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 with the daemon. Useful for troubleshooting, the following can be used to log errors to the screen:
./beremote –log-console &
Additionally you can log data into files (using the –log-file or –log-file-auto options) and start the remote agent using a special configuration file (using the –config-file option).
You can also use the VRTSralus.init to stop the agent as follows:
./VRTSralus.init start
Errors are usually pretty informative. Whether the daemon cannot load specific parts of the agent or bind to a NIC properly, you should find the direction you need to get your issues sorted out in those logs. Good luck!
