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(tick) Prerequisites

After the installation is complete, you must revert the SELinux to default value, that is, the value before the installation of RPMs

🐧 Linux x64 Installation Package Requirements

The NetWorker installation for all supported x64 Linux operating systems and versions requires two packages that the default OS installation might not include:

  •   compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-68.1.x86_64.rpmor later
  •  compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-68.1.i686.rpm or later

🤠 RHEL 7 and later and CentOS Package Requirements

Manually download and install the following Linux OS packages. The NetWorker installation fails when these packages do not exist on the host:

  •  ksh
  •  glibc.i686 0:2.17-55.el7 or later
  •  nss-softokn-freebl.i686 0:3.15.4-2.el7 or later
  •  libncursesw.so.5

🦎 SuSE Package Requirements

When you use the rpm command to install the NetWorker software, the installation displays a list of missing required operating system packages. You must install the required packages before you install the NetWorker software.

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For SLES 15, there is a dependency on libncursesw.

(blue star) Default Directory Locations

Before you install the NetWorker software, you should become aware of the default directory locations and space requirements for the binary files, the databases, and the log files on the target host.

Package

Location

Client (lgtoclnt)

Code Block
/usr/lib
/usr/sbin
/usr/bin
/opt/nsr

Man pages (lgtoman)

Code Block
/usr/share

📁 Changing the Default Directory Locations

To store the configuration, log, and database files on file system that has more free disk space than the / file system, create a symbolic link from a new directory to the /nsr directory.

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  1. Create another /nsr directory on a disk with sufficient space. For example:

    Code Block
    mkdir /disk3/nsr
  2. Link the new directory to the /nsr directory, by typing the following command:

    Code Block
    ln -s /disk2/nsr /nsr

\uD83D\uDCD8 Instructions

  1. Log in to the target host and promote your account to super user.

  2. Verify the contents of /etc/hosts contains an entry for the IPv4 loopback address and the first entry is the hostname, i.e.:

    Code Block
    27.0.0.1 host host-alias host.subdomain.utoronto.ca localhost
  3. Fetch the installer from

    1. the VSS Users Storage with SCP or an equivalent SCP/SFTP client using the following settings:

      1. host: vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca

      2. VSS username and password.

    2. UTORrecover SharePoint site: https://utoronto.sharepoint.com/sites/its-eis-UTORrecover

  4. Navigate to /ut-vss-lib/networker/pub/networkernix/LINUX as shown below. Then download the right installer for your OS architecture.

If you are running on the ITS Private Cloud, you are likely to use nw191002nw191005_linux_x86_64 contents.

Code Block
sftp $USER@vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca
($USER@vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca) Password:
Connected to vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca.
sftp> cd /ut-vss-lib/networker/pubnix/networker/LINUX
sftp> ls -tlhr
-rw-r--r--  
 ? 3884     20           1.2K Jun 19 13:49 RecoveryExample.txt
drwxr-xr-x    ? 0        0              6B 5BNov Jul 101 1214:18 nw19100250 nw191005_linux_x86_64
  1. Fetch nw191005_linux_x86

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  1. _64/lgto*.rpm

    Code Block
    sftp> get nw191005_linux_x86_64/*rpm
    Fetching /ut-vss-lib/networker/nix/nw191005_linux_x86_64/lgtoclnt-19.10.0.5-1.x86_64.rpm to lgtoclnt-19.10.0.5-1.x86_64.rpm
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  1. Fetch nw191002_linux_x86_64/lgto*.rpm

    Code Block
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    Fetching /ut-vss-lib/networker/pub/networker/LINUX/nw191002nix/nw191005_linux_x86_64/lgtoclnt_lgtoman-19.10.0.5-1.2x86_amd6464.debrpm to lgtoclnt_lgtoman-19.10.0.5-1.2x86_amd6464.debrpm
    lgtoclntlgtoman-19.10.0.25-1.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                100%   42MB394KB  1133.3MB8MB/s   00:03
    Fetching /ut-vss-lib/networker/pub/networker/LINUX/nw191002_linux_x86_64/lgtoman_19.10.0.2_amd64.deb to lgtoman_19.10.0.2_amd64.deb
    lgtoman-19.10.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm       00                                                                                                          100%  320KB   2.4MB/s   00:00
  2. Install lgto software with by running:

    1. with yum

      Code Block
      yum localinstall --nogpgcheck lgto*.rpm
    2. with rpm:

      Code Block
      rpm -ivh lgto*.rpm
    3. To install the NetWorker software in a non-default location, type:

      Code Block
      rpm -ivh --relocate /usr=/path lgto*.rpm
  3. Before starting the networker service, make sure you have populated the UTORrecover NetWorker servers in /nsr/res/servers.

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  1. Start the networker client process with:

    1. for systemd based:

      Code Block
      systemctl start networker
    2. for sysvinit based:

      Code Block
      /etc/init.d/networker start
  2. Check the status with:

    1. for systemd based:

      Code Block
      systemctl status networker
    2. for sysvinit based:

      Code Block
      /etc/init.d/networker status
  3. If you change SELinux value, you must revert the SELinux to default value, that is, the value before the installation of RPMs.

  4. Submit a request to backups@eis.utoronto.ca to with the following data:

    1. Hostname: hostname command.

    2. Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)

    3. IP Address.

    4. Path(s) to Protect. i.e. /etc, /var, /home

  5. Submit an echo request by following this link How-to check NetWorker client connectivity for UTORrecover.

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

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