BackupEDGE may be installed using one of four methods...
• From the Installation CD-ROM that ships with retail packages. • From a Self-Extracting Binary.
• From a DOS Executable.
• From a Tar Format or Custom Archive. • From an RPM (Linux only)
Each of these methods ultimately unpacks the installation files, places them in the
appropriate Directories, and the runs an Installation Wizard to detect and configure Devices, check for special file types, and schedule a simple Scheduled Job to back up your entire system.
From The Installation CD-ROM
The Installation CD-ROM contains:
• Versions of BackupEDGE for multiple UNIX and Linux systems, in multiple distribution formats.
• On line documentation including manuals, white papers and “How To” guides. • Tools for accessing the CD-ROM from Microsoft Windows.
• Tools for checking for newer versions of BackupEDGE from the Microlite Corporation website.
The Master Install Program detects your operating system type and selects the proper version of BackupEDGE to be installed automatically.
The basic installation procedure from CD-ROM is: 1 Mount the Installation CD-ROM.
2 Run the CD-ROM install program. 3 Unmount the CD-ROM.
Using the CD-ROM With Automounters
On many newer systems, the CD-ROM is automatically mounted when you insert it. In this case, you simply need to run the installation program.
Newer Linux systems have both automount and autorun capabilities when running under
GUI desktops.
If you are logged in as root under the KDE desktop and insert the CD-ROM, the
BackupEDGE installation menu will appear automatically if autorun is enabled (or you
will be prompted to confirm that you want to autorun the install program).
If autorun is not enabled but automount is, and upon CD-ROM insertion you get a
File Manager popup window, you may click on the install.sh Icon to install or upgrade BackupEDGE.
If automount is not enabled, but a CD-ROM Icon is available, insert the CD-ROM, click the CD-ROM Icon, and then click the install.sh Icon when it appears.
If none of the above work, simply follow the manual mounting instructions below.
Manually Mounting The CD-ROM
Linux mount -r /dev/cd0 /mnt /mnt/install.sh umount /mnt OpenServer 6 (OSR6) mount -r /dev/cd0 /mnt
NOTE: If you intend to do backups to CD, DVD or REV media, we highly recommend that you disable any automount daemons on your system. They will try to mount your backup media when inserted, with unpredictable results.
/mnt/install.sh umount /mnt
OpenServer 5.0.5-5.0.7 (OSR5)
mount -r -f HS,lower /dev/cd0 /mnt /mnt/install.sh umount /mnt UnixWare 7.1.x (UW7) mount -r -F cdfs /dev/cdrom/cdrom1 /mnt /mnt/install.sh umount /mnt
IBM pSeries / RISC System/6000 (AIX)
mount -v cdrfs -o ro /dev/cd0 /mnt /mnt/install.sh
umount /mnt
The CD-ROM Installation Screen
The CD-ROM install program displays a splash screen, then attempts to detect the operating system and release you are using and set the install program to install it.
Press [Enter] at this prompt to continue.
You will next be given the option to check the Microlite Corporation website for newer versions of BackupEDGE before installing anything. You must have a functioning Internet connection on the UNIX or Linux machine for this to work.
You may skip this check by pressing [Enter], in which case proceed to “The Installation Manager” on page 40. If you elect to perform this check by pressing Y [Enter], however, BackupEDGE will check for a newer version.
If no newer version exists, you will be informed of this. Installation will continue with the CD-ROM version as if you did not check for a newer version.
From time to time, newer versions of BackupEDGE may require different licenses and serial numbers than older versions. When this happens, the first number in the version will change. The second and third number in the version is not related to the license1. For example, version 02.01.02 can use any 02.00.0x license. You may upgrade from 02.00.0x, 02.01.0x or 02.02.0x to 02.03.0x at any time, but you may not upgrade from 01.0x.0x to
Microlite BackupEDGE CDROM Installation Menu Version 02.03.01 Copyright 1998 - 2009 by Microlite Corporation All Rights Reserved BackupEDGE Version 02.03.01 Installation of these products is subject to your agreement to the terms of the License Agreement contained in the top directory of this CD-ROM! Thanks for trying or buying Microlite BackupEDGE!
This CD-ROM contains BackupEDGE version: 02.03.01 This CD-ROM was mastered on: 2009-09-11 Evaluation copies may be installed until: 2010-09-10
Please note that, due to production schedules, more recent releases of our products may be available on our ftp site. You may install from this CD-ROM, or you may wish to browse our site for the most recent BackupEDGE releases.
Licensed copies may always be re-installed.
Thanks - Microlite Development Team: http://www.microlite.com ftp://ftp.microlite.com Press [Enter] To Continue _ Press [Enter] To Continue _
02.0x.0x unless you have a serial number and license that work with the 02.0x.0x product series. See 247Q - Update / Upgrade Policies for general rules on updates and upgrades. If the version on the CD-ROM uses a different license than the newest version found on the website, you will be informed of this, and given the option to choose between it and the newest version that does not require a new license. Of course, if you are installing
BackupEDGE in “demo mode”, and do not have a serial number yet, you should choose the
newest version regardless of license or serial number.
If you are presented with such a choice, whichever version you select will be treated as the “newer version”, while the other version will be ignored.
Assuming some newer version is found, the Change Log for it will be displayed. This will provide information about exactly what is different between the newer version and the version found on the CD-ROM.
Once you have viewed the Change Log, you will be given the option to download and install the newer version, or stay with the version on the CD-ROM.
Whichever you select, installation will now proceed as described in “The Installation Manager” on page 40.
Alternate Distribution File Format Types
There are three different file format types used to distribute BackupEDGE... • Self Installing Binaries (recommended).
• VOL format. Used by SCO Custom+ / Software Manager in OSR5 and OSR6. • TAR Format.
• DOS/Windows Executables which make UNIX / Linux floppy diskettes. • RPMs (Linux only)
These formats will be explained in the following sections. Here are the default filenames we use for most of the various distribution types...
Please note that the .elf extension does not always mean that the file is an ELF executable.
All .elf files are self-extracting executables, but they are in whatever format is appropriate Operating System TAR or Custom+ Self Installing DOS/Win Executables Comments
Linux 2.6.x edgelx64.tar edgelx64.elf EDGELX64.EXE
Linux systems running 2.6.x kernels under the EM64T and AMD64 architectures
Linux 2.6.x edgelx26.tar edgelx26.elf EDGELX26.EXE Linux IA32 systems running 2.6.x
kernels
Linux 2.4.x edgelnx6.tar edgelnx6.elf EDGELNX6.EXE Linux IA32 systems running 2.4.x
kernels OpenServer
6.0.x edgesco6.tar edgesco6.elf EDGESCO6.EXE
OpenServer 6 02.02.00 and later install / remove through SCO Custom / Software Manager
OpenServer
5.0.x VOL.000.000 edgesco5.elf EDGESCO5.EXE
Installs / removes through SCO Custom / Software Manager UnixWare 7.1.x edgesc71.tar edgesc71.elf EDGESC71.EXE Includes Open UNIX 8 AIX 5 or later edgeaix5.tar edgeaix5.elf EDGEAIX5.EXE No RecoverEDGE
for the operating system on which they will be installed. The .elf extension is used for all of
them only for consistency.
In the examples that follow, we’ll use edgedist.tar, edgedist.elf or EDGEDIST.EXE to
refer to the above files. In actual use, substitute dist / DIST with the proper four characters
referring to the distribution you are using.
RPMs are named differently than the other distribution types:
backupedge-02.03.01-1.edgelnx6.i386.rpm
“backupedge” is, of course, the package name. “02.03.00” is the version number. The
following “1” is the build number. edgelnx6 is the distribution type, from the table above.
Finally, i386 indicates that it is compiled for Intel-based platforms. Installing From Self-Installing Binaries
Self-Installing Binaries are complete, single product distributions with a tar or custom
archive wrapped up in a compressed executable file. When executed, these files extract their contents, then run either tar or custom as necessary to install the distribution and begin
running the Installation Manager program. To use them, copy them into any Directory (/tmp
is recommended), then from that Working Directory type...
chmod 755 edgedist.elf ./edgedist.elf
The Installation Manager will start. Proceed to “The Installation Manager” on page 40.
Installing From TAR Archives
Tar archives, whether downloaded from the web or copied off the installation CD, are very
simple to use. Simply...
cd /
tar xvf edgedist.tar /tmp/init.edge
Or, if the tar archive has been placed on a floppy, just... cd /
tar xvf [floppy_device_name] /tmp/init.edge
Substitute the correct name for the floppy Device on your system. If there is more than one floppy diskette in the distribution, extract them all using tar commands before running the init.edge program.
The Installation Manager will start. Proceed to “The Installation Manager” on page 40.
Using Custom+ / Software Manager Archives
The download filename for OSR5 and OSR6 systems is called VOL.000.000. It is a tar
archive, but cannot be installed using the tar instructions given above.
It is meant to be used under OSR5 or OSR6 by typing custom from a character interface or
running Software Manager from the GUI or scoadmin. Use the
Software -> Install New option, choose Media Device -> Media Images and type the
name of the Directory where you’ve placed the VOL.000.000 file. Or, if you are using a
floppy archive, choose Media Device -> Floppy Disk Drive 0.
NOTE: You must be in the / directory before extracting the files!
NOTE: On OSR5, we use the Custom+ / Software Manager format. Do not use these instructions for OSR5. Follow the Custom+ / Software Manager instructions in the following section.
Alternately, you may run custom from the command line. The following example assumes
that the VOL.000.000 file is in the /tmp Directory... custom -p misc:edgesco5 -F /tmp/VOL.000.000 -i
The Installation Manager will start. Proceed to “The Installation Manager” on page 40.
Installing From RPM on Linux
BackupEDGE for Linux may be installed via the rpm program. To do so, use the following
syntax if BackupEDGE is not currently installed, or if it was installed previously but not through rpm:
rpm -i --force backupedge-02.03.01-1-edgelnx6.i386.rpm
Of course, replace the RPM filename as needed. After you have done this, you may be told to run EDGEMENU to complete the installation process, if no version of BackupEDGE is installed currently. In this case, you must either run EDGEMENU to continue installation and setup interactively, or consult “Non-interactive Installation” on page 197 to finish the installation non-interactively. This is not required unless you are performing a new installation of BackupEDGE.
If you already have BackupEDGE installed via rpm, and you wish to upgrade to a newer
version, you should use the following command to remove the old version from the RPM database before installing the new version:
rpm -e --justdb --noscripts --notriggers backupedge
This will update the RPM database without actually removing any BackupEDGE files. If you use the upgrade mode of rpm, it may attempt to remove the old version of BackupEDGE.
This is probably not what you want, since BackupEDGE upgrades try to preserve your current configuration as much as possible.
Making UNIX / Linux Diskettes on a Windows PC
BackupEDGE incorporates a technology allowing any Windows (except Windows 2000) or
MS-DOS based PC to create UNIX or Linux tar (or custom) installation diskettes. This is
especially useful if you are downloading a distribution from the Microlite web site and your
UNIX or Linux box doesn’t have internet or network access, or you may not have a CD-ROM
installed or functioning on the target system.
Floppies made using this method (even for OSR5) are always installed using the tar method
outlined on page 38.
From The Distribution CD-ROM
Insert the CD-ROM into a Windows PC. If “Auto Insert Notification” is enabled, a splash screen will appear within a few seconds, followed by the BackupEDGE Windows Installer menu. If it is not enabled, double-click on My Computer followed by the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive to start the installer menu.
NOTE: After installing through RPM, you may not install/upgrade/re-install using
install.sh from the BackupEDGE distribution CD-ROM, or from the self-extracting
Linux executable. If you attempt to do so, you will be told to use the RPM format instead. Otherwise, the RPM software database could become out-of-sync with the actual version of
BackupEDGE that is installed. Similarly, you may not use diskettes created on a Windows
PC.
NOTE: The OSR5 distribution EDGESCO5.EXE creates multiple floppy diskettes. These must
be extracted on the UNIX machine via the Installing From TAR Archives method outlined on page 38. Do not use Custom+ / Software Manager when installing from these diskettes; it will be run automatically as needed.
Click on Make Distribution Diskettes. Read and Agree to the “Standard License
Agreement”. Click to select your Destination Diskette (default is A:) and the distribution you
wish to make floppies for, and click on Make Disk.
The installer will prompt you for the number of floppies you’ll need, and ask you to insert each one in turn and press [Enter]. They MUST be formatted, although it doesn’t matter if
they are DOS formatted or UNIX formatted.
When complete, take them to the UNIX system and follow the tar or custom installation
instructions mentioned previously, as appropriate.
From Internet Downloads
Download the EDGEDIST.EXE file directly from the Microlite web site to your desktop.
Double-Click on the resulting Icon to launch the installer.
The installer will prompt you for the number of floppies you’ll need, and ask you to insert each one in turn and press [Enter]. They MUST be formatted, although it doesn’t matter if
they are DOS formatted or UNIX formatted.
When complete, take them to the UNIX system and follow the tar or custom installation
instructions mentioned previously, as appropriate.
You may also download the file to any folder and double-click on it, or type
EDGEDIST.EXE [Enter] from a DOS prompt.
Remember to replace DIST with the proper four characters referring to the distribution you
are using.