How-to upgrade NetWorker Client for UTORrecover

 Instructions for Linux

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:

         apt search lgtoclnt

      2. Verify the version is 19.10.0.7 or later

         Sorting... Done Full Text Search... Done lgtoclnt/now 19.2.1.2 amd64 [installed,local] NetWorker Client

      3. Remove the old version client package:

         apt purge lgtoclnt

         output:

         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:

      scp $USER@vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca:ut-vss-lib/networker/nix/nw191007_linux_x86_64/lgtoclnt*.deb /tmp/

   2. Red Hat based:

      scp $USER@vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca:ut-vss-lib/networker/nix/nw191007_linux_x86_64/lgtoclnt*.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:

      sudo dpkg -i /tmp/lgtoclnt*.deb

   2. Red Hat based:

      yum localinstall --nogpgcheck /tmp/lgtoclnt*.rpm dnf install ./lgtoclnt*.rpm

6. Check if lgto package has been installed successfully:

   1. Ubuntu:

      dpkg -l | grep lgto

      output:

      ii lgtoclnt 19.10.0.7 amd64 NetWorker Client

   2. Red Hat based:

      rpm -qa | grep lgto

      output:

      lgtoclnt-19.10.0.7-1.x86_64

7. Start the NetWorker client

   systemctl start networker

8. After the install, make sure the NetWorker client is running:

   systemctl status networker

9. Submit an echo request by following this link https://eis-vss.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VSSPublic/pages/1887502418.

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

Instructions for Windows

1. Login to the host as Administrator you are planning to upgrade.

2. Uninstall any previous version of the NetWorker software prior to installing the new version. https://eis-vss.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VSSPublic/pages/1889305120

3. Fetch the installer from the VSS Users Storage with WinSCP or an equivalent SCP/SFTP client using the following settings:

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

   2. VSS username and password.

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

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5. Follow the installation instructions.

6. Submit an echo request by following this link https://eis-vss.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VSSPublic/pages/1887502418.

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

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