• Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security

    BRU Primer -> Advanced

    In BRU 2, you have 3 tools to use. These include: BRU Server Agent Config (UB) – A tool used to install the agent, which needs to be located on each machine that will be backed up (including the server if it has any data to back up) BRU Server Config (UB) – Used to configure the server daemon, backup server configurations and set passwords to communicate with the server. Also used to set licensing information and perform scans for new tape drives and libraries. BRU Server Console (UB) – Used to configure backup jobs, schedules, etc. To get started, open the BRU Server Config application from the components that…

  • Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security

    Backup Exec for Mac OS X

    The Backup Exec agent is fairly similar between Mac OS X and Linux. The binaries get installed into /opt/VRTSralus/bin. Here, you can run the following command to start the remote agent: ./VRTSralus.init start Once started you need to add the system into Backup Exec and then use that to kick off your Backup Exec jobs. The user starting the application will need access to the full file system, so in many cases it is run as root. But at some point you may encounter errors, which is where many look at Backup Exec as a bit of a black box. It’s not. You can use the beremote binary to interface…