Example Retrospect Linux Client Commands

The Retrospect Client for Linux can be controlled with specific terminal commands. Below are some of the commands you may find helpful.

Stop the Retrospect Client
/usr/local/retrospect/client/rcl stop

Start the Retrospect Client
sudo /usr/local/retrospect/client/rcl start

Retrospect Client Status
sudo /usr/local/retrospect/client/rcl status

Bind Retrospect Client to a specific IP address
Navigate to to /usr/local/retrospect/client and enter:
sudo ./retroclient -ip XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
This IP binding will be lost/reset if the computer is restarted.

Restart the Linux Client
sudo /usr/local/retrospect/client/rcl restart

Retrospect Client Help
sudo /usr/local/retrospect/client/rcl --help

Set Client Password
./retroclient -setpass password

Retrospect Client Debug Logging (when recommended by support)
./retroclient -log n

Additional Linux client commands based on the Retrospect version:
Client version 19
systemctl status retroclient.service
sudo systemctl stop retroclient.service
sudo systemctl start retroclient.service
sudo systemctl restart retroclient.serivce

Client version 18 and earlier
service rcl status
sudo service rcl start
sudo service rcl stop
sudo service rcl restart