Installation guide

EMC NetWorker Release 8.1 SP1 Installation Guide 101
Solaris Installation
The Configuring Tape Devices for EMC NetWorker Technical Note, available on the EMC
Online Support Site describes how to configure devices in a whole root zone.
◆ Install the operating system patches required for each architecture.
Before installing the required operating system patches, consider the following:
• Some Sun patches might have dependencies on other Sun patches. Ensure that
the host meets all dependencies before applying the patch.
• The Sun patches detailed below specify the patch version that first contained the
fix. Over time, these Sun patches might become obsolete and replaced with a
newer patch revision. In these instances, install the latest patch revision. The
SunSolve web site provides detailed information about patch dependencies and
download information.
Table 22 on page 101 provides a summary of architecture specific patch requirements.
Solaris zone requirements
NetWorker supports global, a whole root, and a sparse root zone configurations.
Before you install NetWorker in a Solaris zone, review this information:
◆ “Sparse root zone requirements” on page 101
◆ “Global zone requirements” on page 101
◆ “Whole root zone considerations” on page 102
Sparse root zone requirements
A NetWorker client supports sparse root zones on Solaris 10. Before you install the
NetWorker client software in each sparse root zone, install the same version of the
NetWorker software in the global zone. You must create a client instance for the global
zone and each sparse root zone. The
NetWorker Administration Guide describes how to
create a NetWorker client.
Global zone requirements
The NetWorker server, storage node including a dedicated storage node, and client
software support a Solaris global zone.
Special ALL save sets are available to back up a global zone client when you install
NetWorker in the global zone. “Using the save set all to back up particular file systems” in
the
NetWorker Administration Guide describes when to use the special ALL save sets.
Table 22 Solaris 10 Sun patch requirements
Architecture Required Patch Reason
x86/Sparc • Sun patch 142900-03 or
later on Sparc.
To avoid shared memory corruption which can
cause possible hangs or failures of the
NetWorker daemons on a NetWorker server.
Z86/Sparc • Sun patch 102712-01 or
later on Sparc.
• Sun patch 102711-01 or
later on x86.
Backups of large save sets may fail on Solaris
10 systems if an Intel Gigabit Ethernet card,
e1000g driver is used.
Note: Solaris 10 update 4 and later includes
this patch.