Hi All,
In this blog you will get introduce to product Symantec System Recovery Linux 2013 and how to install it.
As product name describe this product is for Linux platform and complements Symantec System Recovery product available for Windows with all important features which user would require in any Backup and Recovery product.
Symantec System Recovery Linux henceforth in this blog will be called SSRL is a third release on Linux platform and have following features in it.
S.NO | Feature Set |
1 | Independent backup (Full backup) and restore |
2 | Incremental backup and restore |
3 | Scheduling backup Job |
4 | System recovery using Symantec Recovery Disk |
5 | Granular File Folder restore using mount.v2i utility |
6 | Trial mode and serial licensing |
7 | Run Job now for instant backup |
8 | Display job and disk partition details |
9 | Job policy and task management from SSRMS 2013 |
10 | License management from SSRMS 2013 |
Product supports RHEL and SLES Server editions. (x86,X86_64)
OS | Latest OS Support (All previous minor versions also supported) |
RHEL 5 | 5.9 |
RHEL 6 | 6.4 |
SLES 10 | SP4 |
SLES 11 | SP2 |
Virtual platforms:
SSR Linux can be run on an ESX/Esxi 4, ESX/Esxi 4.1, ESXi 5.0, ESXi 5.1, Windows Server 2008R2 Enterprise and Windows Server 2012 hypervisor virtual machine, provided the guest machine is running a mention above supported operating system.
File system support: FAT16, FAT32, EXT2, EXT3,EXT4, ReiserFS and XFS
Easy steps to install SSRL on your machine.
Step 1: Extract the gunzip file into local folder of the machine.
# tar -xvzf SSR_2013_SP1_RC_3.0.1_Linux_English_InstallOnly.tar.gz
Step 2: Run the installer Symantec_System_Recovery.bin
# ./Symantec_System_Recovery.bin
Step 3: Accept License terms by pressing ‘y’ on keyboard.
# Do you accepts the terms of License Agreement? [y/N] : y
Step 4: Install SRD creation utility and granular file recovery utility: (optional) by pressing ‘y’
on keyboard.
By following these steps you will see installation successfully complete.
To verify product is installed on your system you can execute following command:
#symsr –v
In next blog we will see how to use SSRL features.