Normally, the UNIX Client Agent preserves symbolic links during a backup. However, if you want to break (i.e., not preserve) the symbolic links and actually back up the target files that are symbolically linked, start the Client Agent by specifying the follow option:
uagent start follow
You can also turn the follow symbolic links feature on and off while the Client Agent is running by entering the following at the command line:
uagent follow
uagent notfollow