manualshive.com logo in svg

HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package, Руководство пользователя, Страница: 15 / 365

Поделиться
Скачать
HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package Скачать руководство пользователя страница 15

Table of Contents 

xv 

 

Appendix L - Data Protector Express Virtual Library Recovery ............................................ 328

 

Overview...................................................................................................................................... 328

 

Definitions.................................................................................................................................... 328

 

General Use ................................................................................................................................ 329

 

Known Limitations ....................................................................................................................... 331

 

Appendix M - Encryption .......................................................................................................... 332

 

Overview...................................................................................................................................... 332

 

Installation ................................................................................................................................... 333

 

Default encryption state ......................................................................................................................................... 333

 

Definitions.................................................................................................................................... 333

 

Cryptographic Algorithms ............................................................................................................ 333

 

Software ................................................................................................................................................................. 333

 

Hardware................................................................................................................................................................ 334

 

Passphrase.................................................................................................................................. 334

 

Passphrases and Data Protector Express catalog ................................................................................................ 334

 

Passphrase management ...................................................................................................................................... 334

 

General use ................................................................................................................................. 335

 

Encryption Options ................................................................................................................................................. 335

 

Off .................................................................................................................................................................... 335

 

Automatic......................................................................................................................................................... 335

 

Software........................................................................................................................................................... 335

 

Hardware ......................................................................................................................................................... 335

 

Software Strength ............................................................................................................................................ 335

 

Encryption and Compression .......................................................................................................................... 336

 

Media Properties .................................................................................................................................................... 336

 

Media Import .......................................................................................................................................................... 337

 

Disaster Recovery ....................................................................................................................... 337

 

Recovering a system with an encrypted backup.................................................................................................... 337

 

Index ........................................................................................................................................... 338

 

 

 

Содержание BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package

Страница 1: ...U s e r s Gu i d ea n dT e c h n i c a l R e f e r e n c e ...

Страница 2: ...nc SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International Inc Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc FreeBSD is a registered trademark of FreeBSD Inc and Walnut Creek CDROM Netscape is a registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are registered tra...

Страница 3: ...curity 5 Creating and running jobs 6 Chapter 2 Data Protector Express Workplace 7 Starting Data Protector Express 7 Logon Window 8 Logging on the first time 8 Grace logons 9 Selecting a Data Protector Express management domain 9 User name and password 10 Changing your password 10 Logging out 11 Logging out and running scheduled jobs 11 Main Data Protector Express Window 12 Menu bar 12 Desk bar 13 ...

Страница 4: ... Overview 29 Backup jobs 29 Restore jobs 30 Verify jobs 30 Media jobs 30 Disaster recovery jobs 30 Job Group 30 Jobs and Media view and the Job Status view 31 Creating New Jobs 32 Creating jobs with wizards 32 Creating new jobs from the Jobs and Media view 33 Creating new jobs by copying 35 Renaming deleting copying and moving jobs 35 Creating job groups 36 Organizing jobs with folders 36 Types of...

Страница 5: ...ecting new files for backup 57 Working with mapped drives 58 Working with VSS snapshots 59 Selecting Files for Backup Jobs 60 Applying filter criteria 60 Filter selection criteria 61 Backup Range 62 Modify Range 62 Create Range 62 Access Range 62 Size Range 63 Version Range 63 Wildcard Type 64 Must Match 64 Cannot Match 64 Required Attributes 64 Exclude Attributes 65 Allow Parents 65 Allow Childre...

Страница 6: ...rsions of files 82 Selecting folders compared to selecting files 83 Selecting files with filters 84 How selection filters work 84 Selecting Versions of Files for Verify Jobs 84 Applying filter criteria 85 Filter selection criteria 85 Backup Range 86 Modify Range 86 Create Range 87 Access Range 87 Size Range 87 Version Range 87 Wildcard Type 88 Must Match 88 Cannot Match 88 Required Attributes 88 E...

Страница 7: ...t count 105 Managing Backups with or Without Media Rotation 105 Determining the length of the full data recovery period 106 Incremental jobs and full data recovery 106 Chapter 8 Job Options 107 Overview 107 Backup Job Options 107 Log options 108 Span mode 110 Backup mode 110 Change mode 110 Write mode 111 Auto Verify Mode 111 Encryption Compression 112 Backup options automatically updated 113 Adva...

Страница 8: ...a 134 Backup Concepts 134 Disk to Disk Backups 135 Disk to Disk to Any Backups 135 Creating a Virtual Library 135 Moving Backups From a Virtual Library 136 Devices view and Catalog view 139 Managing Devices with the Devices view 141 Restarting failed devices 141 Configuring physical devices 142 Viewing diagnostic information 142 Restoring data from a virtual library 142 Devices view commands 142 E...

Страница 9: ... catalog 160 Accounting for catalog size 163 Backup server and machine platforms 163 Strategies for Faster Jobs 163 Organizing machines into workgroups 164 What Slows Down Tape Drives 164 Maintaining the flow of data 164 Other factors that affect job speed 166 Working with Permissions 166 Checking the effective permissions of a user 166 Using groups to handle complex security needs 167 Selecting F...

Страница 10: ... 184 Checking effective permissions 186 Permissions Reference 186 Read permission 186 Write permission 186 Delete permission 187 Modify permission 187 Create permission 188 Access permission 188 Supervisor permission 188 Chapter 14 Objects and Properties Reference 190 Address page 191 Audit page 192 Command page 193 Communication page 194 Ping test 194 Data Transfer test 194 Status 195 Configurati...

Страница 11: ... Span Mode 227 Change Mode 228 Encryption Compression 228 Logging options 230 Advanced options 231 Job Group options 232 Modes 232 List of jobs to be executed 232 Log options 232 Media job options 233 Move Options page 235 Permissions page 236 Preferences page 238 Disable visual animations 238 Web browser 238 Do not display watermark in views 238 Single click to open an item in views 238 Color pal...

Страница 12: ...Jobs Alerts or Logs submenus 262 Service settings 262 Open Administrator 262 Logout 262 Exit 262 Appendix B Configuring Email 263 Configuring Email for the Data Protector Express management domain 263 Configuring Email for a Job 263 Appendix C About the Data Protector Express Service 264 Microsoft Windows and the Data Protector Express Service 264 Data Protector Express Service Controls 264 NetWar...

Страница 13: ...ent operating system 282 How can I restore data to a different file name 282 How can I restore data to another location 282 How can I restore all the files from a single version 283 How can I determine which files are on particular media 283 When restoring I get many alerts What is wrong 283 Does Data Protector Express back up files as compressed 283 Troubleshooting Verify Jobs 283 I occasionally ...

Страница 14: ...icrosoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7 user databases 300 Restoring Microsoft SQL Server 2000 master databases 301 Restoring Microsoft SQL Server 7 master databases 305 Appendix I Working with Microsoft Data Protection Manager DPM 310 Overview 310 Installing the Data Protector Express Agent for Microsoft DPM 310 Activating the license 311 Backing up the DPM Application 311 Protecting Production...

Страница 15: ...ate 333 Definitions 333 Cryptographic Algorithms 333 Software 333 Hardware 334 Passphrase 334 Passphrases and Data Protector Express catalog 334 Passphrase management 334 General use 335 Encryption Options 335 Off 335 Automatic 335 Software 335 Hardware 335 Software Strength 335 Encryption and Compression 336 Media Properties 336 Media Import 337 Disaster Recovery 337 Recovering a system with an e...

Страница 16: ...l Chinese Printable documentation The doc directory on the Data Protector Express CD ROM contains the following printable documentation Tutorial 1 Registering and Installing Data Protector Express Tutorial1 pdf Contains basic information to help you install and run Data Protector Express Installation Guide dpins Lang pdf Contains installation information for each supported platform User s Guide an...

Страница 17: ...indow For task related or context sensitive help while using Data Protector Express select a topic in the Dynamic Help list Non Windows You can view online help from most Data Protector Express screens by pressing F1 Screen Shots The screen shots in this manual may not be identical to the interface you see when you use Data Protector Express Any differences will be small and will not prevent you f...

Страница 18: ...User s Guide and Technical Reference If you require support and your support contract has expired please contact your HP Partner or sales representative for information on obtaining a new HP Data Protector Express support contract ...

Страница 19: ...and restore business files At a minimum data that cannot be reloaded onto the system from installation disks network based security settings company generated databases should all be backed up for easy retrieval in the event of a data disaster The important data might be a word processing file e commerce transactions network user account and password information and so on The data you protect and ...

Страница 20: ...s critical data Backup environment A complete network backup system consists of three parts backup devices a catalog and a backup management program Backup devices Data Protector Express works with your existing computer network A network connects file or application servers and PC desktops together in order to allow various users to work together on projects and with common files Networks also al...

Страница 21: ...only referred to as the Data Protector Express catalog The Data Protector Express catalog keeps track of used and available backup media and each file that is stored on that media For each media the catalog contains detailed information about the media such as when it was created and who created it and about the files on the media such as when they were backed up and on which media files are store...

Страница 22: ...When you view a list of the contents of the Data Protector Express management domain you might see machines networks devices libraries and so on Although not folders these objects can contain other objects in them For example a library can contain storage slots import export slots and so on A network might contain file systems network drives printers and attached backup devices Properties The info...

Страница 23: ... created in one Data Protector Express management domain cannot be used in another Data Protector Express management domain without following special procedures e g importing media created on one Data Protector Express management domain into the Data Protector Express catalog of another Data Protector Express management domain This ensures that there is no improper access to secure files and data ...

Страница 24: ...egrity of the backup system Refer to Chapter 4 Permissions on page 41 for more information Selection Once you have permissions to a file you must select it to be included in your job You might select all files only a few files or perhaps only a single file You select files first by selecting them in the selection window and second by having Data Protector Express sort them with filters which apply...

Страница 25: ...indow Starting Data Protector Express After you have installed Data Protector Express you start it like any other program Windows To start Data Protector Express in Windows double click the Data Protector Express shortcut on the desktop You can also click the Start button and select Hewlett Packard Company from the Programs or All Programs submenu Then select Data Protector Express NetWare To star...

Страница 26: ...latest version libstdc so 6 is not backwards compatible If you are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 you can use an RPM package called compat libstdc rpm to install the necessary library This can also be achieved by installing the Developer s Tools package from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 installation CDs Logon Window Each time you start Data Protector Express you are shown the Data Protector Ex...

Страница 27: ...assigned to a Data Protector Express management domain Your PC desktop along with its drives and peripherals can only be a member of one Data Protector Express management domain The name of this storage domain is the default name that appears in the Domain list on the Logon window Normally you should leave the default name in the list unchanged This is because you will typically want to work with ...

Страница 28: ...ifficulty logging on ask your system administrator to specify again the exact spelling of the user name and password assigned to you NOTE Passwords are case sensitive that is the password USER1 is not the same as the password user1 Changing your password It is a good idea to regularly change your password particularly if you are working with sensitive and important data To change your password 1 O...

Страница 29: ...ked to log on again Logging out and running scheduled jobs Data Protector Express can run scheduled jobs even when no one is logged on Only scheduled jobs can be performed when no one is logged on to Data Protector Express For more information see Running Scheduled Jobs on page 124 When you leave your PC desktop you may need to leave Data Protector Express open In order to prevent unauthorized acc...

Страница 30: ...etail area and the status bar Menu bar Located at the top of the screen the menu bar contains several menus that group together similar commands To invoke a command from a menu open the menu and then select a command The available menus are File Edit View Window and Help For example to locate and update your Data Protector Express license select Licenses from the Help menu You will find the menus ...

Страница 31: ...ar see Creating a custom desk bar on page 17 TIP To organize long lists of jobs or objects in any view sort the list by any column heading The Favorites desk bar contains the following views Wizards The Wizards view contains groups of pre defined wizards that you can use to create backup restore or verify jobs work with media create a virtual library or create bootable CDs or DVDs for disaster rec...

Страница 32: ...obs Use the Catalog view to display property information about any job device media user or machine in the Data Protector Express management domain Security The Security view contains information about every user or group in the Data Protector Express management domain Use this view to display edit or create user information including permissions and passwords Preferences Select Preferences from t...

Страница 33: ...left of the main object detail area These areas are updated as you work in Data Protector Express and always contain shortcuts to commands or tasks related to the active object Tasks and information are organized together into different panes General Presents basic information about the current object such as a job title and location in the storage management server Commands Contains shortcuts to ...

Страница 34: ...t to the folder You can also double click the open folder and it will close There are numerous keyboard shortcuts available that make it easier to work with files folders and other items in Data Protector Express For more information see Keyboard shortcuts on page 19 Status bar The Status bar displays short descriptive messages about the menu commands on its left side The Status bar displays the c...

Страница 35: ...sk bar See Creating a custom desk bar below Change an icon associated with an object See Changing the icon associated with an object on page 17 Add custom descriptions for objects See Adding custom descriptions to objects on page 18 Create a custom profile that contains only those settings and features that you want to use while running Data Protector Express See Customizing profiles on page 18 Cr...

Страница 36: ...essage here that will appear in the Status bar when you select the object 3 Click Apply or OK to save your changes Customizing profiles You can customize your profile in Data Protector Express so that it contains only those settings and features that you want to see when you run Data Protector Express When you customize your profile you enable any menu view job or task that you want to see and you...

Страница 37: ...etail area you can arrange the objects in several different ways using either buttons on the toolbar or the Arrange Icons by submenu Depending on the view you can sort the objects by name size type or one of several other settings You can also use the column head at the top of the object detail area to change how the objects are sorted when working in Details view Keyboard shortcuts Besides using ...

Страница 38: ... objects Find button The Find button lets you locate objects in the storage management catalog quickly without searching through multiple volumes and directories To use the Find command click on the Find button select Find from the Edit menu or press F3 In the Find window type the name of the object you want to find Data Protector Express will search through the catalog attempting to locate that o...

Страница 39: ...nd then click Properties on the Command task pane Right click the object to display a shortcut menu then select Properties Select the object and then select Properties from the File menu Open a property page in one of several ways NOTE You can leave open property pages when you return to working in the main Data Protector Express window and you can have several property pages open at once ...

Страница 40: ...e Data Protector Express catalog Detail view Generate a report that contains detailed information about the contents of the Data Protector Express catalog Additional reporting capabilities Besides its reporting capabilities Data Protector Express has several advanced features to help you track and compile information that Data Protector Express generates Select Alerts on the Favorites desk bar to ...

Страница 41: ...section Saving reports By default reports are printed directly to a printer If you want to save a report as a file you can set up a printer that prints files to a filename Depending on the type of printer you set up you can save reports as PDF files postscript files or plain text files To create PDF files requires that you have access to Adobe Acrobat Distiller or another product capable of creati...

Страница 42: ...te and schedule backup jobs restore jobs verify jobs and media jobs You can also create a virtual library test a library or device or clean a device from the Wizards view or perform operations related to disaster recovery Data Protector Express wizards will guide you through each step necessary to create and run the job or task you select The name of each Data Protector Express wizard option indic...

Страница 43: ...e Data Protector Express management domain Backup all Workstations Use this wizard to create a backup job that backs up all or a portion of the data stored on all PC desktops included in the Data Protector Express management domain Backup all Machines Use this wizard to create a backup job that backs up the data or a portion of the data on all machines included in the Data Protector Express manage...

Страница 44: ...this wizard to schedule a job that erases the contents of several media outside of normal business hours Sort Media Create a job that reorganizes the media in a library Use this wizard to schedule a sorting task for a time when it will have the least impact on users attached to the Data Protector Express management domain Eject Media Create a job that ejects media from the selected device If this ...

Страница 45: ...use of D2D2Any backups you must create a virtual device Disaster recovery wizards Disaster recovery wizards help you perform disaster recovery preparation tasks that fit the most common situations For more information about disaster recovery operations see Disaster Recovery on page 267 Data Protector Express provides the following disaster recovery wizard Make Bootable CD Use this wizard to create...

Страница 46: ...n has expired Optional features are installed automatically when you install Data Protector Express Once the license expires you can no longer use an optional feature without purchasing a license The option is not available due to your license agreement For example you might be using a Standard edition of Data Protector Express and are looking for features that are available only in the Advanced e...

Страница 47: ...ns Data Protector Express can create and run several types of jobs backup jobs restore jobs verify jobs media jobs and disaster recovery jobs You can also create several types of jobs and add them to a Job Group so that they will run together unattended Backup jobs Backup jobs copy selected files from file or application servers and PC desktops to various storage media such as tapes writable CD or...

Страница 48: ...and add them to a Job Group so that they will run unattended Restore jobs Restore jobs copy files from backup devices to PC desktops and file or application servers You might create and run a restore job when files on a PC desktop or file or application server have been lost because of a disk crash when you need to view a file that has been archived backed up onto media and then deleted or when yo...

Страница 49: ...ess rights For additional information about working with media on this view refer to Managing Media with the Jobs and Media View on page 147 The Job Status view on the Favorites desk bar displays a list of all jobs and all occurrences of a job That is for any job that runs repeatedly an entry appears in this list each time it is scheduled to run You can sort this view by status to organize the job...

Страница 50: ...kup restore or verify job This is often the fastest way to create a new job especially when you are inexperienced using Data Protector Express After you answer a few questions the Data Protector Express wizard will create the job for you You can then work with this job in the catalog just like any other job The fastest way to activate the Data Protector Express wizard is to click on the Wizards vi...

Страница 51: ...ill create jobs while working with the Jobs and Media view in the main Data Protector Express window When you create a job this way Data Protector Express opens the property page of the new job so you can name the job select files and devices set up logging and other options and schedule it to run Selecting files and scheduling a job to run are covered in detail in Chapter 5 Selecting Files and Ve...

Страница 52: ...e displayed in the object detail area Data Protector Express will store your new job here 3 Create the new job in one of these ways Select New from the File menu and then select the appropriate job type in the New Object window Right click in the Data Protector Express object detail area and select New from the shortcut menu Click the New button on the Commands pane and select the appropriate job ...

Страница 53: ...2 Open the folder you want the new job to be stored in by selecting it in the tree view area To store the job in the same folder as the existing job skip this step 3 Right click the folder where you want the new job to be pasted and select Paste from the shortcut menu Alternatively highlight the location where you want the job pasted then select Paste from the Edit menu or press CTRL V 4 Change th...

Страница 54: ...tart Time and Start Date however you cannot select or modify a Rotation Type or Job Mode Each job retains its rotation type and job mode To create a job group From the Jobs and Media view select New and select Job Group in the Available Types list 2 Enter a name for the job group and click OK 3 Set up the job group as follows On the General page enter description information and check the Enable A...

Страница 55: ...s a container that is they store other objects within them They differ from each other according to the type of object that can be stored within them User Group folders can only be stored in a special folder called the Home folder These folders can have either Job folders or Media folders within them additionally you can store jobs or media loose in these folders Job folders can only be stored in ...

Страница 56: ...veryone folders Three folders play a special role in every catalog the Home folder the Admin folder and the Everyone folder The Home folder is the folder that stores all of the User Group folders within it It is always at the top of the hierarchy in the tree view area of the Jobs and Media view You are not allowed to store jobs loose in the Home folder only inside other folders You can however cre...

Страница 57: ...ector Express administrator adds a user or group Data Protector Express creates a personal folder for that user or group If you have the proper permissions you can also create as many additional new job folders as you need and organize them in a convenient way You can create additional job folders either inside your personal or group folder or inside the Everyone folder To create a new folder 1 Fr...

Страница 58: ...d Data Protector Express still treats that folder and any objects associated with it in the same manner Deleting Folders Deleting folders also deletes their contents including any other folders or jobs contained in that folder Before deleting a folder be certain that you intended to delete all of its contents WARNING Once a folder has been deleted its contents cannot be recovered Be certain either...

Страница 59: ...object Different types of permissions restrict what type of operations can be performed on an object For example some permissions allow users to write to an object such as a file a storage media or a PC desktop or create new objects such as folders or jobs Sometimes a user is granted unlimited permissions to an object or all objects Usually however to protect the integrity of the data and for secu...

Страница 60: ...istrator arranges the catalog security The number of groups the Data Protector Express administrator creates and the assignment of members to those groups depends on the security needs of your particular network For more information on setting up users and groups see Adding New Users and Groups on page 176 Everyone group Normally most Data Protector Express users are a member of a special group th...

Страница 61: ...ssions to the container that contains the object If you do not have direct permissions to an object you must have effective permissions to the container in which the object is stored NOTE Your effective permissions to a container object can be either direct or inherited All that matters is that you have effective permissions to the container When determining a user s effective permissions to an ob...

Страница 62: ...f the user has inherited permissions to the folder that contains the job In this case Data Protector Express checks to see if he has direct permissions to My Folder and because this user has direct permissions to this folder Data Protector Express uses this information to calculate the effective permissions this user has to the job Effective permissions example 2 In this example a user User One ha...

Страница 63: ... in his or her personal folder Data Protector Express checks to see if the user has direct permissions to the job If he does not Data Protector Express checks to see if the user has direct permissions to the folder that contains the job If a user has direct permissions to the folder Data Protector Express uses these direct permissions to determine his effective permissions to the job that is store...

Страница 64: ...issions might be different Types of Permission Data Protector Express controls access to objects in its catalog with seven different types of permission The type of permission determines what actions a user can perform on an object Users and groups can be granted all seven types of permission only some of the permissions or none of the permissions The seven types of permission are Supervisor Acces...

Страница 65: ...n object can grant other users and groups permissions to that object For example if you wish to grant a co worker permissions to a tape you have created you must have Access permission to that tape Access permission can be very powerful since it allows a single user the ability to grant all other users in the Data Protector Express catalog extensive permissions to an object For this reason your Da...

Страница 66: ...ave Modify permission to move a job from one folder to another Delete Read and Write These three permissions control user access to objects such as tapes devices and files which are read deleted or written to These permissions are necessary in order to run backup restore and verify jobs as specified below To complete a backup job a user must be granted Read permission to the files to be backed up ...

Страница 67: ...he will not be able to run the backup job because he does not have Write permission to the media The job must be run by the Data Protector Express administrator or some other user to whom the Data Protector Express administrator grants Write permission to the media Similarly although the user will be able to create a restore job he will not be able to run the restore job because he does not have W...

Страница 68: ...d folders inside the Group Folder including those created by this user This affects them in the following ways They will be able to view the folders and jobs each group member creates in the Group Jobs folder Because they have Modify permission members of the group will be able to modify the properties of any jobs or folders the group members create inside the Group Jobs folder Because members of ...

Страница 69: ...sions in the list at the right of the screen 6 Click Apply or OK to save the permissions Restricting user permissions In most cases you can restrict the permissions a user has to an object in the same way you grant permissions by clearing the appropriate check boxes on the Permissions page of that object If the user or group is not listed on the Permissions page of the object you must first add th...

Страница 70: ...issions to objects within that container but only when the user s effective permissions to those objects are inherited from that container s effective permissions For example if you deny a user direct Modify permission to a job folder by clearing the Modify check box under that user s name you also deny that user effective Modify permission to jobs stored in that folder unless that user has direct...

Страница 71: ...utomated filters used by Data Protector Express when your job is run For restore jobs you can also specify which version of a file you wish to restore what name that new file will have and what folder or directory the file will be restored to By specifying your selection criteria carefully when Data Protector Express automatically updates the selected file list each time your job is run you can be...

Страница 72: ...ntents of the folder in one of two ways either by individually checking each object in that folder one by one or by checking the folder itself Which method you choose is important because it affects which files Data Protector Express includes in the selection list after changes have been made to that folder If you select each file in the folder individually when new files are added to the folder D...

Страница 73: ...t is to the current Data Protector Express management domain Data Protector Express will automatically select these machines and volumes There is an additional reason to select containers such as folders or volumes rather than the objects in the containers to ensure that you do not miss any files stored loose in the container For example suppose you want to back up a folder named Annual Reports an...

Страница 74: ... suppose you want to exclude all files that were created before 2004 Access the Date Range window for the Create range field Select On or after for the Range type Enter 1 Jan 2004 for the Starting date When you run the job Data Protector Express temporarily deselects all files with a creation date before 2004 They will be excluded from the backup You can change the filter criteria at any time You ...

Страница 75: ...up mode setting Data Protector Express automatically deselects all the files that have not changed since the last full backup If you only want to back up files that have changed since the last backup use the Incremental backup mode setting Data Protector Express automatically deselects all the files that have not changed since the last backup The job then runs with this updated selected file list ...

Страница 76: ...at pass through the selection filter criteria will be included in the backup job However if the volume itself was not selected the new folder will not be selected If you want to see what files will be backed up open up the Selection property page for the job Whenever this page is opened Data Protector Express recalculates which files should be selected for backup Check the display to see that the ...

Страница 77: ... the machine whose mapped drives are being configured 4 Select System Drivers 5 Locate and select File System Stream and display its properties 6 Select the Configuration page 7 Enter a list of mapped drives in the appropriate list e g JKLMQRSZX You can enable or disable as many drives as you need The list does not need to be listed in alphabetical order and Data Protector Express does not disting...

Страница 78: ... for backup jobs 1 View the properties of the backup job and click on the Selection page 2 Check the selection boxes next to the files folders or other containers you wish to include in the job 3 Click the Selection filters button on the toolbar and specify filter selection criteria You can skip this step if you don t wish to apply any selection filters 4 Examine the tree view and object detail ar...

Страница 79: ...ting system specific Your Data Protector Express management domain may include multiple machines working with files created by different operating systems If you select a filter criterion that is operating system specific files from other operating systems will be automatically excluded from the backup This affects in particular the Required attributes and Exclude attributes filters NOTE Data Prot...

Страница 80: ... Express checks the directory information on the volume to see if the file should be included for backup For example you can select only those files that were modified after a certain date and time or alternatively those that were modified before a certain date and time To select files that have specific modify dates click on the Browse button next to the Modify range field In the Date Range windo...

Страница 81: ...ed Expense Account Reporting Form may have been backed up several times during the previous months and years Typically each version of the file is stored on the different media of a backup job Data Protector Express tracks each version of a file separately in its catalog You can use this filter to instruct Data Protector Express to not back up files for which you already have multiple versions For...

Страница 82: ...hose files with the exe file extension You can specify multiple wildcards by separating each with a semicolon no spaces For example if you enter exe doc in the Must match field Data Protector Express selects all files that have either the exe extension or the doc extension Cannot Match This wildcard field works just like the Must match field except that it excludes any files that match the wildcar...

Страница 83: ...ta Protector Express backs up the directory structure but not the files stored in the directories that is in the folders This option can be useful for replicating a complex directory structure Begin by marking the directory structure you wish to duplicate Then clear the Allow Children option Data Protector Express will back up only the directory structure You can then replicate that directory stru...

Страница 84: ...g in four steps In the first step you modify the file tree to look the way you want it to appear when you restore the files For example you might make a new folder to store the restored files in Second the appropriate files are selected by marking them with a check and selecting the appropriate version In the third step these files are filtered using multiple selection criteria In the last step yo...

Страница 85: ...g by checking or clearing the selection box next to the file You can also select the folder that contains the file and not the file itself Notice that when you mark a container such as a folder or volume all of its contents including all of the folders and containers in it are also marked ...

Страница 86: ...l the versions of each file in its catalog and the media on which each version is stored When media is overwritten or deleted Data Protector Express deletes those versions from its catalog as well When you select a file for restoring Data Protector Express automatically selects the latest version If you want to select a version other than the latest version of a backed up file you must select that...

Страница 87: ...older to also select files contained within that folder Specifically a file is selected for restoring only if a version matches the folder version NOTE When you specify a version date for a folder volume or other container files stored in that container are only selected when they have a version date that matches the version date of the container Many times files will not have version dates that m...

Страница 88: ...selected In order for the files within the folder to be selected for restoring they must have a version date that matches that selected for the folder In this example some files are not selected for restoring because they do not have an available version which matches the version date selected for the folder In general if you want to restore a specific version of the file you must select that file...

Страница 89: ...en marked for restore You cannot apply different filters to different folders or volumes in the same job How selection filters work By default Data Protector Express restores all volumes folders and files that have been marked for restore Selection filters let you identify specific criteria for excluding one or more of these marked objects Data Protector Express applies these filter criteria at ru...

Страница 90: ...n of each file individually Note that you cannot restore multiple versions of the same file in a single restore job If you want to restore more than one version of a file you must create and run a separate job for each version To select versions of files for restore jobs 1 Open the Properties page of the restore job and click on the Selection page 2 Check the selection boxes next to the files fold...

Страница 91: ...u to use the same filters to select the files for restoring that you used for selecting files for backing up previously This allows you to create a restore job that selects the same files as a backup job no matter how widely distributed over the network these files may be NOTE Data Protector Express figures the century dates using the following algorithm if the year is 70 or smaller the century is...

Страница 92: ...c modify dates click on the Browse button next to the Modify range field In the Date Range window that appears select the appropriate range type and the starting and ending dates and times Create Range When a file is first created it is assigned a create date You can use this filter to select only those files that match your criteria Data Protector Express checks the created date for each file sto...

Страница 93: ...nnecessarily restore files that were properly deleted in the first place Access Range Each time a file is read whether or not it is modified its access date is updated You can use this information to select files for restoring For example you might want to restore only those files which have been accessed opened or read in the past two months Alternatively you could restore only those files which ...

Страница 94: ...e any of the following formats Default Uses the default wildcard format for your operating system DOS Uses the 11 character name format with the eight character primary name and the three character extension e g filename txt Macintosh Use the Macintosh native format NFS Network File System FTAM File Transfer Access and Management Long Uses the 256 character name format with a long primary name and...

Страница 95: ...be excluded Allow Parents When this option is checked Data Protector Express restores directory information for any selected folder or volume For example if you have marked a folder Data Protector Express will restore that folder only if this option is checked When this option is not checked directory information about folders and volumes is not restored Allow Children When this option is checked ...

Страница 96: ...name the file When you rename the file Data Protector Express restores the file with the new name This can be useful for not overwriting versions of the file that currently exist on disk To rename a file right click the file name on the Selection page of the restore job select Rename from the shortcut menu and type the new name Once you run the job the renamed file will be restored to the director...

Страница 97: ...ers in their original locations Likewise the Catalog view will continue to display files in their original locations Restoring files to a new folder You can create a new folder and restore files to that new folder When Data Protector Express restores the files it creates the new folder and restores the files you specified to that new location Similarly you can restore folders and their contents in...

Страница 98: ...r restoring including selecting which version to verify Files are selected for verifying in two steps In the first step the appropriate files are selected by marking them with a check and selecting the appropriate version In the second step these files are filtered using multiple selection criteria TIP You can quickly check to see if a file was verified when it was backed up by opening the Version...

Страница 99: ... checking or clearing the selection box next to the file You can also select the folder that contains the file and not the file itself Notice that when you mark a container such as a folder or volume all of its contents including all the containers and folders that it contains are also marked ...

Страница 100: ...the versions of each file in its catalog and the media on which each version is stored When media is overwritten or deleted Data Protector Express deletes those versions from its catalog as well When you select a file for verifying Data Protector Express automatically selects the latest version If you want to select a version other than the latest version of a backed up file you must select that v...

Страница 101: ...pared to selecting files You can select the contents of the folder in one of two ways either by individually marking the selection box of each object in that folder one by one or by marking the selection box of the folder itself Which method you choose is important because it affects which files Data Protector Express includes in the selection list after changes have been made to that folder For e...

Страница 102: ...used to exclude marked objects from the verify set Selecting Versions of Files for Verify Jobs Each time you mark a selection box of a file or folder for verifying Data Protector Express automatically selects the latest version If you want to specify a different version use the Versions of window to select which version of the file you wish to verify You can also specify a particular version of a ...

Страница 103: ...Filters button the Selection Filters window appears This window has multiple selection filters you can use to sort through the files you have selected for verifying Note that each filter criterion works independent of every other In order to be selected for verifying each file must pass every filter criterion specified For example if you specify that every file selected for verifying must have bee...

Страница 104: ...alog This is called the backup date Each time you back up a file Data Protector Express changes the backup date to the date of the backup You can view this information for all of the available versions in the Versions of window in the Backed up field list You can use this information to filter files for verify jobs To select files that have specific backup dates click on the Browse button next to ...

Страница 105: ... you select files for verifying according to their sizes You might want to select only smaller files larger files or files between two sizes To specify a filter that sorts files according to their sizes click on the Browse button next to the Size range field and then select the appropriate criteria in the Size Range window that appears Version Range Each time Data Protector Express backs up a file...

Страница 106: ...y files that match the wildcard indicated in the Must match field are included in the verify set For example if you enter exe Data Protector Express will only verify those files with the exe file extension You can specify multiple wildcards by separating each with a semicolon no spaces For example if you enter exe doc in the Must match field Data Protector Express selects all files that either hav...

Страница 107: ...folder only if this option is checked When this option is not checked directory information about folders and volumes is not verified Allow Children When this option is checked Data Protector Express verifies files When this option is unchecked Data Protector Express does not verify files This is useful if you want to verify a complex directory structure but not the files in that directory To veri...

Страница 108: ...on page 98 Although schedule information is relevant to all job types it is especially important for backup jobs The Schedule property page allows you to set up a comprehensive backup schedule many years into the future to run a job just once or to set up a job that you can run only occasionally The first part of this section reviews schedule types for backup jobs while the second part explains ho...

Страница 109: ...fic days on which the job should run What is the purpose of this job to protect from disasters or to maintain a historical record Data Protector Express runs jobs in one of four backup modes full incremental differential or copy Jobs that are set to Run repeatedly use the backup type shown in their schedule Other jobs use the backup type defined on the Options tab which is set to full by default Y...

Страница 110: ... has been running for a minimum of five minutes This allows the user a chance to shut down jobs that should not run immediately after the server is restarted NOTE If you plan to set up media rotation choose Run repeatedly If you intend to manage your media manually select any type other than Run repeatedly TIP Backup jobs designed to protect data from disaster should always be scheduled This is th...

Страница 111: ...e number that will be used in naming the tape rotation the next time the job is run 7 Repeat step six for each of the intervals Hour Day Week Month and Year 8 Edit the job settings for any other calendar days by doing one of the following Right click the calendar and select the appropriate backup type from the shortcut menu Navigate to the day in the calendar and select the backup type by typing i...

Страница 112: ...rotector Express service is running Run on selected days Run the job automatically only on those days that you select on the calendar at the specified time with no rotation Run repeatedly Run the job automatically at a custom schedule based on your selections Media rotation is optional NOTE Jobs run automatically so long as the Data Protector Express service is running or if Data Protector Express...

Страница 113: ... to Not Scheduled and then set the options settings to match the failed job Manually force the job to run and delete it after it has successfully completed Scheduling a job to run once only Turn off all the dates on the Manual schedule except the desired date When you want to run a job only once you should set the Schedule Type field on the Schedule page to Not scheduled Then you can run the job f...

Страница 114: ...tions When the Advanced Options dialog box appears select Auto eject and click OK 6 Click the Encryption Compression page at this time you have the option to enable encryption compression If you enable Software encryption you will not have the option to make use of hardware compression 7 Open the Schedule page 8 Select Run repeatedly from the Schedule Type field 9 Set the Start time and Start Date...

Страница 115: ...rwise the backup job will not copy all of your data f Select Overwrite all media from the Write mode drop down list g Click the Encryption Compression page at this time you have the option to enable encryption compression If you enable Software encryption you will not have the option to make use of hardware compression h Select the existing Home Admin folder in the Media pane i Click the Delete bu...

Страница 116: ...t you have all the files you need to restore your system often involves creating and maintaining one or more sets of media such as tape cartridges for use during a recovery Rather than use new media each time a backup job is run Data Protector Express recycles or reuses media This is efficient because it keeps costs down by limiting the amount of media needed and still provides for data security s...

Страница 117: ...or Express organizes the media used to complete a single backup job into distinct media sets Whether the job requires several media or only one media to complete they are identified in the Data Protector Express catalog as a set If you need to restore a specific version of a file Data Protector Express will locate the data based on its media set When planning scheduled backup jobs it is important ...

Страница 118: ...use field in the interval If a backup failed to run correctly or if for some reason the set numbers are now out of synch you can use this value to change the name used the next time that interval is run Which Rotation Type to Select Besides the No media rotation option Data Protector Express provides several default media rotation types The rotation types vary in several ways the number of days fo...

Страница 119: ...sent on your computer or network on that one day each year No copy exists for files that were created after the oldest yearly backup and then deleted before the most recent yearly backup It is the responsibility of the user to manage the retention of media containing critical business data Minimum number of tapes or media The name of many rotation types indicates the minimum number of tape or medi...

Страница 120: ...24 hourly backups 12 daily backups 8 weekly backups 8 monthly backups 2 yearly backups Previous 12 days 1 day Previous 8 weeks 1 week Previous 8 months 1 month GFS 30 rotation Previous 2 years 1 year 12 daily backups 8 weekly backups 8 monthly backups 2 yearly backups Previous 8 days 1 day Previous 8 weeks 1 week Previous 7 months 1 month GFS 25 rotation Previous 2 years 1 year 8 daily backups 8 w...

Страница 121: ...the job start date and time and then select a rotation type WARNING If you choose a schedule type that does not support media rotation it is your responsibility to have the correct media inserted in your backup device before you run the job Schedule types that do not provide media rotation are Not scheduled Run on specific day Run now or Run on selected days To add media rotation to a scheduled jo...

Страница 122: ...s helpful when the default settings do not fit your business needs or when a job fails to run because of a network problem or malfunction You select the rotation type as part of the settings for a schedule that is run repeatedly You can modify the Interval Settings based on the rotation type For example for some reason a Weekly backup job has failed to run when scheduled It is important that this ...

Страница 123: ...or Without Media Rotation If you create a backup job that does not include media rotation you must manage your backup media sets manually That is you are responsible for ensuring that the expected media is in a backup device before a job runs Data Protector Express will not prompt you to insert the correct media in a backup device because there is no media rotation plan to follow The schedule type...

Страница 124: ...bs to run but they present some issues related to full data recovery The difference between an incremental and a differential backup is important incremental backup jobs back up only files that have changed since the last full differential or incremental backup while differential backup jobs back up all files changed since the last full backup If incremental backup media sets are overwritten or re...

Страница 125: ...lerts are handled Although this page is relevant to all job types the Options page is especially important for backup jobs Some types of backup schedules such as automatic rotation jobs treat certain job option settings differently than do others such as manual rotation jobs The first part of this section focuses on backup job options while the second part explains the advanced options settings us...

Страница 126: ... section describes each option setting and some of the possible ways each might be used Log options Click the Log options button to select the information that will be contained in log files for the backup job Valid choices are None Log only failed Log only completed or Log all ...

Страница 127: ...ttings To determine the layout of a log file select from the following settings Log format Data Protector Express can generate several file types Select the log format that works best for you HTML Choose this file type to save log files as fully formatted HTML files These files can be read by most Internet browsers XML Choose this file to save the log files as well formed XML documents These files...

Страница 128: ...rotector Express to back up all selected files that have changed since the last full backup When a file changes its archive bit has been set Data Protector Express does not reset the archive bit Incremental This setting instructs Data Protector Express to back up all selected files that have changed since the last backup For each file Data Protector Express resets the incremental bit in the catalo...

Страница 129: ...ll be stored on media at once Similar comments apply to other types of media Append to all media This setting instructs Data Protector Express to append all data to the end of the media No data is overwritten Select this setting for permanent storage Append to first media overwrite others This setting instructs Data Protector Express to append data to the end of the first media but to overwrite al...

Страница 130: ...ence source not found Data Protector Express can make use of both hardware and software compression during backups Data can also be backed up without compressing it Software compression types are None Software Operating system or Both Hardware compression types are None or Compressed This setting controls how Data Protector Express compresses or maintains the compression of files and directories N...

Страница 131: ...ote that Data Protector Express does NOT automatically update these five settings when you manually force a scheduled job to run For example when Data Protector Express automatically runs a scheduled backup job on a Monday it changes updates the Backup Mode from Full to Incremental but does not automatically update these settings When you run an unscheduled or manual rotation job Data Protector Ex...

Страница 132: ...xpress automatically retensions the media at the beginning of the backup job This feature winds the tape cartridge end to end applying equal tension to the entire media for maximum media life and data integrity Your device must support auto retension to use this feature Create DR bootable media Check this option to write DR system information to tape or an optical device Update DR information on s...

Страница 133: ... security information that is the access control list and trustee information that controls who can see and modify the files If this option is unchecked Data Protector Express filters out the child security information that it receives from the network during a backup job and that it would transmit across the network during a restore job Volume Restrictions NetWare controls the maximum amount of s...

Страница 134: ...hat it would transmit across the network during a restore job Hardware Compression When this option is checked Data Protector Express enables hardware compression This feature only works on devices that support software control of hardware compression NOTE We recommend that you select Operating system for Compression type on the Options page Settings for Windows Settings for Windows platforms do n...

Страница 135: ...cess the restored file after you restart the computer If you select this option the restored file will replace your open file As a result your current changes may be lost Deselect this option to skip over all selected files that are in use This is useful if the open files are more current than the backed up files Log options Log options settings for restore jobs are identical to those for backup j...

Страница 136: ...s complete Settings for Windows The following Windows settings are available only for restore jobs Registry When checked Data Protector Express restores all registry keys to the Windows Registry Replication When checked Data Protector Express rebuilds the Windows system volume tree NOTE Data filters such as security information and directory attributes cannot restore data that was not originally b...

Страница 137: ...is from the PC desktop or file or application server Full verify This setting instructs Data Protector Express to compare every selected file stored on the media with the original file from the PC desktop or file or application server This default option is strongly recommended Quick verify This setting instructs Data Protector Express to be certain that every file backed up onto the media is in r...

Страница 138: ...ackup jobs on page 113 Media Job Options There are fewer options for media jobs The Options property page for selected media jobs controls settings like logging options name and password Log options Log options settings for media jobs are identical to those for backup jobs For a complete list of options see Log options on page 108 Additional settings for media jobs The following media jobs include...

Страница 139: ... media job Logging options media information and folder destination Import media job Logging options media information and folder destination Move media job Logging options library and slot assignment Sort media job Logging options and sort order ascending or descending and sort key ...

Страница 140: ...as scheduled You can view what jobs are scheduled to run on the Job Status view which indicates when a job is scheduled to run and provides a short summary of a job s progress as it runs When Data Protector Express automatically runs a scheduled job from the Job Status view it updates the option settings for that job before running it You can also force scheduled jobs to run before they are schedu...

Страница 141: ...s listed on this view can be organized by resorting the list with the Details view If the Details view is not active select View from the toolbar and change the view to Details Job Status details view The Details view on the Job Status view provides the most useful and important information about completed scheduled or running jobs The Name and Type fields show the name of the job and whether it i...

Страница 142: ...manual rotation schedules These jobs will run automatically if Data Protector Express is open at the scheduled date and time It is not necessary for a user to be logged on to Data Protector Express for the job to run Data Protector Express will run scheduled jobs even if the user who created the job has logged out so long as Data Protector Express is still open or the Data Protector Express servic...

Страница 143: ...xpress is run as a service this will be five minutes after startup This five minute lag allows you to modify update or cancel any pending jobs before they run Security and scheduled jobs Scheduled jobs will run whether you log out or not as long as Data Protector Express is open or the Data Protector Express service is running If you have not logged out however unauthorized users will be able to w...

Страница 144: ...n as scheduled As a result if you force a job to run on the same day that it is scheduled to run it only runs once on that day Select a job then run it from the Shortcut menu How forcing jobs to run affects job settings When you force a scheduled job to run before its scheduled time Data Protector Express does not automatically update certain settings on the Options and Device Media property pages...

Страница 145: ...o run does not permanently change the job owner When the Data Protector Express administrator creates and schedules a job the owner of the job is the administrator Data Protector Express will use the Data Protector Express administrator s permissions when running the job Similarly if another user creates and schedules a job that user will be the job s owner and Data Protector Express will calculat...

Страница 146: ...ector Express uses the current settings on the job s Options page Similarly the owner of the job is the person that instructed Data Protector Express to run the job Data Protector Express calculates the permissions of the job using this user s permissions that is the permissions of the job s owner Note that the creator of a job and its owner are not necessarily the same user Status property page E...

Страница 147: ...g Selection List The first step is to create a list of files to be backed up verified or restored For backup jobs Data Protector Express uses the selection criteria and the backup job type whether full incremental or differential to create a list of files to be backed up The number of files and the total size of the selected files are indicated in the Objects and Size fields under Selected Mountin...

Страница 148: ...osing Device When Data Protector Express closes a device it displays this message Building Logs and Audit Trails After closing the device Data Protector Express updates the catalog with new information from the job such as which files were backed up and creates a log of the job The specific log contents depend on the Log options setting on the Options page for the job For more information see Audi...

Страница 149: ...t some logs can be very long check the length of the document before printing it To save an open log click the Save button If you run a job repeatedly you may want to delete old logs Simply select the one or more of the job logs and click Delete Use the CTRL and SHIFT keys while you select logs or drag the mouse over a series of logs NOTE The maximum number of logs per job is 250 Data Protector Ex...

Страница 150: ...send the Data Protector Express administrator the log of every job that runs Alternatively consider setting up a separate email account for the sole purpose of receiving job logs Audit Logs Some files such as databases are mission critical and regular backups of these files are essential It is also essential that system administrators be able to verify that these files have been regularly backed u...

Страница 151: ...3 When the audit log has been enabled for an object a new page appears in the list of property pages the Audit page Click on this page to view the audit trail of that object You can also print the audit log or save it to a file ...

Страница 152: ...ns copy files from a local hard disk or network to a physical backup device Physical backup devices are varied they can be as simple as a writable DVD drive a single or multi cartridge tape device connected to a local machine by way of a SCSI cable or as complex as a robotic library with storage capacity for 200 or more tapes and accessible over a network All optical disks CD ROM DVD etc and tape ...

Страница 153: ... a physical or real tape library Like a physical tape library a Data Protector Express D2D library has one or more tape drives and a set of storage elements slots containing tape cartridges These tape drives storage elements and tape cartridges are all virtual that is they appear to be real tape drives storage elements and tape cartridges to Data Protector Express but they are not real devices or ...

Страница 154: ...om the disk drive containing the data you are backing up This enhances performance and insures data recovery if the source data disk fails 7 Optionally specify the maximum tape cartridge capacity and the Secure Erase policy Setting the maximum cartridge capacity ensures that the no single virtual tape cartridge consumes the entire capacity of the storage folder If Secure Erase is enabled each time...

Страница 155: ...n Backup data will be retained in the virtual library until it is specifically overwritten or erased by a backup or media job This is a good policy to use for backups that you want to stay online for fast restores from a virtual library at any time Retain data until copied Backup data will be retained in the virtual library until it is successfully copied to the copy device In this case space in t...

Страница 156: ... is safe to erase or overwrite the physical tape cartridge when the original backup has been erased or overwritten under a regular tape rotation schedule The association described in above is very important for managing and optimizing physical media usage For example without this capability each backup to the virtual library under the D2D2Any option would eventually lead to consuming another physi...

Страница 157: ...e company creates a network virtual library and directs all backups to this destination instead of to physical media Each week these backups are transferred to physical media Rules are set in Data Protector Express to retain the backup data on the virtual media for a minimum of two weeks before deleting it if the virtual storage is required for current backups An employee discovers that a critical...

Страница 158: ...w is used to make changes to the catalog while the Devices view is used to perform operations using the physical or virtual devices themselves both media and drives When you want to make changes to the catalog use the Jobs and Media view When you want to work with the physical media or with the device itself use the Devices view For example if you want to change the name of a tape you make that ch...

Страница 159: ... you must select that device driver to use it If you select the library driver Data Protector Express will use the first available device in the library it finds Restarting failed devices Sometimes you will need to restart a device that has for some reason failed to initialize properly A device may have stopped for any number of reasons such as a power failure or a connecting cable malfunction Vir...

Страница 160: ... location of backup versions on virtual and physical media When you need to restore a file Data Protector Express locates the most recent version of a file and restores it from the most convenient location For example suppose you backed up a file to virtual media a week ago and Data Protector Express transferred that version to physical media two days ago Today when you need to restore the file Da...

Страница 161: ...therwise unusable tape operational again NOTE If you need to retension tapes regularly to use them consider servicing your tape drive or replacing your tapes NOTE This command does not apply to virtual media Erase Media command This command erases the media currently loaded in the selected device It has the following options The Quick Erase option erases the first block and then writes an END OF D...

Страница 162: ...was not created in the current catalog you must import that media into the current catalog You might import media in one the following situations To use media created by an earlier version of Data Protector Express To use media created in a different Data Protector Express management domain To use media created by another backup program To use media accidentally deleted from the catalog When you i...

Страница 163: ...atalog command This command does not append data to the current catalog it replaces the current catalog with the last known good catalog on that media To restore a catalog TIP Use the Restore Catalog wizard to create a job that quickly restores the catalog from available media 1 Locate the media on which you have backed up the catalog you wish to restore Normally this is the last backup job run NO...

Страница 164: ... loaded in the device If Data Protector Express cannot identify the media it reads the media header a process that may take up to several minutes The name of the media appears on the log file for the media job Sort Media command Use this command to reorganize the media in a library Data Protector Express can sort the media by name or by bar code in ascending or descending order Testing a library o...

Страница 165: ...rtridge The number of remaining cleaning cycles also appears Data Protector Express does not verify that a cleaning cartridge was in fact inserted into this slot Probably Cleaning Tape The slot previously contained a cleaning tape When you exit and restart Data Protector Express slots marked Cleaning Tape are reset to Probably Cleaning Tape Reserved The slot was disabled by a user Data Protector E...

Страница 166: ...ing media folders see Backup options automatically updated on page 113 To create a new media folder 1 Select the existing folder in which you want to store the new Media folder It cannot be the Home folder 2 Create the new media folder in one of these ways Select New Object from the File menu and then select Folder from the New Object dialog box or Right click in the Data Protector Express object ...

Страница 167: ...t use automatic media rotation Data Protector Express looks for media with specific names in specific folders If it does not find the precise media it is looking for Data Protector Express will display an alert For this reason it is best to let Data Protector Express automatically create its own media for automatic rotation jobs than to manually create the media in advance When you create new medi...

Страница 168: ...ector Express Or alternatively you might want to transfer data from one Data Protector Express management domain to another Data Protector Express management domain To prevent unauthorized transferring of tapes between secure Data Protector Express management domains Data Protector Express lets you assign a password to any media you create That password will be required before that media can be im...

Страница 169: ...you select Run now the job will start as soon as you click Finish TIP Use the Run Repeatedly schedule type to identify media in a library that changes media frequently throughout the day This will speed up scheduled jobs and allow Data Protector Express to have current information about the content of media in each slot or device To create a Media Contents job 1 Select Media from the Wizards view ...

Страница 170: ...Job Status view These commands include running jobs stopping jobs formatting media and so on The advantage of the Catalog view is that it can display all of the objects in the catalog at once TIP To minimize the number of files that appear in this view on larger systems click the Query button and filter the list to display fewer items based on creation date or other criteria ...

Страница 171: ...from the Data Protector Express interface Your tape library may provide a front panel that allows you to carry out various media management tasks but if you use this for media operations the Data Protector Express catalog will not have the up to date media location information For this reason front panel media operations will require a time consuming inventory processes to update the Data Protecto...

Страница 172: ...ll be added to the list of licenses and the functionality enabled How does Data Protector Express allocate licenses Any licenses in Data Protector Express are assigned on a first come first served basis whichever library drives are registered first in the catalog will receive a license reducing the license count by one to the maximum allowable in the base license definition If there are more drive...

Страница 173: ... in the view This allows you to view all kinds of media not just the media used by Data Protector Express but you will not be able to select non Data Protector Express media for a backup or restore job If the tape is not present in the catalog the slot status will say Invalid not in database Media in this state are candidates for use in a job if the Media AutoFormat rule is set to auto format all ...

Страница 174: ...d indexing information This information is read from the EEPROM using a radio frequency transmission to allow fast identification of the tape and also location of files on the medium Different manufacturers implement cartridge memory differently Inventory Process The traditional loader inventory mechanism is accomplished by running an identify job on all the slots in a loader This complete invento...

Страница 175: ...objects associated with it Data Protector Express cannot do any processing with the data objects if the media object record has been deleted from the catalog is corrupted or missing The Import Media job creates a record for the media object in the catalog and associates the data objects on the media with that record You must run this job if you are restoring data that was backed up on a server on ...

Страница 176: ...wo applications Data Protector Express and another application Data Protector Express will not use tapes that have already been used by the other application but you could use this function to mark unused tape as reserved Backups and Rotation Types The main advantage of using Data Protector Express with tape libraries is the ease with which you can schedule different backups for different days of ...

Страница 177: ...or the first time Data Protector Express looks for blank media and names it according to the rotation type selected and its position within a set Do not format media that you wish to use for a rotation schedule Data Protector Express will be unable to use it for the backup job because media is automatically named and tracked according to its position within the rotation cycle Daily Set 1 Daily Set...

Страница 178: ... explores some considerations you should review before making this decision Where to locate the catalog Consider locating the catalog on a PC desktop or file or application server other than the main file server Recall that Data Protector Express keeps track of objects and properties in a catalog that it creates and manages Where should you store this catalog That is which volume and machine shoul...

Страница 179: ...een located on the file or application server however the catalog must first be restored before other files could be restored This can be a lengthy time consuming process A good strategy to consider is to place the backup device on the file or application server for maximum speed but to locate the catalog on a separate machine Consider this example Two file or application servers are connected on ...

Страница 180: ...management domain The Data Protector Express administrator or other user can log on to this catalog from another storage domain and then create and run jobs in that storage domain 3 Suppose a disaster occurs and the RAID device of one of the file or application servers needs to be replaced Because the catalog is located on another machine recovery is quick and easy The catalog contains all of the ...

Страница 181: ... predicting the size of the catalog This is because there might be as many as 20 or 30 versions of a particular file in the catalog Files only have properties associated with them when they are assigned permissions or storage streams but generally since most files inherit their permissions from other objects the 1024 bytes assigned for properties can be ignored Consider the following example Suppo...

Страница 182: ...orkgroup you created will be available on the Selection page of the job What Slows Down Tape Drives Tape drives work most efficiently when they are streaming that is when the tape itself is constantly moving forward and a steady flow of data is being written to the tape as it passes the write head In general tape drives will stream if there is a constant flow of data available to write to the tape...

Страница 183: ...devices can support up to 32 simultaneous data streams You control the data streams of a volume directory or file from its Storage page Normally the Backup stream field on the Storage page of a volume is set to Create new stream while the Backup stream of a directory or file is set to Use existing stream By changing these options you can change the number of backup streams thereby affecting the sp...

Страница 184: ...en a machine has to use extra resources to encrypt files a proportionately greater amount of load is placed on the machine Minimize small file size Large files transfer and are written to the backup device more efficiently than are small files If you can limit the number of small files you back up especially those smaller than 64K your job will run more quickly CPU speed In general a faster CPU re...

Страница 185: ...han individually assigning each user permissions to the tape drive make them members of the appropriate group You create as many groups as necessary with varying levels of access to catalog objects such as media machines volumes and directories For example you might create a group named Backup Permission to Volume and another named Backup and Restore Permission to Volume assigning to each the appr...

Страница 186: ... clicking on the Select Version button Select the appropriate date and time version for the job Now only those files with a matching version date will be selected Selecting versions from specific media Add the media to the Media filter Suppose you want to restore only those files that appear on specific media or want only to verify files from specific media You can use the Media filter on the Sele...

Страница 187: ...dnesday To do so set the Backup range filter to the desired date Begin by clicking the Selection Filters button on the toolbar of the restore job s Selection page The Selection Filters dialog box will appear Then click on the Browse button next to the Backup Range field Specify Tuesday s date as the starting and ending date in the Date Range dialog box If you ran a differential job the previous ev...

Страница 188: ...the volume To avoid overwriting replacing current files or folders with the versions you are restoring restore the files or folders to a new or different location When you instruct Data Protector Express to restore files and folders in new locations Data Protector Express creates new files and folders in the specified location To restore a file to a different folder use the Move command to restore...

Страница 189: ...sion settings for each added device should be sufficient Do not give this user access rights to the device that will be reserved 2 To perform a restore job while backup jobs are running log on to Data Protector Express as Admin Create a restore job and select the reserved device on the Device page of the restore job Other Tips Here are two additional tips for transferring files between operating s...

Страница 190: ...ning cartridge into the library and then change the status of the storage slot To change the status of the storage slot to cleaning do the following a From the Favorites desk bar open the Devices view and select the library b Expand the library until you locate and select the storage slot in which you inserted the cleaning cartridge c Right click the storage and select Element Status d Change the ...

Страница 191: ... Clean Device job 5 On the Schedule page select Run now for the schedule type 6 Once you finish setting up the job Data Protector Express will clean the device 7 To clean this same device manually in the future locate the job in your Home folder or from the Jobs and Media view and rerun the job ...

Страница 192: ...nt domains can provide a high level of security If your security needs require that access to some data be strictly limited setting up a separate catalog is often the simplest way to achieve this Data cannot be shared between storage domains without using advanced procedures Media from one catalog must be imported into a new catalog before the data on it can be read or used When it is imported Dat...

Страница 193: ...eir own jobs The security needs of these situations can be addressed by carefully assigning users select permissions to various objects in the catalog For example you might assign permission to write files to tapes but not to volumes thus preventing restore jobs from running About administrator permissions CAUTION Data Protector Express administrators have unlimited access to all of the objects in...

Страница 194: ...modify these permissions at any time using the Permissions page of the new user or group property page Setting up users As you create new users Data Protector Express automatically opens the property page of the new user Use the property pages to control the user s password account activity group membership equivalencies and permissions To create a new user 1 Open the Administration desk bar and s...

Страница 195: ...word has expired For example if the Grace logons allowed box is checked and Remaining grace logons is set to 2 the user will be allowed to log on two times after their old password has expired On the third logon attempt the user must change their password You can also limit the number of grace logons that are permitted NOTE Grace logons do not function when passwords are not required that is when ...

Страница 196: ... Data Protector Express only accepts the new password if you have never used it If you check the Force periodic password changes box either the user or the Data Protector Express administrator must change the password per the Days between forced changes and Date password expires settings If you check the Allow user to change password box the user can change their password on their own TIP The Data...

Страница 197: ...ser permissions is to make the current user equivalent to another user This can be very useful for managing complex Data Protector Express installations with multiple users and varying security or for making temporary changes to a user s permissions Use this page to make the current user equivalent to another user To make the current user equivalent to another user select the other user in the rig...

Страница 198: ...lent to For example if User 1 is made equivalent to User 2 the effective permissions for are calculated using both of their direct permissions However the effective permissions for User 2 remain unchanged Permissions page for users Use this page to grant users permissions to objects in the catalog The Permissions check boxes show the permissions of whatever object is selected in the Objects to whi...

Страница 199: ... is granted permissions from the property page of the C volume the appropriate permissions will appear on the Admin user s Permissions page Note additionally that a user has direct permissions only to those objects listed on that user s Permissions page Any and all other effective permissions to other objects are calculated through inherited permissions through equivalencies or through groups Sett...

Страница 200: ...ck the Remove button the user is moved to the right window pane under Members who do not belong to this group Permissions page for groups If a user is a member of a group that user s effective permissions are determined using the direct permissions that group has to objects in the catalog Use this page to assign the group permissions to objects The Permissions check boxes show the permissions of w...

Страница 201: ... that object Note that a user can gain permissions from any combination of these A user has inherited permissions to an object if 1 they do not have direct permission and 2 they have effective permissions to the container that contains the object This means that if you do not have direct permissions to an object you must have effective permissions to the container in which the object is stored NOT...

Страница 202: ...his or her effective permissions to this object Because it is a container the objects below it in the catalog all have inherited permissions because the object directly above them has effective permissions So for example the Data Protector Express administrator has effective permissions to the Home Folder because it inherits its permissions from the object that contains it the System Container Thu...

Страница 203: ...herited permissions this user will not This user will have only Write permissions to this folder 5 The following example shows how equivalencies and group membership work together to determine effective permissions Suppose that User 1 is a member of the Marketing group and that he is made equivalent to User 2 What permissions will the user have User 1 has permissions to all of the User Group folde...

Страница 204: ...to that object objects below it in the catalog hierarchy can still inherit permissions from that object Read permission Affected objects Media controller device library volume directory file catalog Description Controls whether a user can read from a given catalog object In the case of physical peripherals that perform read functions such as controllers devices libraries and volumes Read permissio...

Страница 205: ...red to delete or overwrite the data contained in these objects Affected commands Delete Run This permission enables Delete allowing the user to delete objects in the catalog Delete permission is also required for some types of jobs Backup jobs require Delete permission to the appropriate devices libraries and media whenever files are overwritten or media are formatted Restore jobs require Delete p...

Страница 206: ...ermissions Description Controls whether a user can see and modify the Permissions page of an object For any object Access permission allows the user to change the permissions to the object To add a new user to the Permissions page Modify permission is also required A user listed on the Permissions page can be deleted with Access permission alone Note that Access permission does not allow the user ...

Страница 207: ...Normally only the Data Protector Express administrator has Supervisor permission to the System Container Affected commands New User New Group This permission enables the New User and New Group commands allowing the user to create new users and groups ...

Страница 208: ...cable objects for each property page are listed under the Applicable Objects heading Various fields and settings on each property page are indicated by bold headings followed by a short description List box choices and field settings are indicated by bold in line headings In addition to the property pages this section provides reference information for the Versions Preferences Query and Selection ...

Страница 209: ...ssigns a node ID to each machine Port The port number registered with IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority that is used by Data Protector Express to communicate across the network with other machines in the Data Protector Express management domain Address type This field shows the address type that is in use to communicate with this machine for example TCP version 4 Network address This field ...

Страница 210: ...ctor Express enters into that object s log a record every action performed on that object For example there will be an entry each time the object is backed up or restored Additionally the audit log will show the media on which versions of the object are stored Print Click to print the audit log Note that some logs can be quite long check the length of the document before printing it Save Click to ...

Страница 211: ...mand Data Protector Express executes this command each time you run your custom command Use a specific object Check this box if you want to limit the custom command to use only a specific object in the Data Protector Express management domain Object Data Protector Express executes this command and uses the selected object as a starting point for the command For example select a specific file or fo...

Страница 212: ...e for a machine to measure how long it takes an echo packet to travel back and forth on the network Click Start to begin a test Click Stop to end a test Ping test Performing a ping test displays the following test results Packet No Shows the number of data packets sent from one machine to another up to this point in the test Round trip time ms Shows the average time for the echo packet to travel b...

Страница 213: ...receiving machine will verify the pattern Click Start to begin the test As the test runs the Communication status fields reflect the results of the test Click Stop to end the test The final results appear in the Communication status fields Status The following communication status information is displayed on this page Packet number This is the number of data packets sent from one machine to anothe...

Страница 214: ...irtual libraries appear on this page You can configure the following devices in Data Protector Express Devices Virtual libraries Storage slots Email File system stream Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft SQL Server Certificate Services Device configuration This page applies to devices such as CDs DVDs tapes Iomega REV devices virtual devices and other storage devices I O buffer size The size of th...

Страница 215: ... policy that overrides the policy set for the backup job Choices are No secure erase Select this option if you do not want to erase virtual media after it has been copied to a physical device Secure erase Select this option to perform a secure erase command on virtual media once it has been removed from the virtual library D2D2T options If available in your installation you can set up policies to ...

Страница 216: ...the data on the virtual device indefinitely With this policy Data Protector Express retains the data in the virtual library until the space is needed by subsequent virtual backups Copy log options Click this button to set up logs for the copy jobs It is recommended that you establish a procedure for reviewing the logs for copy jobs to help you ensure that your data is available on alternate media ...

Страница 217: ...f time Data Protector Express waits before copying virtual backups to another device Retention policy Determines how long backups are stored on virtual media before they are overwritten by subsequent jobs Choices are Retain data until overwritten Select this option to keep the data on the virtual device until the data is written to another backup device that is there are newer versions of the data...

Страница 218: ...kups Data Protector Express will ignore any files or folders on these drives during backups Enter the list of drives as a single string of letters e g GHIJKLMNO Check the following settings to create a list of drives for inclusion in backup jobs Enable removable drives Select this setting to include files located on removable drives in backups Enable network drives Select this setting to include f...

Страница 219: ...name configuration requirement for a Microsoft Exchange Server Data Protector Express logs on to the Exchange Server with the administrator settings that were provided in Windows when the server was set up Since no other user could modify the server there is no need to provide additional user name information in Data Protector Express Consequently only a Microsoft Exchange Server administrator wil...

Страница 220: ...e SQL Server administrator who may perform backups of the server Force modes The Force modes settings control how Data Protector Express backs up the Microsoft SQL Server database instances This setting overrides the backup mode setting for a backup job when a Microsoft SQL Server database instance database is selected along with other files For additional information see Appendix H Working with M...

Страница 221: ... to override the backup modes that jobs specify Force modes Set the modes to use when a job specifies Full Differential and Incremental modes For example if you specify Full for the Incremental mode Data Protector Express will run a full backup even though a backup job specifies an incremental mode ...

Страница 222: ...shows the active connections for this machine It is for information purposes only Connections are established for varying purposes and are automatically opened and closed as necessary Active connections Lists the currently active connections for this machine Details Shows detailed information about the selected active connection ...

Страница 223: ... is one version of a file on a virtual library and one on physical media Data Protector Express will decide that it is cheaper and faster to restore from the virtual library Access status Shows whether or not Data Protector Express will try to find or request a particular media even if it is still in the catalog When access status is enabled the media can be used When access status is disabled the...

Страница 224: ...ia device Data Protector Express will use to run the backup restore or verify job By default Data Protector Express sets this setting to the network container When running the job Data Protector Express will use whatever device it finds on the network If there is only one device in your Data Protector Express management domain or if you only have permissions to one device there is no reason to cha...

Страница 225: ...ither No auto format Auto format blank media or Auto format all media No auto format Instructs Data Protector Express to send an alert to the alert window if it encounters media that needs to be formatted either blank or unrecognized media While waiting for a user reply Data Protector Express scans the network for devices with the media it was expecting When selected Data Protector Express waits f...

Страница 226: ...at media a password A password prevents the media from being imported into another Data Protector Express catalog and can be an important part of your overall security plan To have the job assign a password to the new media click the Media Password button and type and confirm your password Note that passwords can only be assigned when media is formatted Additionally media passwords are only requir...

Страница 227: ...ine or driver object It is available for all active machines drivers and devices including controllers logical tape formats services and virtual libraries You can print a diagnostics report save it to a file or email it to a specified address Click the Save button and choose a file type Support file types are HTML text Comma separated and XML To save your changes click Apply or OK ...

Страница 228: ...dicates the purpose of the drivers in that folder To disable a driver check its box then click Apply or OK to save your changes Drivers that are marked with a yellow exclamation point are currently unavailable for some reason The device could be initializing or there may be an actual failure For example a controller driver may be marked with this icon during device initialization Once initialized ...

Страница 229: ...ample if User 1 is made equivalent to User 2 the effective permissions of are calculated using both of their direct permissions However the effective permissions of User 2 remained unchanged Additionally note that users can gain direct permissions to objects either as users as a result of equivalencies or as members of a group When the direct permissions result from multiple sources Data Protector...

Страница 230: ...ser is moved to the left window pane Remove To remove a user from the equivalent list select the user from the left window pane and click Remove The user is moved to the right window pane Related topics For information about related features refer to the following documentation Effective Permissions on page 43 Examples of determining effective permissions on page 43 ...

Страница 231: ...h as myscript sh You can also specify any settings with these commands according to the operating system For example you may want to temporarily close certain files before backing them up You could prepare one batch file to close these files and one to open these files after a successful backup You could also prepare a batch file to execute if the backup job fails Then you would enter these comman...

Страница 232: ...e current object was backed up successfully Data Protector Express closes the object and executes this command Then it performs the verify step Command to execute after failed backup Data Protector Express executes this command after it closes the current object if the backup fails Enter the command with its path if necessary and any settings NOTE If the backup job includes a verify step Data Prot...

Страница 233: ...e it updates it catalog with any new information about these files and directories From this property page you can rename the object change the icon associated with it add a description tooltip or status help message and enable or disable auditing Instructions to update general information about an object appear below Name Shows the name of the current object To change the name select it and type ...

Страница 234: ...at version a delete date Modified Shows operating system information about date file or directory last modified The modify date is taken from the operating system and is updated each time the directory that contains the file is opened You can use this information to sort files with filters Last access Shows operating system information about the date the file or directory last accessed The access ...

Страница 235: ...icon Use this command to change the icon associated with the object Clicking this button opens an Icon browser from which you can select any icon available in Data Protector Express To rename an object You can rename any object in the Data Protector Express catalog 1 Select the object you want to rename and display its General property page 2 Enter a new name in the Name field and select Apply or ...

Страница 236: ...rotector Express 1 With the General property page open for an object click Change Icon 2 Select a new icon in the Icon browser and click OK 3 Select Apply or OK on the General property page to save the changes Related topics For information about related features refer to the following documentation Effective Permissions on page 43 Filter selection criteria on page 61 ...

Страница 237: ...Click Apply or OK to save any changes you make Fields on the Groups page Groups to which this user belongs Shows the groups to which the current user belongs To add the user to a new group select the group in the right window pane and click the Add button the group is moved to the left window pane Similarly to remove a user from a group select the group from the left window pane and then click the...

Страница 238: ...group This list shows the users that are members of the group Members who do not belong to this group This list shows the users that are not members of the group Add To add a user to the group select the user in the right list and click Add The user is moved to the left list Remove To remove a user from the group select the user in the left list and click Remove The user is moved to the right list...

Страница 239: ...on Controls when the current account will expire A user account can expire on a given date or can be disabled manually Account is disabled Checked when the account has expired To make a disabled account active again clear the checkbox Account has expiration date Check this box to set an expiration date for the user account Date account expires Specifies a date when the account will no longer be ac...

Страница 240: ...sword Require unique passwords If checked Data Protector Express only accepts the new password if the user has not used it before Force periodic password changes If checked either the user or the Data Protector Express administrator must change the password per the Days between forced changes and Date password expires settings Days between forced changes Specifies the interval between forced passw...

Страница 241: ...Chapter 14 Object and Property Reference 223 NOTE If no machine is listed a user can log on from any machine Related topics For information about how to set up new users see Setting up users on page 176 ...

Страница 242: ...ully or unsuccessfully backed up restored or verified Once you open a log you can print it or save it to one of several file types Available logs Lists the available logs for this job View Select a log and click to open the file in the specified text editor You can print or save the log Note that some logs can be quite long check the length of the document before printing it Save Select one or mor...

Страница 243: ...mber of logs per job is 250 Data Protector Express will overwrite the oldest log when you reach this maximum Related topics For information about related topics refer to the following documentation Log options on page 108 Job Logs on page 130 Preferences on page 238 ...

Страница 244: ...ontrols various settings important to how Data Protector Express runs backup restore and verify jobs For options related to a Job Group see Job Group options on page 232 Backup Mode Backup jobs only Determines whether all files or only changed files are backed up For scheduled automatic rotation jobs Data Protector Express uses the backup mode for each backup set as indicated on the Schedule page ...

Страница 245: ...or Express to be certain that every file backed up onto the tape is in readable condition It does not verify that the data is correct only that the data stored on the media incorrect or not can be read While selecting this option can save time it is nonetheless not recommended Write Mode Backup jobs only Determines whether the old data on the media is overwritten with new data or whether the new d...

Страница 246: ...d the correct media Data Protector Express appends data to whatever media is available This option will ensure that the job runs if the media contains enough room to complete the job Prompt for another media Instructs Data Protector Express to continue to scan for the expected media and to send an alert warning that the proper media has not been found This option will not allow a job to run with a...

Страница 247: ...pport hardware data compression and the files are to be restored to a different operating system Operating System Instructs Data Protector Express to write all data to tape in the same mode it is stored on disk If the file is stored on disk in compressed format Data Protector Express will write the data in the host operating system s compressed format If the file is not compressed on disk Data Pro...

Страница 248: ...d Log only completed Instructs Data Protector Express to log the name of any file selected for and successfully backed up restored or verified Log all Instructs Data Protector Express to log the name of every file selected and whether or not that file was successfully backed up restored or verified NOTE If you choose the Log All setting under the Log options for a job your log files might be very ...

Страница 249: ... or HTML Print log Click Browse to select a printer You can select the number of copies and a page range of pages to print Advanced options For information about these options see Advanced options for backup jobs on page 113 Advanced options for restore jobs on page 118 Advanced options for verify jobs on page 120 ...

Страница 250: ...inue with subsequent jobs when one fails or if the remaining jobs will be stopped List of jobs to be executed The list of jobs to be executed contains all of the jobs that have been included in this job group To move a job select it and use the Move up or Move down commands to reorganize the jobs in the list Use the Add command to add more jobs to the list Use the Delete command to remove a select...

Страница 251: ... name and password that Data Protector Express should assign to media when formatting media Folder information Depending on the media job type you can specify where Data Protector Express should store media once a job is completed or where to locate media required for a job that is about to begin Erase options Select the preferred method to erase media secure erase or quick erase Sort jobs For sor...

Страница 252: ...234 Data Protector Express User s Guide and Technical Reference For information about related topics refer to Job Options on page 107 ...

Страница 253: ...ck the Delete button to exclude media from the job Use the Edit source and Edit destination buttons to modify source or destination information for media that is already included in the list Log options Click this button to determine how much information Data Protector Express will write to job logs Library For move media jobs you select the library whose media you want to move and the source and ...

Страница 254: ...issions page For example if a user is granted permissions to the C volume from the Permissions page on his property page the Permissions page on the property page of the C volume will list this user as a user who has permissions Alternatively if this user is granted permissions from the property page of the C volume the appropriate permissions will appear on his Permissions page Note additionally ...

Страница 255: ...rticular object select the object the permissions to that object appear in the Permissions fields To grant a user or group permissions to a new object click Add and select the appropriate permissions To end permissions to an object select the object and click Remove Permissions Shows the permissions granted to the currently highlighted object user or group Check or uncheck the appropriate boxes to...

Страница 256: ...ress has a message for you to review Web browser Use the Browse button at the right of this field to select a default web browser for the user This web browser is used to open links to Internet web sites that are contained in alerts or other messages in Data Protector Express Do not display watermark in views Check this option to remove the watermark from the Data Protector Express main object det...

Страница 257: ...Chapter 14 Object and Property Reference 239 Color palette Sets the color scheme for the Data Protector Express user interface As you select a color the sample screen shows the results ...

Страница 258: ...page of a user or group in the Security view When the Print log option is selected on the Options property page for a job the job log prints automatically as soon as the job is complete It prints to the printer specified on the Printer page for the job owner Click the Browse buttons to select a printer and font Related topics For information about related features refer to the following documentat...

Страница 259: ... criteria you can then mark or unmark files folders and volumes for backup You can also change the filter criteria at any time Data Protector Express will automatically reapply the new selection filter criteria to the marked folders and files Backup range Displays files according to their backup date The backup date is assigned to a file each time it is backed up The backup date for a file is the ...

Страница 260: ... can specify multiple wildcards by separating them with a semicolon no spaces if you specify multiple wildcards Data Protector Express excludes any file that matches any one of the wildcards you specify Required attributes Displays files according to attributes controlled by the operation system Operating systems track certain features of files called attributes that they use to manage these files...

Страница 261: ...have a valid version on the media listed in this field Data Protector Express tracks versions of files and the media on which those versions are stored You can use this information to sort files according to the media on which they appear Only files with versions on the media in the Media field will be displayed If there are multiple media shown in the Media filter field only files which have a va...

Страница 262: ... page Run once The job will run only at the selected Start Date and Start Time Uses the settings set on the job s Options page Run on selected days Turns on scheduling calendar allowing job to be scheduled to run repeatedly Job will run every day as scheduled on the calendar Uses settings set on job s Options page User manually controls set count media rotation media name and backup mode Run hourl...

Страница 263: ...r each set type and Data Protector Express will automatically control the implementation of these features When first selected initially defaults to GFS 25 schedule Start Time Specifies the time of day the job will run Note that jobs can run concurrently The default start time is 11 00 PM Start Date Specifies the first date the job will run Data Protector Express defaults to start a job on the cur...

Страница 264: ...u can set the following details about rotation types Set Type for Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly Indicates the backup mode and set count for the Daily Weekly Monthly and Yearly media sets respectively Backup mode and Set or Group can be set by the user Data Protector Express determines the next set in the rotation based on the Set or Group number View a sample rotation Depending on which schedule typ...

Страница 265: ...achine and network that has one or more selected objects If you select a container all objects within that container are selected If you add new objects to a marked container those objects will also be selected when the job is run If a container is both unmarked and not gray it contains no selected objects and it is not itself selected Related topics For more information about filtering and select...

Страница 266: ...ject The box is shaded for each container folder volume machine and network that has one or more selected objects If you select a container all objects within that container are selected If you add new objects to a marked container those objects will also be selected when the job is run If a container is both unmarked and not gray it contains no selected objects and it is not itself selected ...

Страница 267: ...he status of a device or storage slot that is associated with a library Use it to review the status of your job as it progresses or of storage slots and media as various functions or tests are run on the media in the library Once you review the status of a completed job or test the Status page will no longer be available until another job or test is run ...

Страница 268: ... by your Data Protector Express license If your data storage needs have increased consider upgrading your product edition to accommodate more data streams To disable the default stream The default data stream setting determines whether or not a new data stream is created for each object in the machine To disable it check Disable default stream then save your changes by clicking Apply or OK To crea...

Страница 269: ...Chapter 14 Object and Property Reference 251 2 Select an object from the selection tree 3 Click Apply or OK to save your selections ...

Страница 270: ...ense to accommodate more data streams By default new data streams are created for each volume while files and directories use the data stream of their parent volume by default For files directories and volumes these settings can be modified Backup Stream Determines whether or not a new data stream is created for the current object Use existing stream Data Protector Express does not create a new st...

Страница 271: ...te a new stream for these objects For example to speed up a backup job you may wish to create an additional stream for a very large file or for a RAID device Related topics For more information about related topics refer to the following documentation Strategies for Faster Jobs on page 163 Audit Logs on page 132 ...

Страница 272: ...n To select a different version use the Versions of window The latest version is a wildcard and automatically selects the most recent version Which version is selected is updated as the restore or verify job is run Available Versions Shows a list of the versions of the object and the media on which those versions are stored Backed up Shows the date and time the job was run All objects backed up du...

Страница 273: ...e Backup date The date and time this version was created Modify date The last time the object was modified This information is recorded from the operating system when the object is backed up Physical Stream ID Shows internal data used by Data Protector Express to manage the version Version flags Shows internal data used by Data Protector Express to manage the version ...

Страница 274: ...nning the Quick Access application Viewing Data Protector Express status Accessing Data Protector Express functions Installing and running the Quick Access application The Quick Access application is automatically installed when you select the Quick or Recommended installation It is selected by default in a Custom installation For more information see the Installation Guide After installation the ...

Страница 275: ...en you right click the Quick Access icon a menu is displayed Jobs Click the Jobs menu item to create a new job or to view a list of the jobs that you have currently defined If there are more jobs that aren t displayed More is displayed below the list Click More to open your Home folder which contains the jobs and folders that you have defined In the Settings window you can set the maximum number o...

Страница 276: ...files Restore Create a job to restore specific files Verify Create a job to compare a file on a PC or server to the backed up versions of the file Monitoring jobs For each job that you select you can View and change the job s properties View the job s status Run pause or stop the job depending on the job s status Media Click the Media menu item to create jobs to manage media within Data Protector ...

Страница 277: ... read the media or add information about it to the catalog Identify Media Create a job to identify the media currently loaded in a device Alerts Click the Alerts menu item to view a list of unhandled Data Protector Express alerts If there are more alerts that aren t displayed the More menu item is displayed below the list Click More or the Open Alerts Window menu item to view all alerts In the Set...

Страница 278: ...r the Open Logs Window menu item to view all logs In the Settings window you can set the maximum number of logs that you see in the list See Maximum number of menu items for Jobs Alerts or Logs submenus on page 262 The logs in the list can be from multiple jobs To view the logs for a specific job go to the Data Protector Express Administrator open the job and select the Logs page Select a particul...

Страница 279: ... name Icon appearance Deselect the states for which you do not want the Quick Access icon to change Automatically start this application when the operating system starts Deselect this check box if you want to manually start the Quick Access application To manually start the application switch to the Data Protector Express installation directory and start dposgqa where os is win or lin Automaticall...

Страница 280: ...hoice is not available on Linux Open Administrator Click the Open Administrator menu item to open the main Data Protector Express Administrator window by using the logon information from the Quick Access application Logout Click the Logout menu item to log out from the Quick Access application The application will disconnect from Data Protector Express Click Login to log back into the application ...

Страница 281: ...ate SMTP port The Server Port default is 25 which is usually the correct value If you are using a proxy server you may have to enter a different Server Port From address Enter the email address to be entered in the From field for each job log email This email address must be valid NOTE Some SMTP mail servers require that the From address be a valid user host address other SMTP mail servers ignore ...

Страница 282: ...ouble click Data Protector Express in the list of services 3 Make any changes to the service and click Apply or OK to save your changes WARNING Changing the Startup type for the Data Protector Express service to Manual or Disabled means that other machines will not have access to this machine to perform backups unless Data Protector Express is actually running This means that files on this machine...

Страница 283: ...t extends the basic Data Protector Express service functionality to NetWare Like the Data Protector Express service it can be loaded when the system is started and will run in the background NOTE The Data Protector Express agent and Data Protector Express cannot run at the same time Therefore you must stop one before you can start the other Running the Data Protector Express Agent To automatically...

Страница 284: ...r computer starts up Uninstall service Type dplinsvc r and press Enter to not start the Data Protector Express service automatically when your computer starts up In this case your scheduled backup jobs may not run Your selection takes effect the next time your computer starts up To start or stop the service if it is already installed use one of the following commands to manage the service Start se...

Страница 285: ...n any order but if there are incremental or differential backups on the media set along with the full backup objects will be restored in the order they are found on media and the results may not contain the most current versions of the backed up data NOTE DR does not currently support split spanning of objects Any objects that are split spanned on the backup media will not be restorable during the...

Страница 286: ...rive to act like a bootable CD ROM when it is put into Disaster Recovery mode When you create a full backup on an OBDR tape drive product automatically makes the media bootable When you run One Button Disaster Recovery normally by a combination of power cycling with the Eject button held down your tape drive goes into a special Disaster Recovery mode that enables it to restore your operating syste...

Страница 287: ...en the new hard disk should be the same The actual number of cylinders can be larger If the geometry has changed Data Protector Express will still use it but the recovered operating system may not function correctly Your SCSI ATAPI Fibre Channel or USB tape drive and adapter must be the same or use the same driver as it did when the disaster recovery media was created You may change network cards ...

Страница 288: ...never you run a full backup with the Overwrite all media job option To create your disaster recovery media 1 Log in to Data Protector Express 2 Insert the first disaster recovery media 3 Create a backup job in the Admin Folder To do this you can use either the Backup Local Machine wizard or the New command 4 Enter a name for the job such as Disaster Recovery Backup 5 If you are using the New comma...

Страница 289: ...ice be sure to write protect the cartridge Create bootable media After you make a full backup of your system you must create bootable disaster recovery media Depending on your platform Windows NetWare Linux Data Protector Express lets you create bootable CD or DVD or REV media It also allows you to save the Disaster Recovery image to a file if you do not have facilities for writing media available...

Страница 290: ...y also be used by Windows and Linux users 1 Log in to Data Protector Express 2 Select Other from the Available Options menu 3 Select Disaster Recovery from the Other Options menu 4 Select Create bootable CD Data Protector Express prepares the system information and copies it to the CD or DVD 5 When the Available Options menu appears again press Esc twice to return to the main Available Options men...

Страница 291: ...nt Testing Disaster Recovery Media We recommend that you test your disaster recovery media before you have to rely on it following a disaster We also recommend that you create additional bootable media in case your new hardware configuration does not support your original bootable media For example if you create a bootable CD or DVD but your new hardware does not support booting from CD or DVD you...

Страница 292: ...pecial steps for booting your computer from the tape drive refer to your system documentation Most bootable drives use a combination of power cycling and pressing the Eject button on the front panel Many also require that you update the computer BIOS d The system boots from the tape 6 If your system boots and displays the Disaster Recovery Phase 2 screen your bootable media should function correct...

Страница 293: ...tal or differential backup media until after you complete disaster recovery 1 If you are using a bootable CD or DVD a Insert the disaster recovery CD or DVD into your computer b Power on your computer c Perform any special steps for booting your computer from CD or DVD refer to your system documentation d The system boots from the CD or DVD 2 Insert the first disaster recovery media NOTE For disas...

Страница 294: ...d and capabilities of the device and whether you are recovering the entire system or just the boot disk 9 After the system has restored the media it asks for the next media to restore Select Yes or press F10 to restore another media 10 After restoring the last media remove the disaster recovery CD or DVD so that you can boot from the hard disk in subsequent steps 11 Press Esc A message screen appe...

Страница 295: ...ct this option to only recover the boot disk Use it if your boot disk is corrupt or if you replaced the boot disk This option does not usually affect the data on other hard disks Recover Entire System Select this option to recover data to multiple hard disks including the boot disk Use this option if you replaced one or more hard disks NOTE If you are restoring a LINUX system the only option is to...

Страница 296: ... the computer letting Windows load normally Any databases such as SQL and Exchange which were backed up as part of an agent must also be restored If you had incremental and differential backup media since the last full backup now use Data Protector Express to restore the data from your incremental and differential backup media Troubleshooting recovering from a disaster When attempting to recover y...

Страница 297: ...s been recovered use the standard Data Protector Express restore procedures to recover any other changes from the differential backups Remove all media not associated with the recovery from the library If the full backup spans more than one media put the additional full backup media into additional slots Data Protector Express will then restore these media along with the slot 1 media NOTE Slot 1 m...

Страница 298: ...a backup job it uses the backup device on my local machine instead of the one on the server On the Options page of the job you have probably accepted the default Network device selection When this is enabled Data Protector Express will use any device on the network in this case your local backup device To send the job to a specific device 1 Access the Options page for the backup job 2 Delete the c...

Страница 299: ...ltiple devices you must first add each device to the device list Access the Device Media page for the backup job Then click Add to display Select a device or device container window Select the local device and click OK The path to the local device appears in the Devices to be used field To create additional streams for different objects change the Backup stream setting to Create new stream on the ...

Страница 300: ... backup in a generic format NOTE If you did not create your backup in a generic format you may not be able to restore it to a different operating system You should either restore it on a similar operating system or create a new backup 1 Access the backup job s Options page 2 Click the Advanced options button The Advanced Options window for the job appears 3 Deselect the Native data streams format ...

Страница 301: ...r Express will attempt to complete the restore job using all the devices listed or found If a device does not contain media or the device contains the wrong media an alert is sent This alert informs you to put the desired media into the appropriate device For example suppose you are restoring from a single media but the Devices to be used field on the Device Media page lists four devices If the ta...

Страница 302: ...tional information see Tips for Managing the Catalog on page 160 How do I create a Data Protector Express management domain When you install Data Protector Express you can choose to either join an existing Data Protector Express management domain or create a new one The Data Protector Express management domain is associated with the same computer on which its catalog is installed To create a new D...

Страница 303: ...Express directory HP Data Protector Express config by default on the master server 4 In the configuration section add the following line repairDatabase Yes The configuration section should now look like this configuration lastUser admin lastDomain My Domain nodeGuid 00001001 421F132A 0003F771 FFE580D7 databaseServerAddress localhost isDatabaseServer Yes databaseServerName My Domain disableNetwork ...

Страница 304: ...ions window from the Options page of the restore job and clear the Parent security and Child security options This causes Data Protector Express to restore the data in the file but not the security information such as the owner or access control lists for the file Unable to create a directory appears when I restore files on Microsoft Windows This message appears if you do not have the appropriate ...

Страница 305: ...a menu press the Space key to collapse the view Ins Create a new object for example a new backup or restore job Del Delete an existing object for example a backup or restore job PgUp PgDn View the next or previous page of a log or instruction file Up Down arrows Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the fields on a screen or to scroll through a text box that is longer than a single scre...

Страница 306: ...resh a tree branch view F9 View more options This command is available on menus that contain more options than fit on the screen Shift F9 Refresh all tree branch views F10 Press this key when you complete an action on a screen Data Protector Express returns to the previous menu ...

Страница 307: ...forms The Data Protector Express Agent for Microsoft Exchange supports backup and restore operations for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Installing the Data Protector Express Agent for Microsoft Exchange By default an evaluation version of the Data Protector Express agent for Microsoft Exchange is installed automatically when you install Data Protector Express on ...

Страница 308: ...Express works with Microsoft Exchange Server Force Modes As explained in the next section the Backup mode setting of a backup job affects Microsoft Exchange Server databases differently than file types The Force modes settings control how Data Protector Express backs up the databases Note that the settings here are only applicable to Microsoft Exchange Server databases all other file types are bac...

Страница 309: ...is setting to Full In this case Data Protector Express will treat the Exchange Server databases as if it were running a job in Full backup mode About Working with Microsoft Exchange Server When you use Data Protector Express to back up and restore Microsoft Exchange Server databases you must pay special attention to the role Windows NT security serves in Microsoft Exchange and the backup mode of t...

Страница 310: ... the Microsoft Exchange Server databases you must restore the database files and all of the log files created since the last full backup job To do so you either 1 restore the databases from the last full backup if the last backup the previous day s was a full backup 2 restore the databases from the most recent full backup and the last differential backup if the last backup was a differential backu...

Страница 311: ...uentially select versions of the storage group from the Available versions field in the Versions of window of the storage group Run and complete each restore job before creating and running a new restore job 10 Continue to create and run restore jobs until you have restored the latest version of the storage group Then restart the Microsoft Exchange Server storage group As the service is restarted ...

Страница 312: ...erties screen appears c Select the Database tab d Select This database can be overwritten by a restore e Click OK f Right click the store again A pop up menu appears g Select Dismount Store if the option is available h Click Yes to confirm The store is dismounted which means it can be restored i Exit the System Manager 5 Access the Exchange Server subdirectory on the computer for example c Program...

Страница 313: ...s A pop up menu appears e Select Start f Close the Computer Management screen Restoring Microsoft Exchange Databases 1 Restore the appropriate Exchange databases a Access Data Protector Express b Create a restore job c Click the Microsoft Exchange Server in the Folders panel to display the storage groups in the list in the Name column to the right of the Folders panel d Select the storage groups y...

Страница 314: ...bases Transactions that were not committed can be rolled back while transactions that were committed can be written to disk While transaction logs assure that only committed transactions are written and restored in order to use them correctly you must have a comprehensive backup plan that regularly backs up these logs Additionally when you reconstruct a database you must restore the database files...

Страница 315: ... Select the Administration desk bar and open the Catalog view 2 Select Network then select the Microsoft SQL Server on your system 3 Expand the object until you see a list of database instances TIP Switch to the Folders view to display a hierarchical tree of the Data Protector Express management domain 4 Right click the database instance and display its property pages 5 Select the Configuration co...

Страница 316: ...es Full is the only possible setting so the database instances will be backed up in this mode In this case both the databases and the transaction logs are backed up Differential When the Backup mode of a job is set to Differential Data Protector Express checks this setting to see how the job should be run with SQL database instances By default Data Protector Express runs the jobs as an incremental...

Страница 317: ...o run on each of its initial passes but will run in Full backup mode on its final pass Using Data Protector Express with SQL Server s Backup Routine Microsoft SQL Server has default utilities and commands for backing up data When you use Data Protector Express to back up SQL Server databases you can still use these default SQL Server utilities and commands For example you can use the DUMP command ...

Страница 318: ...rocedures specified in the section below Restoring Microsoft SQL Server master databases Restoring Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7 user databases To restore a database begin by restoring the most recent full backup of the database followed by all the database logs that is backups made with the Backup mode set to either incremental or differential When a database is restored if the datab...

Страница 319: ... new location since Data Protector Express does not check to see if it is the original device before restoring the database because the database already exists NOTE Data Protector Express tracks databases by name So if a database already exists with the same name Data Protector Express will use that database 3 Using Data Protector Express create a restore job and run the job to restore the databas...

Страница 320: ...t and must be restored from backup Because of this always dump back up the master database after creating expanding or shrinking user databases To recover a damaged master database 1 Stop the Data Protector Express and SQL Server services 2 Rebuild the master database 3 Restart SQL Server in single user mode 4 Restore the master database from the most recent backup 5 Apply to the master database a...

Страница 321: ... In the Collation Settings dialog box verify or change settings used for the master database and all other databases Initially the default collation settings are shown but these may not match the collation selected during setup You can select the same settings used during setup or select new collation settings When done click OK 7 In the Rebuild Master dialog box click Rebuild to start the process...

Страница 322: ...ht click the SQL server instance and select Start If there have been no changes to the master database since the last dump then proceed to step 6 Drop invalid databases and database devices 4 If login IDs or devices have been added to or dropped from the master database since the last backup those changes must be reapplied Restart the server and reapply the changes manually or from saved batch fil...

Страница 323: ...er is configured as a replication distributor During installation of a server the setup program automatically creates two devices of 2MB and 1MB on the same disk drive as the master database and then places the msdb database on the 2MB device MSDBDATA and its transaction log on the 1MB device MSDBLOG Scheduling information is then stored in this database During a rebuild of the master database the...

Страница 324: ... the master database dump that will be reloaded 2 Restart SQL Server in single user mode 3 Restore the master database from the most recent backup 4 Apply to the master database any changes that were not included in the most recent backup 5 Drop any databases from the newly restored master database 6 Restore the msdb database Each of these six steps is described below in more detail Step 1 Rebuild...

Страница 325: ...er replacing MASTER DAT When an alternate character set and or sort order is selected MASTER AL is expanded copied onto the server and several SQL scripts are run Step 2 Restart Microsoft SQL Server in single user mode Before you can restore the master database you must start Microsoft SQL Server in single user mode 1 Go to the SQL Server Enterprise Manager and right click the SQL server instance ...

Страница 326: ... all CREATE and ALTER DATABASE statements that were performed after the most recent dump DISK REFIT scans the physical file associated with each space that is allocated to databases It also adds the corresponding sysdatabases entries Some of the information is not reconstructed perfectly For example the original virtual device number is not assigned because it is not known Instead virtual device n...

Страница 327: ...e schedules that you implement using SQL Enterprise Manager are maintained in the msdb database This includes such things as the tasks that you schedule from the Task Scheduling window the automatic backups you schedule from the Database Backup Restore window and all replication tasks which are automatically created by the system if the server is configured as a replication distributor During inst...

Страница 328: ... protected files to a point in time Data Protector Express can back up the production servers data captured in the DPM server s replicas By backing up these replicas HP extends the DPM server s data protection capabilities to a much longer data protection period Replica data that has been backed up with Data Protector Express can be restored either to the DPM server or directly to the original pro...

Страница 329: ... the replica content is separated from other files protected by the Data Protector Express File System agent Data Protector Express provides the interface the user needs to backup and restore replica data While the replicas are stored in the file system the File System agent will not show them Rather the Data Protector Express DPM agent will show these files This ensures that the replicas don t ge...

Страница 330: ...ccess or failure of the snapshots associated with DPM If a DPM snapshot fails then Data Protector Express skips all DPM replica data associated with that volume and logs the failed replica with the associated snapshot error This differs from other volumes protected by VSS which will read data directly if the snapshot fails Microsoft requires that DPM replicas use VSS or risk damaging the replicas ...

Страница 331: ... you need to install a client licensed version of Data Protector Express on the production server and prepare it for disaster recovery as described in the DR section You can exclude from this job all data protected by the Microsoft DPM server This job should be scheduled regularly to account for changes to the system DPM specific backup jobs read the replicated data from the DPM server Thus after ...

Страница 332: ...e MICROSOFT DPM service using the service control manager 3 Restore the DPM master database a Stop the Data Protector Express service b Open a command prompt and change the directory to dpm_install_dir Prerequisites MSSQL DPM Binn c Start the DPM SQL server in single server mode by running the following command sqlservr exe c m s MICROSOFT DPM Leave the command prompt window open d Start the Data ...

Страница 333: ...ill recreate your replicas by synchronizing the data directly from the production servers Restoring replica content can reduce traffic on your network during the recovery process To recover content from tape create and run a restore job selecting the following path dpm installation directory DPM Volumes Replica 8 Complete the recovery of your system by opening the DPM Admin Console going to the Pr...

Страница 334: ...dows File System as well as in a database Both the files and the database need to be backed up for restore or system recovery The Data Protector Express Agent for Windows Component SQL Databases will automatically discover WSS databases and manage them as separate objects Backing up an entire system will also include those databases Windows SharePoint Services 2 0 uses a special version of MSDE kn...

Страница 335: ...p will ensure protection and integrity of WSS virtual servers the document repository users security settings and permissions It is recommended that the user enable Microsoft Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS option for backup jobs when creating DR backup sets Enabling the VSS option will ensure that the user can restore all WSS components in a consistent state during the disaster recovery pr...

Страница 336: ...ne to track how Web sites on your server are being used If usage analysis logging process is enabled WSS log files are created daily to track usage information These log files are stored in WinDir system32 LogFiles STS directory Note that this path can be customized In this case one should add the appropriate path to the backup selection list Select the Windows SharePoint SQL Databases icon in the...

Страница 337: ...b sites inside the configuration database and content databases This implies that a backup of the configuration database will provide protection of all SharePoint extended virtual servers WSS Databases o By default WSS installs a WMSDE SSEE instance called SHAREPOINT or Microsoft SSEE and creates databases including a configuration database and a content database The SHAREPOINT database instance c...

Страница 338: ... this feature 2 If a full backup of the system was performed with the VSS option disabled the WSS database is not restored since the files were open at backup You will need to take further steps to complete the WSS recovery Complete the following operations after the initial DR process has completed successfully a Re install the Windows SharePoint Services component on your system This will rebuil...

Страница 339: ......

Страница 340: ... Microsoft SQL WMSDE editions Newer versions of WSS v3 0 and WSUS v3 0 leverage SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition SSEE In the event that a non Windows application is using one of the aforementioned databases that instance will be displayed under the standard SQL agent and can be protected using the Data Protector Express SQL Agent The Windows Component SQL Database agent is provided free of charge ...

Страница 341: ...sure the user can restore all components without undertaking additional steps during the disaster recovery process The aforementioned components include the IIS virtual server configuration and databases NOTE The instructions for the additional steps are outlined in the Disaster Recovery section of this appendix The backup set of a Windows Server component can require additional files or services ...

Страница 342: ... until you are able to select the Windows Server components database Restoring Windows Component SQL Databases Whatever was selected in the backup job needs also needs to be selected for a consistent restore Examples WSS Installation directory IIS Virtual Servers Databases logs Select the Windows Component Database that you wish to restore ...

Страница 343: ...u need to create a restore job to restore the Windows Server components using the Data Protector Express Agent for Windows Component SQL Databases 2 If a full backup of the system was performed with the VSS option disabled the WSS database is not restored since the files were open at backup You will need to take further steps to complete the recovery Complete the following operations after the ini...

Страница 344: ...326 Data Protector Express User s Guide and Technical Reference b Open Data Protector Express and create a restore job to restore the Windows Server components database ...

Страница 345: ......

Страница 346: ...are stored in the installation path of Data Protector Express and storage groups which can be stored anywhere in the network These storage groups are sufficient to recovery a Data Protector Express Virtual Loader and through this to recover the system s which used that storage groups for backup There is a certain analogy to physical tape libraries where the control files would represent the contro...

Страница 347: ...Data Protector Express Virtual Library Recovery would be if a user looses their configuration files located in the D2D subdirectory where Data Protector Express was installed The Virtual Library that was using these files is now either offline or has been removed from the database The user now has orphaned extent files located in different folders or UNC paths spread across their network In order ...

Страница 348: ...indow comes up select the media you wish to import 9 Click Import to start the import process 10 This process only inserts the media into the Virtual Library you will still have to import the media into the database 11 This final step is only required if the Data Protector Express catalog and the newly added VTCs are out of synch ...

Страница 349: ...een lost Known Limitations 1 The number of gigabytes consumed by imported VTCs will not limit Virtual Library Recovery however the installed license key might limit the size of a Virtual Library In case the size of the VTCs is higher than the license key defines the Virtual Library will go offline 2 By mistake the same VTCs could be imported into different Virtual Libraries of the same domain Ther...

Страница 350: ...ss provides the user with the ability to encrypt the data that is written to the media and fully implements the Advanced Encryption Standard AES for both hardware and software encryption Hardware encryption is supported on some backup devices such as HP LTO 4 tape drives It is faster than software encryption and requires no processing on the backup server The encryption strength is determined by t...

Страница 351: ...nternal numerical value that is partially derived from the passphrase and presented to the cryptographic algorithm to enable the processing of the data Encrypt The cryptographic process of scrambling or obscuring data using a mathematical algorithm combined with key or set of keys Decrypt The reverse process of encryption deriving the original data using a complementary mathematical algorithm comb...

Страница 352: ... encryption key A longer or random passphrase will increase the strength of the encryption key even more To aid the user in remembering the passphrase the user may enter a hint message of up to 255 characters The use of this field is optional and provided to the user as prompt for remembering the passphrase If a backup job spans multiple media the same passphrase will be used for all media in the ...

Страница 353: ...tions Off Both hardware and software encryption are disabled Automatic This selection will use hardware encryption if it is available from the device otherwise software encryption will be used Software Software encryption will be used When Software is selected the user can choose the strength of software encryption ...

Страница 354: ...method to decipher by outside methods As you progress from low to high the encryption algorithm requires more CPU computations for each block of data to be encrypted which may slow down the data stream to the device and will increase CPU loading on the Media Server Encryption and Compression Software encryption disables hardware compression although you will still be able to select Software compre...

Страница 355: ...again Disaster Recovery This is enabled by the Data Protector Express Bare Metal Disaster Recovery option Disaster Recovery information that allows the user to boot from CD or other bootable media is never encrypted If the user has created bootable media as a separate step after running a full backup the bootable CD or DVD is not encrypted The media used for the full backup is encrypted If the use...

Страница 356: ... will be asked to enter a passphrase if that media is encrypted If using a device that supports One Button Disaster Recovery the first phase of recovery is completed and the system is rebooted The user will be asked to enter a passphrase before the rest of the data on the bootable media is restored If a hint was supplied when encryption was enabled it will also be displayed 3 Restore continues If ...

Страница 357: ...g media rotation to 103 advanced options 113 and manual schedule 105 and selection filters 61 creating by copying 35 creating from job views 33 creating with wizard 32 encryption 229 job groups and 29 media options automatically updated 208 media rotation 98 options automatically updated 113 options page 107 purposes 29 Renaming deleting and moving 35 selecting a schedule 91 selecting files 60 spa...

Страница 358: ...ia 149 Creating new users 176 Custom profiles creating 18 Custom settings change an object icon 17 create a desk bar 17 creating profiles 18 displays 17 wizards 27 Customer support xvii D2D backups See Virtual libraries Data Protector Express management domains add a domain 5 and backup devices 5 161 and machines 5 and security issues 174 delete a domain 5 remote administration of jobs 162 securit...

Страница 359: ...eryone folder 38 and permissions 39 Everyone group 42 179 Exclude attributes backup jobs 65 restore jobs 77 Execution page 213 Expiration date user accounts 177 Extended attributes 115 Filters See Selection filters Find button 20 Folders admin folder 38 creating 39 creating media 148 deleting media 148 different types 37 everyone folder 38 home folder 38 job 36 moving renaming and deleting 40 new ...

Страница 360: ... importing 144 importing and security 174 number required rotation jobs 101 passwords 150 passwords and security 174 selecting versions from 168 sorting 146 Media commands eject media 143 erase media 143 format media 143 identify media 146 import media 144 restore catalog 145 retension media 143 rewind media 143 Media control page See Control page Media filter backup jobs 65 restore jobs 77 Media ...

Страница 361: ...83 examples 48 granting to other users 50 inherited See Effective permissions overview 41 See also Effective permissions planning considerations 174 restricting 51 tips and strategies 166 Permissions page 236 groups 182 users 180 Permissions access overview 47 reference 188 Permissions create overview 47 Permissions delete overview 48 reference 187 Permissions modify overview 48 reference 187 Perm...

Страница 362: ...day rotation 96 scheduling to run once only 95 security and scheduled jobs 125 strategies for faster 163 unscheduled jobs 128 Running scripts 213 Running the Quick Access application 256 Running the software as a daemon 265 Sample schedule 246 Schedule page 244 Schedule sample 246 Scheduled jobs running only once 95 simple backup jobs 95 simple daily backup 96 simple five day rotation 96 tips and ...

Страница 363: ...ontrol page 176 Verify jobs concepts 30 creating by copying 35 creating from job views 33 creating with wizard 32 file selection concepts 80 job groups and 30 options page 118 Renaming deleting and moving 35 scheduling 94 selecting versions 84 troubleshooting 283 wizards 25 Verify mode verify jobs 119 Version range and selecting files not backed up previously 167 backup jobs 63 restore jobs 75 Ver...

Страница 364: ...ide and Technical Reference verify jobs 25 virtual device setup with 27 Workgroups organizing 164 selecting files 54 Write mode 227 and forcing scheduled jobs to run 94 95 backup job options 111 Write permission overview 48 reference 186 ...

Страница 365: ...Index 347 ...

Отзывы:

Нет отзывов