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1. brucLONE User s Guide Version 1 2 2 Manual Revision 122 01 10 PDF bruCLONE User s Guide TOLIS Group Inc et al Copyright 2006 2008 TOLIS Group Inc Notice of rights All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means without the prior written permission of TOLIS Group Inc For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts contact tolispr tolisgroup com Notice of Liability The information in this manual is distributed as is and without warranty While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the manual TOLIS Group Inc nor its resellers and representatives shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information and instructions contained in the manual or by the computer software described within Trademarks Throughout this book trademarked are used TOLIS Group Inc states that we are using any and all trademarked names in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark Update Information TOLIS Group Inc will always work to insure that the data contained in this manual is kept up to date As such please visit our website at http www bru com docs to retrieve the latest version of the manual bruCLONE User s Guide Table of Contents 3 Table Of Con2. The CLONE Watch operations monitors how long it has been since your last bruCLONE operation and provides a color coded hint as to the danger level that exists for your cloned environment Green means that your data is relatively safe Amber indicates that data lost could occur in the event of a system crash Red indicates that recovery to the current state could be impossible The time period between each level is user definable in the Preferences panel Page 6 bruCLONE User s Guide Installation The bruCLONE package is a self contained Mac OS X Application that can be dragged from the installation media into your Applications folder or any other folder that you would like to use To start the application double click the bruCLONE icon Initially you will be running in demo mode bruCLONE provides a 15 day demo period during which all of bruCLONE s features are active Product Licensing Enter your bruCLONE License Information Serial Number 0000 0000 License Data License Key DEMO Edition Cancel Save nn II Figure 2 License Dialog Upon purchase of a license enter the license information via the File gt Add License menu or by holding down the Command and Option keys and pressing the L L The License dialog will be displayed as shown in Figure 2 above Enter your License Data and License Key strings into the fields provided Once entered correctly the dialog will allow you to s
3. Boot Click to restart this computer in Target Disk Mode Target Disk Mode After you restart this computer in Target Disk Mode you can connect it to another computer using a FireWire cable and use it as a hard disk rr Click the lock to prevent further changes Figure 14 System Preferences Startup Disk Panel To Test a completed clone operation for bootability open the System Preferences gt Startup Disk panel and select your FireWire drive Click the Restart button and you will reboot into the cloned drive Once booted your boot volume will always be the upper drive icon displayed on your desktop bruCLONE User s Guide Page 13 Special Considerations Disk based License Files Some applications use a license mechanism that combines your license information with the unique identifier of the system root drive or the drive you re installing the application onto Even though the bruCLONE clone operation copies the license from your original volume to the destination volume the destination drive s unique identifier will be different from the original value and your license will be invalid To resolve this simply re license the application with your original license information Exclude Unnecessary Files The BRUXPAT File Content Details bruCLONE utilizes BRU s BRUXPAT file for defining files that are to be excluded in the clone operation To edit the contents on the file from within the bruCLONE applicati
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5. is disabled on the clone target volume to eliminate the issue of Spotlight trying to index each file that is written to the target volume Intel Mac GUID Disk Partition Table In order to boot an Intel Mac the boot drive must be partitioned using the GUID partition table This is done using the Options on the Partition Panel of the Disk Utility application bruCLONE User s Guide Page 15 Restoring From a Clone Volume To restore files from a clone volume is as simple as locating the file on the clone volume and dragging it back to your primary volume To recover a complete volume because of drive failure repair or replace the damaged volume boot the system to the cloned drive and then run a reverse clone i e the external Clone drive is now the source volume while the new internal drive is the destination volume Page 16 bruCLONE User s Guide bruCLONE License Agreement The TOLIS Group INC LICENSE AGREEMENT This License Agreement Agreement provided by The TOLIS Group Inc TOLIS governs the use of the object code version of the BRU brand computer software documentation and materials accompanying this Agreement or otherwise provided in connection herewith collectively Software owned by TOLIS by the person or entity Client that has agreed with the license terms outlined below For purposes of this Agreement Software may be BRU BRU Server bruCLONE BRU LE TOLIS Tape Tools or other licensed BRU ap
6. when not being used on the original system except as outlined in the transferability clause below If cloning more than one system one license is required for each system to be cloned Transferability to a new computer system is permitted when the original system upon which a given license is currently installed is to be retired decommissioned or otherwise taken out of daily utilization by the originally licensed client It is permissible to retain use of the licensed software on the original system for a period of overlap required to allow the transfer of data from the original system to the replacement system Once the license has been transferred to the replacement system and the replacement system is placed in normal use the license must be removed from the original system At no other time is it allowable to utilize the same software license on two or more different computers at the same time The Software is and shall remain the sole and exclusive confidential and proprietary property of TOLIS subject to protection under the intellectual property laws of the United States and those throughout the world Client agrees not to use or disclose the Software during and after the term of this Agreement except as expressly permitted by this Agreement Client further agrees not to modify the Software remove any notices or markings on the Software or reverse compile reverse assemble reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to learn or disclose the tra
7. ary files Ready CLONE Watch Figure 1 bruCLONE Main Window bruCLONE provides a system friendly mechanism for creating cloned or duplicate volumes under Mac OS X Any mounted volume may be selected as the source and any mounted local volume except the boot volume may be selected as the destination Once complete the destination volume will contain the same data as the source drive and can be made bootable as part of the clone operation bruCLONE will use secondary internal disks ATAPI SATA SAS or SCSI or external FireWire and USB drives for cloning However only internal drives and FireWire drives USB on Intel Macs that are boot compatible with Macintosh systems can be made bootable The default mode of operation is a full clone of the source volume to the destination volume However you may also run an incremental update operation that will only update the destination drive with files that have been changed or added to the source volume bruCLONE is designed to use your system resources in a manner that allows you to remain productive while the clone operation is running Combined with the BRU engine s ability to process your volumes while the system is live means that you can run clone operations even while you use the system for other work In Addition to the normal full window display bruCLONE provides a CLONE Watch mode that places the bruCLONE Watch icon into the status area of the menubar on your primary display
8. ave the license bruCLONE User s Guide Page 7 bruCLONE Preferences There are preferences that are retained between bruCLONE launches To access the Preferences panel select the Application gt Preferences menu item or press Cmd The General Preferences tab sets the clone operation priority level and the default startup mode bruCLONE Preferences General Clone Watch bruCLONE Priority Level Select the priority that the bruCLONE operations will execute using A higher priority level will result in a faster clone operation at the expense of system productivity A lower priority level will allow the system to remain useful for productive work during the clone operation Priority _ _ _ _ _ _ _ o Responsive System Faster Clone bruCLONE Default Startup Mode This setting determines how bruCLONE is displayed when it is started In Clone Watch mode the main window is not displayed and the alert icon is displayed in the main screen s statusbar _ Always start bruCLONE in Clone Watch Mode Figure 3 Preferences General Settings The priority level determines how much of the system resources bruCLONE uses during operations CPU Memory I O A lower priority allows the system to be more responsive to other applications at the cost of a slower clone process A higher priority will improve the clone operation performance but the system may seem sluggish so far as other operations are concerned The startup
9. data on the source volume In simple terms how many hours could pass after a clone operation before you would lose small amounts of data that wouldn t cause severe hardship From the Green Reminder Value to the number set in the Amber Reminder Value determines how long the icon will remain amber before turning to Red and causing the Red Level warning dialog to be displayed If the Icon changes to Red a popup menu will appear warning you to perform and clone operation as soon as possible as shown in Figure 5 below Fresh clone operation recommended b The time since your last clone operation has exceeded the Amber warning level We strongly urge you to execute a full clone as soon as possible Click Open to open the bruCLONE interface or Watch to remain in Clone Watch mode Figure 5 Red Level Alert Warning Dialog The final value is the time also in hours between appearances of the Red Level warning bruCLONE User s Guide Page 9 First Clone OC bruCLONE Live Desktop Clone Tool DEMO Version 1 1 0 Source Volume Destination Target Volume Mac_Boot Macintosh HD Capacity 232 57G Capacity 232 57G Used 117 15G Used 4 81G Available 115 17G Available 227 76G Verify source permissions Y Make Destination Bootable fa Full Volume Clone Y Format Destination _ Incremental Update Y Exclude unnecessary files Edit Ready CLONE Watch Start Figure 6 Preparing for the First Clon
10. de secrets contained in the Software transfer the Software in whole or in part over a network or permit any third party to do any of the foregoing Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring any license under any of TOLIS s intellectual property rights whether by estoppel implication or otherwise except for those licenses expressly granted herein bruCLONE User s Guide Page 17 2 WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER TOLIS warrants that for a period of sixty 60 days from the date of receipt by Client of the Software the media on which the Software was delivered shall be without defects in materials or workmanship TOLIS agrees to replace any defective media which is returned to TOLIS within the foregoing sixty 60 day period TOLIS may make available to Client additional services including updates enhancements or improvements of or to the Software under separate written agreement and for additional payment THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS THE ONLY WARRANTY GIVEN HEREUNDER EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED ABOVE THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN AS IS BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER ALL EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED Some states do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties so the foregoing limitations may not apply to you 3 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TOLIS
11. e Once your drives are properly mounted and show up on your desktop start the bruCLONE application and choose your boot volume from the Source Volume popup menu Since this is our first clone operation select the Full Volume Clone radio button This will copy all data from the source volume to the destination volume If you wish to exclude certain files cache files tmp files MP3 files etc check the Use BRUXPAT exclusions file checkbox Editing the contents of this file will be covered later It is a good idea to verify and repair the source volume s permissions before performing the clone operation If the permissions are incorrect on the source volume they will also be incorrect on the destination volume Select the destination volume from the Destination Volume popup menu Once selected bruCLONE will verify that the destination volume is large enough to contain the data currently on the source volume In the event that the destination volume is too small bruCLONE will display the warning shown in Figure 7 A Note About Drive Attachment Because bruCLONE requires stability while monitoring the state of the drives to be used you must make sure that any external drives to be used are attached BEFORE you start bruCLONE Otherwise they will not be available for the Clone operation This is a design decision to lessen the opportunity for selecting the incorrect destination drive for the clone operation Once a c
12. e the completion percentage will be displayed and the bruCLONE icon will rotate Page 12 bruCLONE User s Guide When the job completes the main window will be redisplayed and the completion dialog will be displayed as shown in Figure 13 b Clone Operation Completed gm Clone Operation Completed Close Figure 13 Clone Operation Completed Once the clone operation is completed you may access the destination volume as you would any Mac OS X volume Ifthe device you ve cloned to is supported as a boot device you may test the volume by selecting it as the Boot Device in the System Preferences Startup Drive panel Note on bootable volumes While most major FireWire drives are supported as boot devices under OS X select units will not boot specifically those units that utilize the Prolific FireWire to ATAPI bridge chipset At publication time TOLIS Group has successfully tested booting from FireWire drives from AComData lomega La Cie Maxtor Newer Technology Seagate and WiebeTech There may be others but we recommend that you test the boot capability before explicitly purchasing a FireWire drive for clone operations 00 Startup Disk lt ShowAll Q Select the system you want to use to start up your computer j j e Mac OS X 10 4 8 Mac OS X 10 4 5 Mac OS X 10 4 8 Network Startup on Clone Drive 1 on Tiger User on Big Boot You have selected Mac OS X 10 4 8 Restart on the volume Big
13. es select the Incremental Update radio button on the main window before beginning a clone operation allow you to update any new or changed files on the original source volume to the destination volume When running an Incremental update bruCLONE will examine the source volume for new or changed files related to the last time a full clone operation was created If you are running the incremental update to the original destination volume the new files will be added and any changed files will replace previous versions It is not required that you use the same destination volume for an incremental update By using multiple destination volumes you can add new files to the clone or save changed files without replacing the original version on the original full destination volume For example if you use a 250GB external FireWire drive to protect an 160GB source drive you could create 6 partitions on the Firewire drive a 160GB partition and 5 14GB partitions to store the incremental changes during the week You could then update the full operation on the large partition followed by incremental updates to each of the smaller partitions during the week Time Machine and Spotlight When bruCLONE clones a Leopard system it will disable Time Machine for the time it takes the clone operation to complete This is to prevent Time Machine s disk I O from interfering with the clone operation Additionally for both Leopard and Tiger systems Spotlight
14. format the destination volume the dialog shown in Figure 9 will be displayed during the drive initialization b Standby Formatting Volume w Partitioning and formatting destination Figure 9 Destination Initialization Dialog bruCLONE User s Guide Page 11 If you have selected to verify and repair the source volume s permissions the standby dialog will display the progress of the verify and repair operation as shown in Figure 10 b Standby Verifying Source Volume Permissions Determining correct file permissions LALALA A Figure 10 Source Volume Verification and Repair Once the initialization of the destination volume completes the clone operation will begin The clone progress can be monitored in the main application dialog or in the Status Bar OB bruCLONE Cloning Volume Mac Boot to Macintosh HD 4 gt Users tjones Desktop bruAPPOS 1 9 Estimated Total 96 231G Data Copied 33 814G Cloning Volume Mac Boot to Macintosh HD Status Bar Cancel Figure 11 Clone Operation in the Main Application Window To get the main window out of your way you may hide the bruCLONE process H or by clicking on the Status Bar button the main window will be closed and a progress monitor will be placed in the status area of your menu bar as shown in Figure 12 Figure 12 Status Bar Display While in the Status Bar monitor mod
15. lone operation starts any data on the destination volume will potentially be deleted during the format operation Page 10 bruCLONE User s Guide Destination Volume Smaller Than Source b The selected source volume contains more data than the selected destination volume can hold The source volume has 142 392 308K of data while the destination volume has a total capacity or 21 057 688K Are you sure you want to use these volumes GD rs Figure 7 Destination Size Warning Dialog If you will be excluding a large group of files Such as the iTunes library you may be able to utilize a smaller destination volume To make the destination volume bootable check the Make Destination Bootable checkbox If you wish to format the destination volume all data will be erased and the volume will be reinitialized with its current volume name check the Format Destination checkbox bruCLONE will warn you that you will lose all data on the destination volume as shown in Figure 8 below Volume Format Warning If you format the selected destination volume all existing data on the volume will be deleted If you select Cancel the format of the destination volume will mot occur but the clone operation will be performed with the other settings currently assigned O Cm Figure 8 Volume Format Warning Dialog Once your settings are complete click the Start button and the operation will begin If you have selected to
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17. mode specifies whether bruCLONE will start as a full application or simply start in CLONE Watch mode Page 8 bruCLONE User s Guide When running in CLONE Watch mode the values set in the CLONE Watch Preferences tab determine the period between the reminder level changes bruCLONE Preferences Set the value in hours that apply to the CLONE Watch 48 Green Reminder Value This is the minimum number of hours that can elapse before your potential data loss can cause excessive recovery work Set the value based on the frequency at which data changes or new data is added to your system drive We recommend 48 hours 2 days for an average business desktop or 96 hours 4 days for an average home user This is the number of hours between clone operations that can cause system recovery to be more difficult If a clone does not occur between the Green and Amber settings the loss of data could be more drastic It is important to at least perform an Incremental Update during this period between the Green and Amber values We recommend 168 hours 7 days for a business desktop and 336 hours 14 days for a home user 2 Hours between Red Level Warnings Figure 4 Preferences CLONE Watch Settings From 0 hours since the last successful clone to the number of hours entered in the Green Reminder Value field the CLONE Watch icon will have a green background The number entered in this field should relate to how often you create or change
18. on start the application and check the Use BRUXPAT exclusions file checkbox as shown in Figure 11 Upuate Wicrerrnierntdal WM Exclude unnecessary files Edit Ready CLONE Watch Start Figure 11 BRUXPAT Selection Once checked the Edit push button will be enabled Click the Edit button to open the Excluded Patterns Editor bruCLONE Excluded Patterns Editor Excluded Files and Paths Trashes cache Caches Cache Network Network automount automount var vm var wm var run var run Cancel Save Figure 12 BRUXPAT Contents Edit Dialog The default BRUXPAT file that is included with bruCLONE takes into account most unnecessary files but you may add or remove files based on your specific requirements Page 14 bruCLONE User s Guide Enter the File Path or Pattern to exclude Figure 13 Add exclusion Patterns for matching can be explicit patterns such as Users joesmith Documents My Excluded Document pages or wildcards may be used pages The first example would ONLY exclude the exact file listed while the second would exclude any file folder actually for Pages that ends in pages anywhere on the source volume s filesystem To remove an entry from the current list select the entry in the listbox and then click the button or hit the Backspace or delete key on the keyboard Incremental Updates Incremental updat
19. plication kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS YOU MUST NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk 1 LICENSE AND USE RESTRICTIONS Subject to all other terms of this Agreement including the payment of any applicable fees TOLIS hereby grants to Client a non exclusive non transferable license without the right to grant sublicenses to use one 1 copy of the Software solely for Client s own internal purposes If the Software is BRU PE Personal Edition this license is granted for non commercial use only For purposes of this Agreement noncommercial use means solely for the personal use of the natural person who is the licensee hereunder The foregoing license includes the right of Client to make a reasonable number of copies of the computer programs contained in the Software solely for backup and archival purposes provided however that all such copies shall be deemed Software for purposes of this Agreement The foregoing license shall terminate immediately and without notice for any breach of this Agreement by Client including any failure to pay fees when due Upon any such termination Client shall immediately destroy or delete any and all Software and promptly confirm in writing that Client has done so For bruCLONE this license is assigned to one specific computer system and may not be used on multiple systems even
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