NovaBACKUP® CMC User Manual
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1. ProgramData NovaStor NovaStor NovaBACKUP Profiles or C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data NovaStor NovaStor NovaBACKUP Profiles depending on Operating System This file is the determining factor on whether or not the agent needs to download new or changed backup policies Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 45 Te C OVASTOR lt a WWW NOVASTOR cOM Contacting Technical Support Whether you contact us via the phone or via the Support Request Form we will promptly log your U S Hours of operation support request and quickly assign your issue to the MON FRI appropriate support engineer The following sections 7am 5pm PST detail the life cycle of a support request and explain 1 805 579 6700 best practices our processes and your options as the Email support novastor com issue progresses Here are general recommendations for contacting us by phone e mail and website Knowledge base http www novastor com support Our support engineers or help desk operators will ask knowledaebase you a number of standard questions when troubleshooting your issue Please have the below listed information before contacting NovaStor Support We need this information to diagnose problems and quickly log your request Contact Information Name Company name Customer ID Ticket ID if you sent a prior request Telephone fax e mail or other contact details where you can be cont2. Manual 7 Ao aiddi WWW NOIATIOR COM Assuming you choose the SQLite database the next screen you will see is the screen that will ask you where you want to host the web application If you do not already have liS installed on your machine we have found in testing that the standalone web server works very well If you have liS installed it is recommended you use it otherwise you will have a conflict of open ports H Web Server Provider Select the server provider on which the web application willbe installed Ed Web Server Provider T Standalone Web Server I Microsoft liS Manual Setup Back Next Cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 8 we WO OVA ST OR lt a WWW NOVASTOR coM After choosing where you want the web application installed to it is time to configure the web application The Public Server Address dialog box shown in this screen is the IP DNS name or computer name that the NovaBACKUP agents are going to be communicating with The Port dropdown box contains the available ports that the NovaBACKUP agents can communicate to the CMC on The computer that hosts the CMC needs to have the port that you choose open on it so the NovaBACKUP agents can communicate with the CMC The agents themselves do not need to open any incoming ports but they have to be configured to use the correct port All agent communication Is initiated from the agent so no in
3. destination New Backup Wi Be EJ X Destination Backup DecStinal ion iINetwork fileserver share 1 backup network nbd Backup toes Media name network To proceed dick Next lt Cancel Previous Next gt Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 135 WWW NOIATIOR COM d Selected Kinde Ftp devices will look like the below destination example New Backup W i zard 9 X Destination Backup Destination FTP Store O Backup to To proceed dick Next lt Previous i cancel Next gt Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 136 WWW NOIATIOR COM d Jee ch Finally xSP devices will look like the following New Backu JW i zard Cc x Destination Backup Destination xSP device Backup to To proceed dick Next i lt Previous H cancel NO Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 137 Sei RE OVA STO R lt a WWW NOVASTOR cOM One of the challenges when dealing with backup policies applied to groups is that unless there is a specific naming convention that is enforced with user addable devices they might not be named the same In order to combat this issue a little the CMC is able to deal with some device variables The device variables that are currently available are the following TAPE for the first tape drive attached to the
4. global across the entire CMC so if one of them is edited and another agent or group is using that custom selection in their backup policy that backup policy will use the newly edited custom selection Documents Description All Word Excel PowerPoint Text and PDF Documents on the C drive Type T Path T Add Include Mask supports wildcards separate multiple file names with a comma doc docx docm dotx dot odt ritt xls xlsx xlsm xlsb xlt Exclude Mask supports wildcards separate multiple fle names with a comma PO The ability to customize the custom selection includes any file masks and what folders to include or exclude Custom Selection Path Include Path _ Exclude Path Include Path eg Exclude Path Path ane 3 C temp Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 28 7 Q NOVASTOR WWW NOIATIOR COM The custom selections can also include Windows environment variables put in the form of lt env variable gt such as the below example using the environment variable userprofile Include Path _J Exclude Path Path lt userprofile gt E Ok J Cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 129 WWW NOIATIOR COM d Jee ch The other option that is available if and only if you are creating a backup policy for a specific user is to manual
5. settings is that the Run As tab determines what user the backup will be impersonated as If nothing is specified here and no one is logged in the backup will run as the localsystem account which may not have the correct rights to backup from or to where it is expected to EJ X Mem Backup Wi zard Settings General Filters Encryption Anti Virus Custom Commands Run Ae Notification V Logged In User O Specifc User Domain Name domain User Name PR Password To proceed dick Next lt Previous Next gt cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 140 Sei RNC OVASTOR C WWW NOVASTOR COM The final step in creating a backup policy is to define the schedule All of the options that are available in the NovaBACKUP client software are available in the CMC One option that is not in the NovaBACKUP software that is in the CMC is the option to schedule a random time for the backup to be scheduled at What random means in the CMC is that when the schedule is grabbed by the agent the CMC tells the agent to create a random schedule between the two times and apply that as the schedule This means that once the schedule has been created on the agent it will run at the random time that it generated when the CMC told it to schedule the backup This particular option is very nice when you have many agents that are going to be using the same backup policy but you do not want them to over
6. ANTUri DAT DAT160 000 EJ xSP device EJ FTP Store O Media name y Media Backup path Canael Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 132 me ayeesae WWW NOIATIOR COM There is always the choice to manually type in where the backups should go too below is what the destination path should look like to a hard disk optical media flash drive usb drive or really any other locally attached device that is not a tape drive New Backup Wi zard Destination Backup Destination Cz HugeBackup My eco nbd Backup to Media name My Media To proceed dick Next lt Previous Cancel 11 Next gt Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 133 d Jee ch WWW NOIATIOR COM Below is what the destination should look like for a tape device New Backu JWi zard c x Destination Backup Destination Tape ID 0 bus 3 QUANTU DAT DAT160 000 tapebackup nbd Backup toe Media name ltapebackup To proceed dick Next f lt Previous H cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 134 may ee sae WWW NOIATIOR COM Network devices such as a NAS device or Windows share need to look like the below for the
7. R C OVASTOR lt r WWW NOVASTOR COM NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual NovaStor April 2012 2012 NovaStor all rights reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners Features and specifications are subject to change without notice The information provided herein is provided for informational and planning purposes only ICN DI OVASTOR Z WWW NOVASTOR COM About NovaBACKUP Central Management Console 2 Installing NovaBACKUP Central Management Console 3 Minimum System IC 3 MVS URE dl RE 3 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Interface 12 Logging into the NovaBACKUP Central Management Console nnannnannnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne 12 ET tel e EE 18 PGMS eege 21 BACKUP Ee e 25 Fa ONS VIZ a E AEE EAA 42 Ree 44 PECHIICAL eer 45 Contacting Technical Support E 46 Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 1 we WE OVA ST OR lt a WWW NOVASTOR coM About NovaBACKUP Central Management Console NovaBACKUP Central Management Console CMC is a web based management console that allows the user to create delete and run backup or restore jobs on the computers that have NovaBACKUFP installed on them The CMC is a full management console that includes everything you would need in order to manage multiple installations of NovaBACKUP whether those installations are on the local LAN or across the WAN Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACK
8. UP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 2 NWovasror WWW NOVASTOR COM Installing NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Minimum System Requirements The minimum requirements are listed below e Microsoft Windows XP SP3 32 or 64 bit Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 32 or 64 bit Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard Enterprise SP2 32 or 64 bit Microsoft Windows 2008 Standard Enterprise SP1 32 or 64 bit or Microsoft Windows 7 32 or 64 bit Connectivity to one of the following Microsoft SQL 2005 SP2 Microsoft SQL 2008 or the built in SQLite database e NEI 3 5 SP1 e NET 4 0 e Internet Explorer 7 0 or higher e IIS with IIS 6 compatibility or utilize the built in standalone web server Installation To start installation click or run the installer executable to begin the installer wizard the installer will let you Know what things you are missing for the prerequisites to install the software The Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is unchecked because the software is shipped with a SQLite database that is able to handle many agents but the option to use the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is there if you decide to utilize it GG Management Server Download Installer Pi fel ES In order to install this application you must First install these components Microsoft NET Framework d Installed Windows Installer 4 5 For Windows Server 2006 x86 Ir Windows PowerShell 1 0 Microsoft SOL Server 2008 Express Edition with Service D Man
9. acted if you have not provided this information earlier or you are contacting NovaStor first time Computing Environment Information e System specifications and operating system e Product name and version e Build number e System configuration Please describe your problem in an accurate and detailed manner so that our support Engineers can assist you in the shortest possible time Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 46
10. agement Server ken z D Hi d U wu e vd E Windows Server 2008 SP2 x86 Install Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 3 d Jee A edg WWW NOIATIOR COM After you have all the prerequisites installed the following screen will come up NIE W Management Server Setup Welcome to the Management Server Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard will install Management Server on your computer Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit the Setup Wizard Back Next Cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 4 d bh etl lid WWW NOIATIOR COM Clicking next on that screen will present you with the End User License Agreement screen which needs to be accepted before continuing j nagement gt erver S gt etup MIN End User License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Ed ll Management Server users JIDISt agree to the following erms and conditions before using this software Please ead them carefully ERMITTED USES 1 Management Seveis licensed foone machine only If ou equie additional copies a site license may be u chased om NovaSt opo ation SES HOT PERMITTED 2 You may not t ansf his softwa e elect onically o t hPrToTi fP Ann vnu mAv nnt mA kP Anv r nniPfl nf t hifl P q accept the terms intheLicense Agreement Print Back Next Cancel Copyrig
11. agent FTP for the first FTP device configured on the agent AMZ for the first Amazon S3 device configured on the agent and finally XSP for the first xSP device configured on the agent Below is an example of the usage of device variables New Backup Wizard Destination Backup Destination TAPE Backup to To proceed click Next Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 38 d Jee lid WWW NOIATIOR COM Now that the selections and device that the backup is going to is selected it is time to determine the settings for the backup The CMC includes almost every setting that the NovaBACKUP client has and the settings work the same as if they were set on the NovaBACKUP client New Backup Wi zard r es EJ X Settings General Fiters Encryption Anti Virus Custom Commands Run As Notification Write Mode Overwrite media T9 Backup r 1D fje Full T O Compress Files O Verify Data After Backup O Backup security and permissions ACL O Automatically eject media at the end of job O Force databases to be backed up in full mode Enable Open File Backup Enable Drive Letter Management Media Chunk No Chunk T gt To proceed dick Next lt Previous Next gt Cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 139 d Jee ch WWW NOIATIOR COM One thing to be particularly careful of when setting the
12. al 111 L RNC OVA ST OR lt a WWW NOVASTOR cOM NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Interface Logging into the NovaBACKUP Central Management Console The NovaBACKUP Central Management Console CMC web interface is your only access point for managing NovaBACKUP CMC Logging into the CMC is as simple as opening a web browser that supports Silverlight and browsing to the IP DNS name or computer name that you configured in the installation Once you get to that point you will want to click on the login link in the upper right hand corner of the web application If the login link is not there this means that either the management service is not started or there is not a valid license in the CMC NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Home Help About login Home IX OVAS TOR NovaBACKUP Central Management Console vi2 0 13 0 Copynght NovaStor Corporation 2010 Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 12 RKNOVASTOR WWW NOVASTOR COM Login User name admin Password Eornot Password OK Cancel The default login username is admin with a password of admin which you can also get if you click on the forgot password link Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 13 d Jee ee ch WWW NOIATIOR COM Once logged in it is recommended you put in your license in the About section of the CMC NOVELA 4U o
13. backup jobs in the past 30 days Copyright NovaStor Corporation 2010 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 44 Te C OVASTOR lt a WWW NOVASTOR COM Technical Reference Windows environment variables can only be used to define custom selections and must be in the form of lt env variable gt An example of this would be lt userprofile gt for the Windows environment variable of userprofile Backup destination variables can be used instead of manually selecting a particular configurable device The device variables that are currently available are the following TAPE for the first tape drive attached to the agent FTP for the first FTP device configured on the agent AMZ for the first Amazon S3 device configured on the agent and finally XSP for the first xSP device configured on the agent CMC server service logs can be found at C Program Files NovaStor NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Service Logs CMC SQLite database can be found at C Program Files NovaStor NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Database Agent CMC script location is located at C ProgramData NovaStor NovaStor NovaBACKUP Scripts Backup cmc or C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data NovaStor NovaStor NovaBACKUP Scripts Backup cmc depending on Operating System This is the location that the actual script file will be held after the agent has grabbed it from the CMC Agent CMCpolicies xml file can be found at C
14. coming communication from the CMC is initiate so there should not be much need to deal with firewalls on the NovaBACKUP agents i Management Server O EJ Management Server Configuration Enter the configuration settings For the Management Service S Public Server 4ddress Port Back Cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 9 d iddei WWW NOIATIOR COM At this point all the information needed to install the CMC has been gathered and the installer is ready to start installing it i anagement Server Setup Ready to install Management Server S Click Install to begin the installation Click Back to review or change any of your installation settings Click Cancel to exit the wizard Back Cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 110 OVAS TOR WWW NOIATIOR COM Management Server Setup Installing Management Server Please wait while the Setup Wizard installs Management Server Status Back Next Cancel IW Management Server Setup MI EJ Completed the Management Server SebJp Wizard Click the Finish button to exit the Setup Wizard P Start the Management Server Service P Start the Management Web Server Back Finish Cancel At this point the NovaBACKUP Central Management Console is now installed Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manu
15. edia Volume 10 14 2010 11 05 32 AM Ch Type Modified _ AWS keys Bucket Explorerchrish lic 808 File 12 15 2009 2 42 55 PM DI B BucketExplorer64 jre 2009100201 Bucket ExplorerTrialLicense lic 824 File 11 13 2009 9 33 25 AM _ Config Msi bucketexplorer properties 2397 File 10 6 2010 1 08 46 PM bucketexplorer tips 168 File 11 13 2009 9 33 28 AM BucketExplorer64 exe 20709095 File 11 13 2009 9 32 00 AM hs_err_pid1564 log 12457 File 7 9 2010 5 10 22 PM hs_err_pid6104 log 11618 File 6 4 2010 3 06 50 PM hs_err_pid6744 log 12455 File 9 3 2010 3 28 12 PM BEQueue 0 Folder 1 1 0001 12 00 00 AM config Folder 1 1 0001 12 00 00 AM jre6 Folder 1 1 0001 12 00 00 AM Logs Folder 1 1 0001 12 00 00 AM Temp Folder 1 1 0001 12 00 00 AM To proceed click Next lt Previous Next gt Cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 42 Sei Iw UI MA STO R lt a WWW NOVASTOR coM The settings that are available during the restore wizard are almost identical and work the same way that restore options do in NovaBACKUP Settings W Restore ACL file permissions When restoring a file that already exists on my computer Do not overwrite existing files Overwrite existing file if they are older Overwrite existing files Restore to Restore file s to original location O Restore file s to alternate location Browse vV Finalize databases on restore To pr
16. ht NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual E WWW NOIATIOR COM avanan After accepting the EULA the next screen shows what features will be installed it is recommended to keep everything with the defaults here unless there is a specific reason you need to change them meenagement Server Setup Custom Setup Select the way you want features to be installed A Click the icons in the tree below to change the way features will be installed Cl Management Server Se Website 7 aus Gg Database This feature requires 1KB on your hard drive It has 3 of 3 subfeatures selected The subfeatures require 8187KB on your hard drive Location C Program Files NovaStor NovaBACKUP Central Browse Management Console Reset Disk Usage Back Next Cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual l6 Layee sae WWW NOIATIOR COM The next screen allows you to choose whether or not you are going to use the built in SQLite database or utilize a Microsoft SQL Server From internal testing unless you have a larger installation of over 30 agents that you will be controlling the SQLite database works quite well SQL Database Server Provider Select the server provider on which the database will be installed SQL Server Provider F SQLite IT Microsoft SQL Server Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction
17. ick on the log entry or press the view button to open a log Agent Detail SS ef d 11 13 2010 11 29 26 AM 11 13 2010 11 29 21 AM 11 13 2010 11 15 57 AM 11 13 2010 10 48 53 AM 11 13 2010 10 48 29 AM 11 13 2010 10 30 19 AM 11 12 2010 9 11 57 PM 11 11 2010 6 55 53 PM Copyright NovaStor 2012 End Date Time 11 13 2010 11 29 30 AM 11 13 2010 11 29 24 AM 11 13 2010 11 15 57 AM 11 13 2010 10 48 53 AM 11 13 2010 10 48 35 AM 11 13 2010 10 30 26 AM 11 13 2010 5 47 49 AM 11 12 2010 3 17 14 AM Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 24 Sei RE OVA STO R lt a WWW NOVASTOR coM Backup Policies Backup policies in the CMC are where backup jobs and schedules are defined A backup job is tied to a schedule and all the settings that go along with it They can either be applied to a group or on a specific agent NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Home Dashboard Agents and Groups Backup Policies Help About Welcome admin Change Password logout T Description Nfouarge FTP Backup Nfouarge FTP Backup Edit Delete Nfouarge Tape Backup Tape Backup Test Edit Delete Nfouarge xSP Backup Nfouarge xSP Backup Edit Delete Add New Nova BACKUP Central Management Console v12 0 13 0 Copynght e NovaStor Corporation 2010 Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Cons
18. lick Finish or seleot reo Comp Finish and Overwrite inis Finish Cancel Finish and Overwrite Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manua1 120 RN RE OVA STO R lt gt WWW NOVASTOR cOM Agents What are referred to in the CMC as agents are really computers that have NovaBACKUPFP installed on them which are pointed to the CMC for management The general tab of the properties of an agent will give a unique identifier along with the computer name The name of the agent is configurable The group that the agent belongs to is also configurable When a new agent connects to the CMC the agent is put into the Pending group automatically Agent Details General Backup Restore Device Logs Friendly Name AG LP NFOUARGE Group Laptopa emm Connected H Machine name A4G LP NFOUARGE Unique id f543895c df61 4f2c 9965 3393266bbf4c Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 21 RN RE OVA STO R lt a WWW NOVASTOR cOM The Backup tab shows what backup policies are applied to the agent including all agent specific backup policies and group level backup policies Just like on the group level the ability to add new backup policies or add existing backup policies is available in this view Group level backup policies cannot be deleted but they can be edited but agent specific backup policies can be remo
19. load the network and all start at the same time One final thing to note about schedules is that when a schedule is sent from the CMC to the agent it is of the CMC server s time so if the CMC server s time is different such as in a different time zone than the agent make sure to account for that when creating the schedule New Backup Wizard Schedule Type of schedule Le Specific Fag Repeat Every Days of the week _ Sunday Jl Monday w Tuesday Fa Wednesday Thursday Friday _ Saturday To proceed click Finish lt Previous nen Cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 41 Sei WE OVA STO R lt a WWW NOVASTOR coM Restore Wizard The Restore Wizard is only available at the agent level and only when the agent is online The Restore Wizard will show all available media that is able to be restored from At which point the piece of media can be drilled down through and select the files and folders that are needed to be restored O XxX Select Items To Restore Media T Type T Created on T Total Files T Total Bytes T Location Device T 4 Media View 4 Disk Backups Category MySimpleViewBackup_Full Volume 4 12 2010 6 38 27 AM G yottalocal Volume 4 13 2010 6 05 49 AM G BigBackup Volume 8 27 2010 4 59 13 AM G My Media Volume 10 11 2010 8 34 26 AM C temp cusers Volume 10 11 2010 9 21 55 AM C temp My M
20. ly select the files that are needed to be backed up This can include System State Exchange SQL or VMware plug ins along with normal files New Backup Wz ard emmmer Select items To Backup dick onan item on the left to view its rontents on the right Clck on the checkbox next to the drive folder or fie that you want to indude in the backup job H Oca H O DA Recycle Bin Folder H O EA lo YATI Folder H O FA 0 archive_db Folder lt O System State lo AWS keys Folder ltl O Network lo BucketExplorer64 jre 2009100201 Folder lo Config lsi Folder lo customization Folder lo Documents and Settings Folder lo DRModule Folder lo Final v12 Folder lo Goldmine Folder III To proceed click Next lt Previous Cancel Next gt Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual I30O d Jee ch WWW NOIATIOR COM After the backup selections have been made it is time to tell the backup policy where to back up the selections to New Backup Wz ard EJ X Destination Backup Destination Backup to M dia name NEEN To proceed dick Next lt Previous i Next gt Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 131 WWW NOIATIOR COM A iddokk The Backup too button will query the agent as to what is available to backup to on that specific agent Open Folder Cc X EJ C EJ D EJ Network EJ Tape ID O bus 3 QU
21. m r lalie VEGE EEIE MHEAS SSES About http www novastor com License Status Trial Trial Days Remaining 15 Activate License WO DVASTD R lt NovaBACKUP Central Man ement Console v12 0 13 0 Copynght c NovaStor Corporation 2012 Activa te license 58 Serial Number license Key OK Cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 114 a WENO VASTOR SA WWW NOIAIIOR COM The password and password hint can be changed by clicking on the Change Password link in the upper right hand corner of the web application aes NovaBACKUP CentralManagement Consola Dashboardji Agents and Groupsfii Backup Polictes TEE Eure fren Home Change Password es C X Old Password New Password Confirm Password Password Hint OK cancel N OVASTO R NovaBACKUP CentralManaoement Console v12 0 13 0 COpynoht C gt NovaStor COrporatoon 2012 Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manuai J15 Sei RE OVA STO R lt a WWW NOVASTOR coM Agents and Groups After you have entered in your license it is time to start configuring the CMC It is suggested you start by going to the Agents tab of the CMC NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Home Dashboard Agents and Groups Backup Policies Help About Welcome admin Change Password logout Hierarchy T Description T Connec
22. oceed click Finish Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 43 Dashboard Sei RE OVA STO R lt a WWW NOVASTOR coM The Dashboard gives an overview of what is and has happened along with quick access to the latest logs Notice that the log section of the dashboard allows you to change the number of items per page depending on your resolution NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Current Status Total Agents Total Agents Online Failed backups within the last 24 hours Total backups completed in the last 24 hours Total backups completed this month to date Agent AG LP NFOUARGE 11 13 2010 10 48 53 AM AG LP NFOUARGE 11 13 2010 10 48 29 AM AG LP NFOUARGE 11 13 2010 10 30 19 AM Pending AG LP NFOUARGE 11 12 2010 9 11 57 PM Pending AG LP NFOUARGE 11 11 2010 6 55 53 PM Time period for alerts Agents not seen in time period Agents without backups in time period Agents with failed backups in time period Failed backups in time period 11 13 2010 10 48 53 AM Backup 11 13 2010 10 48 35 AM Backup 11 13 2010 10 30 26 AM Backup 11 13 2010 5 47 49 AM Backup 11 12 2010 3 17 14 AM Backup NovaBACKUP Central Management Console v12 0 13 0 Copyright NovaStor 2012 Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Dasnboarda Agents and Groups Backup Policies Help About Welcome admin Change Password logout Backup job statuses in the past 30 days Failed
23. ole Instruction Manual 25 Sei Iw UI MA STO R lt a WWW NOVASTOR coM The first step to configuring a backup policy is to name the policy this is the policy name that will be seen in the backup tab in the agent level group level and the backup policy tab The Backup Name is the name that will be used in logs and for the backup media session Name Backup Policy Name Nfouarge Tape Backup Backup Policy Description Tape Backup Test Backup Name The next step to create a backup policy is to choose what to backup This can include a custom selection or manually selecting files or plug ins directly from the client Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 26 a WINOVASTOR lt r WWW NOIATIOR COM New Backup Wi zard Ll xX Source Global Custom Selection IV Documents All Word Excel PowerPoint Text and PDF Documents on the C drive U l 1 usic All Music Files on the C drive View Delete 0 VideQS All Video Files on the C drive View Delete O Photos All Bitmap Images Pictures and Photo Files on the C drive View Delete Email All Outlook Email Files on the C drive View Delete U C All files on the C drive View Delete Add U Let me select items manually To proceed dick Next lt Previous i Cancel Next gt Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 127 Sei Iw OVA STO R lt a WWW NOVASTOR coM Global Custom Selections are
24. ovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 16 Sei RE OVA STO R lt a WWW NOVASTOR coM Like the example below you can have a very complex hierarchy if you want to Subgroups and agents inherit the backup policies that are defined in their parent group but there is the ability to edit the inherited backup policy NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Home Dashboard Agents and Group Backup Policies Help About Welcome admin Change Password logout Hierarchy T Connected Last Activity Date T Last Backup Status l g Pending Machines not assigned to groups T Description d d i NovaStor NovaStor Computers Edit Delete 4 d i Laptops Laptop Computers Edit Delete WW 4c Lp nrouarce 11 13 2010 11 00 41 AM QO Edit Delete si vp asia pc 11 13 2010 11 00 49 AM O Edit Delete A d i Workstations Workstation Computers Edit Delete 4 d i Hyper V Test Machines Edit Delete ac Hv win7 3 11 13 2010 11 01 29 am O Edit Delete 8 AG WS SKEANINI CH 11 13 2010 11 01 36 AM CH Edit Delete A B Nate s Apartment Nate s Apartment Machines Edit Delete nate pc 11 13 2010 11 02 09 AM O Edit Delete Add Group NovaBACKUP Central Management Console v12 0 13 0 Copyright NovaStor Corporation 2010 Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 17 d Jee ch WWW NOIATIOR COM Groups When defining a group you can define the parent gro
25. ted Last Activity Date T Last Backup Status A Ga Pending Machines not assigned to groupe Edit Delete WD ac Hv win7 3 11 13 2010 10 17 48 AM Edit Delete J AG LP NFOUARGE CH 11 13 2010 10 51 18 AM Edit Delete J AG WS SKEANINI O 11 13 2010 10 17 48 AM Edit Delete C si Lp asia pc 11 13 2010 10 17 49 AM Edit Delete J NATE PC O 11 13 2010 10 17 50 AM Edit Delete Add Group NovaBACKUP Central Management Console v12 0 13 0 Copyright NovaStor Corporation 2010 You can add groups and subgroups by either clicking the add group or right clicking in an empty row Agents and Groups Windows Internet Explorer JS el http cme novastor com Management Server html AgentsAndGroups w Favorites 3 e Suggested Sites Web Slice Gallery agents and Groups Ze z Ka E Pager Safety Tools NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Home Dashboard Agents and Groups Backup Policies Help About Welcome admin Change Password logout Hierarchy T Description T Connected Last Activity Date T Last Backup Status ac Hv win7 3 11 13 2010 10 17 48 AM O Edit Delete ac LP nFouarGE 11 13 2010 10 51 18 AM O Edit Delete WD Ac ws skeanini 11 13 2010 10 17 48 AM O Edit Delete 5i LP asia Pc 11 13 2010 10 17 49 AM O Edit Delete nate rc 11 13 2010 10 17 50 AM O Edit Delete Add Group Add Group NovaBACKUP Central Management Console vi2 0 13 0 Copynght NovaStor Corporation 2010 Copyright N
26. up and the name of the group along witha description Group Detais General Backup Parent Group Name Ke Description kg Computers OK Cancel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 118 Layee sae WWW NOIATIOR COM The Backup tab in the group properties is where you can either add an existing backup policy or create a new backup policy for the group Group Detaib e DX General Backup L enn i _Existing Backup Policies me i O X 7 F Nfouarge FTP Backup Nfouarge FTP Backup Nfouarge Tape Backup Tape Backup Test Nfouarge xSP Backup Nfouarge xSP Backup OK Cancel Add New p Add Existing Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 119 a NOVASTOR IW WWW NOIAIIOR COM When changing a backup policy that has been applied to a group and the group has agents underneath it there is the possibility that edits may have been done to the group backup policy that are on certain agents That is why when you finish editing your group backup policy there is a choice to just finish and not overwrite any backup policies that are on agents that have been edited and the other option is to overwrite the changes that may have been done on the agent level Update Backup Wizard X Schedule Type of schedde No schedule One Time inute Hourly Daily Weekly Monthly To proceed c
27. ved The ability to start a backup or stop a currently backup that is going is also available in this view The start or stop option is only available if the agent is online Agent Details Backup Restore Device Logs T Descnption Nfouarge FTP Backup WNfouarge FIP Backup Edit Start Remove Nfouarge Tape Backup Tape Backup Test Edit Start Remove Nfouarge xSP Backup Nfouarge xSP Backup Edit Start Remove AddNew Add Existing Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 22 WWW NOIATIOR COM d Jee Aen ch The device tab will show all the devices that are addressable to the NovaBACKUP agent if the agent is online Agent Det ails General Backup Restore Device Logs Name T Ch Ch Tea D Network Network lTape ID 0 bus 3 QUANTUM DAT DAT160 000 Tape ID O bus3 QUANTUM DAT D IxsP device 1 xSP device 1 FTP Store O FTP Store O e A CH OK Canoel Copyright NovaStor 2012 NovaBACKUP Central Management Console Instruction Manual 123 RN RE OVA ST OR lt a WWW NOVASTOR cOM The log tab will always be available no matter if the agent is online or not The logs themselves that are available in this view are stored in the database The log file limit is 30MB so in certain extreme cases a full detailed log will not be available here if you have the logging set to detailed logging You are able to either double cl
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