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1. Arkeia Quickstart Manual 21 7 file system By moving within the tree structure you can select any item directory or file that should be backed up by the Arkeia server To select an item click on the grey box next to its name as 1s shown in the screen below NullPack Select via navigator vnyager knox camlfile home gil m vimrc F1 xarkeia FU schat F1 xfce fteache FC xmms xsession documents Mail Target F werk authority clients Ci fce bkup xinitrc xscreensaver FCixvpics ifichiers FC imked FC xtskins In the case shown above the sub directory Mail has been selected in the directory home gil on the machine named voyager knox com Feel free to adapt this example to your particular configuration To complete the selection click anywhere in this screen with the right mouse button and click on the Validate option in the contextual menu that should be displayed This completes your selection and returns you to the main Savepacks management screen Please note It is highly recommended to select large amounts of data for D this test and to select this data on an Arkeia client and not on the server itself Once the Savepack has been created it can be re used in a real backup using real tape drives or libraries connected to the Arkeia server 5 6 Launching the null backup Once the tape the Tape Pool the Drive the Drive Pack and the S2. a Backup menu Interactive Periodic Navigator Backup done Arkeia Quickstart Manual 43 Within the Backup menu of Arkeia version 5 click on the cc 3 e Interactive icon to access the Interactive backup functions The main Interactive backup functions are then displayed on the screen The rest of this section will detail these functions and their usage vase Please make sure the following fields contain the information indicated in the table below leaving all other fields unchanged For more information on these different fields refer to the Arketa User Manual In the field named Enter or select Select a Savepack named above E mail files Select a Drivepack named above drive pool Select a Tape Pool named above documents Once the Interactive backup has been defined it can be launched by clicking on the OK button at the bottom of the window Once the backup has been launched Arkeia displays the main backup window and pro ceeds with the defined operation This window the information it contains and the modifications it allows is described in the Arkeia User Manual Arkeia Quickstart Manual 44 Qj BIO r2 Arkeia Quickstart Manual 45 8 Conclusion 8 1 For more information on Arkeia version 5 This may seem really obvious but the next step after reading this Quickstart Manual is to read the Arkeia User Manual The Arkeia User Ma
3. 7 3 Creating savepacks e Overview Within Arkeia version 5 a Savepack can be defined as a group of objects that should be saved to tape by a backup operation The objects that Arkeia can backup can be machines entire disks directories individual files or plug ins Within the Arkeia archi tecture a plug in is an additional program that is treated as a file system by Arkeia For instance within a Savepack named Large B U it is possible to add e Six entire disks from a machine named foobar Several directories from a machine named snafu One plug in from a machine named r t fm Whenever the Large B U Savepack is chosen as the target of a backup operation all these objects from the three different machines all these object will be saved together from the three different Arkeia client to the Arkeia server Furthermore all the objects or trees can have different options applied to them For instance in the example detailed above all the directories from the machine named snafu can be compressed if they are quite large while the data from the plug in should be encrypted to protect its confidentiality All these operations are made possible through the definition of the Savepack A Savepack is therefore a very powerful tool in the hands of the person responsible for protecting the data of a network This section will study the creation of a Savepack as well as the different option
4. 41 All the clients that have been declared on the Arkeia backup server appear in this list in the example above there is only one client named voyager knox com that will be assigned to the Savepack named email amp web To browse the file systems contained in a client double click on its name then on the f iL e directory The entire disk layout of the client is then displayed within the Navigator In the example represented above the entire disk structure of a Slackware 8 0 machine is available for backup To select a single directory as well as all its subdirectories the Arkeia Quickstart Manual 42 System Administrator using Arkeia can click on the grey check box next to its name Clicking on the name of the directory allows the administrator to open the directory and select individual files or subdirectories Once the selection is over clicking on the right mouse button then on the Validate option will confirm the choices of the system administrator and return to the Savepack main menu 7 4 How to access the Interactive backup When Arkeia version 5 is launched and the user is logged on an Arkeia server the main menu of the Graphical User Interface GUI is displayed on the screen Within the main menu click with the right mouse button on the Backup icon to access the related menu Backup The Backup menu is then displayed within the GUI E WE H qr T ia 2 ud P
5. Arkeia Technical Support Arkeia Quickstart Manual 23 BC EE rS Arkeia Quickstart Manual 24 6 SCSI drive configuration overview 6 1 SCSI device management under Linux e Standard devices Linux like most other operating system in the UNIX category offer several devices that are used to control the SCSI hardware connected to a server These devices are the fol lowing dev sgX Under Linux a device with a name such as dev sgX where X is the device number is a standard SCSI device This type of device can be used by Arkeia version 5 to manage the robotic arm of an SCSI library dev stX Under Linux a device with a name such as dev stX where X is the device number is a rewindable SCSI device This type of device is used by Arkeia version 5 to read and write to the tapes present in drives Vendor supplied device drivers Many companies that market backup hardware supply their own device drivers for their hardware These drivers may have different names and may even be just symbolic links to existing devices For instance IBM supplies the following drivers with its LTO library dev IBMtapeX for rewindable devices where X is the device number For more information on these possible drivers refer to the documentation supplied with your backup hardware 6 2 Quick SCSI setup and troubleshooting Whenever a problem has been encountered while tryi
6. Arkeia version 5 can be downloaded from the Internet from the Arkeia Corporation web site at the following URL http www arkeia com download html You can also download the Arkeia User Manual as well as this Quickstart Manual from the same location 3 2 Ordering Arkeia version 5 from the world wide web The first step to ordering Arkeia version 5 is easy just enter the following URL in your browser http www arkeia com prices html Enter the requested information in the form that should appear in your web browser An Arkeia Corporation sales representative will then contact you by E mail promptly 3 3 Licenses applicable to Arkeia version 5 Arkeia comes with three different applicable licenses Free license This license is limited in scope but is perfect for very small or SOHO class networks This licenses allows a single server connected to a single drive to backup two cli ents Linux BSD or Microsoft Windows machines only 30 days trial license This version allows the clients of Arkeia Corporation to test Arkeia version 5 on a larger network up to 10 clients on 9 different configurations A special license can be granted to use this trial version with libraries and autoloaders e Normal license This version is the commercial version of Arkeia version 5 and as such contains a complete version of Arkeia including all the functions that are expected of a cor porate mission critical backup so
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8. command which is present on most UNIX systems For more information on this command enter the following command on a standard UNIX shell man mt The man page for mt should contain all the relevant information to use this UNIX util ity which allows you to send commands to a tape drive from a shell If you are using the GNU version of mt used on Linux the following command will dis play the on line info manual of this command info mt 6 3 Basic installation procedure This section will detail the installation of a single drive on an Arkeia server To install more complex backup hardware such as libraries and stackers refer to the Arkeia User Manual To install a single tape drive on a machine running Arkeia version 5 follow the steps detailed below e Auto detection of the drive A good starting point for a successful installation is the auto detection function which is integrated into Arkeia version 5 This function is presented in more details in the pre vious section of this chapter Arkeia Quickstart Manual 28 The information supplied by the auto detection function will be very helpful in the next steps of the installation Creating a drive in the Arkeia GUI Once Arkeia version 5 is launched it should display its main menu in its window Within this menu clicking on the Hardware icon will open the rel evant menu in Arkeia main window Hardware For mor
9. fast and reliable backup under many Operating Systems This manual is designed to help you install configure and use Arkeia in a short period of time Because Arkeia is a full featured software reading this Quickstart Manual and the Arkeia User Manual before any installation and operation is highly recommended for all users If you downloaded this manual from the Internet in the form of a PDF Portable Doc ument Format file a Table of Contents should be displayed on the left of this page Clicking on one of the times of this Table of Contents will then take you to the rele vant page of the manual You will find on the very first page of this manual a version number for this document If the manual you are using appears to be outdated or incomplete download the latest version by connecting to the Arkeia Corporation web site at the following URL http www arkeia com download html You may notice that this document contains many links like the one above as well as many reference to other chapters of the manual If you click on of these links your PDF viewer should either take you to the correct section of the manual or the default world wide web browser of your system should open the correct web page provided you are connected to the Internet Finally we would like to hear from you In order to improve the overall quality of the documentation an E mail address is available If you have any remarks or corrections feel
10. free to send an E mail to docaarkeia com Please note that this address is for the documentation related questions only All technical inquiries should be sent to the Help Desk of the Arkeia Technical Support 1 1 Typographical conventions You may want to take note of the following typographical conventions which will hel y g typograp you find the information you require in a more convenient way In this manual the following paragraph contains important information that applies to all versions of Arkeia You should always read this paragraph and determine if the infor mation applies to your Arkeia installation and or to your network Arkeia Quickstart Manual 2 D Please note this information is important and should be read carefully It may be necessary to apply the information contained in this paragraph to your network or Arkeia server in order to successfully perform a backup or a restoration The following paragraph contains information that may or may not apply to your situ ation Nevertheless the information it contains should be read carefully Q The following font is used to indicate the result of acommand that should be entered Please note the information contained in this paragraph may or may not apply to your installation Nevertheless it should be reviewed carefully and understood before proceeding with the rest of the user manual on a command line as well as the results of said command
11. it should appear in the list of tapes which is displayed in the left hand side of the tapes related screens Double clicking on its name will then display the relevant information for this tape The tapes you create on your system may have different values instead of the ones shown above For more information on tape types refer to the Arkeza User Manual or to the Tape types list integrated in Arkeia version 5 7 2 Creating tape pools Tape pools are groups of tapes that are created to perform a well defined backup restore task For instance an Arkeia administrator can create one tape pool for every server that he has to manage Tape pool F TP for the FTP server backups and restorations Tape pool www for the World wide web server etc Arkeia Quickstart Manual 36 Or a tape pool that spans several servers of the same type containing more than one type of tapes may end up producing serious errors and incompatibilities D Please note Tape pools should only contain one type of tape Tape pools Creating a tape pool is a very simple task since it is at first an empty object To add 8 y y ob tapes to a tape pool means entering the name of the pool while creating the tape To create tape pools follow the steps detailed below Once logged on the server where a tape pool should be created Arkeias main menu is displayed on the screen Main menu wd m Backup Restoration Har
12. login screen allows any user to connect to the Arkeia server Since the root user has access to all the functions of Arkeia including the creation of the tapes the Savepacks etc this could become a major security problem Arkeia Cor poration therefore strongly recommends to all system administrators to change this default password immediately after completing the installation of a new Arkeia server Please note Changing the root password of an Arkeia server should not be considered an option in a production environment Changing the default root password of a complex system such as Arkeia should be treated as the most basic security measure to be applied To change the root password please refer to chapter 6 of the Arkeia User Manual Arkeia Quickstart Manual 13 5 Testing the Arkeia v5 installation The quickest and easiest way to test the installation of Arkeia v 5 is to attempt to com plete a backup on a NULL device While this does not test the backup hardware that may be available it allows a system administrator to test the network connection that must be established between an Arkeia server and its clients This section of the Quickstart documentation will very quickly present this backup The NULL backup can be performed by following the steps detailed below Please note This section is not going to explain all the steps in a very D detailed manner For more information on
13. the backup procedure itself please refer to the rest of this Quickstart Manual or to the Arkeia User Manual 5 1 Creating a null tape The first step in the test of the Arkeia version 5 installation is the creation of a NULL tape To do this follow the steps outlined below In the main menu of Arkeia version 5 click first on the Hardware button which is pictured on the left Then within the Hardware menu click on the Tapes button pictured on the left to open the main Tapes menu within the window of Arkeia version 5 Finally click on the New button pictured on the left which is displayed above the list of tapes The following screen should then be displayed within the main window of Arkeia version 5 Make sure you enter the relevant information exactly as it is shown in the table below and click on the ok button to create the tape Arkeia Quickstart Manual 14 Create tape s Backup tape Fj Cleaning tape Tape name INullTape F tapani Type NULL P tape Pool scratch pool Fltapeoa Bar code dev null P tapet4 First Llast F tape s Owner root Comment NULL tape for testing 1 j OK Cancel Select the type Null in the drop down menu Pom Select Scratch pool in the drop down menu Bar Code dev null Comment A descriptive comment optional 5 2 Creating a null tape pool After crea
14. 1 Rev 2524 Type Sequential Access ANSI SCSI revision 02 Detected scsi tape st1 at scsi1 channel 0 id 3 Lun O SCSI device sda hdwr sector 512 bytes Sectors 17916240 8 748 MB 8 7 GB sda sdal Arkeia Quickstart Manual 26 The second step is usually to launch lspci a utility which reports all the adapters found installed in a machine If the utility L spc i is not installed on your machine it can be downloaded and compiled from the following URL http atrey karlin mff cuni cz mj pciutils htmL Youll find below an example of a normal output from lspci Please note the two SCSI adapters detected in the machine 00 00 0 Host bridge VIA Technologies Inc VT8363 8365 LKT133 KM133 rev 03 00 01 0 PCI bridge VIA Technologies Inc VT8363 8365 LKT133 KM133 AGP 00 07 0 ISA bridge VIA Technologies Inc VT82C686 LApollo Super South rev 40 00 07 1 IDE interface VIA Technologies Inc Bus Master IDE rev 06 00 07 4 Host bridge VIA Technologies Inc VT82C686 LApollo Super ACPI Crev 40 00 09 0 SCSI storage controller Adaptec 7892A rev 02 00 0b 0 SCSI storage controller Adaptec AIC 7881U rev 01 00 0d 0 Ethernet controller VIA Technologies Inc Ethernet Control Ler rev 42 01 00 0 VGA compatible controller ATI Technologies Inc 5D Rage P M Mobility AGP 2x rev 64 The third step that allow a system administrator to check the configuration of a server is to use the auto det
15. ARKEIA V5 QUICKSTART MANUAL Table of content Tuv Vel m Introducing Arkeia version D estesa nti iratit ente t imitate ibt teneas Installation of Arkeia version 5 sese rnntrnnnnnis Testing the Arkeia v5 installation ss Creating a NUF TOPs ituri een Creating a null tape Boolean Creating a NUF OI ee Creating a null Drive Pack nennen creating a SAN eB cK ee Launching the null backup esee rnnt nnns SCSI drive configuration OVEFVIEW esssescssessssessssessssessssessssesssessssessssessssessseesssessees SCSI device management under Linux sess Quick SCSI setup and troubleshooting ss Basic Installation DI OCeQUre ccn tnter ttes Adding drives to a DriVEDACK sescssscsssecssecssecssessseesssesssesssusssssesseessssesseessnessnsees INISTAEIVO DACKUD ee ee ee ee FE MUN TODOS ee tie 3ooo C Creating SAVODEcK ettet mp PEE Iit ee How to access the Interactive backup sss FORCES ee 22 Document title Document version Arkeia version 5 Quickstart Manual v1 2 A 2002 09 25 Arkeia Quickstart Manual 1 1 Introduction Welcome to the Arkeia 5 Quickstart Manual Thank you for purchasing Arkeia the leading software for heterogeneous network backup We hope that Arkeia version 5 will answer your needs for
16. ages Arkeia Quickstart Manual 30 Type This drop down list is used to select one of the type of drives that can be managed by Arkeia version 5 Owner Node These fields are filled up automatically by Arkeia version 5 based on the owner and machine which has launched the creation process Authorizations These check boxes are used to set the authorizations that will be applied by Arkeia version 5 to every operation that will be performed on the drive The four possible authorizations are Read Write Delete and Clean they should be self explanatory Rewind device This field should contain the UNIX device that will be used to write read data to the tapes in the drive It is possible to automatically detect the device to be used Please refer to the Arkeia User Manual for more information Comment optional This field can contain an optional comment to describe the drive or to supply more information on its location type supplier etc In the screen shown below the drive being created is a standard DAT drive Type STD DAT named mail drive which will be used for E mail related backup tasks All the authorizations have been checked which gives Arkeia version 5 complete control over the drive iNe anve 7 me at pee DAT anye for emase Ok f Canel Once the different fields have been selected clicking on th
17. ally at cpltree Tree cpitree Tree cpitree Tree mk Tusrbin Created command xarkeia in usr bin mk Tusrbin Created command arkc in usr bin s starting myexit x x x x x x x End of installation 0 x x x x x The installation shown above was taken from a Slackware 8 0 machine Installation on a different Linux or UNIX distribution may be slightly different Please note The Arkeia version 5 tar gz package installs on your machine the following packages Client Server GUI Arkeia command line interface ar kc Please note that additional packages and options should be installed sep arately refer to the documentation that was supplied with the optional Arkeia package for more information Arkeia Quickstart Manual 12 If the installation has been completed successfully you should be able to use Arkeia version 5 immediately If not try to solve the installation issues by running the supplied installation procedure again 4 3 Post installation root password One very important post installation configuration that must be done to ensure the security of the Arkeia server is to change the default password for the root user By default there is only one user created on a newly installed Arkeia server root and the password used by this user is blank For instance once the installation of the server has been completed simply hitting the Enter key on the server
18. avepack have all been defined the test backup can be launched in order to test the connectivity of the Arkeia server with its clients To do this please follow the steps detailed below Arkeia Quickstart Manual 22 To launch the test backup click on the Backup button in the main menu of Arkeia version 5 Then click on the Interactive button to display the following menu within the window of Arkeia version 5 Interactive backup Savepack NullPack Drivepack NullPack Pool NullPnol Type Total Backup Ie Standard Tape strategy Complete existing tapes n Valid for 30 Dayis Parallelism Default Use emails n Tag Comment MULL Backupfortesting OK Cancel In this screen make sure the Savepack selected is the test Savepack and check the Drivepack and the Tape Pool in the same way Leave the other fields unchanged with their default values and click on the oK button to start the backup Please note All the options shown in the screen pictured above are P P detailed in the Arkeia User Manual Refer to this Manual for more information Once the backup has been launched the following screen should be displayed within the main window of Arkeia version 5 If a problem occurs during the backup the Arkeia server should display an error If this is the case refer to the last chapter of this Quick start Manual for more information on how to contact the
19. d in the pool management screen a tape pool should be selected first with the help of the left mouse button Clicking on the Create pool option in the contextual menu will display the cre ation menu that you ll find below The information to be entered in this window is just the name of the tape pool Pool name field the Owner of the tape pool and a short Comment if necessary By default the Owner of the tape pool is the user currently logged on the Arkeia server To go from one field to the next use the Tab key on your keyboard To create the tape pool just press the Enter on your keyboard or right click anywhere on the screen to display the contextual menu and click on the OK option of this menu Once a tape pool has been created it should appear within the list of tape pools Arkeia Quickstart Manual 38 Please note It is possible to create tapes from within a tape pool To do this double click on the name of a tape pool in the Pools Manage ment screen and click on the New button above the tape list It is possible to create tape pools that do not contain any tape If a tape cc 2 cc pool is created empty it will request free tapes from the Scratch pool when tapes are needed to perform a backup operation If that is the case it is up to the Arkeia administrator to make sure the Scratch pool contain enough tapes to supply them when needed
20. dware Running jobs Administration Logs To create a tape pool click on the Hardware button of the main menu This button is pictured on the left This will open the Hardware menu of Arkeia version 5 Within the Hardware menu click on the Pools button Arkeia then opens the main Pools management menu which is a list of all the tape pools defined on the selected server A list of the tape pools already defined on the server should then be displayed in a win dow titled Pools management which you will find below This window is divided into two list the left hand list contains all the pools that are defined on the Arkeia server while the right hand list contains the functions that can be applied to the differ ent pools Arkeia Quickstart Manual 37 Pools management amp Statistic In the example above there is only one tape pool defined on the Arkeia server the Scratch pool which is the default Arkeia pool Note that the four icons Back Refresh New and De Lete above the left hand pool list are the same than the ones described in the Tapes management screen To create a new tape pool click on the New button above the left hand pool list to dis play the Pool creation screen This screen along with a description of its different options is detailed below Please note To perform the Delete and the Statistics opera tions offere
21. e ok button will create the drive within Arkeia version 5 The display then returns to the main Drives screen updated to display the new drive Arkeia Quickstart Manual 31 Once this screen is displayed the creation of a drive is completed For more information on adding drives to a drivepack please read the next section 6 4 Adding drives to a Drivepack Drivepacks are within the Arkeia architecture the equivalent of Save Packs and Tape Pools A Drive pack allows system administrators to combine several drives in a single unit which can then be managed by Arkeia version 5 The advantages are obvious with a Drivepack an Arkeia backup server can use several drives at the same time and therefore complete its backup tasks faster Through the use of Drivepacks it is also possible to use larger capacity drives for the most important tasks while using drives that are slower or drives that have a smaller capacity for less urgent or smaller backups Please note Within a given Drivepack it is highly recommended that all the drives should be of the same type Using different types of drives within the same Drivepack while possible can create many unforeseen problems To add a drive to a Drivepack follow the steps below From the main menu of Arkeia version 5 click first on the Hardware button Then within the Hardware menu click on the Drive packs icon These two buttons are p
22. e information on the other options of the menu shown below refer to chapter 6 of the Arkeia User Manual Hardware menu Trivepacks Libraries Within the Hardware menu clicking on the Drives icon will open the Drives screen within the main Arkeia window Arkeia Quickstart Manual 29 The Drives management menu shown below is divided into two parts In the left hand part the drives already configured are displayed while the right hand side shows the different actions that can be applied to the drives If no drive has been defined in Arkeia as is the case below Arkeia will simply display ENo drived in the list of drives Drives management Drive infarmatiarns No drive Read drive adipem a2 Drive History Within the Drives management screen clicking on the New icon pictured on the left will open the creation screen in the main window of Arkeia version 5 Within the creation screen a number of fields have to be filled up These fields are detailed below Drives management mm Name Type S640 IE VS d Ed p Owner foot Node voyager No drive Authonzations 4 WIE w Delete Rewind device Comment SS EN uM ee The options that can be modified in this screen are the following e Name This field is used to assign a name to the drive being created This name will be used by Arkeia version 5 in its logs and mess
23. e or display the content of the var log boot msg file or the equivalent on your system Printed below is a short section of these messages showing the detection of the SCSI adapters scsi0 Adaptec AIC 7892 Ultra 160 m SCSI host adapter found at PCI 0 9 0 scsi0 Wide Channel SCSI ID 7 32 255 SCBs scs10 Downloading sequencer code 392 instructions downloaded scsi1 Adaptec AHA 294X Ultra SCSI host adapter gt found at PCI 0 11 0 scsi1 Wide Channel SCSI ID 7 16 255 SCBs scsi1 Cables present Int 50 NO Int 68 NO Ext 68 YES scsi1 Downloading sequencer code 422 instructions downloaded scsiO0 Adaptec AHA274x 284x 294x CEISA VLB PCI Fast SCSI 5 1 31 3 2 4 Adaptec AIC 7892 Ultra 160 m SCSI host adapter gt scsil Adaptec AHA274x 284x 294x CEISA VLB PCI Fast SCSI 5 1 31 3 2 4 lt Adaptec AHA 294X Ultra SCSI host adapter gt scsi 2 hosts scsi0 0 4 0 Synchronous at 160 0 Mbyte sec offset 63 Vendor IBM Model DDYS TO9170N Rev S80D Type Direct Access ANSI SCSI revision 03 Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0 channel 0 id 4 Lun O Vendor QUALSTAR Model TLS 4210 Rev 2 09 Type Medium Changer ANSI SCSI revision 02 scsi1 0 2 0 Synchronous at 20 0 Mbyte sec offset 14 Vendor ECRIX Model VXA 1 Rev 2524 Type Sequential Access ANSI SCSI revision 02 Detected scsi tape stO at scsi1 channel 0 id 2 Lun 0 scsi1 0 3 0 Synchronous at 20 0 Mbyte sec offset 14 Vendor ECRIX Model VXA
24. ection feature of Arkeia version 5 To do this follow the steps outlined below 1 In the main menu of Arkeia version 5 click on the Hardware icon This opens the main hardware menu in the window of Arkeia version 5 2 In the Hardware menu click on the icon labeled Detect This launches the Hardware auto detection feature of Arkeia version 5 which searches for backup hardware on your server and reports its findings Arkeia Quickstart Manual 27 Drive and Library Detection Already Configured Devices Device Arkeia Model Mame Type idev sqi TLS421U ualstar Librar dew st ECRIX VHA Ecris 1 Drive rdev sti ECRIX VHA Ecris 2 Drive f Detected devices Detect Device Arkeia Model Vendor Model Type fdewsg TL54210 GIUALSTAR TLS 4210 Librar dewvrst ECRIX VXA ECRIX VRA Drive dewvyst ECRIX YA ECRIX VRA 1 Drive F 3 Once the auto detection routine has been completed it displays its results in the screen shown above If no information appears in the Detected devices fields clicking on the De tect button next to it will restart the hardware detection process Another step that can be taken to check the configuration of an Arkeia version 5 server is the ar kde tect utility For more information on this utility refer to the Arkeia User Manual One final utility that should be mentioned is the mt which stands for Mag netic Tape
25. ed or solved by reading the relevant section or chapter of this manual Arkeia Quickstart Manual 3 All other users of Arkeia version 5 should probably read the Arkeza User Manual instead 1 3 Copyright notice Microsoft Exchange MS Exchange Microsoft Office Windows Windows 98 Windows 95 Windows NT Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP are trademarks and Copyright by Microsoft Corporation Inc All Rights Reserved Sun Sun Solaris SPARC Sun Microsystems and the Sun logo are trademarks and Copyright by Sun Microsystems All Rights Reserved Linux is Copyright by Linus Torvalds All Rights Reserved All other logos and trademarks are Copyright by their respective owners This manual including all the figures and screenshots it contains is Copyright 2001 2002 by Arkeia Corporation All Rights Reserved Arkeia Quickstart Manual 4 2 Introducing Arkeia version 5 This chapter of the Arkeia Quickstart Manual attempts to present Arkeia version 5 as quickly as possible For a more detailed introduction to this software refer to the Arkeia User Manual 2 1 Architecture overview Arkeia uses a variation of the standard Client Server architecture by adding a level called the Interface This layer is particularly important for large and complex net works with several backup servers The Interface layer allows the system administrator s to install the management inte
26. eia then opens the main Tapes menu which is a list of all the tapes defined on the selected server Please note If no tapes have been defined on the selected Arkeia server a Q message will appear in the tape list saying CNo tapes Once the Tapes management screen has been displayed it is possible to create tapes by using the buttons displayed above the main list of tapes The options of this screen are detailed below Back Refresh New Delete WE Tapes management z Properties Fest 74 Advanced options Mtestoz g Mhtestas t Recycle MW test04 F testas Ns Madify M test0s M testo Write label W testoa EN History amp statitics Arkeia Quickstart Manual 35 To create a new tape click on the New button This will open the tape creation screen which is pictured below RM Create tape s P Backup tape P Cleaning tape Mo tape Please right Tapename Type 3590 CART W Pool scratch pool uj Bar code l l First Last Owner Iro Comment D OK Cancel Enter the following information in the fields detailed below leaving all the other fields unchanged Once these parameters have been set clicking on the ok button at the bottom of the Create tape screen will automatically create the tape s In the field named Enter or select Select the type of the tape in the drop down list Once a tape has been created
27. ftware Ordering a Normal license is usually done through the world wide web page indicated above Please note as indicated above that additional licenses may be necessary for advanced backup hardware such as libraries and autoloaders Please contact your Arkeia Corpora tion sales representative for more information Arkeia Quickstart Manual 9 4 Installation of Arkeia version 5 4 1 Installation using the rpm file Linux Only the root super user can install software on a Linux server using the rpm util ity To do this enter the following command on a standard Linux shell followed by the relevant password when prompted to do so by the operating system su root Password Enter the root password Run the rpm utility by entering the following command rpm install arkeia 5 0 0 15 1386 rpm The version number of the rpm file you will install may be different from the one indicated above Please note The Arkeia version 5 package installs the following packages on your machine Client Server GUI Arkeia command line interface ar kc Please note that additional packages and options should be installed sep arately Refer to the documentation that was supplied with the optional Arkeia package for more information If the installation has been completed successfully you should be able to use Arkeia version 5 immediately If not try to solve the installation proble
28. he following command cd arke1a 5 0 0 15 Please note For the latest information on the Arkeia installation please read carefully the README file that should be present in the installation l directory This file may contain last minute information that could not be inte grated either in this manual or in the Arkeia User Manual Run the supplied installation utility with the command install The installation procedure should then start and ask some questions before proceeding with the installation of Arkeia version 5 itself su root Password Enter root password as required by su install 11800020 main k Start of installation k kkkkkkk I1800020 distrbinstall The path is home jack files download arkeia rpm arkeia 5 0 2 11801200 mkplinstall Installing arkeia Version 5 0 2 C Arkeia 11801210 mkplinstall OS Linux Version 2 2 19 a1801002 x x x Enter main ARKEIA_DIR directory L opt arkeial q to quit Press Enter to accept default install directory 11801170 validateknox Got from user ARKEIA_DIR opt arkeia 11801180 validateknox Directory ARKEIA_DIR opt arkeia OK a1801002 x x Enter the temporary directory L 1 q to quit Press Enter to accept the default temporary directory I1801170 validatetmpdir Got tmpdir 11801180 validatetmpdir Directory tmpdir OK E1801150 validatetmpdir Normal end 11801350 ailchk tmpspace needed 50000 KB
29. ictured on the left This should open the main Drivepack menu within the main Arkeia window Arkeia Quickstart Manual 32 Above the list of Drivepack click on the New button which is pictured on the left This opens the Drivepacks creation screen as pictured below Drivepacks Name SS Owner hub MB Drivepack Comment MULL Drivepack Number of drives all L List of drives F MB Drive F NULL Drive MY NULL2 En Current drive priority E OK Cancel Within this window the following options are available e Name This field contains the name of the Drivepack This name will be used by Arkeia version 5 in its log and in other informative messages Owner This field contains the name of the owner of the Drivepack Comment This field can contain additional information on the Drivepack being created Number of drives This drop down box contains the number of drives that can be used at any one time by the Drivepack For instance a Drivepack can contain 6 different drives in the List of Drives see below but if Number of Drives is set to 4 Arkeia will only use 4 drives in the Drivepack based on their priority If in doubt leave this drop down box set to ALL e List of drives This list contains all the drives available on the Arkeia server To select a drive and assign it to the Drivepack click on the square
30. led cpltree Tree arkeia server dbase f3drv drvtypes lst success Led cpltree Tree arkeia server dbase f5drv scsi detect drvtypes lst installed cpltree Tree arkeia server dbase f3sec defrole lst successfully cpltree Tree arkeia server dbase f5lib scsi detect Libtypes lst installed cpltree Tree arkeia server dbase f35lib libtypes successfully cpltree Tree arkeia server dbase f5tape tptypes lst success Led cpltree Tree arkeia server dbase successfully installed cpltree Tree arkeia server server prf successfully installed cpltree Tree arkeia server customer defrole lst successfully arkeia server customer successfully installed arkeia server successfully installed arkeia xarkeia successfully installed cpitree Tree arkeia bin successfully installed cpitree Tree arkeia successfully installed startarkeiad cp opt arkeia arkboot sysvinit gt init d arkeia startarkeiad ln etc rc d rcO d K1O0arkeia gt init d arkeia startarkeiad ln etc rc d rc1 d K10arkeia gt init d arkeia startarkeiad ln etc rc d rc2 d S60arkeia gt init d arkeia startarkeiad ln etc rc d rc3 d S60arkeia gt init d arkeia startarkeiad ln etc rc d rc4 d S60arkeia gt init d arkeia startarkeiad ln etc rc d rc5 d S60arkeia gt init d arkeia startarkeiad ln etc rc d rc6 d K10arkeia gt init d arkeia startarkeiad Daemon usr bin arkeiad will start automatic
31. ls AL drwxr xr x 2 root root 2048 Dec 6 23 03 bin drwxr xr x 3 root root 1024 Sep 1 1999 boot drwxr xr x 5 root root 34816 Feb 25 04 02 dev drwxr xr x 31 root root 3072 Feb 27 17 28 etc drwxr xr x 19 root root 1024 Feb 7 18 49 home drwxr xr x 4 root root 3072 Sep 1 1999 Lib drwxr xr x 2 root root 12288 Sep 1 1999 lLost found drwxr xr x 9 root root 1024 Sep 29 18 26 mnt dr xr xr x 61 root root 0 Feb 6 11 51 proc drwxr x 7 root root 1024 Nov 29 12 29 root drwxr xr x 3 root root 2048 Aug 9 2000 sbin drwxrwxrwt 11 root root 1024 Feb 28 17 01 tmp drwxr xr x 23 root root 1024 Nov 23 1999 usr drwxr xr x 18 root root 1024 Sep 1 1999 var In the above example the command ts AL has been entered in the root direc tory of a UNIX machine The lines under the command represent its output which is displayed on the screen of the machine itself Finally if youd like to print this documentation to keep a copy for reference please use the Fit to page option of your PDF software if you are not using the standard European A4 page format 1 2 Who should read this manual This manual is designed first and foremost for the network and system administrators who have to quickly install Arkeia version 5 on a new Arkeia server Most administrators will therefore benefit greatly by reading it carefully before any installation or configuration of Arkeia Most errors and problems that may occur during the use of Arkeia can be avoid
32. ms by following the suggestions outlined below Make sure you are logged in as root If necessary log out of your current session cc 55 cc 55 ia and log again as root If you cannot login as root please check with your system administrator that you have the necessary authorizations If necessary use the vv and force options of the rpm utility to display more messages and use these to solve the installation issues For more information on the options of the rpm utility refer to its man page Arkeia Quickstart Manual 10 4 2 Installation using the tar gz file Linux most UNIX Installation of Arkeia version 5 under Linux using the tar gz file format is slightly more complicated that the rpm installation To complete this installation please fol low the steps outlined below Only the root super user can install software on a Linux server using the tar gz package To do this enter the following command on a standard Linux shell followed by the relevant password when prompted to do so by the operating system su root Password lt Enter the root password gt Run the tar utility by entering the following command tar xvzf arkeia 5 0 0 15 1386 tar gz The tar utility should create a directory named arkeia 5 0 0 15 which con tains the Arkeia version 5 software To complete the installation enter this directory with t
33. ng to use SCSI devices please use the points indicated below as a quick check list before trying to contact the Arkeia tech nical support team e Hardware checks Make sure all devices are properly connected If necessary check the connecting cable on another correctly working SCSI device and replace the cable if it is found to be defec tive Make sure that all SCSI devices connected to the same adapter are of the same type Mixing SCSI II and SCSI IH devices is a very good way to either block all communications between the devices and the adapter or to slow down the transfer of data from the devices to Arkeia Quickstart Manual 25 the server Make sure that all devices are correctly configured within the SCSI chain especially their device numbers Do not use other SCSI devices such as a hard disk or a CD ROM on the same SCSI adapter as the backup device Software checks There are several programs and utilities available under Linux and most UNIX operat ing systems that can help with the configuration and troubleshooting of a SCSI chain Some may be available only from the Internet but all are pretty valuable in their own right The first step in a troubleshooting procedure is to make sure that the SCSI peripher als have been correctly identified and detected during the bootstrapping procedure of your machine To do this display the messages returned by the system by using the dmesg procedur
34. nual details the different subjects contained in this Quickstart Manual and adds a wealth of information that will allow you to properly configure test and use your Arkeia version 5 installation Or to use an often used acronym RTFM Read The Fine Manual 8 2 Other sources of help If you have a serious problem with the installation of Arkeia version 5 the Arkeia Tech nical Support Staff is ready to help you You can contact the Arkeia Technical Support by typing the following URL in your world wide web browser http www arkeia com ccpagefree html If a Technical Support contract is needed you can obtain more information on the Arkeia Technical Support Programs at the following URL http www arkeia com supportprogs html Arkeia offers several high quality Technical Support programs that are able to answer the needs of even the most demanding environments Please contact a representative from Arkeia Corporation for more information on this subject Arkeia Quickstart Manual 46
35. or un appealing depending on your taste Here is a brief description of the most basic functions of this GUI The general window functions are grouped in the distinctive wheel of the Arkeia g g version 5 which is located in the upper left corner of the window CLOSE DUPLICATE HELP MAXIMIZE MINIMIZE The different information fields of the GUI are indicated on the next page in the win dow of Arkeia version 5 Arkeia Quickstart Manual 6 Temporary information zone Function path Permanent information zone now empty Finally within its GUI Arkeia divides all its menus into two separate lists the object list and the function list Objects are the Arkeia entities that are going to be created modified deleted or config ured through the list of functions We are going to use the tape which is one of the most basic entities of Arkeia as an example in this section Here is the Tapes Management menu of Arkeia as it is displayed in the main Arkeia version 5 window Arkeia Quickstart Manual 7 As can be seen in the example above this menu is divided into two different zones The zone on the left is the object list which contains 8 different tapes named test01 to test08 The zone on the right of the menu is the function list All the functions that are listed there can affect all the objects in the object list or just the object that have been selected b
36. ould appear in the list of Savepacks which is on the left of the Savepacks management screen The next step is to add objects to the Savepack that was just created To do this select the new Savepack by clicking on the grey box next to its name and click on the Browse trees option in the list of options This is shown in the screen printed below In the example above the new Savepack has been named Nutt Pack Clicking on the Browse trees option displays the following screen in the main window of Arkeia version 5 Arkeia Quickstart Manual 20 All the clients currently managed by the Arkeia server appear in the first Navigator screen pictured above To select a client double click on its name The menu shown below should then appear in the main Arkeia window This menu allows you to choose the type of plug in that should be used for the backup The two default plug ins of Arkeia version 5 are f i Le to select the hard disks and file systems of the client and sysinfo to save the system information for the Arkeia Disaster Recovery As above double click on the name of the plug in to select some elements Choosing the f i le plug in is recommended for this test and double click ing on it will display the following elements As can be seen in the screen pictured above the voyager knox com machine is a UNIX workstation The file plug in by default displays the content of the root
37. r face on any machine of the network From this machine he she is then able to configure and control the different backup servers present on the network This function is especially important since it offers an unprecedented flexibility to sys tem administrators who are now able to control all the backup and restoration opera tions performed on their network through a dedicated machine located anywhere on the network With this three tiered Client Server architecture Arkeia version 5 provides system administrators more choices to manage their networked backup servers You will find below a graphical representation of this three tiered architecture Arkeia s three tier architecture Client Server Interface Arkeia Clients Arkeia Server A m 8 EE 8 E COMMANDS Arkeia Interface Arkeia Manager Workstation Arkeia Quickstart Manual 5 Please note Even though the Arkeia software has the three different parts detailed above the file supplied on the Arkeia CD ROM contains l all three parts for Linux and most UNIX class operating systems However the installation files supplied for some systems for instance FreeBSD or Windows 2000 only contain the binary for the client For a more precise list of available clients and servers refer to the Arkeia User Manual 2 2 GUI overview The GUI Graphical User Interface of Arkeia version 5 is both simple to use and esthetically appealing
38. red on the left that is dis played above the list of drives The following screen should then be displayed within the main Arkeia version 5 win dow Please make sure the data entered in Arkeia version 5 matches the indications given below Rewind device dev null A descriptive comment optional Comment Arkeia Quickstart Manual 17 Once the operations listed above have been completed click on the OK button to cre ate the drive 5 4 Creating a null Drive Pack A Drive Pack should be created in order to be able to use the NULL drive that has been created To do this follow the steps detailed below To create a NULL drive click first on the Hardware button pic u 3 tured on the left in the main menu of Arkeia version 5 Qn c ib t mars Hardware Then click on the Drivepacks button pictured on the left that should be displayed in the Hardware menu rivepacks Then click on the New button pictured on the left that is dis played above the list of Drive Packs The following screen should now be displayed within the window of Arkeia version 5 Complete the relevant fields as indicated below and click on the ok button in order to create the Drive Pack Arkeia Quickstart Manual 18 Name A descriptive name for the drive pack Type Select the type Null in the drop down menu List of drives Select the Null drive tha
39. s that can be applied to a Savepack Creating an empty Savepack To create an empty Savepack refer to the section Creating a null backup of this Quickstart Manual or follow the steps detailed below Click on the Backup icon in Arkeias main menu Arkeia Quickstart Manual 39 The Savepacks management screen should then be displayed within the main window of Arkeia version 5 If there are no Savepacks defined in Arkeia as is the case in the screen pictured above Arkeia will simply display the following message E No Savepack 7 Within the Savepacks management window clicking on the New icon above the list of Savepack will open the create Savepack screen Arkeia Quickstart Manual 40 After entering the name of the Savepack clicking on the ok button will return to the Savepacks management screen In the example below a Savepack named email_ amp web has been created oe Adding trees to a Savepack through the Navigator Adding trees to a Savepack can be done in two different ways by entering the complete path to a given object or by choosing the object within the Arkeia Navigator It is highly recommended to use the browser but both methods are described in the Arkeia User Manual To add a tree to a Savepack by using the Navigator click on the Browse trees option within the main Savepacks management screen Arkeia Quickstart Manual
40. selection box next to its name Ifa priority has been assigned to a drive see below it will appear on the right of its name e Current drive priority This drop down box allows the system administrator to assign a given priority to the drive currently selected in the List of drives A prior ity of 1 1s the highest priority that can be assigned to a drive e 0K Clicking on this button confirms the configuration of the Drivepack creates it with the assigned name and returns the user to the Hardware menu Arkeia Quickstart Manual 33 e Cancel Clicking on this button cancels the creation and returns the user to the Hardware menu For instance in the screen shown below a Drivepack named MB Drivepack has been created with only one drive assigned MB Drive1 Clicking on the OK but ton would create the Drivepack exactly as it is Arkeia Quickstart Manual 34 7 Interactive backup 7 1 Creating tapes The first step any user of Arkeia version 5 should take is to create tapes within the sys tem in order to be able to backup data Creating tapes within Arkeia is a simple task which we are going to detail step by step below To create a tape click on the Hardware button of the main menu This nas button is pictured on the left This will open the Hardware menu of Arkeia version 5 Within the Hardware menu click on the Tapes button amp Ark
41. t has been created Comment A descriptive comment optional 5 5 Creating a Savepack A Savepack is an Arkeia object which is designed to contain the files directories disks etc that are present on a client and that should be backed up by the Arkeia server in Arkeia version 5 you cannot launch a backup unless a Savepack exists To create a Savepack follow the steps described below You ll need to have installed at least a client and a Server for this test to be effective To create a new Savepack click on the Backup button pictured on the left in the main menu of Arkeia version 5 Then click on the Savepacks button pictured on the left in the Backup menu Finally click on the New button pictured on the left which should be displayed above the list of Savepacks The following steps are going to detail the creation of a Savepack using the Arkeia Nav igator and the default options For more information on the creation of a Savepack including the options that can be set for the files it contains refer to the Arkeia User Manual Once the New button has been clicked the following screen should be displayed within the main window of Arkeia version 5 Arkeia Quickstart Manual 19 In the field Name enter a descriptive name for the Savepack to be created Once the name has been entered click on the 0K button to create the Savepack Once created its name sh
42. ting a NULL tape a pool should be created to be used during the backup This pool should use the NULL tape when needed if this tape is the only one in the Scratch Pool For more information about these subjects refer to the Arkeia User Manual To create a Tape Pool click first on the Hardware button in the main menu of Arkeia version 5 Then click on the Pools button of the Hardware menu in order to open the Tape Pools screen in the main window of Arkeia Arkeia Quickstart Manual 15 Then click on the New button which is displayed above the list of Tape Pools The Pool Creation screen should then be opened within the main window of Arkeia version 5 Enter the information detailed below exactly as it appears in the fol lowing screen Comment A descriptive comment optional Once the information detailed above has been entered clicking on the oK button cre ates the tape pool and returns the Arkeia version 5 window to the main Tape Pool screen Arkeia Quickstart Manual 16 5 3 Creating a null drive To create a NULL drive click first on the Hardware button pic u 3 tured on the left in the main menu of Arkeia version 5 J in 1 Hardware a i er Then click on the Drives button pictured on the left that should be displayed in the Hardware menu lirives Then click on the New button pictu
43. y clicking on the grey check box next to their names In the example above it is possi ble to recycle a tape by first selecting it then clicking on the Recycle function Or it is possible to recycle all the tapes by clicking on all the grey check boxes then on the Recycle function Above the object list the list of tapes of our example above Arkeia offers four basic functions that are very useful for quick operations These functions are from left to right Back Green arrow Clicking on this button takes Arkeia back to the previous menu Refresh Dual green arrows Clicking on this button redraws the entire list New Blank document Clicking on this button starts the creation process of a par ticular object In our example above this would start the tape creation process Delete Dust bin Clicking on this button deletes the objects that has been selected in the list of objects In the example above this would delete one or several tape s depending on the check boxes that have been selected Simply leaving the mouse pointer on these buttons for a few seconds will display a short help balloon which contains a definition of each button function For a more in depth description of these different elements of the GUI refer to the Arkeia User Manual Arkeia Quickstart Manual 8 3 Obtaining Arkeia version 5 3 1 Downloading from the world wide web
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