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Red Hat 5 x64 agents

 
City_Blue
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Red Hat 5 x64 agents

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are there agents for a 64 bit version of red hat 5? i can only find the x86 agents, should i just use these

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Matti_Kurkela
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Re: Red Hat 5 x64 agents

Agents _for which software_?

And _which_ 64-bit version of RedHat Enterprise Linux 5? RHEL 5 supports several 64-bit architectures: x86_64 and Itanium are probably the most common ones.

On x86_64, the support for 32-bit x86 software is just a matter of installing all the required 32-bit library packages (compat*.rpm).
On Itanium, the support is done via x86 Emulation Layer, which is a bit more limited and trickier to install: see the RHEL 5 installation instructions for Itanium for the procedure.

To my experience, both Veritas NetBackup and BMC Patrol performed acceptably on 64-bit platforms using 32-bit x86 agents. Of course, if you use multi-terabyte files, a 32-bit backup agent might not be capable of handling them: check the documentation of the backup program for known limits.

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City_Blue
Super Advisor

Re: Red Hat 5 x64 agents

sorry i ment HP agents
City_Blue
Super Advisor

Re: Red Hat 5 x64 agents

oh and as for what version i have no idea the version i downloaded from the redhat iste :-)