Installation and User Manual for SILM™
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1. Installation and User Manual for SILM Version 2 5 2010 Sanbolic Inc Sales 1 617 833 4249 Support 1 617 833 4240 Fax 1 617 926 2808 Email support sanbolic com Web www sanbolic com SILM User Manual www sanbolic com Table of Contents Installation of SILM seses ee tbo swede neta EE Ve eee ee eka nue toa aw eters nee eRe eee ee 3 SILM Overview and Components 0 00 eee eee e eee e eee eee eee enes 3 SIUM AGMmINISU Q0Ol esaccaoe tea eau ee deme ann dete tonsa neyen hee es ea ee aun hed hades eeee aye 4 Cheatinece NEW asics ngcarten ad atm ee ek Fo ees oe E eee eee ee te ee ee ees 4 Selecting file types for processing 0 ce ee ee eee e ee eee teen ees 4 Selecting time period for processing 1 eee eee eee eee ee eee eens 5 Selecting the volume or folder containing the files to be processed 0 ccs 5 ACUO 25 04 dpe edae A andere beta ieaweese det enete eee oe ee eee te eee eee me 6 TaAlCet Odi vanes en dbon tb see setae waned ee bw ae aoe thw ae ast eee eee 6 Task sCheGUIC ODUONS 260644000454 tE eset bene ewdaaeacae eee E E bead eww ees 7 PUL CAG oo greg meee E de Be eee ace ee a saa ee ee aay wee aw a Ae Ret 7 POON ICC Cacia ny htt Ao rie i eee nd Gon ee eh oa a i ae eee eee ee 8 MOUNC DOWNS space ccaeeaes eveoes ares bho ded baa ee eee nner er enede dence 9 EXTENSIONS EU pitts eet ee ed we AEE SL ead adware eed weed Oe Gee eee eee ee 10 Extensions VCS sucuce yy ta ea ede teens ede enone2. File Task Options Help as gt Scheduled for Status Task Properties Ea Conmmar Advanced Mount Points Actions Schedule options Files Not Modified In Past 430 x daps Aun task Automatically From Browse Ever 1 Hours t 7 07 24 Types ll extensions Manage On Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday is Copy Friday Saturday Ta Browse Sunday Eventday EA D E N Fz Gis Hs es f camca l5 J EM Li Mi M s 0 5 P N QO Fiz oo T N SILM User Manual www sanbolic com The To field refers to the target volume or folder where SILM will place processed files The drop down list is populated with all volumes seen by the OS but you can also manually type a target folder The Browse button allows you to conveniently select the target folder from a visual file system browser Task Schedule Options Sanbolic SILM Fle Task Options Help A ne Scheduled for Status Task Properties Ed Common Advanced Mount Points el Es Actions Schedule options Ace Not Modified In Past 30 x daps Run task Automatically Automatically From Browse User Defined At 7 07 24 Manual Types Al extensions Manage W Monday W Tuesday M Wednesday M Thursday Do Copy M Friday M Saturday To Browse M Sunday Everday Free Space N A The following options are used to instruct SILM when to ru
3. accessed in 30 days to secondary storage SILM has universal connectivity support allowing users to deploy it in mixed storage environments utilizing DAS NAS and SAN storage and supports both NTFS and Melio file systems The SILM application has two main components e SILM Administrator Allows the user to add remove tasks and change SILM settings e SILM Executor Executes the tasks and performs any data copying or movement SILM User Manual www sanbolic com SILM Administrator Creating a new task Selecting file types for processing 2 Sanbolic SILM Iofs Fie Task Options Help ty Scheduled for Status Task Properties Common Advanced Mount Points Schedule options Run task Automatically Browse Every 1 Hours Al 7 07 24 llot Created ere On w Monday z Tuesday vot Modifier M wednesday M Thursday al Friday al Saturday Actions Hot Accessed Iv Sunday Everday Free Space N A Cancel Created Instructs SILM to handle all files that have been created during X number of days where X the number of days entered by the administrator Modified Instructs SILM to handle all files that have been modified in the previous X days Accessed Instructs SILM to handle all files that have been accessed in the previous X days Not Created Instructs SILM to handle all files that have not been created in the previous X days Not Modified Instructs SILM to handle all fi
4. hes Lee eee eee eked 10 Options Advanced options sssssa 40 44a wie we how eta bea edd ae eRe deuwde ena ees 11 Pe processie eo eh ance gees dete eae eee ee eon eee AE een eye nee ee eee oe 11 NONO ONE lt 2 4 4 4444 an ence ee eas eon ee een Oe Geen ae EERE ee eer eee haa es 12 Registering SILM ne acg gaa 2 lt 0 oo does bo ne aren eee oe a ee ne ne a es Re ee ee Pee ee 13 COMraACUING SDO C ereas ae cette ee oe ek ee ed one ee ee ce ee ee ee ee 13 SILM User Manual www sanbolic com Installation of SILM The installation of SILM is quite simple requiring a user to select nothing more than an account to be used by SILM to obtain full access to network shares and achieve additional functionality ioi xi Select Service User Account iy Enter Service User Account to be used by the SILM service G Serice User Account Name must be in the form npserverusename for a local computer account or myedomamn usemame for a daman account This must be a valid existing account member of this machine Administrators group Service account name Password Back Cancel SILM Overview and Components SILM Simple Information Life Cycle Manager is a data mover application that allows administrators to automatically back up volumes based on user defined policies For example an administrator could establish policies to copy any files created or modified in the past 4 hours to a backup volume and to move any files that have not been
5. ang Extension to add Known extensions Adc All estensons Do Copy To Browse __Femove ree Space N A Cancel Extension types Specifying an extension instructs SILM to process only a certain type of file for that task Predefined extensions can be selected from the drop down menu To edit the extension list use the Manage button Selecting All extensions will instruct SILM to process all types of files for that task For convenience you can access this dialog from the Manage Types button of the Task Properties panel 10 SILM User Manual www sanbolic com Options Advanced Options 2 Sanbolic SILM Of x File Task Options Help a gt Scheduled for Status Advanced Options x File Processing Notifications MW Exclude F ecycler information faster Advanced Options controls the behavior of SILM as a whole These options should rarely be changed File processing Exclude recycler Information When you send files to the Recycle Bin they are moved to a system folder The files are kept there until you empty the Recycle Bin Usually this system folder is hidden from the user but SILM still processes it Turn on this option if you do not want SILM to process files in the Recycle Bin When this option is enabled SILM will ignore the contents of the Recycle Bin allowing it to run faster 11 SILM User Manual www sanbolic com Notification
6. l machine and bring the virtual machine back online once the backup has completed In a default installation of PowerShell the following command will invoke the SCVMM powershell console C WINDOWS system32 windowspowershell v1 0 powershell exe PSConsoleFile C Program Files Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 bin cli psc1 In the screen displayed above the powershell scripts Savestate ps1 and Start ps1 are invoked which save and restore the state of a virtual machine named v 1 2k8x64 stored on a VMM server named Melio 01 The content of the saving state script is as follows Get VMMServer Melio 01 SaveState VM V 1 2k8x64 The content of the restoring script is as follows Get VMMServer Melio 01 Start VM V 1 2k8x64 Before running powershell scripts make sure that you have the ExecutionPolicy configured properly You can safely run local scripts by enabling RemoteSigned policy through powershell by typing Set ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned For more information please check http technet microsoft com en us library cc764242 aspx SILM User Manual www sanbolic com Mount points Sanbolic SILM iof x Fie Task Options Help 2 l Time settings days Scheduled tor Status E Task Properties x Common Advanced Mount Points Mount Points When Mount Points are encountered in the source tree 0 Follow mount points as if they are usual folders and process their content Create new mo
7. les that have not been modified in the previous X days Not Accessed Instructs SILM to handle all files that have not been accessed in the previous X days SILM User Manual www sanbolic com Selecting time period for processing Sanbolic SILM O x File Task Options Help B b Scheduled for Status E Task Properties Ed Common Advanced kount Points Actions Schedule options Files Not Modified InPast E days Runtask Automatically Every 1 Hours Al 7 07 24 n M Monday M Tuesday he Wednesday M Thursday he Friday z Saturday Iv Sunday Everday Free Space N A Cancel This drop down menu allows you to select the number of days to apply to your Files option For example Referring to the screen above under Files the option Not Modified has been selected If the number 30 were selected in the Days field SILM would perform the specified action on only the files that have not been modified in the past 30 days Selecting the volume or folder containing the files to be processed Sanbolic SILM Miz File Task Options Help 2 gt Scheduled for Status E Task Properties Common Advanced Mount Points Achons Schedule options Files Not Modified In Past 30 days Aun task Automatically From Browse Every 1 Hours Al 7 07 24 Manage Un IY Monday I Tuesday Types a Wednesday lv Thursday Do ia Friday a Satu
8. n a task Scheduled options apply only to the specific task being configured and not the application as a whole Run task Automatically Runs this task every X hours resp minutes If SILM is already executing another task this task must wait until the previously started task is completed User Defined Only run this task at a very specific time For example Setting a task to run at 12 00 00AM instructs SILM to only run this task at midnight Other tasks being processed by SILM will continue while this task is run You can also select the day s of the week this task will run Manually Never run this task in an automated mode Only a user can start this task using the SILM Administrator SILM User Manual www sanbolic com Advanced x Common Advanced Mount Paints Execute this command before task starts ershell ese FS ConsoleFile C Program Files Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008h pect cch savestate ps1 7 Execute this command after task completes O powershell exe P S ConsoleFile C Program Files Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 bin cli paci c start ps7 ee In the Advanced tab user commands can be executed before or after a given backup task is performed For example When backing up virtual machines in a Microsoft Hyper V virtual environment power shell scripts can be used to save the state of the virtual machine before SILM backs up the files associated with the virtua
9. rday M Sunday Everyday Browse b u u a na De e ee ee Cancel Ay C D E F E H J E L hd M 0 F Q R 5 i SILM User Manual www sanbolic com The From field identifies the source volume or folder from which SILM will search for files that need to be handled processed The drop down list is populated with all volumes seen by the OS but you can also manually type a source folder The Browse button allows you to conveniently select the source folder from a visual file system browser Sanbolic SILM Iof File Task Options Help ines P Scheduled for Status E Task Properties Common Advanced Mount Points Actions Schedule options Files Mot Modified InPast 20 days Run task Automatically From Browse Every 1 Hours At firor 24 Types All extensions Manage On Ih Monday i al ial Wednesday he Thursday al Friday ial Saturday Browse MW Sunday E verda Tuesday Free Space HAA The Do field identifies how SILM is going to process files that meet the specified criteria Copy Copies one or more files from the source drive to the target drive Move Moves one or more files from the source drive to the target drive Note Once these files are moved they are no longer available on the source drive unless they are copied or moved back from the target drive or from another location Target Path Sanbolic SILM Pel Ea
10. s 2 Sanbolic SILM Mie x Fie Task Options Help a Scheduled for Status E Advanced Options x File Processing Notifications M Send Email Mail server Fort 25 From To Send test e mail Iw Log results to a file Log file path Cancel Send Email Turns on and off the ability for SILM to notify you by email when a task has completed how long it took to complete the task how fast the data was moved and what files where processed Email notification If enabled Email notification will send an email when a task is complete The email contains the start and end time of the task the total amount of data that was transferred the average data rate in MB Sec and a list of all the files processed by SILM Mail server Enter the Mail server and port number which SILM will use to send email notifications No email address needs to be created for SILM itself From In the From field you can enter anything you want to identify the system from which SILM is running Email notification will not work if the From field contains spaces or illegal characters To In the To field enter a valid email address for SILM to send notifications 12 SILM User Manual www sanbolic com Use authentication If the SMTP server requires user authentication enter the appropriate user name and password Send test email This will send a test email to the specified email account using the setting
11. s supplied If the test email is not received check the settings and try again If the problem persists please contact your system administrator Log results to a file SILM will record the start and end time of the task along with the amount of data that was transferred the average data rate in MB Sec and a list of all the files SILM handled This log file will be located in the folder specified in the Log results to a file path field Registering SILM Sanbolic SILM e File Task Options Help as Scheduled for Status Register SILM User name Company ree Seral number Cancel When the 15 day trial period expires valid registration information is required in order to continue using the full functionality of the product Contacting Sanbolic Sanbolic Inc 304 Pleasant Street 2nd Floor Watertown MA 02472 Sales 1 617 833 4249 Support 1 617 833 4240 Fax 1 617 926 2808 Support contact support sanbolic com Sales inquiries sales sanbolic com Web address www sanbolic com 13
12. unt points in the destination folder tee and link them to the original content gnore mount points Cancel Mount points can be created in any folder and are accessed as normal folders Accessing them provides a reference point to the root folder of the mounted volume SILM presents 3 choices for handling them Mount points are a useful feature for organizing volumes but they may lead to file system cycles if one volume points to another that in turn points to the first one e Follow mount points as if they are normal folders and process their contents this option is recommended when you want to process the files as if they are logically one Note that SILM will process all files referenced by the mount points e Create new mount points in the destination folder tree and link them to the original content this option is useful if you want to mirror the contents of a given volume and link the copy to the external data linked through the mount points e Ignore mount points this option is useful if you want to process only the files residing on a single volume SILM User Manual www sanbolic com Extensions List Sanbolic SILH Iof x File Task Options Help j ih F Schedded for Status Task Properties Common Advanced Mount Points Actions Schedule options Files Not Modifed In Fast 30 days Fun task Automatically From Browse Extensions List _ x Types All extengi
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