Template:AAE Pre-installation Checks

Linux RPMs

32-bit packages are required for 32-bit Linux. 64-bit packages are required for 64-bit Linux.

The following programs are needed for Linux backup client

• GNU tar (version 1.15.1 or greater, except Redhat/CentOS, which supports verson 1.14 or greater)
• xinetd
• ssh server
• perl (version 5.6.0 or greater)

These additional programs are required on the Linux backup server

• ssh client
• gnuplot
• mailx

These packages are installed by default on most Linux distributions. If you need to add them, you can use yum, apt-get, or yast. Packages can be obtained from the distribution media or from a distribution repository (run either as root):

#yum install package_name

or

#apt-get install package_name

or

#yast -i package_name

In the case of yast on SLES, you can also use the YaST Online Update (YOU) to install new package and to keep the SLES distribution updated (which is recommended).

Solaris 10 (Both Sparc and Intel Architectures)

64-bit packages are required for Amanda Servers running Solaris10/Sparc; 32-bit packages are required for all Amanda clients, and servers running on Solaris/Intel. To account for inter-package dependencies, they should be installed in the order as listed. The following dependencies required on both client and server. The package names (i.e., what you specify when installing) are in boldface type.

Zmanda recommends that you install these packages from Blastwave (http://www.blastwave.org/; detailed instructions are in the next section). For the most up-to-date package dependencies pre-bundled for your convenience, go to the Zmanda network downloads page and click Select your version->Select your OS, and then download the dependencies tar ball file.

These dependencies are required on both server and client:

1. CSWgtar gtar - GNU tape archiver
2. CSWossl openssl - Openssl meta package
3. CSWosslrt openssl_rt - Openssl runtime libraries
4. CSWosslutils openssl_utils - Openssl binaries and related tools
5. CSWcurl curl - Library and tool for common Internet protocols
6. CSWcurlrt curlrt - Library for common Internet protocols Runtime
7. CSWggettext ggettext - GNU gettext
8. CSWoldaprt openldap_rt - OpenLDAP runtime libraries (oldaprt)
9. CSWreadline readline - library to enable interactive line editing
10. CSWglib2 glib2 - Note also that the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable must be set for the amandabackup user.
11. CSWbdb4 berkeleydb4 - Embedded database libraries and utilities.
12. CSWcommon common - Installs some useful standard CSW filesystem symlinks and files
13. CSWexpat expat - XML parser toolkit
14. CSWlibiconv libiconv - Unicode support library
15. CSWlibidn libidn  - Implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA
16. CSWlibnet libnet - Packet construction library
17. CSWlibsunmath libsunmath - Sun maths library
18. CSWopenssl_devel openssl_devel - Open SSL developer support
19. CSWsasl sasl - Simple Authentication and Security Layer
20. CSWzlib zlib - Data compression library

The following dependencies required only on the server:

1. CSWfindutils findutils - A set of utilities for searching a filesystem
2. CSWgfile fileutils - GNU file utilities
3. CSWgcc3g++rt gcc3g++rt - GNU C++ Compiler Run Time
4. CSWgcc3corert-3.4.5 gcc3corert-3.4.5
5. CSWmtx mtx - SCSI Media Changer and Backup Device Control

Instructions for Solaris package installation from Blastwave:

Install pkg-get. copy http://blastwave.network.com/csw/pkg_get.pkg into /tmp/

>pkgadd -d /tmp/pkg_get.pkg all

Download the version of wget of the appropriate architecture from either http://blastwave.network.com/csw/wget-sparc.bin or http://blastwave.network.com/csw/wget-i386.bin to local /tmp/wget, and execute the following as root:

>chmod 755 /tmp/wget
>PATH=/tmp:/opt/csw/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ccs/bin
>export PATH

Edit the pkg-get configuration file

>vi /opt/csw/etc/pkg-get.conf

Enable http_proxy, ftp_proxy, export http_proxy ftp_proxy.

Install the wget command

>pkg-get -i wget
>rm /tmp/wget
>PATH=/opt/csw/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/ccs/bin
>export PATH

Example command for installing gnu tar dependencies. Add all dependencies that are needed to the command line:

>/opt/csw/bin/pkg-get -i gtar

Solaris 8 and 9 (Sparc Architecture)

The dependencies are the same as listed above for Solaris 10, with the following addition:

• CSWperl (the default version of Perl shipped with Solaris 8 will not work with Amanda Enterprise 3.0).

Mac OSX (Client only)

Download and install the package dependencies available from the Zmanda Network download page when you select Mac OSX as the client platform.

Windows (2003 Server, XP, and Vista) clients

The amandabackup user must exist, and be added to the Users, Backup Operators, and Administrators groups. Windows clients must open inbound TCP ports 10080 and 10081, and outbound TCP ports 700:800. Windows application backups (licensed as separate agents) require that the Volume Shadow Copy Service be enabled and started. To prevent excessive memory consumption on application backup clients, Zmanda also recommends that you install the following hotfix from Microsoft:

Link to Microsoft Knowledgebase

See the The Zmanda Windows Client User's Manual for further details on Windows client installation.

Requirements for the amandabackup User on Solaris

If installing on system that doesn't have an amandabackup user, the installation will set up that user with the correct rights (roles).  If the user already exists, you may have to make these changes manually. Log in to the system as root, and type the following commands:

${BASEDIR}/usr/sbin/usermod -P "Media Backup,ZFS File System Management,ZFS Storage Management" ${amandabackup} >>${TMPFILE} 2>&1
           zfs allow -ldu amandabackup mount,create,rename,snapshot,destroy,send,receive FILESYSTEM

On systems that do not support zfs allow, you can give the amandabackup user permission to manipulate ZFS filesystems by using the following command:

usermod -P "ZFS File System Management,ZFS Storage Management" amandabackup