The Remote Agent has been renamed RALUS (for Remote Agent for Linux and UNIX Servers) and an excellent HOWTO on using RALUS on Debian is available.
Don't forget to run update-rc.d VRTSralus.init defaults to make it start/stop appropritately.
Note, you need to have a RALUS license on your media server to use RALUS 10, but you can use v9 for 'free'.
#!/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.
Run agent.be with -nd to debug. Learn how to read the debug log.
Check that /etc/hosts has the right details (fqdn, IP address) for the server you are running RALUS on.
echo 'grfs 6101/tcp' >> /etc/services
You need the hostname of the server you are announcing to in the /etc/hosts file as well.
Check the debug log to see you're getting a connection to port 6101 (which translates in Weird VERITAS Binary to 23.213):
rcvr addr=10.7.13.10.23.213 attempting to connect. state=0
Telnet to that IP:6101 and ensure you get a response. If not, check the Agent Browser service on the Windows machine.
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/192204.htm More troubleshooting notes are available on the VERITAS knowledge base.
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