[SGVLUG] backup exec remote agent on FC 5?

[Alex Roston]

Of course, you could just tell them you're using Red Hat...  :)

Alex



James Neff wrote:

> No, your right.  But this is what I'm stuck with right now.
>
> Their Unix guru never called me back so I think I'm on my own with 
> this one.  Never again will I buy support for software!
>
> I'm in the process of setting up a cron job to backup my Postgres DB 
> into a samba share and the Backup Exec will see it as a regular 
> windows client.
>
> Thanks anyway,
> James
>
>
>
> Alex Roston wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
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