ArcServe agent 15 on OEL 6.1
Although ArcServe agent for Linux is not yet certified on Redhat 6.x (OEL 6.x) I decided to install and test the ArcServe agent v15.0 on my newly installed Oracle Enterprise Server 6.1 (x64, of course). Here is a mini how-to (I was installing from ArcServe 15 DVD):
# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom # cd /mnt/cdrom/DataMoverandAgent/Linux # ./install Cannot identify your Linux distribution or it is not yet supported. Important! You are installing UNIX and Linux Data Mover on a system that is running an operating system that is not currently supported by ARCserve. To check the latest list of supported operating systems, go to ca.com/support. If you continue, be aware that unexpected results could occur. Do you want to continue? (YES/NO):(default: NO) YES
Simply select 2 (installig agent) and accept defaults, stop with the installation when you see the following warning:
The components you selected require this library file: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2. Typically, Linux comes with this library file. It is located in the /usr/lib path. Before you rerun the installation, install the file.
I already installed libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 library on my OEL 6.1, hence all that is needed is a symbolic link that will hide the fact that newer libstdc++ library exists on the system:
$ sudo yum install compat-libstdc++-296.i686 // run in case if the proper "compat" library is not already installed on OEL6 $ cd /usr/lib $ sudo ln -s libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
Now, you can continue with the installation:
All CA ARCserve Backup agents can be configured for automatic startup and shutdown as part of your operating system startup and shutdown. Do you want to enable automatic startup and shutdown of all backup agents? [y|n]:(default: y) y Checking available space in /opt/CA ==> [ OK ] Installation log file is ==> [ /tmp/ARCserveInstall070811-1055.log ] Common Agent Module (ABcmagt) ==> [ INSTALL SUCCESSFUL ] Client Agent for Linux (ABagntux) ==> [ INSTALL SUCCESSFUL ] ###################################################### Installation log file is ==> [ /tmp/ARCserveInstall070811-1055.log ] ###################################################### Do you want to view the readme? [y|n]:(default: y)
Posted on 08.07.2011, in Linux, PostgreSQL, etc. and tagged arcserve, Linux. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Troubleshooting connection from BAB to Linux agent
Whenever I tried to connect to CA agent on Linux from Windows BAB server with the OEL 6 root account I got:
in /opt/CA/ABcmagt/logs/caagentd.log.
The problem lies in LD_ASSUME_KERNEL variable that is set by default in agent.cfg file.
In addition to commenting out above variable, I also disabled host equivalence authentication, by adding NO_HOSTS_EQUIV variable to agent.cfg:
Restart the agent:
Now, you can add Client Machine Object on BAB server (make sure you login as root!) and it should show you the directory tree on Linux.
STEP 1: Uninstall client agent V15
STEP 2: Install agent V16
STEP 3: Configure agent.cfg (optionally)
STEP 4: Restart agent
NOTE: OEL 6.x is not yet officially supported, even in recently released ArcServe 16. So far everything worked as expected that’s why I’ll not hesitate to deploy Agent 16 on OEL 6.x in near future.