Getting backup Exec agent to run as a service in HP-UX 10.20

[Jean P Bourget]

I have 2 problems.
1.) I have the backup exec agent installed in /etc/bkupexec/agent.be
If I launch this as root by typing ./agent.be from the bkupexec directory, it runs as supposed to. But I can't logoff root. It says programs still running. Any way around this?
2.) How do I run a program (i.e. agent.be) as a service in HP-UX? I don't have NIS. It appears I should add an entry to the /etc/services file which in my case would be:
grfs 6101/tcp #Backup Exec Agent

How can I launch this once registered with out rebooting?

[Steven E. Protter]

build however you launch it into a script in

/sbin/init.d

plan: assuming hpux-9 does this

cd /sbin/init.d
cp template backupagent

edit the backupagent, make sure there is a start and a stop seciton that mimics your manual steps.

cd /sbin/rc3.d
ln -s /sbin/init.d/backupagent S900backupagent

cd /sbin/rc2.d

ln -s /sbin/init.d/backupagent K100backupagent

Now it should start and stop at boot.

Caveats: I don't even remember if HP-UX 9 starts and stops programs this way.

I don't know if backupagent is supported on HP-UX 9.

HP no longer supports the OS. This combination may be untenable.

SEP

[Pete Randall]

No, HP-UX 9.x does not follow the /sbin/init.d startup paradigm. If I recall correctly, you need to take a look at the /etc/rc script.


Pete

[Jean P Bourget]

Update: This is HP-UX 10.2 (Sorry)

I looked at the /etc directory and the only rc dirs I have are rc.config.d. I am familiar with Red Hat and I've found that the rd.<#> runlevel paradigm either doesn't apply on 10.2 or there is only one runlevel.

That being said, while I'd love to automate this on boot, My more immediate goal is to get this running as root and being able to log out root and keep it running. Currently the system won't let me log out when I have agent.be running.

Can I throw it into a shell script such as:

run=`./agent.be`
echo $run

I think that would work in bash, I haven't done much with ksh.

[melvyn burnard · Accepted solution]

corrected thread title, and deleted duplicate thread

[Stephen Maynard]

I think you just need to logon as root and type
/etc/bkupexec/agent.be &