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

By JM Lopez
2 min

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) or fetch the installers via https://utoronto.sharepoint.com/sites/its-eis-UTORrecover

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 nw191007_linux_x86_64 contents.

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/nix sftp> ls -tlhr drwxr-xr-x ? 0 0 5B Jul 10 12:18 nw191007_linux_x86_64

  1. Fetch nw191007_linux_x86_64/lgto*.deb

    sftp> get *.deb Fetching /ut-vss-lib/networker/nix/nw191007_linux_x86_64/lgtoclnt_19.10.0.7_amd64.deb to lgtoclnt_19.10.0.7_amd64.deb lgtoclnt_19.10.0.5_amd64.deb 100% 43MB 51.4MB/s 00:00 Fetching /ut-vss-lib/networker/nix/nw191007_linux_x86_64/lgtoman_19.10.0.7_amd64.deb to lgtoman_19.10.0.7_amd64.deb lgtoman_19.10.0.5_amd64.deb 100% 320KB 32.4MB/s 00:00 100% 320KB 2.4MB/s 00:00

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

    apt install ./lgtoclnt*.deb

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

    apt install ./lgtoman*.deb

  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:

    systemctl enable --now networker

  2. Check the status with:

    systemctl status networker

  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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