Introducing Arcserve Backup Agents and Options › Using Agents › Client Agent › Using the Client Agents › Client Agent Start and Stop Procedures › UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X Client Agents Start and Stop Requirement › Start the UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS X Client Agent

Start the UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS X Client Agent

After installing a UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS X client agent, the agent is started automatically.

To check the status of the agent, type the following command at the command line:

# uagent status

To start the agent, type the following command at the command line:

# uagent start

If the agent is not enabled, run the configuration script, uagentsetup.