Installation of HP omniback II backup agents on Redhat Linux 6.2

[Sudhakar Peram]

Hi Omniback gurus,
I'm a newbie to Omniback,i'd appreciate if any of you people guide me to a link on how can I install omniback backup agents on RedHat Linux 6.2 and where I can get the agent for trial. The cell manager we have in here is Windows 2000.We want to integrate our Linux servers which we have moved from another location into Omniback.
Your suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

-Regards,
Peram

[Kodjo Agbenu]

Hi Peram,

Manual OmniBack installation is described in the Installation Guide (http://support.openview.hp.com).

The general idea of this manual installation is to unpack the software in the related directories, then edit /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services to make the TCP/IP configuration.

The software can be found on the HP-UX cdroms (either 10.20 or 11.x).

Let's say you mount the cdrom on /mnt/cdrom.

Go to /mnt/cdrom/OMNIBACK-II and type :

find . -print | grep gpl | grep packet

The file you are looking for is "packet.Z". For each , copy the corresponding packet.Z into /tmp/.tar.Z.gz.

Here are the different s :

omnicf (Core, mandatory)
da (Disk Agent)
ma (Media Agent)
cc (Cell Console, here only command-line is supported)
integ (Mandatory for Oracle and SAP integrations)
oracle8 (Oracle integration)
sap (SAP integration)

To be able to backup your Linux client, you must have "omnicf" and "da" packets.
If you want to use command-line interface from you Linux systems, you also need "cc".

Create the OmniBack root directory (let's say /usr/omni). For each :

gunzip /tmp/.tar.Z.gz
uncompress /tmp/.tar.Z
cd /usr/omni
tar xvf .tar

Create the default configuration :

cd /usr/omni/newconfig/usr/omni/config/cell
cp -p omni_format /usr/omni/config/cell/

Edit /usr/omni/config/cell/cell_server and add the full DNS name of your OmniBack cell server.

Edit /etc/services and add :

omni 5555/tcp # OmniBack

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and add :

omni stream tcp nowait root /usr/omni/bin/inet inet -log /usr/omni/log/inet.log

FROM CONSOLE : restart inetd

/etc/rc.d/init.d/inetd restart


Go to the cell server system and import your Linux client from the graphical console.


Normally, it should work. Otherwise, post more information (OmniBack version, cell manger O/S, etc...)

Good luck.

Kodjo