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Post by tillmanncordes on Jan 29, 2007 14:39:44 GMT 7
I know that the backup-stuff has been discussed for many times but i would like to know if anyony sees a chance to get the Veritas/Symantec BackupExec remote agent for linux run on the N5200.
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Post by omega on Jan 29, 2007 15:44:05 GMT 7
It might be possible..... maybe...  But to test it I need to invest about 1000 $  Do you want to invite me? ;D Andreas |
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Post by tillmanncordes on Jan 30, 2007 14:22:40 GMT 7
Well, you tell me how to do it and i do the testing, ok?  |
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Post by omega on Jan 30, 2007 15:22:52 GMT 7
Fine, just install the the Linux agent on the N5200 and check if everything works ... that's basically all ;D |
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Post by tillmanncordes on Jan 30, 2007 17:30:26 GMT 7
I am quite new with the internals of the N5200. And i saw that you programmed a lot of modules for the N5200. Please apologize, if i am asking some stupig questions. But: is there a "howto" for installing software on the N5200? What LINUX-version is running there? Do i have any interfaces (shell, make, cc, installers,...)? How do i have to prepare my software? Any precompilation necessary?
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Post by Arctra on Jan 30, 2007 17:46:56 GMT 7
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Post by Arctra on Jan 30, 2007 18:05:45 GMT 7
Sorry, just checked the guide again and see it's still a work in progress.
If you search the forum I think I recall Omega mentioning somewhere that you can compile the software on any standard Linux distro. But hey, I'm not 100%.
Good luck!
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Post by omega on Jan 30, 2007 20:14:48 GMT 7
Hi tillmanncordes, as Arctra already mentioned, I wrote an guide how to create modules for firmware version <= 1.00.05. I haven't had the time to write another guide for the new module framework though (and I think this guide should be written by Thecus anyway, isn't it  ). When I was doing the modules for the N5200 I tried hard to write understandable code and I added a lot of comments to the code. So if you something about shell scripts, it should be quite easy to understand what needs to be done to create a module yourself. For your question how to compile third party code, I can only tell you that I'm using 32-bit SuSE Linux 10.2 to compile programs. I was doing this for an updated version of BusyBox and the rsync executable. As long as the programs are not demanding special shared libraries, there should be no problem to run them on he N5200 as it is just a normal PC. Hope that answers your question. Andreas |
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Post by tillmanncordes on Jan 30, 2007 20:40:12 GMT 7
OK, the magic site is onbeat.dk. I'll check it out, try and then call again.
Thanks!
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Post by omega on Jan 30, 2007 20:44:41 GMT 7
You got it This forum is for discussion, the Thecus Wiki for documentation (at least for me)..... |
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Post by tillmanncordes on Jan 30, 2007 20:50:04 GMT 7
Sorry, it's me again - just one more question: is it possible to manage any user interaction while the install-process of the new module is running on the N5200? As described in seer.support.veritas.com/docs/279329.htm the installation process must be initiated and some question has to be answered. |
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Post by omega on Jan 30, 2007 21:07:24 GMT 7
No, it is not possible to do any user interaction during the installation process.
You need to do it completely different than what Symantec is doing with their installer. Just install everything on a Linux computer (maybe to n temporary folder if this is possible). Hopefully the installation places everything into a single folder. Then your are luck, because you just tar that folder and untar it on the N5200 (normally via the install script of your new module).
Then I assume hat the Symantec agent uses some sort of configuration files. Now that the module is installed, you can create some HTML files for the module configuration where you should be able to configure the agent. That HTML pages are responsible themselves to update the linux agent configuration file(s) themselves.
Hope you got the idea.....
Andreas
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Post by tillmanncordes on Jan 30, 2007 21:15:04 GMT 7
Hope you got the idea..... Oh yes. And now i know why you wanted a thousand bucks for installation |
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Post by omega on Jan 30, 2007 21:19:55 GMT 7
No, no, I wanted the 1000 bucks to buy the Symantec software in order to see if it is possible to create of module from it..... If you would want to pay me that money would not be enough..... ;D |
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Post by tillmanncordes on Jan 30, 2007 21:30:35 GMT 7
No, no, I wanted the 1000 bucks to buy the Symantec software in order to see if it is possible to create of module from it..... The Linux-agent is free ;D |
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