On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 11:52 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list- > > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anthony J Placilla > > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 11:38 AM > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > > Subject: Re: FC 2/3 Backup > > > > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 11:18 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote: > > > Good Morning Everyone: > > > > > > I have just found out that it is not possible to back up our fedora > > > servers using our current backup solution (veritas 10 for windows) - > > > the remote agent will not work on Fedora. So I am at the point of > > > needing some help, I need some form of a backup solution that will > allow > > > us to back up the fedora boxes either using the veritas server (like > a > > > remote agent that works), or some form of a backup solution that I > can > > > just use > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Veritas BackUpExec & NetBackup both ship with Linux/UNIX agents on the > > CD > > > > We're using BackUpExec 10 on the Windows server & it see the linux > > clients fine. > > > > What particular issues are you having? > > > > > [Tim Holmes wrote] > > I have the linux/unix agents on disk, but it will not install properly > on 2 of the machines (both fc2, 1 webserver running apache, and one DB > server running MySQL) It tells me that it cannot ping the box, that it > is an unsupported platform, then it trys to connect over rsh and says > that rsh generated extraneous characters, and that it cannot install. > > On the one box that I did get it to install on -- remarkably with no > problems, the veritas 10 for windows server says it cannot start the > remote agent when it tries to back up stuff > > Any ANY help you can provide would be greatly appreciated > > TIM > > > I basically followed the instructions in http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/269804.htm you can also try the legacy agent http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/269803.htm for testing purposes I would try exporting / just to make sure that the server can see everything. Don't use passwords. Obviously these parameters would need to be adjusted in production. verify that the Linux clients contain a valid lookup in /etc/hosts for your backup server & that the following lines are appended to the bottom of /etc/services # Local services grfs 6101/tcp # Backup Exec Agent install doc for the legacy agent is at http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/240654.htm -- Tony Placilla, RHCT anthony_placilla@xxxxxxxx J.O.A.T. GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/C78F8B64 http://pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint = A8D5 7AFF CE88 4179 C792 D9A9 F197 2A15 C78F 8B64
