWorker packages, type:
rpm -ivh --relocate /usr=/nw lgtoclnt*.rpm lgtonode*.rpm
lgtoserv*.rpm

3. Modify the root PATH variable to include the bin and sbin subdirectories:
/nw/bin:/nw/sbin

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4. Modify the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable to specify the path to lib64 directory:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=nw/nsr/lib64/

Changing the configuration, log, and database files directory

To change the default location of the configuration, logs, and database files, create a
symbolic link from the new directory to the /nsr directory.
For example:
1. Create another nsr directory on a disk with sufficient space:
mkdir /disk2/nsr

2. Link the new directory to the /nsr directory:

ln -s /disk2/nsr /nsr

Preparing the Linux target host

Before you install NetWorker, create a backup of the operating system configuration file
and configure the target host to support NetWorker.
◆ Create a backup copy of the operating system configuration files:
cp /etc/rpc /etc/rpc.orig
cp /etc/ld.so.conf /etc/ld.so.conf.orig

◆ Ensure that the PATH variable for the root and user accounts contains the /usr/sbin
directory.
◆ If you enabled SELinux on your system, add the file contexts and the security contexts
that the NetWorker software requires.
1. To add file contexts, type:
semanage fcontext -a -t textrel_shlib_t "/usr/lib/nsr/lib.*\.so"

2. To update the security contexts, type:

restorecon -R /usr/lib/nsr"



If the semanage or the restorecon file does not exist on the Linux system, install the
policycoreutils-python package.

Installing the NetWorker packages on Linux

This section describes how to install the client, the storage node, the server software, and
optional packages such as the man pages and the language packages on a Linux system.
◆ “RHEL, RedFlag, Oracle Enterprise Server, RedFlag Asianux, SuSE and CentOS” on
page 82
◆ “Debian and Ubuntu” on page 84
◆ “Fedora” on page 85

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RHEL, RedFlag, Oracle Enterprise Server, RedFlag Asianux, SuSE and CentOS
On Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Oracle Enterprise Server (OES), and RedFlag,
you can use rpm or yum to install the NetWorker software. Using the yum program allows
you to install the required operating system packages automatically, as necessary. On
SuSE, you can only use rpm to install the NetWorker software.
From the directory that contains the extracted NetWorker software packages, use the
appropriate installer application to install NetWorker:
◆ To use yum, type:
yum localinstall --nogpgcheck package [package]...

where package [package]... is a list of the software package required for the
installation type. Table 17 on page 83 provide a list of the software packages required
for each installation type. Specify optional packages such as language packs and man
pages in rpm command after the required packages for the installation type.



When the yum program cannot install missing package dependencies, the yum
command fails and provides a list of missing packages. Manually install the package
dependencies and run the yum command again.

◆ To use rpm, type:

rpm -ivh package [package]...

where package [package]... is a list of the software package required for the
installation type. Table 17 on page 83 provides a list of the software packages
required for each installation type. Specify optional packages such as language packs
and man pages in rpm command after the required packages for the installation type.

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When the operating system packages that NetWorker requires are missing, the rpm
command provides a list of missing packages and does not install the NetWorker
software. Manually install missing package dependencies then run the rpm command
again.

Table 17 List of NetWorker software packages required for each installation type

Installation type Packages

Client software lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm

Storage Node software lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm lgtonode*.rpm

Server software lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm lgtonode*.rpm lgtoserv*.rpm

Man pages lgtoman*.rpm

Simplified Chinese language support lgtozh*.rpm

French language support lgtofr*.rpm

Japanese language support lgtoja*.rpm

Korean language support lgtoko*.rpm

Example 4 Using yum to install NetWorker

To use yum to install the man pages during a NetWorker server install, type:
yum localinstall --nogpgcheck lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm lgtonode*.rpm
lgtoserv*.rpm lgtoman*.rpm



Specify optional packages, such as the language packs and the man pages in the yum
command after the required packages for the installation type.

Example 5 Using rpm to install NetWorker

To use rpm to install the man pages during a NetWorker server install, type:
rpm -ivh lgtoclnt-nw*.rpm lgtonode*.rpm lgtoserv*.rpm lgtoman*.rpm



When the operating system packages that NetWorker requires are missing, the rpm
command provides a list of missing packages and does not install the NetWorker software.
Manually install missing package dependencies then run the rpm command again.

Debian and Ubuntu

On Debian and Ubuntu systems, use the dpkg program to install the NetWorker client
software. To install the operating system packages that the NetWorker client software
requires, use the apt-get program.

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Ubuntu 10 requires the libstdc++5 package but the Ubuntu software package repository
does not include this package. Manually download and install the libstdc++5 package for
Debian before installing the NetWorker client software.
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/libstdc++5 provides more information.

To install the NetWorker software:

1. From a system prompt, run the dpkg command. For example:
dpkg -i lgtoclnt_XXX.deb

where lgtoclnt_XXX.deb is the name of the NetWorker client software package.



For Ubuntu, use sudo to run this command.

2. If required operating system packages are missing, then dependency errors similar to
the following appear:
Unpacking lgtoclnt (from lgtoclnt_8.1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lgtoclnt:
lgtoclnt depends on ksh | pdksh; however:
Package ksh is not installed.
Package pdksh is not installed.
lgtoclnt depends on libstdc++5; however:
Package libstdc++5 is not installed.
lgtoclnt depends on libxp6; however:
Package libxp6 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing lgtoclnt (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
lgtoclnt

To resolve this issue:

1. Use the apt-get command to install the missing packages.
sudo apt-get -f upgrade

The apt-get command automatically completes the NetWorker software

installation.
2. Confirm the nsrexecd process starts:
ps -ef | grep nsrexecd

3. Optionally, start the nsrexecd process:

sudo nsrexecd

Fedora
To install the NetWorker software on the Fedora operating system, you must perform
additional steps to resolve package dependencies.
1. Before you install the NetWorker software, manually install the missing package
dependencies, with the exception of libcap.so.1.
a. Use the yum command to identify missing dependencies.

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For example:
# yum localinstall lgtoclnt*.rpm
Packages skipped because of dependency problems:
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-68.1.x86_64 from fedora
glibc-2.14.90-24.fc16.9.i686 from updates
ksh-20120801-1.fc16.x86_64 from updates
libXp-1.0.0-16.fc15.x86_64 from fedora
nss-softokn-freebl-3.13.5-1.fc16.i686 from updates



The yum command does not successfully install the NetWorker software.

b. Use the yum program to manually install the missing package dependencies.
For example:
yum install compat-libstdc++-33 ksh libXp
glibc-2.14.90-24.fc16.9.i686



When you specify the glib package, use the full package name to ensure the
correct glib package installs and not the glibc-2.14.90-24.fc16.9.x86_64 package.

2. Use the rpm command to confirm that you resolved all missing package
dependencies, with the exception of libcap.so.1.
For example:
# rpm -ivh lgtoclnt*.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libcap.so.1 is needed by lgtoclnt-8.1-1.i686

3. Use the rpm command with the --nodeps option to install the NetWorker software and
ignore the libcap.so1 dependency:
rpm -ivh --nodeps package [package]...

where package [package]... is a list of the software package required for the
installation type.
Table 18 on page 86 provide a list of the available NetWorker software packages.

Table 18 List of NetWorker software packages

Installation type: Packages:

Client software lgtoclnt*.rpm

Man pages lgtoman*.rpm

Simplified chinese language support lgtozh*.rpm

French language support lgtofr*.rpm

Japanese language support lgtoja*.rpm

Korean language support lgtoko*.rpm

For example, to install the man pages during a NetWorker client install, type:

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rpm -ivh --nodeps lgtoclnt*.rpm lgtoman*.rpm

Post installation consideration for st tape devices

By default, the Linux kernel configures up to a maximum of 128 st tape devices. As a
result, the inquire command and the Scan for Devices option in the NMC GUI, display a
maximum of 128 st devices.
To resolve this issue, modify the st module of the Linux kernel and then recompile the
kernel. This increases the maximum number of allowable st devices that the OS can
create.
The Linux documentation describes how to change the ST_MAX_TAPES definition and
perform a kernel reconfiguration, then a kernel rebuild, then a kernel install.
Appendix E in the NetWorker Administration Guide provides additional information.

Installing Console server on Linux

To manage the NetWorker server, install the Console server software on one host in the
data zone.
◆ “Reviewing Console server requirements” on page 87
◆ “Installing the Console server software on Linux” on page 87
◆ “Configuring the Console server software” on page 88

Reviewing Console server requirements

Review these requirements before you install the Console server software.
◆ You can install the Console server on:
• RHEL 5 and 6 (64-bit )
• SuSE 10 and 11 (64-bit )
• Centos 5 and 6 (64-bit )
• OEL 5 (64-bit )

The EMC NetWorker Software Compatibility Guide on EMC Online Support provides the
most up to date information on supported Console server operating systems.
◆ You may require UTF-8 converters for the operating system.
◆ Ensure that there is sufficient disk space to install the Console server software files.
Table 19 on page 87 specifies the default location and space requirements for the
Console server software on a Linux host.

Table 19 Linux Console server default file locations and space requirements

Space

NetWorker Package Location Linux x86 Linux em64T and AMD64

Console server (LGTOnmc) /opt/lgtonmc 167 MB 167 MB

Installing the Console server software on Linux

To install the Console server on Linux, perform these steps on the target host, as root.

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1. If you have already installed the NetWorker client software on the host:
• Confirm that the NetWorker Remote Exec daemon, nsrexecd, is started:
ps -ef | grep nsr

• Start nsrexecd, if required:

/etc/init.d/networker start

2. Install NetWorker from the directory that contains the extracted NetWorker software
packages. On RHEL use yum or rpm to install the NetWorker software. On SuSE you can
only use rpm.
• To use yum, type:
yum localinstall --nogpgcheck lgtoclnt*.rpm lgtonmc*.rpm
where you specify lgtoclnt*.rpm only if you did not previously install the NetWorker
client software.



If yum cannot install missing package dependencies, yum fails and provides a list
of missing packages. Manually install the package dependencies then run the yum
command again.

• To use rpm, type:

rpm -ivh lgtoclnt*.rpm lgtonmc*.rpm

where you specify lgtoclnt*.rpm only if you did not install the NetWorker client
software previously.



When the operating system packages that NetWorker requires are missing, the rpm
command provides a list of missing packages and does not install the NetWorker
software. Manually install missing package dependencies then run the rpm
command again.

Configuring the Console server software

Use the nmc_config command to configure the Console server software program.
1. Start the configuration script:
/opt/lgtonmc/bin/nmc_config

2. Specify a non-root user/group with limited privileges. The Console server uses this
user/group to run the web server. For example, use the default user/group
[nobody/nobody].
3. For the web server port number, use the default port number (9000) or use a custom
port number. Valid port numbers are between 1024 and 49151.
4. For the Console server, use the default port number (9001) or use a custom port
number. Valid port numbers are between 1024 and 49151.

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Do not use port numbers that are already in use. For example: The Console server
uses port 2638 for TDS protocol communications with the Console database. The
preferred port for EMC Data Protection Advisor product is 9002.

5. Specify the directory to use for the lgtonmc database, for example,
/opt/lgtonmc/lgto_gstdb.
6. If the installation process detects an existing database, then type y to retain the
existing database.
7. If the installation process detects a NetWorker 7.6.x Console server database:
a. To continue with the installation and Console server database conversion, type y.
b. Specify the location to store the database backup file, for example:
/opt/lgtonmc/lgto_gstdb.
If the conversion fails, then a message similar to the following appears:
Install failed to upgrade the database <full path and database
name>. Check the upgrade log <full path and log name file> for
details.
Please, fix any environment related errors mentioned in the log
and then run the script <full path to gstdbupgrade.sh>
manually to upgrade the database after the install is complete.

8. Specify the location of the NetWorker binaries.

For example:
/usr/sbin

9. When prompted to start the Console server daemons:

• If the database conversion is successful, type y.
• If the database conversion encountered errors, type n.
“Reviewing the Console server database conversion status” on page 46 describes
how to determine the cause of the conversion failure and the steps to convert the
database after the software install has completed.
10. To continue with the installation of the Console server package, type y.
11. Update the MANPATH variable for the Console server man pages.
For example:
MANPATH=$MANPATH:/opt/lgtonmc/man
export MANPATH

12. “Connecting to the Console server GUI for the first time” on page 128 describes how to
connect to the NetWorker server from a Console client for the first time.

Uninstalling NetWorker and Console server software on Linux

The procedure to remove the NetWorker software differs for Debian and Ubuntu Linux from
all other Linux operating systems.

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◆ “Uninstalling NetWorker on Debian and Ubuntu” on page 89

◆ “Uninstalling NetWorker on other Linux operating systems” on page 90

Uninstalling NetWorker on Debian and Ubuntu

As root, use the dpkg command to uninstall the NetWorker client software from Debian
and Ubuntu Linux systems.
dpkg -r lgtoclnt

If there is no plan to update or reinstall the NetWorker software, use dpkg -P lgtoclnt to
remove the NetWorker configuration files.

Uninstalling NetWorker on other Linux operating systems

As root, use the rpm -e package_name command to remove individual NetWorker software
packages or all NetWorker software packages simultaneously. For information about using
rpm, refer to the rpm man page.



The NetWorker software packages have dependencies on each other, remove the
packages in the following order: lgtolicm, lgtoserv, lgtonode, lgtonmc, lgtoclnt. The man
pages, lgtoman, and language packages do not have any dependencies. You can remove
these packages in any order.

1. Get a list of the installed NetWorker packages:

rpm -qa | grep lgto

2. Use the rpm -e command to remove the NetWorker packages:

rpm -e package_name package_name package_name

For example, to remove the NetWorker packages from the Console server, type:
rpm -e lgtonmc lgtoclnt

Table 20 on page 90 provides a list of the package names associated with the
different NetWorker components.

Table 20 NetWorker package names on Linux

Component Package name

Server lgtoserv

Storage node lgtonode

Console server lgtonmc

NetWorker License Manager lgtolicm

Client lgtoclnt

Man pages lgtoman

French language support lgtofr

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Table 20 NetWorker package names on Linux

Component Package name

Japanese language support lgtoja

Korean language support lgtoko

Simplified chinese language support lgtozh

3. If you will not update or reinstall the packages:

a. Remove the /nsr directory.
b. Delete the Console server directory. By default, this directory is /opt/lgtonmc.

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CHAPTER 8
Mac OS-X Client Installation

This chapter includes these sections:

◆ Installing NetWorker on Mac-OSX ............................................................................ 92
◆ Uninstalling the NetWorker software on Mac OS-X ................................................... 94

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Installing NetWorker on Mac-OSX

This section describes the requirements and tasks for installing the NetWorker client
software on Mac-OSX.
◆ “Reviewing the Mac OS-X requirements” on page 92
◆ “Installing NetWorker on Mac-OSX” on page 92
◆ “Verifying the software installation” on page 93

Reviewing the Mac OS-X requirements

This section outlines the software requirements to consider when installing NetWorker on
the Mac OS-X operating system.
The NetWorker software:
◆ Only supports the NetWorker client on Mac-OSX.
◆ Supports Mac OS Power PC and Mac OS Intel. The EMC NetWorker Software
Compatibility Guide on the EMC Online Support Site provides more information on
operating system versions supported.
◆ Supports the following filesystems:
• HFS+ (including journaled)
• HFS
• UFS

◆ Requires 112 MB of free disk space for the software installation process:

/applications 8 MB

/usr/bin 40 MB

/usr/sbin 58 MB

/usr/lib/nsr 4 MB

/usr/share/man 2 MB

Installing the NetWorker software

The following section describes how to Install the NetWorker software.
Install NetWorker software in one of the following ways:
◆ “From the Mac Console” on page 92
◆ “From a terminal window” on page 93

From the Mac Console

To install the NetWorker software from the Mac Console:
1. Download the NetWorker software.
2. Double-click NetWorker.dmg file.
This mounts the NetWorker software on a NetWorker volume.

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3. Double-click NetWorker.pkg on the NetWorker volume to launch the NetWorker

software.
4. In the Welcome to the NetWorker Client Installer window, click Continue.
5. In the End User License and Basic Maintenance Agreement window, click Continue.
6. Click Agree to agree to the terms of the software license agreement.
7. Click Install to install the NetWorker client on the default volume.
Optionally, click the Change Install Location... and select another MacOSX volume.
8. Click Close.

From a terminal window

To install the NetWorker software from the terminal window:
1. Download the NetWorker software.
2. Mount the volume that contains the NetWorker software.
For example:
>hdiutil mount path to NetWorker software/MacOSX/NetWorker-dev.dmg

/dev/disk5 /Volumes/NetWorker-dev

3. Change to the directory that contains the NetWorker installation package.

For example:
cd /Volumes/NetWorker-dev

4. As a sudo user, use the installer-pkg program to install the NetWorker software.
For example:
$ sudo /usr/sbin/installer -pkg /Volumes/NetWorker-dev/NetWorker.pkg
-target / Password:********

installer: Package name is NetWorker Client

installer: Installing at base path /
installer: The install was successful.

Verifying the software installation

To verify that the NetWorker client software installed correctly, ensure the nsrexecd
daemon is running.
Confirm the nsrexecd daemon starts, in one of the following ways:
◆ Use the Mac OS X Activity Monitor application to confirm that the NetWorker client
daemon, nsrexecd is active on the host.
◆ From a terminal window, type:
ps -ef | grep -i nsr

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If the nsrexecd daemon did not start, as a sudo user, start the daemon from a terminal
window.
For example:
$sudo /bin/launchctl start com.emc.NetWorker

Uninstalling the NetWorker software on Mac OS-X

Uninstall the NetWorker software from a system prompt.
To uninstall the NetWorker software:
1. Ensure that the NetWorker Recovery application is not running.
2. From a terminal window, type the following command:
$sudo /usr/sbin/NetWorkerUninstall

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CHAPTER 9
Solaris Installation

This chapter includes these sections:

◆ Installing NetWorker on Solaris ............................................................................... 96
◆ Installing Console server on Solaris....................................................................... 101
◆ Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Solaris ..................................... 104

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Installing NetWorker on Solaris

Before installing the NetWorker software, review the following sections:
◆ “Installation roadmap” on page 14
◆ “Software Requirements” on page 25

Complete these tasks to install the NetWorker software:

◆ “Reviewing the NetWorker requirements for Solaris” on page 96
◆ “Changing the default directories” on page 98
◆ “Installing NetWorker packages on Solaris” on page 99

Reviewing the NetWorker requirements for Solaris

Before you install NetWorker on Solaris, review the software requirements for Solaris 10
and Solaris zone support:
◆ “Package disk space requirements” on page 96
◆ “Solaris 10 requirements” on page 96
◆ “Solaris zone requirements” on page 97

Package disk space requirements

Download the NetWorker software package from the EMC Online Support Site and extract
the packages to a temporary location on the target host.
Ensure that there is sufficient disk space on the host to contain both the compressed
NetWorker software package and the fully uncompressed files.
Table 21 on page 96 provides a list of NetWorker packages and the compressed and
uncompressed file sizes.

Table 21 Size of compressed and uncompressed files

Operating system Compressed file Uncompressed file

Solaris x86 74 MB 362 MB

Solaris x86-64 406 MB 1.1 GB

Solaris AMD 287 MB 1.2 GB

Solaris 10 requirements
Review these requirements before you install NetWorker on Solaris 10.
◆ Disable TCP Fusion on each Solaris 10 NetWorker server and storage node.
a. Add the following line, to the /etc/system file:
set ip:do_tcp_fusion = 0

b. Restart the host.

◆ For a storage node in a Solaris 10 whole root zone, ensure that:
• All devices are in a single NetWorker datazone.
• All storage nodes are running Solaris 10 update 5 or later, to provide shared SCSI
command support.

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The Configuring Tape Devices for EMC NetWorker Technical Note, available on the EMC
Online Support Site describes how to configure devices in a whole root zone.
◆ Install the operating system patches required for each architecture.
Before installing the required operating system patches, consider the following:
• Some Sun patches might have dependencies on other Sun patches. Ensure that
the host meets all dependencies before applying the patch.
• The Sun patches detailed below specify the patch version that first contained the
fix. Over time, these Sun patches might become obsolete and replaced with a
newer patch revision. In these instances, install the latest patch revision. The
SunSolve web site provides detailed information about patch dependencies and
download information.
Table 22 on page 97 provides a summary of architecture specific patch requirements.

Table 22 Solaris 10 Sun patch requirements

Architecture Required Patch Reason

x86/Sparc • Sun patch 142900-03 or To avoid shared memory corruption which can
later on Sparc. cause possible hangs or failures of the
NetWorker daemons on a NetWorker server.

Z86/Sparc • Sun patch 102712-01 or Backups of large save sets may fail on Solaris
later on Sparc. 10 systems if an Intel Gigabit Ethernet card,
• Sun patch 102711-01 or e1000g driver is used.
later on x86.

Solaris zone requirements

NetWorker supports global, a whole root, and a sparse root zone configurations.
Before you install NetWorker in a Solaris zone, review this information:
◆ “Sparse root zone requirements” on page 97
◆ “Global zone requirements” on page 97
◆ “Whole root zone considerations” on page 98

Sparse root zone requirements

A NetWorker client supports sparse root zones on Solaris 10. Before you install the
NetWorker client software in each sparse root zone, install the same version of the
NetWorker software in the global zone. You must create a client instance for the global
zone and each sparse root zone. The NetWorker Administration Guide describes how to
create a NetWorker client.

Global zone requirements

The NetWorker server, storage node including a dedicated storage node, and client
software support a Solaris global zone.
Special ALL save sets are available to back up a global zone client when you install
NetWorker in the global zone. “Using the save set all to back up particular file systems” in
the NetWorker Administration Guide describes when to use the special ALL save sets.

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Whole root zone considerations

The NetWorker server, storage node including a dedicated storage node, and client
software support a Solaris whole root zone. When you install NetWorker a whole root
zone, the NetWorker software is not required in the global zone. The NetWorker server
software is not supported in a clustered Solaris whole root zone.

Changing the default directories

This section describes the installation location of the NetWorker software and the disk
space requirements.
The NetWorker binaries are installed in the /usr/sbin directory and cannot be relocated.
The NetWorker configuration, logs, and database files are located in the /nsr directory. To
change this location, create a symbolic link from the new directory to the /nsr directory.
For example:
1. Create another directory, on a disk with sufficient space:
mkdir /disk2/nsr

2. Link this directory to the /nsr directory:

ln -s /disk2/nsr /nsr
Before installing the NetWorker software, ensure that:
◆ The PATH variable for the root and user accounts contains the /usr/sbin directory.
◆ There is sufficient disk space to install the NetWorker files in the default location.
Table 23 on page 98 specifies the default location and space requirements for the
NetWorker software on a Solaris host.

Table 23 Default file locations and space requirements for Solaris (page 1 of 2)

Space

Solaris AMD
NetWorker Package Location Solaris x86 Solaris x64 64

Client (LGTOclnt) /opt/nsr 11 MB 11 MB 11 MB

/usr/openwin 8 KB 8 KB 8 KB
/usr/bin 30 MB 66 MB 50 MB
/usr/sbin 74 MB 143 MB 122 MB
/usr/lib/nsr 12 MB 87 MB 79 MB

Storage node (LGTOnode) /usr/sbin n/a 135 MB 102 MB

/usr/lib/nsr 21 MB 15 MB

Server (LGTOserv) /usr/sbin n/a 135 MB 103 MB

/usr/lib/nsr 72 KB 72 KB

Man pages (LGTOman) /share/man 2.3 MB 2.2 MB 2.2 MB

French Language Pack (LGTOfr) /opt/nsr 2.7 MB 5.7 MB 5.7 MB

/usr/lib 32 KB 32 KB 32 KB
/usr/sbin 8 KB 8 KB 8 KB
/share/man 2.3 MB 2.3 MB 2.3 MB

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Table 23 Default file locations and space requirements for Solaris (page 2 of 2)

Space

Solaris AMD
NetWorker Package Location Solaris x86 Solaris x64 64

Japanese Language Pack (LGTOja) /opt/nsr 3.2 MB 6.8 MB 6.8 MB

/usr/lib 40 KB 40 KB 40 KB
/usr/sbin 8 KB 8 KB 8 KB
/share/man 2.2 MB 2.2 MB 2.2 MB

Korean Language Pack (LGTOko) /opt/nsr 2.8 MB 6.0 MB 6.0 MB

/usr/lib 32 KB 32 KB 32 KB
/usr/sbin 8 KB 8 KB 8 KB
/share/man 2.1 MB 2.1 MB 2.1 MB

Simplified Chinese Language Pack /opt/nsr 2.1 MB 5.7 MB 5.7 MB

(LGTOzh) /usr/lib 24 KB 24 KB 24 KB
/usr/sbin 8 KB 8 KB 8 KB
/share/man 1.9 MB 1.9 MB 1.9 MB

Client file index, media database, /nsr varies varies varies

resource database

Installing NetWorker packages on Solaris

This section describes how to install the client, storage node and server software
packages as well as optional packages, for example, the man pages and language packs.
To install the NetWorker software on a Solaris host:
1. Log in to the target host as root.
2. Create a backup copy of the rpc.org configuration file:
cp /etc/rpc /etc/rpc.org

3. Display the list of available installation packages:

pkgadd -d path_to_install_files

The following packages are available:

1 LGTOclnt NetWorker Client
2 LGTOfr NetWorker French Language Pack
3 LGTOja NetWorker Japanese Language Pack
4 LGTOko NetWorker Korean Language Pack
5 LGTOlicm NetWorker License Manager
6 LGTOman NetWorker Man Pages
7 LGTOnmc NetWorker Management Console
8 LGTOnode NetWorker Storage Node
9 LGTOserv NetWorker Server
10 LGTOzh NetWorker Chinese Language Pack
Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process all
packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:

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4. Specify the package numbers that are required for the installation type. When
installing the NetWorker server and storage node software, the package order is
important.
For example:
• For a NetWorker Client installation, type: 1
• For a NetWorker Storage node installation, type: 1,8
• For a NetWorker server installation, type: 1, 8, 9
Optional packages including the language packs and the man pages are specified in
the Select package prompt by adding the associated package number after the
minimum packages required for the installation type.
For example:
To install the man pages during a NetWorker server install, type: 1, 8, 9, 6
5. When prompted to change the data directory, choose one of the following:
• Accept the default directory.
• Specify the directory created in “Changing the default directories” on page 98
6. The installation prompts you to specify the NetWorker server that can access the host.
To update the list:
a. Type y.
b. Specify the shortname and FDQN for each NetWorker server, one per line, that
requires access to the NetWorker host. The first entry in this file becomes the
default NetWorker server.
When all of the NetWorker servers are specified, press Enter without specifying a
NetWorker server name, to complete the process.
For example:
Enter a NetWorker server hostname [no more]: mynwserver
Enter a NetWorker server hostname [no more]: mynwserver.emc.com
Enter a NetWorker server hostname [no more]:



When no servers are specified, any NetWorker server can back up or perform a
directed recovery to the host.

7. After the client package installation completes, additional packages are installed
automatically. It is not necessary to start the daemons after each package install:
• If the installation type is a NetWorker server, then start the daemons when
prompted during the LGTOserv package installation.
• If the installation type is a NetWorker storage, then start the daemons when
prompted during the LGTOnode package installation.

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8. During a NetWorker server upgrade only, stop the NetWorker daemons and start them
again.
For example:
nsr_shutdown
/etc/init.d/networker start

9. To confirm that the NetWorker daemons started successfully, type:

ps -ef | grep nsr

“NetWorker daemons” on page 22 provides a list of the daemons that start for each
installation type.

Installing Console server on Solaris

To manage the NetWorker server, install the Console server software on one host in the
datazone.
◆ “Reviewing the Console server requirements” on page 101
◆ “Reviewing the Console server requirements” on page 101

Reviewing the Console server requirements

Review this section before you install the Console server package.
◆ The Console server software supports:
• SolarisAMD64: Solaris 10 & 11
• Solaris SPARC (64-bit): Solaris 10 & 11
The EMC NetWorker Software Compatibility Guide on the EMC Online Support Site
provides the most up to date information on supported Console server operating
systems.
◆ When a Solaris 10 Console server is also the NetWorker server, the nsrexecd daemon
might fail to restart with a socket binding error. To resolve this issue, install patch
147440-04 or later for SPARC.
To determine if the patch is applied, type:
showrev -p | grep 147440

◆ Ensure that there is sufficient disk space to install the Console server software files.
Table 24 on page 101 specifies the default location and space requirements for the
Console server software on a Solaris host host.

Table 24 Solaris Console server default file locations and space requirements

Space

Solaris AMD
NetWorker Package Location Solaris x86 Solaris x64 64

Console server (LGTOnmc) /opt/LGTOnmc n/a 218 MB 230 MB

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Installing the Console server software

Perform these steps as root.
1. For Solaris 10 and later, set the environment variable NONABI_SCRIPTS to TRUE:
NONABI_SCRIPTS=TRUE
export NONABI_SCRIPTS

2. If the NetWorker client software is installed on the host:

• Confirm that the nsrexecd daemon is running:
ps -ef | grep nsr

• If the nsrexecd daemon is not running, type:

/etc/init.d/networker start

3. Navigate to the directory that contains the extracted Console server package and
display the list of available NetWorker packages:
pkgadd -d path_to_install_files

The following packages are available:

1 LGTOclnt NetWorker Client
2 LGTOfr NetWorker French Language Pack
3 LGTOja NetWorker Japanese Language Pack
4 LGTOko NetWorker Korean Language Pack
5 LGTOlicm NetWorker License Manager
6 LGTOman NetWorker Man Pages
7 LGTOnmc NetWorker Management Console
8 LGTOnode NetWorker Storage Node
9 LGTOserv NetWorker Server
10 LGTOzh NetWorker Chinese Language Pack
Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process all
packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:

4. At the Select packages prompt:

• If the NetWorker client software was not previously installed, type: 1, 7.
• If the NetWorker client software is installed, type 7.
5. Specify the directory to install the LGTOnmc package.
For example:
/opt/LGTOnmc
6. Specify a non-root user/group with limited privileges. The Console server uses this
user/group to run the web server. For example, use the default user/group
[nobody/nobody].
For example, use the default user/group [nobody/nobody].
7. For the web server port number, use the default port number (9000) or use a custom
port number. Valid port numbers are between 1024 and 49151.

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8. For the Console server, use the default port number (9001) or use a custom port
number. Valid port numbers are between 1024 and 49151.



Do not use port numbers that are already in use. For example, the Console server uses
port 2638 for TDS protocol communications with the Console database. The preferred
port for EMC Data Protection Advisor product is 9002.

9. Specify the directory to use for the LGTOnmc database.

For example:
/opt/LGTOnmc/lgto_gstdb
10. If the installation process detects an existing database, type y to retain the existing
database when prompted.
11. If the installation process detects a NetWorker 7.6.x Console server database:
a. To proceed with the installation and Console server database conversion, type y.
b. Specify the location to store the database backup file, for example:
/opt/LGTOnmc/lgto_gstdb
If the conversion fails, the following error message appears:
Install failed to upgrade the database <full path and database
name>. Check the upgrade log <full path and log name file> for
details.
Please, fix any environment related errors mentioned in the log
and then run the script <full path to gstdbupgrade.sh>
manually to upgrade the database after the install is complete.

12. Specify the location of the NetWorker binaries.

For example:
/usr/sbin
13. When prompted to start the Console server daemons:
• If the database conversion succeeds, type y.
• If the database conversion encountered errors, type n.
“Reviewing the Console server database conversion status” on page 46 describes
how to determine the cause of the conversion failure and the steps to convert the
database.
14. To proceed with the installation of the Console server package, type y.
15. Update the MANPATH variable for the Console server man pages.
For example:
MANPATH=$MANPATH:/opt/LGTOnmc/man
export MANPATH

16. “Connecting to the Console server GUI for the first time” on page 128 describes how to
connect to the Console server for the first time.

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Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Solaris

The following section describes how to uninstall the NetWorker and Console server
software from a Solaris host.
When removing the NetWorker software packages in a sparse root zone, remove the
NetWorker software packages from all sparse root zones first, then remove the NetWorker
software packages from the global zone.
To uninstall the NetWorker software:
1. Shutdown the NetWorker daemons when there are no backups and recoveries
running:
nsr_shutdown
/etc/init.d/gst stop

2. Confirm that the NetWorker and Console server daemons stopped:

ps -ef | grep nsr
ps -ef | grep gst

3. Determine which packages to remove:

pkginfo -i | grep LGTO

4. Remove each LGTO packages listed in the pkginfo output, in the following order.
Exclude packages not listed in the pkginfo command:
pkgrm LGTOlicm LGTOserv LGTOnode LGTOnmc LGTOclnt LGTOman LGTOfr
LGTOja LGTOko LGTOzh

Table 25 on page 104 provides a list of the package names associated with the
different NetWorker software packages.

Table 25 NetWorker packages on Solaris

Component Package name

Server LGTOserv

Storage node LGTOnode

Console server LGTOnmc

NetWorker License Manager LGTOlicm

Client LGTOclnt

Man pages LGTOman

French language support LGTOfr

Japanese language support LGTOja

Korean LGTOko

Simplified Chinese language support LGTOzh

5. Type y to confirm the package removal.

6. Type y to continue with the package removal.

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7. Repeat these last two steps for each package.

When removing the NetWorker client software package in a sparse root zone, the
removal process may:
• Report that the uninstall cannot remove files, for example:
pkgrm: ERROR: unable to remove </usr/lib/nsr/product.res>

• Report a partial failure, for example:

Removal of <LGTOclnt> partially failed.

To completely remove the NetWorker client software packages in a sparse root zone,
use the pkgrm program a second time on remove each failed package.
8. If there is no plan to update or reinstall the software packages:
a. Remove the /nsr directory.
b. Delete the Console server directory. By default, this directory is /opt/LGTOnmc.
c.
9. If Java Runtime Environment is no longer required, uninstall the JRE software package.

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CHAPTER 10
Microsoft Windows Installation

This chapter includes these sections:

◆ Installing NetWorker and Console software on Windows ........................................ 108
◆ Installing the NetWorker and Console server on Windows 2008 Server Core .......... 115
◆ Installing additional components .......................................................................... 115
◆ Performing a silent install...................................................................................... 120
◆ Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Windows.................................. 122
◆ Using SMS to install or uninstall the NetWorker software ....................................... 125

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Installing NetWorker and Console software on Windows

This section describes the requirements and tasks for installing the NetWorker and the
Console server software on Windows. The installer provides the ability to install both
applications simultaneously.
Before installing the NetWorker software, review the following sections:
◆ “Installation roadmap” on page 14
◆ “Software Requirements” on page 25
Complete these tasks to install the NetWorker software:
◆ “Reviewing the NetWorker software requirements” on page 108
◆ “Installing the NetWorker software” on page 110
◆ “Adjusting antivirus software settings” on page 114

Reviewing the NetWorker software requirements

Review the information in this section before you install NetWorker on the Windows 2008,
or the Windows 2003 operating systems.
◆ “General requirements” on page 108
◆ “Package disk space requirements” on page 108
◆ “Location and disk space requirements” on page 109
◆ “Windows 2008 requirements” on page 109
◆ “Windows 2003 Considerations” on page 110
◆ “NetWorker server and storage node tape device requirements” on page 110

General requirements
Consider the following before installing the NetWorker 8.1 software on a Windows host:
◆ You cannot recover backups performed by using NetWorker 8.1 to a pre-NetWorker 8.1
client.
◆ Do not include an underscore character ( _ ) in Windows host names.
◆ When the NetWorker software is installed on a File Allocation Table (FAT) partition, do
not disable long name support.
◆ InstallShield stores the entire installation program in memory, even to install a single
NetWorker software component.
◆ Install the latest Microsoft Windows update and critical patches.

Package disk space requirements

Download the NetWorker software package from the EMC Online Support Site and extract
the packages to a temporary location on the target host.
Ensure that there is sufficient disk space on the host to contain both the compressed
NetWorker software package and the fully uncompressed files.

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Table 26 on page 109 provides a list of NetWorker packages and the compressed and
uncompressed file sizes.

Table 26 Size of compressed and uncompressed files

Operating system Compressed file Uncompressed file

Windows x64 212 MB 213 MB

Windows x86 101 MB 102 MB

Location and disk space requirements

Before installing the NetWorker software, review the disk space and location
requirements. Table 27 on page 109 specifies the default location and space
requirements for the NetWorker software in a Microsoft Windows environment.

Table 27 Microsoft Windows default file locations and space requirements

Space

NetWorker files Location x86 x64

Client files Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr 264 MB 383 MB

Console Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management 101 MB 148 MB

Storage node Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr 271 MB 319 MB

Server Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr 332 MB 439 MB

Client file index, media Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\index varies varies

database and resource Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\mm
database files Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\res

The EMC NetWorker Software Compatibility Guide on the EMC Online Support Site
provides the most up to date information on supported operating systems.

Windows 2008 requirements

Review these requirements before you install the NetWorker 8.1 software on a Windows
2008 and Windows 2008 R2 server:
◆ NetWorker 8.1 and later supports Windows 2008 64-bit and Windows 2008 R2 64-bit
as a NetWorker server, storage node, and client. NetWorker 8.1 supports a Windows
2008 32-bit storage node and client.
◆ Use NetWorker Module for Micrsoft Applications to backup Hyper-V hosts.
◆ Enable Windows Error Reporting (WER).
WER replaces the Dr Watson user dumps used in earlier releases of Windows and
provides the ability to collect full User-Mode Dumps after an application crash. MSDN
describes how to configure WER to collect User-Mode Dumps.
◆ The Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable software (vcredist_x64.exe and
vcredist_x86.exe) is included with the x64 and x86 NetWorker packages. During the
NetWorker software installation process, the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005
Redistributable software is installed. Do not remove the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005
Redistributable software.

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◆ Enable Data Execution Prevention to protect essential Windows programs and

services:
a. Navigate to Start > Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced system
settings.
b. Select Advanced > Performance > Settings > Data Execution Prevention.
c. Select Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only.
d. Click OK.

Windows 2003 Considerations

Review the following considerations and recommendations before installing the
NetWorker 8.1 software on Windows 2003:
• NetWorker 8.0 and later, only supports Windows 2003 as a NetWorker client.
The EMC NetWorker Software Compatibility Guide on the EMC Online Support Site
provides the most up to date information on supported operating systems.
• The minimum recommended service pack version on Windows 2003 is SP2.
• Install the VSS roll up package. This package prevents some VSS snapshot issues.
Microsoft kb article 940349 provides detailed information.
• During parallel backups of a client, VSS backups might fail. Microsoft kb article
975928 provides detailed information.
• When VSS tracing is enabled on Windows 2003 backups might fail in some
situations. Microsoft kb article 951568 provides detailed information.
• Windows 2003 x64 servers require a Microsoft hot fix to support the backup and
restore of MSDE VSS writers. Microsoft kb article 913100 provides detailed
information.

NetWorker server and storage node tape device requirements

When SAN tape devices are configured on a Windows NetWorker server or a storage node,
disable Test Unit Ready (TUR). Microsoft kb article 842411 describes how to disable TUR.

Installing the NetWorker software

This section explains how to install the client, the storage node, and the server software
as well as the optional NetWorker software packages such as the Console server software
and the language packages.
To install the NetWorker software packages and the optional NetWorker software packages
on a Microsoft Windows host:
1. Log in to the target host with a user that has administrator privileges.
2. In the directory that contains the extracted NetWorker software, click autorun.exe.
a. Select Install EMC NetWorker 8.1 software.
b. If a Windows security warning appears, click Run.
c. If you receive a warning message asking you trust running EMC components, then
click Yes.

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3. On the Choose Setup Language window, select a language and click OK.
4. On the Welcome to NetWorker Installation window, click Next.
5. On the Customer Information window, fill in the appropriate information, click Next.
6. On the Windows Firewall window, select Configure the Windows firewall, click Next.



If you do not configure the firewall to allow inbound and outbound NetWorker
software traffic, scheduled backups might fail.

7. On the Installation Type window, select the NetWorker software packages you want to
install. Table 28 on page 111 provides a description of the NetWorker software that is
installed with each selection.

Table 28 Available NetWorker software packages on Windows

Selection Description

Client Installs the NetWorker client software package.

Choose this component when the target host is a NetWorker client. “NetWorker
client” on page 18 provides more information to review before you install the
Client software.

Storage Node Installs the NetWorker client and the storage node software packages.
Choose this component when the target host is a NetWorker storage node.
“NetWorker storage node” on page 18 provides more information to review
before you install the Storage Node software.

Server and Installs the NetWorker server, the storage node and the client software
Client packages.
Choose this installation type when the target host is a NetWorker server.
“NetWorker server” on page 19 provides more information to review before you
install the NetWorker server software.

NetWorker Installs the Console server software.

Management Choose this component to install the Console server software. The Console
Console server software installation process starts automatically, after the NetWorker
software installation completes. “NetWorker Management Console server” on
page 20 provides more information to review before you install the Console
server software.

Language Packs Install additional language packs.

During the NetWorker software installation, optional language packs are
selected and installed.

NetWorker Installs the License Manager server software.

License Choose this option when the target host is the License Manager server. Do not
Manager install NetWorker License Manager on a NetWorker server
During the NetWorker software installation, the License Manager software is
installed.
The NetWorker License Manager 9th Edition Installation and Administration
Guide, available on http://support.emc.com describes how to install and
configure the NetWorker License manager software.

8. Click Next to accept the default installation location.

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To install the NetWorker software in a location other than the default location, click
Change then specify the installation path.

9. If the optional Language Packs component was selected previously, the Feature
Selection window appears.
On the Feature Selection window:
a. Select the required language packs.
b. Select This feature will be installed on local hard drive, and click Next.



The English language pack is required and the selection cannot be cleared

10. On the Ready to Install the Program window, review the settings and click Install.
11. If the NetWorker server and client installation type was selected previously, the
License Agreement window appears.
On the License Agreement window:
a. Review the license agreement.
b. Select I accept the terms in this license agreement, and click Next.
12. On the NetWorker Server Selection window, specify the NetWorker servers that will
perform backups and directed recoveries on this host.
Consider the following:
• When you do not specify a server, you enable any NetWorker server to:
– Backup this host.
– Perform a directed recovery to this host.

• When adding NetWorker servers, specify both the short name and FQDN for each
NetWorker server.
• The first name specified in the servers file becomes the default NetWorker server
for the host.
• The NetWorker software stores the list of trusted NetWorker servers in the
NetWorker_installation_directory\res\servers file.
• To add a NetWorker server that is not listed in the Available Servers list, type the
name of the server in the Enter a server name text box, click Add.
• To browse for available NetWorker servers, click Update List. Select a NetWorker
server from the Available Servers list.
• To add or remove NetWorker servers from the Available Servers list to the Selected
Servers list, use the arrow buttons.
13. Click Next.

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14. If the Console server software component was selected previously, the Console server
installation launches. If the Console server component was not selected previously,
proceed to step 19 .
To install the Console server software:
a. On the Welcome to NetWorker Management Console Installation window, and click
Next.
b. On the Customer Information window, fill in the appropriate information, and click
Next.
c. On the Product Setup window, click Next to install the Console server software in
the default directory.
To install the software in a different directory, click Change and specify a new
location.
If the Console server database and configuration files were moved from a different
Console server to this host, specify the location of the database and configuration
files. “For the Console server only, install the Console server software” on page 37
describes how to move the Console server database and configuration files to a
new Console server.



If the Setup wizard detects that there is insufficient disk space to install the
NetWorker software, another dialog box appears listing the local drives, and
highlights the drive with insufficient disk space. The list also displays disk size,
available space, and required space. Use this information to select an appropriate
drive on which to install the software.

15. On the Configuration Options window, type the Database Destination path, the IP port
numbers to use for the embedded HTTP server, and the Client Service port.
When doing this, consider the following:
• To change the default Database Destination path, select Change.
• To use the default port numbers, type 9000 for the HTTP server and 9001 for the
Client Service port.
• To use different port numbers, type the new port numbers (between 1024 and
49151).



Do not use port numbers that are already in use. For example: The Console server
uses port 2638 for TDS protocol communications with the Console database. The
preferred port for EMC Data Protection Advisor product is 9002.

16. Click Next.

17. If the installation process detects an existing Console server database, thn the
Customer Database Maintenance window appears.
In the Customer Database Maintenance window, leave the default option Keep the
database selected and click Next.

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18. On the NetWorker Management Console Setup Completed window, clear Launch the
console client in the default browser immediately after exiting the InstallShield
Wizard, and click Next.
19. Optionally, on the NetWorker setup complete window, select Run Change Journal
Manager on exit. The NetWorker Administration Guide describes how to configure the
NetWorker software to use the Windows Change Journal.
20. Click OK to complete the install. If you performed a NetWorker server update from
Control Panel:
• Stop the NetWorker Remote Exec service. This will also stop the NetWorker Backup
and Recover service and EMC gstd service.
• Start the NetWorker Backup and Recover service. This will also start the NetWorker
Remote Exec service. If the host is also the Console server, start the EMC gstd
service.
21. Open Task Manager and ensure that the appropriate NetWorker daemons are started.
Table 3 on page 22 provides a list of the NetWorker daemons.
22. To manage and configure the NetWorker server, connect to the Console server. “Using
NetWorker for the first time” on page 128 provides more information.

Adjusting antivirus software settings

Undesirable behavior might occur if the antivirus software installed on a Windows host is
not tuned for backup environments.
Configure the antivirus software to:
◆ Avoid scanning files that are opened for backup.
For example:
• Clear Opened for Backup in the Advanced Auto-Protect option for Norton Antivirus.
• Clear Opened for Backup in the Scan Items tab of McAfee’s On-Access Scan
Properties window.
◆ Not monitor the following directories:
• C:\Program Files\EMC or C:\Program files\Legato
• C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\res or C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\res
• C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\mm or C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\mm
• C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\Index or C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\index
• AFTD directories

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Installing the NetWorker and Console server on Windows 2008

Server Core
This section describes how to install the NetWorker and Console server software on a
Windows Server Core host.



The Console client GUI is not supported on the Windows 2008 Server Core. You can install
the Console server on a Windows 2008 Server Core host but you cannot launch the
Console client to connect to the Console server.

To install the NetWorker software:

1. Run setup.exe from the appropriate subdirectory to which the NetWorker installation
software was extracted:
• On 32-bit hosts: ...\win_x86\networkr
• On 64-bit hosts: ...\win_x64\networkr
• On 64-bit Itanium hosts: ...\win_ia64\networkr


Do not use autorun.exe to install NetWorker. The autorun.exe program requires
Windows Explorer which is not available with a Windows core installation.

2. Following the installation steps beginning at step 3 on page 111 .

Installing additional components

This section describes how to install additional optional components after the initial
NetWorker software installation:
◆ “Installing the Console server software on an existing NetWorker host” on page 115
◆ “Installing additional language packs” on page 118
◆ “Changing the installation type” on page 119

Installing the Console server software on an existing NetWorker host

After you install the NetWorker software on a host, you can add the NetWorker Console
server software.
“NetWorker Management Console server” on page 20 provides best practice information
about the Console server.
To install the Console server software:
1. Log in to the target host with a local administrator user.
2. From Control Panel, select the appropriate program to install application software.
3. Select NetWorker and click Change.
4. On the Windows Firewall window, click Configure the Windows firewall, and click Next.
5. On the Install Type window, click NetWorker Management Console, and click Next.

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6. On the Ready to Change window, click Change.

7. On the NetWorker Server Selection window, specify the shortname and FDQN for each
NetWorker server, one per line, that require access to the NetWorker host. The first
entry becomes the default NetWorker server.
• To add a NetWorker server that is not listed in the Available Servers list, type the
name of the server in the Enter a server name text box, click Add.
• To browse for available NetWorker servers, click Update List. Select a NetWorker
server from the Available Servers list.
• To add or remove NetWorker servers from the Available Servers list to the Selected
Servers list, use the arrow buttons.



The list of trusted NetWorker servers is stored in the
NetWorker_installation_directory\res\servers file. When no servers are specified, any
NetWorker server can back up or perform a directed recovery to the host.

8. On the Welcome to NetWorker Management Console Installation window, click Next.

9. On the Customer Information window, fill in the appropriate information, and click
Next.
10. On the Product Setup window, click Next to install the Console server software in the
default directory.
To install the software in a different directory, click Change and specify a new location.
If the Console server database and configuration files were moved from a different
Console server to this host, specify the location of the database and configuration
files. “For the Console server only, install the Console server software” on page 37
describes how to move the Console server database and configuration files to a new
Console server.



If the Setup wizard detects that there is insufficient disk space to install the
NetWorker software, another dialog box appears listing the local drives, and
highlights the drive with insufficient disk space. The list also displays disk size,
available space, and required space. Use this information to select an appropriate
drive on which to install the software.

11. On the Configuration Options window, type the Database Destination path, the IP port
numbers to use for the embedded HTTP server, and the Client Service port.
When doing this, consider the following:
• To change the default database path, select Change. If the Console server
database was migrated to this host from another Console server, ensure that the
default database path matches the location the files were copied to.
• To use the default port numbers, type 9000 for the HTTP server and 9001 for the
Client Service port.
• To use different port numbers, type the new port numbers (between 1024 and
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Port 2638 is reserved by the Console server software for TDS protocol
communications with the Console server database. Port 9002 is the preferred port for
EMC Data Protection Advisor product.

12. Click Next.

13. Review the information in the Product Configuration Summary window and click Next.
14. On the Ready to Install the Program window, click Install.
When the Console server software is updated from a version prior to 8.0 and the
database conversion fails:
• The following error message is displayed:
Install failed to upgrade the database full path and database
name. Check the upgrade log full path and log name file for
details.
Please, fix any environment related errors mentioned in the log
and then run the script full path to gstdbupgrade.sh manually to
upgrade the database after the install is complete.

• The NetWorker and Console server software installation fails. The software is rolled
back to the previous version of the NetWorker and Console server software.
“Reviewing the Console server database conversion status” on page 46 describes
how to determine the cause of the conversion failure and the steps to convert the
database after the software install has completed.
15. On the NetWorker Management Console Setup Completed window, clear Launch the
console client in the default browser immediately after exiting the InstallShield
Wizard, and click Next.
The NetWorker Management Console Setup Completed window provides:
• The location of the install.log file.
• The location of the gstd.raw file.
• The browser URL to specify in a browser window to access the Console server GUI
from any desktop.
16. Optionally, on the NetWorker setup complete window, select Run Change Journal
Manager on exit. The NetWorker Administration Guide describes how to configure the
NetWorker software to use the Windows Change Journal.
17. Click OK to complete the install.
18. Open Task Manager and ensure that the appropriate NetWorker daemons are started.
Table 3 on page 22 provides a list of the NetWorker daemons.

Installing additional language packs

1. Log in to the target host with a local administrator user.
2. From Control Panel, select the appropriate program to install the application software.
3. Select NetWorker and click Change.

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4. On the Welcome to NetWorker Maintenance window and click Next.

5. On the Maintenance Type window, select Change and click Next.
6. Click Configure the Windows firewall and click Next.
7. Click Language Packs and click Next.
8. On the Feature Selection window, select the required language packs, select This
feature will be installed on local hard drive and click Next.
The English language pack is required and cannot be unselected.
9. In the Ready to Change window, review the settings and click Change.
10. On the NetWorker Server Selection window, specify the short name and FQDN of each
NetWorker servers that will perform backups and directed recoveries on this host:
• To add a NetWorker server that does not appear in the Available Servers list, type
the name of the server in Enter a server name, click Add.



The first name specified in the servers file becomes the default NetWorker server
for the host.

• To browse for available NetWorker servers, click Update List. Select a NetWorker
server from the Available Servers list.
• To add or remove NetWorker servers from the Available Servers list to the Selected
Servers list, use the arrow buttons.



If you do not specify a NetWorker server, any NetWorker server can backup this
host and perform a directed recovery of this host. The list of trusted NetWorker
servers is stored in the NetWorker_installation_directory\res\servers file.

11. Click Next.

12. Click OK to complete the install.

Changing the installation type

A host set up as a NetWorker client, NetWorker server, or NetWorker storage node can be
changed to another type.
This section describes how to change the installation type from:
◆ A NetWorker client to a NetWorker storage node.
◆ A NetWorker client to a NetWorker server.
◆ A NetWorker server to a NetWorker client.
◆ A NetWorker server to a NetWorker storage node.
◆ A NetWorker storage node to a NetWorker server.
◆ A NetWorker storage node to a NetWorker client.

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Changing the installation type

1. Log in to the target host with a local administrator user.
2. From Control Panel, select the appropriate program to install application software.
3. Select NetWorker and click Change.
4. On the Welcome to NetWorker Maintenance window and click Next.
5. On the Maintenance Type window, select Change and click Next.
6. On the Windows Firewall windows, click Configure the Windows firewall and click
Next.
7. On the Installation Type windows, choose an Installation Type and click Next.
8. On the Ready to Change window, click Change.
9. On the NetWorker Server Selection window, specify the NetWorker servers that will
perform backups and directed recoveries on this host:
• To add a NetWorker server that is not listed in the Available Servers list, type the
name of the server in the Enter a server name text box, click Add.
• To browse for available NetWorker servers, click Update List. Select a NetWorker
server from the Available Servers list.
• To add or remove NetWorker servers from the Available Servers list to the Selected
Servers list, use the arrow buttons.
Consider the following:
• When no servers are specified, any NetWorker server can back up this host.
• When no servers are specified, any NetWorker server can perform a directed
recovery to this host.
• When adding NetWorker servers, specify both the short name and FQDN for each
NetWorker server.
• The first name specified in the servers file becomes the default NetWorker server
for the client.
• The list of trusted NetWorker servers is stored in the
NetWorker_installation_directory\res\servers file.
10. Click Next, then click OK to complete the install.

Installation Type Considerations:

After changing the installation type, complete the following tasks:
◆ When a NetWorker client or storage node is changed to a NetWorker server, ensure
that the servers file for all of the NetWorker clients that will be backed up by the new
NetWorker server is updated to reflect the new NetWorker server. The NetWorker 8.0
SP1 Administration Guide provides information on how to modify the servers file.
◆ When a NetWorker server is changed to a NetWorker client or storage node:
• In the Client Properties window under the Globals (1 of 2) tab, update the Server
network Interface attribute for each client configuration, as required, with the
network interface of the new NetWorker server.

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• Manually remove the following directories:

– C: \Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\mm
– C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\index
– C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\res\resdb

◆ When a NetWorker storage node is changed to a NetWorker client, modify the

following resource attributes on the NetWorker server:
• Remove the Media Pool device restrictions that are defined for devices on the
storage node.
• On the Devices window of NMC, remove all of the storage node devices.
• On the Client Properties window, under the Globals (2 of 2) tab, update the
following attributes for each client, as required:
– Storage nodes
– Recover storage nodes

• On the Storage node properties window under the Configuration tab, update the
Clone storage nodes attribute for all of the storage nodes, as required.

Performing a silent install

You can use the setup.exe program to perform a silent or unattended installation of the
NetWorker storage node and client software.
1. From a command prompt, navigate to the setup.exe program in the directory where
you extracted the NetWorker installation software.
2. Use the setup.exe command to install the software:
setup.exe /S /v" /qn /l*v filename.log INSTALLLEVEL=Type_of_Install
NW_INSTALLLEVEL=Type_of_Install INSTALLDIR=directory
NW_FIREWALL_CONFIG=[0/1] STARTSVC=[0/1] setuptype=Install”

where:
• filename.log is the name of the file to log installation messages. The installation
process creates the log file in the same directory that you run setup.exe. When you
omit /l*v filename.log, the installation process does not log messages.
• Type_of_install specifies the level associated with the NetWorker installation type:
– 100 is the install level for a client
– 200 is the install level for a storage node
– 300 is the install level for a server

• directory specifies the location to install the NetWorker software. Create this
directory location before you run the silent install. When you omit
INSTALLDIR=directory, the NetWorker software uses the default installation
directory: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr.

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• NW_FIREWALL_CONFIG=[0/1] determines whether or not the installation process

configures firewall rules for NetWorker. To configure firewall rules, specify a value
of 1. To instruct the installation process to not configure firewall rules, specify a
value of 0. When you do not specify this option, the installation process defaults to
a value of 0.
• STARTSVC=[0/1] determines whether or not the installation process starts the
NetWorker services after the installation completes. To start the NetWorker
services, specify a value of 1. To instruct the installation process to not start the
NetWorker services, specify a value of 0. If you do not specify this option, the
installation process defaults to a value of 0.

Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Windows

This section describes how to uninstall the NetWorker and Console server software on
supported Windows operating systems. It also provides instructions about how to
uninstall the ConnectEMC software on Windows x86 hosts without removing the
NetWorker client software.
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software” on page 122 describes how to uninstall the
NetWorker and the Console server software.
◆ “Performing a silent uninstall” on page 123 describes how to perform an unattended
uninstall of the NetWorker client or storage node software.
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software on Windows 2008 Server Core” on page 123
describes how to uninstall the NetWorker software on Windows 2008 Server Core
systems.

Uninstalling the NetWorker software

Use Control Panel to uninstall the NetWorker software, Console server software, and
language pack software on a Windows host.
As the local administrator on the Windows host, perform the following steps to uninstall
the NetWorker software packages:
1. Ensure that there are no programs, such as Windows Explorer, accessing the
directories or the files in NetWorker_install_path directory. Prior to NetWorker 8.1, the
default NetWorker_install_path is C:\Program Files\Legato.
2. From the Control Panel, select the appropriate program to uninstall application
software.
• When the host is the Console server, uninstall the Console server software package
before the NetWorker software package:
– Select NetWorker Management Console and click Uninstall.
– Select NetWorker Management Console Server and click Uninstall.
• Select NetWorker and click Uninstall. This will remove the NetWorker software and
on x86 hosts, the ConnectEMC software.

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• When the following window appears on a Windows systems with the vClient
application running, click Ignore.

3. Optionally, remove the NetWorker_install_path directory. Do not remove the directory if

the NetWorker or Console server software packages will be updated or reinstalled.
4. On all NetWorker console clients, delete the NetWorker Management Console desktop
shortcut.

Performing a silent uninstall

Use the msiexec.exe program to perform a silent or unattended uninstall of the NetWorker
client and storage node software.
1. From a command prompt, navigate to the folder that contains the NetWorker.msi file.



The NetWorker.msi file is in the networkr sub folder in the folder where you extracted
the NetWorker installation software.

2. Use the msiexec.exe command to uninstall the software:

msiexec /quiet /uninstall “NetWorker”

Uninstalling the NetWorker software on Windows 2008 Server Core

Use one of the following methods to uninstall the NetWorker software from a Windows
2008 Server Core host:
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software by using setup.exe” on
page 123 describes how to remove the NetWorker software when the NetWorker
installation package is available.
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software by using wmic” on page 124
describes how to remove the NetWorker software when the NetWorker installation
package is available.

Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software by using setup.exe

To uninstall the NetWorker and Console server software by using setup.exe:
1. From the networkr subdirectory in the temporary NetWorker installation directory, run
setup.exe:

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• On 32-bit hosts: ...\win_x86\networkr

• On 64-bit hosts: ...\win_x64\networkr
• On 64-bit Itanium hosts: ...\win_ia64\networkr

2. On the Choose Setup Language window, select a language and click OK.
3. On the Welcome to NetWorker Maintenance window, click Next.
4. On the Maintenance Type window, click Remove and click Next.
When Maintenance Mode is used to uninstall the NetWorker software on a system that
has the Console server software installed, the Console server software is removed
first, then the NetWorker software is removed.
5. In the Ready to Remove window, do not select the Remove NetWorker Metadata
option.
During a NetWorker or Console server software update or a reinstallation of the
software, this option should not be used.
By default, the Remove NetWorker Metadata checkbox is clear to ensure that all of the
NetWorker configuration files (such as client file indexes, media database, logs, and
resource files) are retained for a future installation of the NetWorker software package.
When the Remove NetWorker Metadata checkbox is cleared, the following NetWorker
files remain in the NetWorker_installation_dir\nsr directory after the software is
uninstalled:
• All log files
• All deduplication data
• All index entries
• All mm entries
• All res files
• All files in the directory
• All files in the debug directory

6. Click Remove, then click Finish.

Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software by using wmic

Use the Windows Management Instrumentation command-line utility, wmic.exe to
uninstall the NetWorker software when the extracted NetWorker software package is not
available on the Windows system.
To uninstall the NetWorker software by using the wmic.exe utility:
1. Log in to the Windows computer with a local administrator user and open a command
prompt window.
2. When the host is a Console server, uninstall the Console server software before the
NetWorker software:
c:\>wmic product where name="NetWorker Management Console Server"
uninstall

3. Review the output to confirm the uninstall is successful. The message Method
execution successful indicates a successful uninstall.
For example:

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Executing
(\\NW-host\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_Product.IdentifyingNumber="{980A983E-16
0C-4FFD-890A-F4877066B679}",Name="NetWorker Management
Console Server",Version="8.1")->Uninstall()
Method execution successful.
Out Parameters:
instance of __PARAMETERS
{
ReturnValue = 0;
};

4. Uninstall the NetWorker software:

c:\>wmic product where name="NetWorker" uninstall

5. Review the output to confirm the uninstall is successful. The message Method
execution successful indicates a successful uninstall.
For example:
Executing
(\\BV-TLCSC\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_Product.IdentifyingNumber="{74B15CCE-9
8DB-46F5-B634-5BE07C7FC85A}",Name="NetWorker",Version="
8.1.0")->Uninstall()
Method execution successful.
Out Parameters:
instance of __PARAMETERS
{
ReturnValue = 0;
};

Detailed information about the wmic.exe utility is available in the Microsoft kb article
290216.

Using SMS to install or uninstall the NetWorker software

Use the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) to perform a push installation and
removal of the NetWorker software.
For best results, do not use a computer that is running the NetWorker server software as
the SMS server host. Configure the SMS server software on a NetWorker client.



Refer to the Microsoft SMS documentation for detail information about how to perform
SMS procedures, such as creating an installation package or deploying an installation job.

To use the SMS software to install or remove the NetWorker software:

1. Create a shared directory on a local disk on the SMS server.
For example, create a shared directory called networkr.
2. Copy all of the files from the appropriate directory on the NetWorker CD-ROM to the
directory created in step 1 .
For example, copy all of the files from \win_x86\networkr on the CD-ROM to the
networkr directory on the SMS server.

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3. Use the SMS Administrator Console to create an installation package from the
NetWorker.sms package definition file. The definition file is located in the networkr
directory.



The NetWorker.sms file is intended to be used as starting point for a package
definition. The Microsoft SMS documentation provides complete instructions on
customizing the package definition for a specific environment.

4. Use the SMS Administrator Console to create an installation or uninstallation job for
the package you created in step 3 .
5. Deploy the installation or uninstallation job created in step 4 .

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CHAPTER 11
Verify the Installation

This chapter provides information about testing and verifying the NetWorker software
installation. This chapter contains this section:
◆ Using NetWorker for the first time.......................................................................... 128
◆ Troubleshooting Console client connection issues................................................. 132

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Using NetWorker for the first time

This section describes how to connect to the Console server GUI, configure the Console
server to manage a NetWorker server and verify that the NetWorker software can perform
management and backup tasks.
To test the software:
◆ “Connecting to the Console server GUI for the first time” on page 128
◆ “Changing the NetWorker servers with access to the host” on page 131
◆ “Starting the Console client after the first time” on page 132

Connecting to the Console server GUI for the first time

The Console server is a Java web-based application that manages NetWorker server
operations. A Console client is a host that connects to the Console server through a
supported web browser, to display the Console server GUI.
These sections outline how to prepare the Console client and how to connect to the
Console server GUI:
◆ “Configuring the administrators list” on page 128
◆ “Enabling temporary internet file caching” on page 129
◆ “Ensuring required daemons are running” on page 129
◆ “Windows only, confirming JRE version” on page 130
◆ “Connecting to the Console server GUI” on page 130

Configuring the administrators list

When the Console server and the NetWorker server are on separate hosts, add the owner
of the gstd process and the NMC administrator user to the administrators list on the
NetWorker server. This allows the NMC administrator user to administer and monitor the
NetWorker server. The owner of the gstd process is the user that starts the gstd daemon on
UNIX or the EMC GST service on Windows.

Note: When the Console server and the NetWorker server are the same host. The
NetWorker server install automatically adds the owner of the gstd process and the NMC
administrator user to the administrators list of the NetWorker server.

To update the administrators list:

1. Log in to the NetWorker server as an administrator on Windows or as root on UNIX.
2. From a command prompt, use the nsraddadmin command to add the gstd process
owner to the administrators list of the NetWorker server.
By default, the process owner is the SYSTEM user on Windows and is the root user on
UNIX.
For example:
• On a Windows NetWorker server, type:
nsraddadmin -u "user=SYSTEM, host=console_host"

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• On a UNIX NetWorker server, type:

nsraddadmin -u "user=root, host=console_host

3. Add the NMC administrator user to the administrators list on the NetWorker server:
nsraddadmin -u "user=administrator, host=console_host"

where console_host is the Console server hostname.

Enabling temporary internet file caching

Enable the Temporary internet file caching attribute in the Java Control Panel of the
Console client. When you do not enable this option in JRE, Java WebStart fails to start.
For Windows Console clients:
1. Browse to Control Panel > Java > General > Temporary Internet Files > Settings
2. Select Keep temporary files on my computer.
For UNIX Console clients:
1. Start the Java Web Start Application Manager, javaws.
2. Select Enable temporary internet file caching.

Ensuring required daemons are running

Ensure that the console processes gstd, dbsrv12, and httpd are running on the Console
server.
For UNIX Console servers:
1. Type:
ps -ef | grep gstd
ps -ef | grep dbsrv12
ps -ef | grep httpd

Note: Two or more httpd processes appear. The parent httpd process runs as root and
the child process(es) run as the username specified during the installation.

2. Start the gstd daemon, if it is not started. This will also start the dbsrv12 and httpd
processes:
• On Solaris and Linux: /etc/init.d/gst start
• On AIX: /etc/rc.gst start



If the /etc/init.d/gst file on Linux or /etc/rc.gst file on AIX does not exist, run the
/opt/lgtonmc/bin/nmc_config script.

For Windows Console servers:

1. In Task Manager, confirm the gstd, httpd, and dbsrv12 processes are running.
On Windows, the Console server software registers the httpd as the EMC GST Web
Service. Two httpd processes start when the Console server is active.

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2. Start the EMC GST Service service if the gstd process is not started.
This will also start the dbsrv12 and httpd processes.
“Unable to start gstd process on Console server” on page 135 provides more
information is the gstd process does not start.

Windows only, confirming JRE version

For Windows hosts only, ensure that you install the correct JRE program for the installed
version of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
◆ For the 32-bit version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, install the 32-bit version of JRE.
◆ For the 64-bit version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, install the 64-bit version of JRE.
To determine the Microsoft Internet Explorer version on the Windows Console client:
1. Right-mouse click the Microsoft Internet Explorer shortcut and select Properties.
2. Review the Target Path field.
The Target Path is:
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ for the 32-bit version of Microsoft
Internet Explorer.
• C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ for the 64-bit version of Microsoft Internet
Explorer.

Connecting to the Console server GUI

This section describes how to connect to the Console server GUI from a Console client.

Note: The Console server can also be a Console client.

1. From a supported a web browser session, type the URL of the Console server:
http://server_name:http_service_port

where:
• server_name is the name of the Console server.
• http_service_port is the port for the embedded HTTP server. The default HTTP port is
9000.
For example:
http://houston:9000

2. On the Welcome window, click Start.

3. On the Security Warning window, click Start to install and run NetWorker Console.
4. On the Licensing Agreement window, select Accept.
5. If you did not install the appropriate JRE version on the system, a prompt to install JRE
appears. Follow the onscreen instructions to install JRE.
6. On the Welcome to the Console Configuration Wizard window, click Next.
7. On the Set Administrator password window, type the NMC password, then click Next.

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8. On the Set Database Backup Server window, specify the name of the NetWorker server
that will backup the Console server database, and then click Next.
9. On the Add NetWorker servers window, specify the names of the NetWorker server that
the Console server will manage, one name per line. Leave the default options Capture
Events and Gather Reporting Data enabled.
Consider the following:
• Enable the Capture Events option to allow the Console server to monitor and record
alerts for events that occur on the NetWorker server.
• Enable the Gather Reporting Data option to allow the Console server to
automatically collect data about the NetWorker server and generate reports. The
NetWorker Administration Guide on the EMC Online Support Site describes on how
to run reports and the reports that are available.
10. Click Finish.
The Console window and the Getting Started window appear.
11. In the Enterprisewindow, right click the NetWorker server and select Launch
Application.
The Overview chapter of the NetWorker Administration Guide describes how to perform
common NetWorker tasks.

Changing the NetWorker servers with access to the host

By default, any NetWorker server can:
◆ Backup this host.
◆ Perform a directed recover to this host.

To define the NetWorker servers that can perform backups and directed recoveries on this
host:
1. Shutdown the NetWorker daemons:
Unix: nsr_shutdown
Windows: Stop the NetWorker Backup and Recovery service.
2. Edit or create the /nsr/res/servers file on a UNIX host or the C:\Program Files\EMC
NetWorker\nsr\res\servers file on Windows.
Specify the shortname and FDQN for each NetWorker server, one per line, that require
access to the NetWorker host. The first entry in this file becomes the default NetWorker
server.



When you do not specify any servers, any NetWorker server can back up or perform a
directed recovery to the host.

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3. Start the NetWorker daemons:

• AIX: /etc/rc.nsr
• HP-UX: /sbin/init.d/networker start
• Solaris and Linux: /etc/init.d/networker start
• Windows: Start the NetWorker Backup and Recovery service.

4. UNIX only, confirm that the NetWorker daemons started:

ps -ef | grep nsr

“NetWorker daemons” on page 22 provides a list of the daemons that start for each
installation type.

Starting the Console client after the first time

After the Console client has connected to the Console server once, use one of the
following methods to access the Console server again:
◆ Point the browser to the same URL as in “Connecting to the Console server GUI for the
first time” on page 128.
◆ Double-click NetWorker Console in the Java Web Start Application Manager.
◆ On Windows Console clients, double-click the NetWorker Management Console
desktop icon.

Troubleshooting Console client connection issues

This section provides a list of possible causes and resolutions for Console client
connection issues:
◆ “Unable to display to Console server web page” on page 132
◆ “Unable to connect to the Console server” on page 133
◆ “Error: error while loading shared libraries: libsasl2.so.2: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64” on page 134
◆ “Unable to connect to server: Failed to contact using UDP ping” on page 134
◆ “Unable to start gstd process on Console server” on page 135
◆ “Warning: unable to detect Java Runtime Environment” on page 136
◆ “Cannot log in to the Console server with Firefox” on page 137
◆ “Cannot generate console reports after updating the Console server” on page 138

Unable to display to Console server web page

If the Console server web page, for example http://houston:9000 does not display on the
console client:
1. Verify that the gstd, dbsrv12, and httpd processes start on the Console server.
“Unable to start gstd process on Console server” on page 135 provides more
information if you cannot start the processes.
2. Confirm that you specified the correct port number to connect to the Console server.
The default port number that you use to connect to the Console server is 9000 but the
installation process allows you to specify a different port number.

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To determine the service port:

a. Review the NMC configuration file on the Console server:
– Solaris: /opt/LGTOnmc/gstd.conf
– AIX and Linux: /opt/lgtonmc/etc/gstd.conf
– Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management\GST\etc\gstd.conf

b. Confirm the port numbers defined for the Console server:

db_svc_port=port_number
http_svc_port=9000

c. Try to connect to the Console server by using the defined port.

3. Review the gstd.raw file.
If the gstd.raw file reports the error: Aborting due to: Connection timed out, then
confirm that the required ports are open on the firewall to enable the console client to
connect to the Console server.
By default, the required ports are:
• 9000
• 9001
• 2638

The Configuring TCP Networks and Network Firewalls for EMC NetWorker technical note
on the EMC Online Support Site provides more information to determine the required
ports for NetWorker hosts.

Unable to connect to the Console server

An attempt to connect to the Console server from the web page can fail with the following
error messages:
◆ “Error: Could not authenticate this username and password” on page 133
◆ “Error: Problem contacting server (ip_address): Connection timed out: connect” on
page 134
◆ “Unable to launch NetWorker Management Console” on page 134

Error: Could not authenticate this username and password

If the login attempt fails with this error message:
◆ Ensure that you specify the correct username and password.
◆ Clear the Java Temporary Internet files on the Console client.
◆ Delete any existing desktop shortcuts used to connect to the Console server before an
Console server update and recreate them.

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Error: Problem contacting server (ip_address): Connection timed out: connect

This error occurs when the IP address or hostname of the Console server changes and you
do not reconfigure the .jnlp file on the Console server.
To reconfigure the .jnlp file:
1. Log in to the Console server as root on UNIX or administrator on Windows.
2. On UNIX Console servers only, configure the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable:
For Solaris, type:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/LGTOnmc/bin:/opt/LGTOnmc/sybase/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

For AIX and Linux, type:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/lgtonmc/bin:/opt/lgtonmc/sybase/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

3. Run the gstconfig command from the following directory location:

• Solaris: /opt/LGTOnmc/bin
• AIX and Linux: /opt/lgtonmc/bin
• Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management\GST\bin
4. Start the gstd daemon on the Console server.

Unable to launch NetWorker Management Console

This message appears on a Console client the Java Cache was not cleared after an update
to the Console server software. To resolve this issue, clear the Java Cache on the Console
client. “Preparing the Console clients” on page 34 provides more information.

Error: error while loading shared libraries: libsasl2.so.2: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
This message occurs on 64-bit Linux systems, when you do not install the 32-bit version of
the cyrus-sasl package.
To resolve this issue:
1. Log in to the Console server, as root.
2. Install the 32-bit operating system package cyrus-sasl
3. Start the gstd daemon:
/etc/init.d/gst start

Unable to connect to server: Failed to contact using UDP ping

If the NMC console fails to connect to the NetWorker server with the error:
Unable to connect to server: Failed to contact using UDP ping
To resolve this issue:
◆ Ensure that the NetWorker daemons start on the NetWorker server.

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◆ For HP-UX Console clients:

a. In the NMC console, select Setup > Setup System Options.
b. Clear RPC ping by using UDP when connecting to NetWorker checkbox.
c. Click OK.
d. Try to connect to the NetWorker server in the NMC console.

Unable to start gstd process on Console server

This section describes how to troubleshoot when the Console client cannot connect to the
Console server because the gstd process will not start.
When the gstd daemon does not start on the Console server, review the gstd.raw,
db_output.log and web_ouput log files to obtain the exact error message.
The following directories contain the Console server log files:
◆ Solaris: /opt/LGTOnmc/logs
◆ AIX and Linux: /opt/lgtonmc/logs
◆ Windows: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management\GST\logs
Common Console server start-up errors include:
◆ “Error: 'gstd: Internal error: could not get database handle.'” on page 135
◆ “Web server exited unexpectedly. Possible reasons include: previous instance of %s is
still running. Please see 'web_output' file in this product's logs directory for the web
server's output messages” on page 136
◆ “Error: error while loading shared libraries: libsasl2.so.2: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64” on page 136
◆ “Warning: unable to detect Java Runtime Environment” on page 136

Error: 'gstd: Internal error: could not get database handle.'

This error appears when the dbsrv12 process cannot start. Review the db_output.log file
for specific errors.
Common reasons for this error include:
◆ Insufficient disk space in the file system that contains the NMC database directory.
◆ An orphaned dbsrv12 process is running on the Console server.
• On UNIX, end the process by sending the SIGTERM signal, kill -TERM.
Do not use kill -9.

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• On Windows, end the dbsrv12 process in Task Manager.

◆ The Console server is running an unsupported version of JRE.

Web server exited unexpectedly. Possible reasons include: previous instance of %s is still running.
Please see 'web_output' file in this product's logs directory for the web server's output messages
This error appears when the httpd process is not running on the Console server.
Common reasons for httpd start-up failures include:
◆ The httpd web service port, 9000 by default is in use by another process.
◆ On UNIX, an orphaned httpd process is running on the console server. End the process
by sending the SIGTERM signal, kill -TERM.
Do not use the kill -9 command.
◆ On Windows, another application is using the Apache server and the httpd daemon
requires more time to start up.
To resolve this issue, enable the delayed start option for the EMC gstd process:
1. In the Services applet, right-mouse click the EMC gstd service and select
Properties.
2. On the General tab, change the Startup type to Automatic (delayed start).
3. Click Ok.
4. Stop the EMC gstd service, then start the EMC gstd service.



When you update the NetWorker software, enable the delayed start setting again.

Error: error while loading shared libraries: libsasl2.so.2: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
This message appears on 64-bit Linux systems when the 32-bit version of the cyrus-sasl
package is not installed.
To resolve this issue:
1. Install the 32-bit version of the cyrus-sasl package.
2. Start the gstd daemon:
/etc/init.d/gst start

Warning: unable to detect Java Runtime Environment

This message appears when:
◆ JRE is not installed on the Console client.
◆ Window only, the JRE version installed on the Console client does not match the
Microsoft Internet Explorer version.
This message appears on 64-bit Windows systems when you use:
• 64-bit version of Microsoft Internet Explorer to connect to the Console server but
the 32-bit version of JRE is installed.

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• 32-bit version of Microsoft Internet Explorer to connect to the Console server but
the 64-bit version of JRE is installed.
To resolve this issue:
• Install JRE on the Console client.
• For Windows only, install the correct JRE program for the installed Microsoft
Internet Explorer version.
– For the 32-bit version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, install the 32-bit version of
JRE.
– For the 64-bit version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, install the 64-bit version of
JRE.
To determine the Microsoft Internet Explorer version on the Windows Console client:
1. Right-mouse click the Microsoft Internet Explorer shortcut and select Properties.
2. Review the Target Path field.
The Target Path is:
– C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ for the 32-bit version of Microsoft
Internet Explorer.
– C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ for the 64-bit version of Microsoft Internet
Explorer.

Cannot log in to the Console server with Firefox

On a Linux Console client, a message similar to the following can appear when you use
Firefox to log in to the Console server:
Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was

unable to complete your request. Please contact the server
administrator, @@ServerAdmin@@ and inform them of the time the error
occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the
error. More information about this error may be available in the server
error log.

To resolve this issue:

1. Remove the classic plugin file libjavaplugin_oji.so located in the Firefox plugins
directory and any associated symbolic links.
2. Create a symbolic link to the Java Plugin libnpjp2.so file in the Firefox plugins
directory:
cd Firefox/plugins

ln -s JRE/lib/arch/libnpjp2.so .

where:
• Firefox is the Firefox installation path.
• JRE is the Java installation path.
• arch is the directory appropriate to the computer architecture.

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◆ For SuSE11 only, install these operating system packages:

• glibc-locale-2.11.1
• glibc-locale-32bit-2.11.1

Without these package, a message similar to the following appears and you cannot log
in to the Console server:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, @@ServerAdmin@@ and inform
them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done
that may have caused the error. More information about this error may
be available in the server error log.

Cannot generate console reports after updating the Console server

After updating the Console server software, generating Console server reports might fail
with the error: com.sybase.jdbc3.jdbc.SybDriver. This error message appears when the
Java Cache on the Console client is not deleted after a Console server update. To resolve
this issue, delete the Java Cache on the Console client used to generate the reports.
“Preparing the Console clients” on page 34 provides more information.

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CHAPTER 12
Downgrade to a Previous Release

The procedure to downgrade the NetWorker 8.1 software differs depending on the
installation type:
◆ Downgrading a NetWorker server to NetWorker 8.0.x ............................................. 140
◆ Downgrading a NetWorker server to NetWorker 7.6.x or earlier............................... 141
◆ Downgrading a NetWorker storage node or client .................................................. 145
◆ Downgrading the Console server ........................................................................... 147

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Downgrading a NetWorker server to NetWorker 8.0.x

To revert the NetWorker server to NetWorker 8.0.x, perform these tasks:
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software” on page 140
◆ “For Windows only, remove the librpcomp.dll registry entry” on page 140
◆ “Deleting the NetWorker tmp directory” on page 141
◆ “Installing the NetWorker software” on page 141

Uninstalling the NetWorker software

The following sections describe how to uninstall the NetWorker software:
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software on AIX” on page 70
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software on HP-UX” on page 77
◆ “Uninstalling NetWorker and Console server software on Linux” on page 89
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Solaris” on page 104
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Windows” on page 121

For Windows only, remove the librpcomp.dll registry entry

This section only applies to a Windows host where the NetWorker 8.1 DA version is
currently installed, or was installed prior to upgrading to NetWorker 8.1 GA.
For example, the following downgrade scenarios require that you remove the librcomp.dll
registry entry on Windows NetWorker server:
◆ Downgrading an 8.1 (DA version) NetWorker server.
◆ Downgrading an 8.1 (GA version) NetWorker server that was previously running the DA
version of the 8.1 software.
To remove the librcomp.dll registry entry:
1. Start the regedt32.exe program
2. Navigate to the following registry setting:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe
rsion\SharedDLLs

3. Delete the following key:

C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\bin\librpcomp.dll



If you do not remove the registry key after you install the previous version of the NetWorker
software, the nsrsnmd process fails to start and the following error message appears in
the daemon.raw file:
Unable to send the version information: Daemon versions for 'nsrsnmd version' and
'nsrmmd version' are not updated in NSRLA.

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Deleting the NetWorker tmp directory

The location of the NetWorker tmp directory differs for Windows and UNIX:
◆ On Windows: C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp or C:\Program Files\EMC
NetWorker\nsr\tmp
◆ On UNIX: /nsr/tmp

Installing the NetWorker software

Install the NetWorker 8.0.x version of the NetWorker server software. The following
sections describe how to install the NetWorker software:
◆ “AIX Installation” on page 63
◆ “HP-UX Installation” on page 73
◆ “Linux Installation” on page 79
◆ “Solaris Installation” on page 95
◆ “Microsoft Windows Installation” on page 107

Note: If you used the PowerSnap module with NetWorker 8.0.x, then you must also install
the PowerSnap module software.

Downgrading a NetWorker server to NetWorker 7.6.x or earlier

To revert the NetWorker server to the point-in-time immediately before a NetWorker 8.1
software update from 7.6.x or earlier, perform the following tasks:
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software” on page 141
◆ “For Windows only, remove the librpcomp.dll registry entry” on page 142
◆ “Deleting the NetWorker tmp directory” on page 142
◆ “Restoring pre-NetWorker 8.1 resources files” on page 142
◆ “Installing the NetWorker software” on page 143
◆ “UNIX only, retaining start-up script customizations” on page 144
◆ “Scanning the AFTD and Data Domain devices” on page 145

Uninstalling the NetWorker software

The following sections describe how to uninstall the NetWorker software:
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software on AIX” on page 70
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software on HP-UX” on page 77
◆ “Uninstalling NetWorker and Console server software on Linux” on page 89
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Solaris” on page 104
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Windows” on page 121



If the NetWorker host is also the Console server, the Console server database must return
to a point-in-time before the NetWorker 8.1 software update. “Downgrading the Console
server” on page 147 describes how to downgrade the Console server.

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For Windows only, remove the librpcomp.dll registry entry

This section only applies to a Windows host where the NetWorker 8.1 DA version is
currently installed, or was installed prior to upgrading to NetWorker 8.1 GA.
For example, the following downgrade scenarios require that you remove the librcomp.dll
registry entry on Windows NetWorker server:
◆ Downgrading an 8.1 (DA version) NetWorker server.
◆ Downgrading an 8.1 (GA version) NetWorker server that was previously running the DA
version of the 8.1 software.
To remove the librcomp.dll registry entry:
1. Start the regedt32.exe program
2. Navigate to the following registry setting:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVe
rsion\SharedDLLs

3. Delete the following key:

C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\bin\librpcomp.dll



If you do not remove the registry key after you install the previous version of the NetWorker
software, the nsrsnmd process fails to start and the following error message appears in
the daemon.raw file:
Unable to send the version information: Daemon versions for 'nsrsnmd version' and
'nsrmmd version' are not updated in NSRLA.

Deleting the NetWorker tmp directory

The location of the NetWorker tmp directory differs for Windows and UNIX:
◆ On Windows: C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp or C:\Program Files\EMC
NetWorker\nsr\tmp
◆ On UNIX: /nsr/tmp

Restoring pre-NetWorker 8.1 resources files

During the update, the NetWorker server update created a backup copy of the
pre-NetWorker 8.1 resource files. Restore the pre-NetWorker 8.1 resource files:
1. Rename the current resource database directories.
For example:
• On UNIX, type:
mv /nsr/res/nsrdb /nsr/res/nsrdb.old
mv /nsr/res/nsrladb /nsr/res/nsrladb.old

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• On Windows, rename:
C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\res\nsrdb to C:\Program
Files\Legato\nsr\res\nsrdb.old
C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\res\nsrladb to C:\Program
Files\Legato\nsr\res\nsrladb.old

2. Rename the pre-NetWorker 8.1 resource database directories.

For example:
• On UNIX, type:
mv /nsr/res/nsrdb.p80 /nsr/res/nsrdb
mv /nsr/res/nsrladb.p80 /nsr/res/nsrladb

• On Windows, rename:
– C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\res\nsrdb.p80 to
C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\res\nsrdb
– C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\res\nsrladb.p80 to
C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\res\nsrladb
3. Optionally, rename the current servers file and restore the pre-NetWorker 8.1 servers
file.
For example:
• On UNIX, type:
mv /nsr/res/servers /nsr/res/servers.old
mv /nsr/res/servers.p80 /nsr/res/servers

• On Windows, rename:
– C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\res\servers to
C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\res\servers.old
– C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\res\servers.p80 to
C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\res\servers

Installing the NetWorker software

Install the previous version of the NetWorker server software. The NetWorker 7.6
Installation Guide provides describes how to install the NetWorker software and the
pre-installation considerations.

Note: If you used the PowerSnap module with NetWorker 7.6.x, then you must also install
the PowerSnap module software.

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UNIX only, retaining start-up script customizations

The NetWorker 7.6.x software does not load the /nsr/nsrrc file before starting the
nsrexecd and nsrd daemons.
If you defined environment variables in this file, perform one of the following tasks to
retain start-up script customizations:
◆ “Restoring backup copies of the start-up script files” on page 144
◆ “Modifying the start-up script files” on page 144
Table 29 on page 144 provides a list of the NetWorker startup files for each operating
system.

Table 29 NetWorker startup script files

Operating System Startup files

AIX /etc/rc.nsr

HP-UX /sbin/init.d/networker

Linux /etc/init.d/networker

Solaris /etc/init.d/networker

Restoring backup copies of the start-up script files

Before updating the NetWorker software to version 8.1, the update process recommended
that you create a backup copy of the NetWorker start-up script files. Use these files to
replace the current start-up script files.
To restore backup copies of the start-up script files:
1. Create a backup copy of the current version of the NetWorker start-up script file.
2. Rename the NetWorker 7.6.x copy of the startup script file to the appropriate file
name.
3. Stop, then start the NetWorker daemons.

Modifying the start-up script files

If a copy of the original pre-NetWorker 8.1 start-up script files does not exist, modify the
startup script files and add the environment variables defined in /nsr/nsrrc file.
To modify the start-up script files:
1. Edit the start-up script file for the operating system.
2. Before this line: echo 'starting NetWorker daemons:' > /dev/console, add the required
environment variables, including the export command:
For example:
ENV_VAR_NAME=value
export ENV_VAR_NAME

3. Stop, then start the NetWorker daemons.

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Scanning the AFTD and Data Domain devices

Use the scanner -i command to re-create media database entries for the read-only device
of each AFTD and Data Domain device. The UNIX man page and the NetWorker 8.1
Command Reference Guide describe how to use the scanner command.

Downgrading a NetWorker storage node or client

Perform the following tasks to downgrade the NetWorker software:
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software” on page 145
◆ “Deleting the NetWorker tmp directory:” on page 145
◆ “Installing the NetWorker software” on page 146
◆ “UNIX only, retaining start-up script customizations” on page 146


A NetWorker 8.1 server does not support NetWorker 7.6.x storage nodes. Downgrade the
NetWorker server before downgrading any storage nodes in the data zone.

Uninstalling the NetWorker software

Uninstall the NetWorker software. Remove any NetWorker module software including
NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications and NetWorker Module for Database
Applications on the host before removing NetWorker and Console server software. The
appropriate module installation guide describes how to remove the module software.
The following sections describe how to uninstall the NetWorker software:
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software on AIX” on page 70
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software on HP-UX” on page 77
◆ “Uninstalling NetWorker and Console server software on Linux” on page 89
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker software on Mac OS-X” on page 94
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Solaris” on page 104
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Windows” on page 121


If the NetWorker host is also the Console server, the Console server database must return
to a point-in-time before the NetWorker 8.1 software update. “Downgrading the Console
server” on page 147 describes how to downgrade the Console server.

Deleting the NetWorker tmp directory:

Delete the NetWorker tmp directory. The default location is different on Windows and UNIX
hosts:
◆ On Windows: C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\tmp or C:\Program Files\EMC
NetWorker\nsr\tmp
◆ On UNIX: /nsr/tmp

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Installing the NetWorker software

Install the previous version of the NetWorker and Console server software. The NetWorker
7.6 Installation Guide provides detailed information.

UNIX only, retaining start-up script customizations

The pre-NetWorker 8.1 software does not load the /nsr/nsrrc file before starting the
nsrexecd and nsrd daemons.
If you defined environment variables in this file, perform one of the following tasks to
retain start-up script customizations:
◆ “Restoring backup copies of the start-up script files” on page 146
◆ “Modifying the start-up script files” on page 146
Table 30 on page 146 provides a list of NetWorker start-up files for each operating system.

Table 30 NetWorker startup script files

Operating System Startup files

AIX /etc/rc.nsr

HP-UX /sbin/init.d/networker

Linux /etc/init.d/networker

Solaris /etc/init.d/networker

Restoring backup copies of the start-up script files

Before updating the NetWorker software to version 8.1, the update process recommended
that you create a backup copy of the NetWorker start-up script files. Use these files to
replace the current start-up script files.
To restore backup copies of the start-up script files:
1. Create a backup copy of the current version of the NetWorker start-up script file.
2. Rename the pre-NetWorker 8.1 copy of the start-up script file to the appropriate file
name.
3. Stop, then start the NetWorker daemons.

Modifying the start-up script files

If a copy of the original pre-NetWorker 8.1 start-up script files does not exist, modify the
start-up script files and add the environment variables defined in /nsr/nsrrc file.
To modify the start-up script files:
1. Edit the start-up script file for the operating system.
2. Before this line: echo 'starting NetWorker daemons:' > /dev/console, add the required
environment variables, including the export command:
For example:
ENV_VAR_NAME=value
export ENV_VAR_NAME

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3. Stop, then start the NetWorker daemons.

Downgrading the Console server

To revert the Console server to the point-in-time immediately before the NetWorker 8.1
software update, perform the following tasks:
◆ “Uninstalling the Console server software” on page 147
◆ “Installing the Console server software” on page 147
◆ “Recovering the previous version of the Console server database” on page 147
◆ “Configuring the Console clients to connect to the Console server” on page 149

Uninstalling the Console server software

Uninstall the NetWorker and Console server software. Remove any NetWorker module
software including NetWorker Module for Microsoft Applications and NetWorker Module
for Database Applications on the host before removing NetWorker and Console server
software. The appropriate module installation guide describes how to remove the module
software.
The following sections describe how to uninstall the NetWorker and Console software:
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server software on AIX” on page 70
◆ “Uninstalling NetWorker and Console server software on Linux” on page 89
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Solaris” on page 104
◆ “Uninstalling the NetWorker and Console server on Windows” on page 121

Installing the Console server software

Install the previous version of the NetWorker and Console server software. The NetWorker
7.6 Installation Guide provides detailed information.



During the installation process, when prompted:
-To retain or overwrite the existing Console server database, you must overwrite the
existing database.
-To remove the existing database on UNIX, type: y

Recovering the previous version of the Console server database

Restore the Console server database to a point-in-time before the Console server update
in one of the following ways:
◆ “Restoring the database conversion backup files” on page 148
◆ “Recovering the Console server database from a backup” on page 148

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Restoring the database conversion backup files

Before the Console server database conversion, the update process created a backup
copy of the pre-NetWorker 8.1 Console server database files.
Use the backup copy of the Console server database files to restore the Console server to
the point-in-time before the update:
1. Stop the EMC gstd daemon.
2. In the Console server database directory, rename the current Console server database
files.
For example, rename:
lgto_gst.db to lgto_gst.db.old
gstd_db.conf to gstd_db.conf.old
lgto_gst.log to lgto_gst.log.old
By default, the location of the Console database directory is:
• C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\Management\lgto_gstdb on Windows
• opt/lgtonmc/lgto_gstdb on AIX and Linux
• /opt/LGTOnmc/lgto_gstdb on Solaris.
3. Rename the Console server database backup files in the Console database directory.
For example, rename:
• gstd_db_bk.conf to gstd_db.conf
• lgto_gst_bk.db to lgto_gst.db
• lgto_gst_bk.log to lgto_gst.log

4. Start the EMC gstd daemon.

Recovering the Console server database from a backup

To recover the Console server database from a backup:
1. Stop the EMC gstd daemon.
2. From a command prompt on the Console server, type:
recoverpsm -s NetWorker_server -t date -f

where:
• NetWorker_server specifies the name of the NetWorker server that performed the
Console server database backup.
• date specifies a date when you backed up the Console server before the upgrade.



When you do not stop the EMC gstd daemon before the recover, the recoverpsm
command fails with an error message similar to the following: “recoverpsm: FAILED
08001[Sybase][ODBC Driver][SQL Anywhere]Database name not unique -77 ”

3. Start the EMC gstd daemon.

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Configuring the Console clients to connect to the Console server

Before connecting to the Console server, on each Console client:
◆ Delete the existing Console desktop shortcut that you use to connect to the Console
server.
◆ Clear the Java cache. “Optional, converting VCB client backups to VADP” on page 50
provides more information.

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