1- Fist of all, transfer your Arcserve Agent install files ( in a temporary folder on your ESX ), using VEAM sftp for example. You need to transfer the following files from the CD to the temporary folder: /agnts/linux
2 - Do a chmod 777 -R on all the copied file , tohave enough permissions to run the install procedure
3 - from this folder, run ./install
4 - After install is completed, run the agent: uagent start
5 - Enable service via Firewall:
esxcfg-firewall --openPort 6050,tcp,out,caagentd
esxcfg-firewall --openPort 6050,udp,out,caagentd
esxcfg-firewall --openPort 6051,tcp,in,caagentd
esxcfg-firewall --openPort 6051,udp,in,caagentd
6 - esxcfg-firewall -s should show you something like this:
Known services: activeDirectorKerberos caARCserve CIMHttpServer CIMHttpsServer CIMSLP commvaultDynamic commvaultStatic ftpClient ftpServer kerberos LDAP LDAPS legatoNetWorker LicenseClient nfsClient nisClient ntpClient smbClient snmpd sshClient sshServer swISCSIClient symantecBackupExec symantecNetBackup telnetClient TSM updateManager VCB vncServer vpxHeartbeats
7 - enable CA arcserve service: esxcfg-firewall -e caARCserve
8 - restart the firewall service: service firewall restart
9 - In order to make the /vmfs directory visible u need to modify the file /etc/mtab
and add this line
/vmfs /vmfs vmfs rw 0 0
and restart agent
caagent stop
caagent start
This is optional. It should be done automatically by the install procedure.
10 - Set up VMware ESX Server automatic pre and post scripts to enable online Vm backups:
From the CD , copy all files located in /agents/vmware to /opt/CA/BABuagent
, you must copy the pre_backup.pl pre script, the post_backup.pl post script, and the supporting files listed below to the BABuagent directory, and give execution permission to all the copied files.
Note: The permissions given should be similar to the permissions given to the Agent for Linux executable (labeled "uagentd") residing in the BABuagent directory.
cavm.cfg , env_var.pm , err_msg_set.pm , debug_msg.pm and the 2 .pl files
You need to give enough permissions to all these files to be excuted correctly ( for example, do a chmod 777 on all these files ).
11 - Modify the file: /opt/CA/BABuagent/uag.cfg : you need to add the following 3 lines at the end of the file
-P 0
-Prebackup /opt/CA/BABuagent/pre_backup.pl
-Postbackup /opt/CA/BABuagent/post_backup.pl
That's all. And the backup /restores work great. Even with online VMs
Hope this will help.
This document was generated from the following thread: Simple steps to use CA Arcserve bakcup agent on ESX 3.x
