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As of December 2, 2024. The latest supported NetWorker Client version is 19.10.0.5

  1. Login to the client you are planning to upgrade.

  2. Uninstall (as admin) any previous version of the NetWorker software prior to installing the new version.

    1. Ubuntu/Debian:

      1. Search for the installed package:

        Code Block
        apt search lgtoclnt
      2. Verify the version is 19.10.0.5 or later

        Code Block
        Sorting... Done
        Full Text Search... Done
        lgtoclnt/now 19.2.1.2 amd64 [installed,local]
          NetWorker Client
      3. Remove the old version client package:

        Code Block
        apt purge lgtoclnt

        output:

        Code Block
        Reading package lists... Done
        Building dependency tree
        Reading state information... Done
        The following packages will be REMOVED:
          lgtoclnt* lgtoxtdclnt*
        0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
        After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
        Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
        (Reading database ... 197623 files and directories currently installed.)
        Removing lgtoxtdclnt (19.2.1.0) ...
        Removing lgtoclnt (19.2.1.2) ...
        (Reading database ... 197495 files and directories currently installed.)
        Purging configuration files for lgtoclnt (19.2.1.2) ...
        
        NOTE:
            The /nsr directory has been created and may contain NetWorker data
            files.  Please remove it if you want to completely remove NetWorker
            from this system.
        
        dpkg: warning: while removing lgtoclnt, directory '/opt/nsr' not empty so not removed
  3. Fetch the installer from the VSS Users Storage. Replace $USER with your VSS Username.

    1. Ubuntu:

      Code Block
      scp $USER@vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca:ut-vss-lib/networker/nix/nw191005_linux_x86_64/lgtoclnt_19.10.0.5_amd64.deb /tmp/
    2. Red Hat based:

      Code Block
      scp $USER@vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca:ut-vss-lib/networker/nix/nw191005_linux_x86_64/lgtoclnt-19.10.0.5-1.x86_64.rpm /tmp/
  4. Alternatively, fetch the installer from the UTORrecover SharePoint site: https://utoronto.sharepoint.com/sites/its-eis-UTORrecover

  5. Proceed to install the package:

    1. Ubuntu:

      Code Block
      sudo dpkg -i /tmp/lgtoclnt_19.10.0.5_amd64.deb
    2. Red Hat based:

      Code Block
      yum localinstall --nogpgcheck  /tmp/lgtoclnt-19.10.0.5-1.x86_64.rpm 
      dnf install ./lgtoclnt-19.10.0.5-1.x86_64.rpm 
  6. Check if lgto package has been installed successfully:

    1. Ubuntu:

      Code Block
      dpkg -l | grep lgto

      output:

      Code Block
      ii  lgtoclnt                              19.10.0.5                         amd64        NetWorker Client
    2. Red Hat based:

      Code Block
      rpm -qa | grep lgto

      output:

      Code Block
      lgtoclnt-19.10.0.2-1.x86_64  
  7. After the install, make sure the NetWorker client is running:

    Code Block
    systemctl status networker
  8. Submit an echo request by following this link How-to check NetWorker client connectivity for UTORrecover.

  9. The echo request result should be marked as Processed to be successful.

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