Getting Started

Getting Started


SCO ARCserve/Open 2.2 Client Agents

SCO® ARCserve®/Open from Cheyenne® supports network backup and restore of the following platforms:


The SCO ARCserve/Open 2.2 Client Agents for each of these platforms are available from this Download page.

An evaluation copy of the SCO ARCserve/Open server, which allows for connections up to five client systems, is available from the SCO ARCserve/Open Download page in the Evaluation Software area.



System Requirements

SCO ARCserve/Open 2.2 Client Agent system requirements vary, depending on the operating system.

See the Release Notes (available from the SCO ARCserve/Open 2.2 Client Agents Download page) for the system requirements of each supported Client Agent.



Downloading and Installing SCO ARCserve/Open 2.2 Client Agents

Depending on the speed and reliability of your Internet connection, you can select to download the SCO ARCserve/Open 2.2 Client Agents as a complete tar file, or as a partial tar files.

To download the complete product (C0*.tar) file from the Download page:

  1. Select the complete product (C0*.tar) file from the SCO ARCserve/Open Download page.

  2. As root, move the file to a preferred installation directory:

    mv C0*.tar /tmp1
  3. Change to the installation directory:

    cd /tmp1
  4. Extract the installation package files from the tar file:

    tar xvf C0*.tar


To download partial tar files (P*.tar) from the Download page:
  1. Select each required component file (P*.tar) from the SCO ARCserve/Open Download page.

  2. As root, move the files to a preferred installation directory:

    mv P*.tar /tmp1
  3. Change to the installation directory:

    cd /tmp1
  4. Extract the installation package files from the tar file. You must run the follwing command on each of the partial product files:

    tar xvf P*.tar
  5. Execute the following command to build the partial product files into a single tar file:

    cat arc1 arc2 arc4 arc4 arc5 > arcagents.tar

  6. Extract the arcagents.tar file:
    tar xvf arcagents.tar

See the Release Notes for the installation instructions that apply to the Client Agent(s) that you want to use. The Release Notes are available from the SCO ARCserve/Open 2.2 Client Agent Download page.



Configuration

Configuration instructions for the various SCO ARCserve/Open 2.2 Client Agents are included in the Release Notes.

To view configuration information before installing the a Client Agent, return to the SCO ARCserve/Open 2.2 Client Agent Download page and click on the Release Notes link.



Important Notes