About installing the remote agent for linux or unix servers. Professor robert mcmillen shows you how to push out the backup exec 20 agent to a new. To install the agent to multiple remote linux servers, leave a space between each identifier. This monitor returns the number of events when the backup exec remote agent for windows servers. Step by step installation of the backup exec remote agent. If this computer is a rac node, you must perform additional steps for configuration before you continue. Symantec backup exec linux unix agent is called ralus which stands for remote agent for linux and unix servers. You can choose to either push the agent from the backup exec server else copy the remote agent. Symantec backup exec remote agent utility choose one of the following options. To install the remote agent for linux and unix servers on the linux host.
Step by step installation of the backup exec remote agent for linux. Symantec backup exec remote agent for linux or unix servers installation. Remote agent support, continuous protection, advanced open file protection and intelligent disaster recovery. About configuring the remote agent for linux or unix servers. How to push out the backup exec 20 agent to a new server youtube. Backup exec 2012 was the last version to support the unix os. Ralus remote agent for linux and unix servers is part of symantec backup exec. Ralus is a remote agent installation, simply linux client of backup exec that can be retrieved from backup exec installation dvd in linuxunixmac folder.
On a linux host, download the installation files from the veritas. The backup exec remote media agent for linux servers provides storage flexibility for linux servers running in a backup exec environment. On a linux host, download the installation files from the symantec support site. Install backup exec clientremote agent on linux dba010. Installing symantec backup exec agent for linux niktips. Installing the remote agent for linux or unix servers. Symantec backup exec installing the remote agent for linux or unix servers. Versions of backup exec 2014 and higher only provides support as the remote agent for linux servers. Backup exec 2014 revision 1786 service pack 1 symantec. About the backup exec operators group for the remote agent for linux or unix servers. This package is required for this version of the symantec backup exec agent for linux. Symantec backup exec remote agent for linux and unix. If you dont have them you probably can download them from symantec web site. Anybody know where i can find a how to for upgrading linux.
Veritas backup exec is a data protection software product designed for customers who have mixed physical and virtual environments, and who are moving to public cloud services. Backup exec 2014 revision 1786 remote media agent for linux. For backup exec 2010 and above, there is no separate download available, ralus is included on the dvd, and can be found in the linux folder present at the root of the dvd for backup exec. Backup exec 20 agents and options articles and howtos. I obtained my ralus installation from official symantec cds. Symantec backup exec uninstalling the remote agent for linux or unix servers. Step by step installation of the backup exec remote agent for linux and. After the installer checks for a valid linux operating. In our continued commitment to quickly bring new features and incremental improvements to existing ones based on feedback from our customers, we are glad to reintroduce remote agent for linux and unix servers ralus for the aix and solaris platforms. Ralus is a remote agent installation, simply linux client of backup exec that can be retrieved.
Supported platforms include vmware and hyper v virtualization, windows and linux operating systems. It administrators can directly attach tape and disk storage devices to a remote linux server, allowing backup data to be protected directly to those linux attached storage devices. While installing agent for linux linux agent andor remote media. Description symantec backup exec remote agent for linux and unix servers ralus, a backup agent for linux and unix servers, is installed on the remote host. Pushinstall backup exec to remote computers through terminal services.