How-to install the Ubuntu/Debian NetWorker software for UTORrecover

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Last updated: Nov 05, 2024
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Prerequisites

Make sure you have reviewed the following KB UTORrecover - NetWorker TCP/IP and Firewall Checklist | TCP/IP Requirements
Access to the ITS Private Cloud (VSS) Users Storage (https://vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca)

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.

You can change these directory locations on all supported Linux operating systems except Debian and Ubuntu.

Package

Location

Package

Location

Client (lgtoclnt)

/usr/lib /usr/sbin /usr/bin /opt/nsr

Man pages (lgtoman)

/usr/share

 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.:

    127.0.0.1 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/nix/ as shown below. Then download the right installer for your OS architecture.

If you are running the server on the ITS Private Cloud, you are likely to use nw191005_linux_x86_64 contents.

  1. Fetch nw191005_linux_x86_64/lgto*.deb

  2. Install lgtoclnt by running to install the operating system packages that the NetWorker client software requires:

  3. (Optional) Install the NetWorker client man pages with the following command:

  4. Before starting the networker service, make sure you have populated the UTORrecover NetWorker servers in /nsr/res/servers.

The /nsr/res/servers file contains a list of trusted NetWorker Servers. Review the list or download servers file via the UTORrecover Portal (https://backups.eis.utoronto.ca) (UTORid required).

  1. Start the networker client process with:

  2. Check the status with:

  3. 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

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

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

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