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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for MySQL Administrator's Guide
  3. Installing NetBackup for MySQL Agent
  4. Installing the NetBackup for MySQL Agent
Veritas NetBackup™ for MySQL Administrator's Guide

Installing the NetBackup for MySQL Agent

To install the agent on Windows

  1. Extract the NBMySQLAgent_version number_AMD64/ file contents to your chosen location.
  2. Run the NBMySQLAgent_version number_AMD64/Setup.exe.
  3. 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)

  1. Extract the NBMySQLAgent_version number_linuxR_x86/ file contents to your chosen location.
  2. Run the rpm installer VRTSnbmysqlagent.rpm using the following command:

    rpm -ivh VRTSnbmysqlagent.rpm

  3. Type y to accept the VERITAS LICENSE AGREEMENT.

    The agent gets installed at /usr/NBMySQLAgent/ location.

To install the agent on Linux (SUSE)

  1. Extract the NBMySQLAgent_version number_linuxS_x86/ file contents to your chosen location.
  2. Run the rpm installer VRTSnbmysqlagent.rpm using the following command:

    rpm -ivh VRTSnbmysqlagent.rpm

  3. 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

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