Installing the NetBackup for MySQL Agent

To install the agent on Windows

Extract the NBMySQLAgent_8.2_AMD64/ file contents to your chosen location.
Run the NBMySQLAgent_8.2_AMD64/Setup.exe.
Accept the VERITAS LICENSE AGREEMENT and then click Finish.
The agent gets installed at C:\Program Files\Veritas\NBMySQLAgent location.

To install the agent on Linux (RHEL)

Extract the NBMySQLAgent_8.2_linuxR_x86/ file contents to your chosen location.
Run the rpm installer VRTSnbmysqlagent.rpm using the following command:
rpm -ivh VRTSnbmysqlagent.rpm
Type y to accept the VERITAS LICENSE AGREEMENT.
The agent gets installed at /usr/NBMySQLAgent/ location.

To install the agent on Linux (SUSE)

Extract the NBMySQLAgent_8.2_linuxS_x86/ file contents to your chosen location.
Run the rpm installer VRTSnbmysqlagent.rpm using the following command:
rpm -ivh VRTSnbmysqlagent.rpm
Type y to accept the VERITAS LICENSE AGREEMENT.
The agent gets installed at /usr/NBMySQLAgent/ location.

Note:

Ensure that the MySQL agent and NetBackup are of same version for successful backup and restore operations.

To accept the EULA agreement automatically (silent installation), create a /tmp/AgentInstallAnswer.conf file with following content:

Yes - to accept the EULA agreement

No - to decline EULA agreement