Juniper NETWORK AND SECURITY MANAGER 2010.4 - REV1, Installation Manual

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the GUI Server, then you are required to install and configure the option on the Device
Server.
10.
If you want the Device Server to perform a backup of the database locally, enter y . If
you do not want the Device Server to perform a backup, enter n .
NOTE: You must allow local backup if you want to specify remote backup.
If you specified that you want the Device Server to perform automatic backups, the
installer prompts you to configure options for the backup operation:
a. Type a two-digit number (00 through 23) to specify the hour of day that you want
NSM to perform the daily backup operation. For example, if you want NSM to
perform the daily backup operation at noon, type
12 ; for midnight, type 00 . Press
Enter to accept the default setting of 02 (2:00 AM).
b. Enter n so daily backups are not sent to a remote server. If you enter y , the installer
prompts you to enter the IP address of the remote backup server.
c. Type a number (from 0 to 7) to specify how many database backup files to store.
After NSM reaches the maximum number of files configured, it overwrites the
oldest file and creates a new backup. Press Enter to accept the default setting of
seven backup files.
d. Type a number specifying how many seconds you want the management system
to wait while performing backups until the process times out.
e. Designate a directory location for locally storing the NSM database backup. To
accept the default location,
/var/netscreen/dbbackup
, press Enter.
The installer prompts you to configure the Device Server database.
11.
Configure the Device Server database as follows:
a. Enter a port number for the Device Server database.
b. Enter a name for the database superuser. If you specify a user that does not already
exist, the installer prompts you to enter a password for the database superuser.
Enter the password again for verification.
The installer prompts you to determine if you want to restart the Device Server after
the installation process is completed.
12.
To start the Device Server after the installer has completed the installation process,
enter
y . The installer will start the process with nsm user permissions.
If you do not want the Device Server to start automatically, enter n .
NOTE: When you reboot your server, the Device Server starts
automatically.
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Chapter 4: Installing NSM in a Distributed Configuration