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Bucky Backup - Upgrading the Bucky Backup Client for Linux

This document explains how to upgrade an existing Bucky Backup client for linux to the latest version of the 5.5.x client. If you have not yet installed the Bucky Backup client on the machine, then see the document Bucky Backup - Installing the Bucky Backup Client for Linux for instructions.

Preparing for the Bucky Backup Client Upgrade

1. Review the readme file in the Bucky Backup client repository and the list of changes in the 5.5 client.
2. Confirm that your server meets the Bucky Backup client environment prerequisites.
3. Read the upgrade path documentation. Note the impact of upgrading to the new client and also the impact of reverting to a previous version.
   • The Bucky Backup 5.5 client can restore data that was backed up with the 5.3 or 5.4 client.
   • The Bucky Backup 5.3 and 5.4 clients cannot restore data that was backed up with the 5.5 client.
4. Check the list of known problems and limitations for the new client.

Installing the New Bucky Backup Client

1. Stop the existing Bucky Backup scheduler process.
   • killall dsmc
2. Make backup copies of your Bucky Backup client configuration files.
   • mkdir /tmp/tsm-backup
   • cp /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.opt /tsm/tsm-backup
   • cp /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.sys /tsm/tsm-backup
   • cp /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/inclexcl /tsm/tsm-backup
3. Remove the old Bucky Backup packages.
   • rpm --erase TIVsm-API TIVsm-BA
   • If using Bucky Backup client 5.1 or previous: rpm --erase TIVguid
4. Download the latest version of the Bucky Backup client for linux from the Bucky Backup client repository.
   • wget <bucky backup client url>
5. Extract the client installation files into a temporary directory.
   • tar s <bucky backup client>.tar.gz
6. Change into the temporary directory and install the new Bucky Backup client.
   • For the 32 bit client enter the following commands:
     1. rpm -i TIVsm-API.i386.rpm
     2. rpm -i TIVsm-BA.i386.rpm
   • For the 64 bit client enter the following commands:
     1. rpm -i TIVsm-API.i386.rpm
     2. rpm -i TIVsm-API64.i386.rpm
     3. rpm -i TIVsm-BA.i386.rpm
7. Restart the Bucky Backup client scheduler on the server.