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Installing Netbackup Enterprise Server 6.5 on CentOS 5 / RHEL 5 with SELinux

Posted on the February 21st, 2008 under HOWTOs,Sys Admin,Technology / Computing by jglemza

It took me almost a whole day to come up with this solution. This should get Veritas Netbackup Enterprise Server 6.5 up and running on a CentOS 5 / RHEL 5 box with SELinux enabled.

HOWTO: Server

1. Install a couple of dependencies:
   
   yum install compat-libstdc++-296 xinetd libXp
2. Make sure that the hostname is set correctly. This is very important.
3. Temporarily disable SELinux:
   
   setenforce 0
4. Untar the installation files:
   tar xvf NetBackup_6.5_LinuxRedhat2.6.tar.gz
   tar xvf NetBackup_6.5_ICS_LinuxX86.tar.gz
5. Start the installation:
   
    ./NB_65_LinuxR_x86_20070723/install
   .....
   #ICS Directory: ./NB_65_ICS_1.4.37.0_LinuxX86/
6. Fix SELinux:
   
   chcon -t textrel_shlib_t /usr/openv/lib/*
   setenforce 1
7. Start Netbackup:
   
   /etc/init.d/netbackup start

HOWTO: Client

1. Untar the installation file:
   
   tar xvf NetBackup_6.5_CLIENTS2.tar.gz
2. Start the installation:
   
   NB_65_CLIENTS2_20070723/install
3. Fix SELinux issues:
   
   chcon -t textrel_shlib_t /usr/openv/lib/*
4. Start the client:
   
   /etc/init.d/nbclient start