>Has anyone come up with a way to install the client software without
>using the GUI or cp_to_client scripts? The problem we have is that NB
>seems to require a NIS trusted environment, and we don't run NIS here,
>preferring to access systems with ssh. Maybe someone has modified the
>script to use ssh instead of rcp/ftp?
>  
>
There is such a hack available to use ssh.

We have found that a small install script with all the stuff wrapped up 
is the best way. I did PKG up my Solaris one, but the script still is 
not a bad way to go since it is OS independant.

I will share the script/packaging if you wish to have it. Just pop me an 
email requesting such and I'll send an example you can modify, etc.

>And what is (would be) the procedure to actually install the client
>software? I have tarballed the stuff under netbackup/client and then
>copied it over to the client system, but that is a clunky way of doing
>it and doesn't always work gracefully. I frequently have to tweak a lot
>of stuff by hand.
>  
>

There is not much to it.

/usr/openv (stuff)
/etc/inetd.conf ... or ... /etc/xinetd.d (stuff)
/etc/services ... or ... niutil (macoxs)
HUP those (x)inetd critters.

My install script tries to do this all.

HTH


--Chris