Novastor NovaBACKUP, User Manual

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Command Line Reference
Command Line Reference
This section describes the command line options for the programs installed by NovaBACKUP
Storage Server. Bold text represents an executable file name. Italic text in angle brackets
represents values supplied by the user. Non-italic text is entered exactly as shown. Text in
square brackets is optional and may be omitted from the command. The vertical bar (|)
indicates that either the text before or after the bar may be entered as part of the command.
BackupServer.exe
This is the main backup server program. This program normally runs as a Windows service, but
can be run from the command line to perform certain utility functions. The general format for the
command line is:
BackupServer [<command> <options>]
where command is one of the commands described below. Each command has options that
are specific to it.
apfmigration -u <user-account-name> [&endash;c <connection-string>] [-d <data-directory>] [-a
<account-profile-path>]
This command is used to populate the database from information stored in a user’s data
directories. It is typically used to moving an account from one server to another, or repairing a
damaged database. Use the &endash;c option to override the default database connection
string. Use the &endash;d option to override the default user data directory name. Use the
&endash;a option to override the default path to the account’s cached profile.
storagemigration [&endash;c <connection-string>] [-v] [-t]
This command is used to fix storage errors that were known to occur in some backup file
storage files prior to version 11.5 of NovaBACKUP Storage Server. The errors were a result of
backing up certain combinations of files within the same folder that had non-ASCII characters in
their file names. This command should only be used if recommended by NovaStor technical
support. Use the &endash;c option to override the default database connection string. The
&endash;v option enables verbose mode. The &endash;t option enables test mode. No
changes are made to the file system when test mode is enabled.
rollback [-v] [-t]
This command is used to undo changes made by the storagemigration command. The
&endash;v option enables verbose mode. The &endash;t option enables test mode. No
changes are made to the file system when test mode is enabled.
stageddatamigration &endash;s <staged-data-directory> -u <user-account-name> [&endash;c
<connection-string>]
This command is used to import staged data that was created by a NovaBACKUP application
on another computer. Use the &endash;c option to override the default database connection
string.
updatediskusage &endash;u <user-account-name>|*