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How to determine the version of the Backup Exec Remote Agent for Linux and Unix Servers (RALUS)

Article: 100017645
Last Published: 2025-05-06
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Product(s): Backup Exec

Problem

How to determine the version of the Backup Exec Remote Agent for Linux and Unix Servers (RALUS).

 

Solution

Different ways to determine the RALUS version:
 
Method 1:
 
1.  Open a Terminal Window on the Linux/UNIX computer 
2.  Change to the "/opt/VRTSralus/bin" directory
3.  Run 
  
strings beremote | grep Version
 
The phrase 'VERITAS_Backup_Exec_File_Version=xx.x.xxxx.xx' should be listed as shown. (Figure 1)
  
Figure 1
   
 
 
Method 2: 
 
1. Execute the command
 
rpm -qa VRTSralus
 
 
Method 3:
 
1. Open a terminal 
2. Run the following command:
 
cat /var/VRTSralus/ralus.ver
 

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