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How-to install the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS NetWorker client software for UTORrecover

How-to install the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS NetWorker client software for UTORrecover

 

Prerequisites

Make sure you have reviewed the following KB UTORrecover - NetWorker TCP/IP and Firewall Checklist
Access to the ITS Private Cloud (VSS) Users Storage (https://vskey-stor.eis.utoronto.ca ) or fetch the installers via https://eis.utoronto.ca/ut-vss-lib/networker/nix/nw191007_Ubuntu_26.04_LTS_x86_64/

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 won’t be able to change these directory locations on 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 special 127.0.1.1 IPv4 address and the first entry is the FQDN hostname, i.e.:

    127.0.1.1 host.subdomain.utoronto.ca host

  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. EIS ut-vss site https://eis.utoronto.ca/ut-vss-lib/networker/

  4. Navigate to /ut-vss-lib/networker/nix/nw191007_Ubuntu_26.04.LTS_x86_64 as shown below.

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/nw191007_Ubuntu_26.04.LTS_x86_64 sftp> ls -tlhr rwxr-xr-x ? 0 0 44MB Jun 23 12:18 lgtoclnt_19.10.0.7_Ubuntu_2604_LTS_amd64.deb

  1. Fetch lgto*.deb

    sftp> get *.deb Fetching /ut-vss-lib/networker/nix/nw191007_Ubuntu_26.04.LTS_x86_64/lgtoclnt_19.10.0.7_Ubuntu_2604_LTS_amd64.deb to lgtoclnt_19.10.0.7_Ubuntu_2604_LTS_amd64.deb lgtoclnt_19.10.0.7_Ubuntu_2604_LTS_amd64.deb 100% 44MB 51.4MB/s 00:00 Fetching /ut-vss-lib/networker/nix/nw191007_Ubuntu_26.04.LTS_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. Follow: How-to add virtual or physical hosts to UTORrecover

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