[SGVLUG] backup exec remote agent on FC 5?

[Alex Roston]

Forgive me for being a killjoy, but if they don't support 64 bit and 
they don't support Fedora, I'd have to see this company as being a 
little behind. I'd be inclined to find a solution which was a little 
more up-to-date.

Alex



James Neff wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I'm trying to install Backup Exec's remote agent for Linux on my dual 
> 64 bit Opteron system running FC 5.  I called their technical support 
> and they said they do not support FC 5 nor the 64 bit version on any 
> platform.
>
> He sent me a technote with instructions with a disclaimer that I was 
> basically on my own and they do not support this.  I'm a little 
> frustrated as we did pay the extra money for support only to find out 
> that they don't support us.
>
> I'm trying to run:
>
>
> rpm -Uhv VRTSralus-10.00.5629-0.i386.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
>        libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 is needed by VRTSralus-10.00.5629-0.i386
>
>
> The instructions told me I needed to download 
> compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm however when I run:
>
> rpm -Uhv compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm
> warning: compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA 
> signature: NOKEY, key ID 73307de6
> error: Failed dependencies:
>        compat-gcc = 7.3-2.96.128 is needed by 
> compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386
>        compat-libstdc++ = 7.3 is needed by 
> compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386
>        compat-libstdc++-devel = 7.3 is needed by 
> compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386
>
>
> Should I continue hunting down dependencies or am I doing something 
> wrong?
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do?
> I had no problems getting the remote agent for linux running on our 
> Sun Fire system running RHE 3 last year.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> James
>
>