I use Symantec Backup Exec to backup my Linux servers to tape and Symantec provides us with a VRTSralus client that I install on my RHEL4 ES servers. The client is fairly simple to install. It looks to be a script that auto installs everything and then I just need to start the service via the following command:
Code:
[root@lt2fs1 ~]# /etc/init.d/VRTSralus.init
Symantec Backup Exec Remote Agent for Linux/Unix Servers
Usage: VRTSralus.init { start | stop }
[root@lt2fs1 ~]# /etc/init.d/VRTSralus.init start
Starting Symantec Backup Exec Remote Agent ......
Starting Symantec Backup Exec Remote Agent: [ OK ]
Now this works great however the stupid client stops randomly and I don't know why. The server stays up and running fine and so does the LAN connection but sometimes the server will attempt to contact the client for a backup and the VRTSralus agent is stopped and I miss my backup. I have checked /var/log/messages and also contacted Symantec and nobody knows why. This happens on pretty much all my Linux RHEL4 servers and I have even reinstalled the client to no avail.
Is there something I can run to find out when the service stops running? Perhaps if I can see that they all stop running at the same time or understand what is causing them to stop I can correct this.
Right now the only way I know if it is running is if I run the following command:
Code:
[root@lt2fs1 ~]# ps aux | grep "VRTS"
root 16830 0.0 0.3 67092 6892 pts/1 Sl 18:01 0:00 /opt/VRTSralus/bin/beremote
root 16842 0.0 0.0 5544 620 pts/1 S+ 18:07 0:00 grep VRTS