Introducing Arcserve Backup Agents and Options › Using Agents › Client Agent › Adding and Configuring the Client Agents › UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X Client Agent Configuration › Common Agent Configuration File for UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X › How Common Agent Connection Requests Work

How Common Agent Connection Requests Work

To initiate a client agent session, the Arcserve Backup server requests a connection for a UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS X client agent to use a specific backup component (such as BROWSER, BACKUP, or RESTORE). When it receives the request, the Common Agent accepts the connection and verifies the user’s credentials for the system.

Upon user validation, the Common Agent checks the agent.cfg file for an entry corresponding to that particular client agent and the specified component. Only after it has validated both the client agent and the requested component does the Common Agent activate the client agent and the component. The Common Agent then returns to a state of waiting for additional requests.