Installing BackupExec on Debian

Untar and install to /usr/local/bkupexec and copy the agent.cfg from there to a newly created /etc/bkupexec directory. Now create a /etc/init.d/bkupexec file with the following content

#!/bin/sh
#
# Start/stops the Backup Exec agent.
# Craig Box, 25/8/03

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/bkupexec/agent.be
CONF=/etc/bkupexec/agent.cfg

# clear conflicting settings from the environment
unset TMPDIR

# See if the daemon is there
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

case "$1" in
    start)
        echo -n "Starting the Backup Exec agent: agent.be"
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet -b --exec $DAEMON -- -c $CONF
        echo "."
        ;;
    stop)
        echo -n "Stopping the Backup Exec agent: agent.be"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --exec $DAEMON
        echo "."
        ;;
    restart|force-reload)
        echo -n "Restarting the Backup Exec agent: agent.be"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --exec $DAEMON
        sleep 2
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet -b --exec $DAEMON -- -c $CONF
        echo "."
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/bkupexec {start|stop|restart|force-reload}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

exit 0

Make it executable and run update-rc.d bkupexec defaults 96, and you're away laughing.