After upgrading BackupExec server to SP2, and deciding to follow Symantec's advice to upgrade the remote agents as well, I had to manually upgrade the RALUS client on my Debian 4.0 etch/lenny/sid systems. Here's what I did:
- Stop the agent: /etc/init.d/VRTSralus.init stop
- Backup the current version: cd /opt/VRTSralus; cp -rp bin bin.12.0.1364.0
- copy the tar.gz (VRTSralusPatch.tar.gz) to your Linux box
- On the Linux box, tar -xvfz VRTSralusPatch.tar.gz in some temp folder, then untar the enclosed tar file.
- cd into the temp dir with the extracted patch files
- cp ralus.ver /var/VRTSralus/
- cp --preserve=timestamps beremote lib* /opt/VRTSralus/bin
- Test that the correct version is installed (should be 12.0.1364.131): cd /opt/VRTSralus/bin; strings beremote|grep 1364
- Restart the agent: /etc/init.d/VRTSralus.init start
Only annoying thing is that running dpkg --list doesn't show me the correct version. On the other hand, tweaking/creating deb files takes a whole lot longer than doing this.
Hope this helps someone.
