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The eSA agent must be installed on all IBM NAS appliances that you want to
participate in this service. You can download the software from the following URL:
www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4L4QVC.html
Predictive Failure Analysis
Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) provides advanced notification of a pending failure
so that corrective action can be taken to avoid unplanned downtime. The PFA alerts
are sent to IBM Director, where a wide variety of Event Action Plans can be
established, such as automatically notifying the administrator through e-mail, or
executing tasks in response to the alert. When used in conjunction with the IBM
electronic service agent, the PFA alerts are routed to an IBM support person, who
responds to the customer about the alert. The alerts can also be forwarded to other
management packages.
For more information
For more information on IBM Director, consult its user’s manual contained on the
Documentation CD.
NAS Backup Assistant
The NAS Backup Assistant is a preloaded utility that helps you create and schedule
backup batch files, and maintain log files. It can be used for backing up either the
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If you want to back up selected folders, you can use NT Backup without the NAS
Backup Assistant (which backs up an entire volume). However, if you use NT
Backup, it is recommended that you select and back up the copy of the files in a
previous persistent image, rather than the original data itself. When selecting the
files for the NT Backup operation, you must select the specific folders in the
persistent image. If you select the entire group of persistent images, the files in
those images will not be selected for backup. For more information about persistent
images see “Persistent Images” on page 61.
Because NAS Backup Assistant only creates and launches scripts, and is not a
comprehensive backup application, it does not support interactive error messages.
To check status of jobs, you must either view the Backup Logs or view the Windows
Event Viewer.
You invoke the NAS Backup Assistant by clicking the IBM NAS Admin desktop icon
to open the IBM NAS Administration console. Select Backup and Restore to
expand that tree, then select IBM NAS Backup Assistant . Once you select this
option, a logon prompt appears. Log on as a user who has backup operator
privileges (an Administrator or backup Administrator). If a logon prompt does not
appear, right-click the
IBM NAS Backup Assistant link, and select refresh. Once
you log on, the main panel appears.
The four tabs on the main panel are:
Backup Operations
The main window where you create and schedule backup batch jobs.
Two backup methods you can select in the Backup Operations window are
the standard NT Backup method and the Persistent Storage Manager
(PSM) Persistent Image method. A standard NT Backup operation backs up
only those files on the drive that are not in use. To guarantee a complete
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