Alternate file location using install_client_files

I bet we all have tried this, you need to install a Netbackup client, just to discover that there is no place in /tmp. What now ??. Well, there is hope. With a little script hack it possible to let the “install_client_files” script install files in another directory than /tmp.

• Identify client you want to push
• Go to /usr/openv/netbackup/client/{HW}/{OS}/ for a SUSE2.6 that would be /usr/openv/netbackup/client/Linux/Linux/SuSE2.6
• Edit file install_client
• Find variable DEST_DIR=/tmp/bp.${pid} on line 891 (as of 6.5.4), and change the destination folder e.g. DEST_DIR=/var/bp.${pid}
• Save file.
• Push agent
• Revert change back