Feb 28
Starting with Data Protector A.09.05 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 and 7.1 is now a supported Cell Manager platform. But running the regular installation procedure on a fresh RHEL 7.1 system does not work, even with all requirements met. [root@linux ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.1 (Maipo) [root@linux ~]# uname -a Linux jetlnx01.godyo.int …
May 28
I just stumbled across an issue introduced with Data Protector A.08.00 and the new PostgreSQL database on clustered Cell Managers running on Linux and HP-UX. It’s related to restoration of IDB configuration files back to the shared disk. As you might know, parts of the Data Protector installation are stored on shared disk for a clustered configuration. The directory structure remains the same, but symlinks …
May 09
This post will show you how to re-initialize the Internal Database of Data Protector 8 or later to start from scratch without the need for re-installation. This was quite simple on previous versions and needs to be adjusted for the new PostgreSQL database and JBoss application server. These instructions will work on Linux and HP-UX. If I find a proper …
Sep 04
There are situations in which you receive test modules or quick fixes from HP support to resolve a specific issue in your environment. Even if they provide instructions on how to apply them, I found the following general procedure working quite well for Linux clients and cell managers. Upload the fix to the client system …
Aug 14
Integrating Debian or Debian-based Linux clients (e.g. Ubuntu) into a Data Protector cell could be a pain, if you have more than a bunch of them. Patch rollout and release upgrades will even take more time if you poke around with alien to convert the Data Protector rpm into deb format. There are some simple requirements …
Jul 22
There are cases in with you need to apply GA patches to a UNIX client and you don’t have an Data Protector UNIX IS (Installation Server) available. This is worse, because the patches are designed to update an installation server only. The following procedure will help you out. Instead of applying the patches to an …
Oct 13
Device persistence on Linux is not as hard as it seems. Current releases of all major distributions (RHEL and SLES) come with preconfigured udev rules. They will create aliases in the device filesystem in /dev/tape which is pretty handy. The name of the alias will vary, depending of the device but will remain consistent across …