Arcserve and Linux (Red-Hat 8.0)

[skjper]

I have a problem backing up a shared drive on Red-Hat 8.0. from a WIndows 2000 station. I'm getting "LOGON FAILURE" when the job run. I know that the share is working, because when I run the Windows 2000 Backup program, it works.

I have a user on the Linux machine: "mysql" with password "mysql". How do you write this as a UNIX Username in the security box in Arcserve? The linux machine is called "Froya2"

 

[RedbullLinux]

Are you backing it up as a NFS mount? Is the Linux agent installed?

RBL

 

[mohamdr]

Hi
On CA Support site it doesn't show it supports RedHat 8.0
it support only RedHat 6.1, 6.2.
for both arcserve2000 & 9.0
check the link:

http://support.ca.com/techbases/as2000/ntcompmat.html

regards,
mohamdr

 

[skjper]

1. I've set it up as shared drives with SAMBA, and are able to access it without any problems in, for instance, explorer. I've also successfully managed to backup the volumes with Microsoft Windows Backup (the lite version of VERITAS Backup Exec)

2. The Linux agent is running, but Arcserve does not seem to detect it. The manual says you should add it to the client database (from the database manager) but I was not able to find out how.

I know from my earlier experiences with Arcserve that the authentication process can be quite tricky. You have to write the username in a certain format for Arcserve to use. I have tried various formats like "FROYA2/mysql", "\\FROYA2\\mysql", only "mysql" etc. but none seems to work.

 

[RedbullLinux]

Arcserve backup 9.01 will support RH 8.0 and 9.0
Version 9.0 will only support up to 7.3. It can be installed with the use of symlinks and will work but is not supported from CA
Arcserve 2000 supports neither 8.0 or 9.0

RBL!