NetBackup init script for 32bit Linux (SLES)

Written by Claudio Kuenzler - 1 comments

Published on April 11th 2012 - Listed in Backup Linux

Someone who wants to install NetBackup on a 32bit machine might rub his eyes: The latest version 7.x is not available for 32bit machines anymore.
In this case it is mandatory to install the previous version, 6.5.x on the client.

Although the installation is not that difficult, the init script which comes with the installation doesn't really work. Additionally it sets itself up in /etc/xinet.d and is therefore dependent on the xinet.d service.

The following init script is adapted to launch the necessary NetBackup services on a 32bit machine, in this case it was a SLES Linux:

#!/bin/bash
################################################################################
# Script:       netbackup (init script)                                        #
# Author:       Claudio Kuenzler                                               #
# Description:  Launches netbackup on 32bit machines (path for binaries are    #
                different in 32bit installation (6.5.x).                       #
#               NetBackup 7.x is only supported in 64bit environments.         #
#               On 32bit machines you MUST install NetBackup 6.5.x             #               
# License:      GPLv2                                                          #
# History:                                                                     #
# 20120220      Creation of script                                             #
################################################################################
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          bar
# Required-Start:    $network
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start:     3 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 2 6
# Short-Description: bar daemon, providing a useful network service
# Description:       The bar daemon is a sample network
#       service.  We want it to be active in runlevels 3
#       and 5, as these are the runlevels with the network
#       available.
### END INIT INFO

# Check for missing binaries
BPCD_BIN=/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bpcd
VNET_BIN=/usr/openv/bin/vnetd
test -x $BPCD_BIN || { echo "$BPCD_BIN not installed";
        if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then exit 0;
        else exit 5; fi; }
test -x $VNET_BIN || { echo "$VNET_BIN  not installed";
        if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then exit 0;
        else exit 5; fi; }

# Check for existence of needed config file and read it
NETBACKUP_CONFIG=/usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf
test -r $NETBACKUP_CONFIG || { echo "$NETBACKUP_CONFIG not existing";
        if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then exit 0;
        else exit 6; fi; }

# Load the rc.status script for this service.
. /etc/rc.status

# Reset status of this service
rc_reset

  case "$1" in
    start)
        echo -n "Starting Netbackup "
        ## Start daemon with startproc(8). If this fails
        ## the return value is set appropriately by startproc.
        startproc $BPCD_BIN -standalone
        startproc $VNET_BIN -standalone

        # Remember status and be verbose
        rc_status -v
        ;;
    stop)
        echo -n "Shutting down Netbackup "
        ## Stop daemon with killproc(8) and if this fails
        ## killproc sets the return value according to LSB.

        killproc -TERM $BPCD_BIN
        killproc -TERM $VNET_BIN

        # Remember status and be verbose
        rc_status -v
        ;;
    restart)
        ## Stop the service and regardless of whether it was
        ## running or not, start it again.
        $0 stop
        $0 start

        # Remember status and be quiet
        rc_status
        ;;
    reload)
        ## Otherwise if it does not support reload:
        rc_failed 3
        rc_status -v
        ;;
    status)
        echo -n "Checking for service Netbackup "
        ## Check status with checkproc(8), if process is running
        ## checkproc will return with exit status 0.

        # Return value is slightly different for the status command:
        # 0 - service up and running
        # 1 - service dead, but /var/run/  pid  file exists
        # 2 - service dead, but /var/lock/ lock file exists
        # 3 - service not running (unused)
        # 4 - service status unknown :-(
        # 5--199 reserved (5--99 LSB, 100--149 distro, 150--199 appl.)

        # NOTE: checkproc returns LSB compliant status values.
        checkproc $BPCD_BIN
        checkproc $VNET_BIN
        # NOTE: rc_status knows that we called this init script with
        # "status" option and adapts its messages accordingly.
        rc_status -v
        ;;
    *)
        ## If no parameters are given, print which are avaiable.
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|reload}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

rc_exit

You might have to adapt the path of BPCD_BIN and VNET_BIN but in a standard 6.5.x installation the paths should be correct.

Enjoy.

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Denzo from wrote on Nov 19th, 2014:

I can't understand how so stupid mistake went to production client...
Thanks a lot, man!