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Set up Symantec Backup Exec Agent on Ubuntu using Webmin
Firstly – all credit to Ajay Sign who did the original document I worked from. I have purely reworked his efforts and included Webmin as I found it much easier to use.
To install RALUS on UBUNTU (any Debian flavor) perform the following steps:
First of all – install Webmin – it makes things much easier. You need to ensure you change the port on Webmin to something other than 10000 as the Backup Exec service uses this port. For our example, we’ll change it to 10010. Go to Webmin > Webmin configuration > Pors and Addresses > change the “Listen on Port” field to 10010 and “Listen for broadcasts on UDP port” 10010.
1. Make a suitable directory, eg, ralus, or uploads etc.
2. Download the BEWS_11.7170_LINUX-UNIX-MAC-NT4_AGENTS.tar.gz file from the Symantec Licensing Portal and upload and extract the file to your Ubuntu server via Webmin File Manager.
3. Go to cdimage(or whereever you uploaded it to) /linux/pkgs/linux via File manager and use the UnPackage tool to extract the packages.
4. In Webmin go to System > Software and Packages > Search the APT for a product called alien and install it. This is used to convert the rpm files to deb to install.
Once that is installed, use Putty SSH client or similar to convert them. Browse to the folder where the rpm files are and to convert, execute the commands:
alien –d VRTSralus-11.00.7170-0.i386.rpm
alien –d VRTSvxmsa-4.4-021.i686.rpm
This will create a deb file in the folder.
5. Install the files using Software and Packages > Install from local file and browse to the deb files you created. Install each of these one at a time.
6. Create a group called beoper using the System > Users and Groups section of Webmin
7. Add the root user to the beoper group you created.
8: Install the libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 package using the System > Software and Packages > Search APT
You may need to install this directly from Ubuntu if it is unavailable which you can do using the Software and Packages > Install from URL and put in the field:
Install gcc-3.3 from Ubuntu by searching the APT section in Software and Packages.
Install libstdc++5 from Ubuntu by searching the APT section in Software and Packages.
If none of the packages are available you may need to uncomment some of the repository lines from your /etc/apt/sources.list file in Ubuntu.
9. Edit the file /etc/VRTSralus/ralus.cfg and add an entry for each Backup Exec server that will back up this Linux system. For Example: If the Backup Exec server has an IP address 192.168.1.11 add the following entry:
Software\Symantec\Backup Exec For Windows\Backup Exec\Engine\Agents\Agent Directory List A=192.168.1.11
10. Start the RALUS agent by executing the following command:
/opt/VRTSralus/bin/VRTSralus.init start
Add this start command to the System > Bootup and Shutdown page of your Webmin config. That will allow the agent to start automatically.
11. On your Backup Exec server, you’ll have to add the Ubuntu server in User defined Selections. As soon as you click on it, you’ll have to enter some new credentials, eg, the root login.
NOTE: If you reboot the Backup Exec server, it’s worth checking that you can still browse to the Ubuntu server via a selection list. If not, you will need to enter the following command on the Linux box:
/opt/VRTSralus/bin/VRTSralus.init restart
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