Installation guide

82 EMC NetWorker Release 8.1 SP1 Installation Guide
Linux Installation
Installing NetWorker on Linux
Before installing the NetWorker software, review these sections:
◆ “Installation roadmap” on page 14
◆ “Software Requirements” on page 25
Complete these tasks to install the NetWorker software:
◆ “Reviewing the operating system requirements for Linux” on page 82
◆ “Changing the default directory locations” on page 82
◆ “Preparing the Linux target host” on page 84
◆ “Installing the NetWorker packages on Linux” on page 84
◆ “Post installation consideration for st tape devices” on page 89
Reviewing the operating system requirements for Linux
Download the NetWorker software package from the EMC Online Support Site and extract
the packages to a temporary location on the target host.
Ensure that there is sufficient disk space on the host to contain both the compressed
NetWorker software package and the fully uncompressed files.
Table 15 on page 82 provides a list of NetWorker packages and the compressed and
uncompressed file sizes.
NetWorker 8.1 does not support:
◆ NetWorker server on Linux 32-bit
◆ Networker server and storage node on Linux IA-64 bit
Changing the default directory locations
The NetWorker software installs the binaries in the /usr directory. The /nsr directory
contains the NetWorker configuration, logs, and database files. You can change these
directory locations on all supported Linux operating systems with the exception of Debian
and Ubuntu. This section describes how to change the default directory locations for the
binaries, the databases, and the log files on the target host.
Table 16 on page 83 specifies the default location and space requirements for the
NetWorker software in a Linux environment. Review this table to ensure that you have
sufficient disk space to install the NetWorker software.
Table 15 Size of compressed and uncompressed files
Operating system Compressed file Uncompressed file
Linux s390 22 MB 22 MB
Linux IBM PowerPC 20 MB 20 MB
Linux x86 179 MB 270 MB
Linux x86-64 395 MB 397 MB
Linux Itanium 115 MB 115 MB