How to start and stop the Ralus Linux agent

Article: 100006524
Last Published: 2023-05-18
Ratings: 6 1
Product(s): Backup Exec

Problem

How to manually start and stop the Backup Exec Remote Agent for Linux

 

Error Message

N/A

 

Cause

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Solution

Type the following command from a root command prompt:

OS types

Start/stop command

Red Hat 9 or Oracle Linux 9, or above
* Backup Exec 22.1 or above is required

systemctl start (or stop) RALUSRHELUnit.service

Recent OS versions where systemd is supported

systemctl start (or stop) VRTSralus.init.service

Traditional OS versions where systemd is not supported

service VRTSralus.init start (or stop)

Any OS versions

/opt/VRTSralus/bin/VRTSralus.init start (or stop)  

 

How to tell if Ralus is running or not:

# ps -elf | grep beremote | grep -v grep

This  command returns  exactly one line of text if  the agent is running. It returns zero lines if Ralus is not running.

 

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