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1. Documents and Settings and newer than 1 April 2002 cli u admin p pass fd 04 01 2002 fext XLS fp C Documents and Settings restore To cancel the current running task on a remote backup service running on 192 168 20 99 eli u admin p pass h 192 168 20 99 cancel 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 24 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 4 6 Dynamic Profiling Dynamic Profiling enables your Backup Administrator to propagate certain client side settings from the StorageCenter to your Backup Client Note These settings take priority over any settings specified in the Backup Client They include e Changing the backup schedule e Specifying file and folder selections and exclusions e Adding additional filters to the filter list e Most Options and Settings found in the Tools menu When the Backup Client connects to the StorageCenter it will receive a list of any Dynamic Profiling settings specified by the Backup Administrator and these changes are implemented in the Backup Client You can manually connect to the StorageCenter by clicking on the Retrieve Settings button in the Account and Security Options section to update Dynamic Profiling settings Profiled settings are greyed out and cannot be modified from within the Backup Client 3 4 7 Language If multiple languages are available the Backup Client will select and display the default OS language You have the opt2. away gif 1 KB 10 O03 2 06 04 Volumes System 10 4 5 Liprary Printers EPSON Helo Help_ ColorManag CLEAR GIF 1 KB 11 02 72 06 04 fLibrary Printers EPSOW Help Help_A PrintOptionl 1 nelp Contents Resour BACK_IMG GIF 2 KB 18 O2 2 06 04 2 Volumes System 10 4 5 Library Printers Canon BJPrinter Resources Help 3ebk gif 1 KB 22 04 2 O6 04 fuse share httpd icons small text gif 1 KB 16 12 1 0656 04 2 Applications DVD Player app Contents Resources English lproj DWD Playe zoom gif 8 KB 037 05 72 06 04 22 Volumes System 10 4 5 Library Printers Canon BJPrinter Resources Help point gif 1 KB 22 04 2 O6 04 fopt apached manual images mod_rewrite_fig2 gif 2 KB 21 11 72 06 04 Volumes System 10 4 5 Library Printers EPSON Help Help_A PrintOption BACK_IMG GIF Z KB 29 05 72 06 04 fusr snhare doc cups images logo gif 1 KB 21 03 72 O6 04 Molumes System 10 4 5 System Library Tcl bwidgetl images question gif 1 KB 23 08 2 06 04 2 Volumes System 10 4 5 Library Printers EPSON Help Help_aA PrintSettingl TOCD GIF 1 KB 17 06 2 06 04 Volumes System 10 4 5 System Library PreferencePanes Ink prefPane Co verticalspace gif 1 KB 22 O08 O6 04 Library Printers EPSON Help Help_A ColorManagement help Contents R LEFT_CM GIF 7 KB 14 06 2 06 04 72 System Library Frameworks JavaDirectToWeb framework WebServerReso YesMetalBtn gif
3. even if there were no changes made to the backup set With this setting enabled the StorageCenter will always be up to date with the latest backup date SSL Encryption can be disabled to improve the transfer time during the backup and restore processes Note By disabling SSL encryption you are lowering the security level when transferring files to and from the StorageCenter This setting should only be used in a secure environment Complete compression patching before sending data to the StorageCenter Enable this option if you do not want to make use of multiple thread backups to speed up the backup process typically needed when using a dial up account With this setting enabled the Backup Client will compress all new files and patch all modified files before starting to transmit data to the StorageCenter Verify account limit before compression patching With this setting enabled the Backup Client verifies the backup account limit on the StorageCenter before starting with the compression and or patching processes It is useful to flag account limit issues before starting with these processes Number of Backup Restore attempts before cancelling By default the Backup Client tries to connect to the StorageCenter four times before cancelling the backup process If you have a poor connection to the Internet you may want to consider increasing the number of attempts The backup will continue from the previous point of failure It will not resen
4. useful to verify that your account limit has been modified after requesting a change from your Backup Administrator or to update Backup Group Profiling settings Account Setup If you need to change your password or encryption key select either the Change Password or Change Encryption Key buttons Changing your encryption key involves intensive processing on the StorageCenter and may take several minutes It should therefore not be done unless your encryption key was compromised Security Settings The Security window allows you to select whether the Backup Client should remember the backup account password when running a backup or a restore There are three options available e Remember password for backup and restore The Backup Client remembers the user password when doing a backup or restore This is the default setting e Prompt for password on restore The Backup Client prompts for the user password during the restore process e Prompt for password to open the backup client and to restore Use this option to enable access control The Backup Account password must be supplied before you will be able to open the backup client to change the backup selection or any of the application settings Backups will continue as normal 3 3 2 Connections Connection Settings In this section you can change the connection that the Backup Client must use to connect to the StorageCenter You can choose between a network permanent or dial up connect
5. Performance and Limits Processor Usage and Disk Access The Backup Client uses a fair portion of the available processor power to patch compress and encrypt files while during the backup process If you use the computer at the same time you may experience some performance deterioration You can lessen this effect by lowering the Processor Usage Disk Access is another setting that you can modify to limit performance deterioration If this setting is set to high the Backup Client will continuously use all available disk access to write to the disk ensuring that the process completes as fast as possible The process will take longer if you lower this setting but your other applications will still function without any interruptions Limits Outgoing transfer limit The outgoing transfer bandwidth can be limited in kBytes second in case you need to allocate only a certain amount of bandwidth to the Backup Client Backup size restriction You can limit the total amount of data that may be transferred during each backup Note If you enable this option it may take several backups before all your files are backed up to the StorageCenter This feature is especially useful if you have a poor Internet connection and you encounter problems with transferring large backups Backup cycle The Backup Client can be configured to cycle the backup process until all selected data has been transferred to the StorageCenter by automatically initiating subsequen
6. SHA 1 integrity checking connection to transfer the data Signed SSL certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists CRLs are used to verify server integrity Data is stored using 448 bit Blowfish encryption to encode the data on the Server This is considerably greater than the encryption used for Internet banking and online credit card transactions Your encryption key is seen as a passphrase by the StorageCenter A random encryption key is automatically generated when any account is created and this random key and not the passphrase specified by you is used to encrypt your files The encryption key is protected by the passphrase your encryption key and without this passphrase you cannot decode the actual encryption key When you change the encryption key in the Backup Client the actual key is decrypted and re encrypted with the new passphrase The data is never touched All data since the initial backup is encrypted with the same random encryption key even when the passphrase is changed If you change your encryption key you do not have to remember the previous encryption keys for future restores the Backup Client will be able to retrieve the data from the StorageCenter Your encryption key is not stored anywhere on the StorageCenter and is only known to you If you forget this encryption key it will render your data unrecoverable Blowfish Encryption Blowfish is an encryption algorithm It is a symmetric block cipher which us
7. 1 KB 29 10 1 06 04 Library Printers Canon BJPrinter Utilities BJPrinterUtiliry app Contents Res pci pc gif 1 KB 14 07 2 O6 04 L Restore Close Help To search for files from previous backup sets enable the Search through previous backups on server checkbox File dates can also be specified and you can and limit the number of results that must be displayed Note The Backup Date is used if you enable Search file dates and not the file create or file modified dates To restore the located files select them individually and then click on the Restore button 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 13 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 3 Options and Settings From this Tools menu option you can view and configure the primary Backup Client options and settings To open this section select Options from the Tools menu The various options and settings are grouped in the left hand pane according to their functions Note Please read through this section carefully before you change any of these settings Incorrect settings could cause serious problems or even stop the Backup Client from protecting your data 3 3 1 Account and Security Account Information This section displays your backup account information as it is stored in the StorageCenter You can use the Retrieve Settings button to update your account settings from the StorageCenter This tool is
8. Backup Client is required and must be installed on the computer from where you want to use the CLl bat file Remote Management must be enabled in the Backup Client and a username and password set for any commands to work Run cli configure account remote to run the Setup Wizard or to enable Remote Management in the Backup Client You can also specify the host address with the h command See examples below Usage cli u user p password restore dates status backup cancel h host pt port rd restoredateidx rp restorepath original fd filterdate fp filterpath fext filterext compression on off overwrite Note e rp lt restorepath gt must be an absolute path and the service must have full access rights to the directory e When restoring the default policy is to skip existing files Specify overwrite to overwrite existing files Examples To start a backup on the local machine using the default port cli u admin p pass backup To see the status of a currently running task in the backup service cli u admin p pass Status To see a list of available backup dates to restore from cli u admin p pass dates To start a restore from the last backup made extracting files to the default restore temporary directory cli u admin p pass restore To restore from a different date use the dates command to get a date index cli u admin p pass rd 2 restore To restore all XLS files starting with the path C
9. Technical User Manual Server Edition for MAC OS X Version 5 0 Septe embe ieee Version P SWISSVAULT the backup butler of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server Table of contents 1 INTRODUC ION asrin a ANS 3 1 1 CY ENEE ENE MAE A E NE O A EENET E A E E E E 3 1 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS sresacedetowaacsnkocccundsewsbaseemadeandcsncansoehidennatves tensaw bdustoedemeasecedeiebseseusheondaseasnGeen 4 2 INSTALLATION oe O E 5 2 1 iiia e a A e e EE E A EE E EE E A E EE E E E 5 2 2 BACKUP MONITOR a 7 2 3 SERVER EDITION AUTO UBDATE oranan raran raran r aranan annaran anaana nnan 8 3 BACKUP CLIENT cs ss sss sese eaae aeaaaee aeaaaee aaaea aaaeeeaa 9 3 1 gs ale BACKUP TTT 10 3 2 TV kaei 1 TO TTT 12 3 3 OPTIONS AND SETTING G cereri A iecanceeaa seca 14 3 4 ADDITIONAL SETTINGS ccccecccceccccececceccccecuccecueuecucaecacueuececauuecsuuecsuaecseaecseececuesecauaecsuaeuecsuaecass 21 3 5 EMAIL NO7 TON 26 4 SECURITY e cele soaraetweseecasweesccactasueceekeudcecsssetceseuacceceneaeser 27 5 SWISSVAULT SUpPPORT sss sese 28 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 2 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 1 Introduction Congratulations on choosing SWISSVAULT Critical Data Storage We believe you will find SWISSVAULT to be the most secure scalable and efficient solution in addressing the business risk associated with the protectio
10. The Backup Client will connect to the StorageCenter and configure your account A message will be displayed to confirm that your account was created successfully Click OK to close the message box Next you must select files and folders to create your selection list The Backup Monitor must be launched when your Mac is started to initiate automatic backups in the background at the scheduled times The Backup Monitor is added to the list of applications to start during the login process by default This is configured by clicking on the Launch at login entry in the Backup Monitor icon in the Dock The Server Edition backup client can be opened from the Backup Monitor Click and hold on the Backup Monitor icon in the Dock until a menu is displayed and click Open 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 7 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 2 3 Server Edition Auto Update As from Version 5 the Backup Client will automatically receive software upgrades during scheduled backups should there be an update available on the StorageCenter and if Auto Update is enabled for the particular Group in the StorageCenter Console Nothing needs to be configured in the Backup Client Note that after an auto update you must restart the Backup Client GUI before the new version will be visible You are advised to keep the GUI closed when not used 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 8 o
11. The next sections describe how to select files and folders for backup how to add filters to folders to automate the file selection of certain file types and how to backup your files to the StorageCenter 3 1 1 Selecting Files for Backup To select files that you would like to backup click on the E Backup Selection tab The folder structure of your computer is displayed in the left hand pane If you click on a folder its contents will be displayed in the right hand pane Subfolders are only shown in the left hand pane Once a file or folder is selected for backup any changes additions or deletions to that file or folder are automatically backed up To select an individual file Browse to the individual file that you would like to backup In the right hand pane Command click on the file and choose Select or click in the box next to the file A selected file is displayed with a green icon To deselect a file you can either Command click on the box again or Commana click on the file and Deselect it Folders that have some files selected are displayed with a L green tint To select an entire folder Ctrl click on the folder and select Include Folder Included folders are displayed with a L green folder All files in the included folder and its subfolders are now selected for backup Any changes made within this folder or its subfolders will automatically be included as well To deselect a folder Ctrl click on the folder name and select Desel
12. a group on the StorageCenter during the installation The Group Administrator oversees all group members using the Backup Monitor The StorageCenter administrator uses the StorageCenter Console to manage the entire StorageCenter including all the different groups 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 3 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 1 2 System Requirements Operating System Mac OS X from version 10 4 Processor amp Memory e PowerPC G3 G4 or G5 processor e Intel Core please note that a separate installer is required for the Intel platform Memory Memory requirements mainly depend on the amount of files selected for backup e Required 256MB memory above operating requirements e Recommended 512MB memory above operating requirements Disk Space e Required 50 MB plus space for local cache e Recommended Amount of free space equal to the backup account limit if Binary Patching is enabled The space requirement for Delta Blocking is considerably less Please refer to the Patching section in Chapter Three for more information File Server The local cache can be as large as the total size of all files selected for backup A file selection of 10 GB needs up to 10 GB free space for the cache Database Space is needed for the data dump which can be as large as the database as well space for the cache which is compressed version of the database Assuming 1 2 compre
13. ackup dates Select the files and or folders you want to restore To select a single file Command click on the file and click on Select or you can click in the box next to the file To select an entire folder Ctrl click on the folder and then choose Select folder Selected files are displayed with green icons To start the restore process select Restore from the File menu or click on the Restore button in the toolbar Note Automatic backups are disabled during the restore process The Backup Client will prompt for a restore location to where the file s must be restored If you select Original location the files will automatically be restored to the same location from where they were backed up Note If you choose this option the restored files will overwrite any existing files with the same name in that location You will be warned before the Backup Client overwrites any files If you do not want to overwrite the current copy of these files select the Folder option The default path is a Restore subdirectory in your user account home folder You can also Browse to another folder if you want to restore the files to a different location Restore Options Recreate directory By default the folder structure is recreated in the restore folder If you structure want all files to be restored to one location uncheck the Recreate folder structure option Note If you are restoring files from different folders with the same filename y
14. al file Browse to the t individual file that you would like to backup In Network the right hand pane right click on the file and gt L opt choose select or click in the box next to the P private file A selected file is displayed with a green sbin icon To deselect a file you can either click on E Shared Items the box again or right click on the file and amp SVDATA deselect it Folders that have some files System selected are displayed with a t green tint C2 TEST v Users To select an entire folder Right click on the K gt admin folder L and select Include Folder You can Shared also use the left mouse button to highlight the folder and then Include the folder from the 4 psr Selection menu Included folders are displayed f Volumes with a LF green folder All files in the included folder and its subfolders are now selected for backup Any changes made within this folder or its subfolders will automatically be included as well To deselect a folder right click on the Ready Last backup 16 03 2008 15 00 58 inline nama and eninn Nasalant lla k form While you are using the Backup Client you may select Help from the Help menu should you require any help This additional windowpane on the right of the window above will guide you through the operation of the Backup Client 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 9 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 1 How to Backup
15. be able to check uncheck the Use proxy settings for snapshot backup If this option is checked the Proxy server will be used for communications to the File Server If it is unchecked the Proxy server will only be used for communications to the Name Server Click on Ok to accept these settings e Select all the files that must be backed up and select Backup Now from the File menu These files will be compressed and backed up to the Snapshot server Note that the user account will be disabled after a snapshot backup This is to ensure that the user will not initiate another backup before the data has been transferred to the StorageCenter 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 22 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server SnapShot Restores After the required folders have been moved to the Snapshot DR server by the backup administrator move the Snapshot DR server to the LAN where the Backup Client is located Ensure that you can ping the server from another computer on the network Make a note of the IP address Hostname The following settings must be configured in the Backup Client e Open the Backup Client Select Snapshot from the Tools menu and click on Recover In the Recovery settings window supply the DR server address as well as the server port Port 8443 is the default port Click in the checkbox next to Do restores from recovery server to enable the Backup Client to restore from th
16. ccess and Remote Management Settings configure the Backup Client from the StorageCenter Remote Management enables you to remotely access and configure the Backup Client Console from the StorageCenter Console v Enable Remote Management To enable this feature select Remote Management from the Tools menu and enable the checkbox next to Enable Remote Management The Allow SC controlled access Y Allow SC controlled access option enables backup administrators with the correct Port 9091 access permissions to use their StorageCenter User Bindto All available IP addresses Access Management username and password to connect to and administer this Backup Client If you disable this checkbox StorageCenter administrators will not have ow custom access remote access SEETI Password Remote Management Services Only Specify the port number the default port is 9091 that must be used for Remote Management If the server has Cancel Help multiple IP addresses available you can specify whether the Remote Service must bind to All or Only to one IP by specifying the address in the textbox Enable the Allow custom access option and supply a username and password if you do not want to make use of the above mentioned StorageCenter Access Accounts This custom access username and password must be specified in the StorageCenter Console to gain remote access Click OK to save you settings After the service has been restarted click o
17. cify hourly backups E Cancel Help Backup logs can be viewed in the Logs tab Backup entries are marked in blue Note You are advised not to disable automatic backups as you will then have to manually backup your files 3 3 4 Disk Usage Working Folders If you have limited space on the drive where the Account and Security Disk Usage Comecon Wag Folders Backup Client is installed you can move the S tee ee eee Cache Logs Temporary folders and the selection mammoa renen se fades the sem dona database to another location The Temp folder is torna paed gaead used for temporary workspace when the files are e SS un i Patched compressed and encrypted the Logs L RIE NU CR folder stores all backup and restore logs and the Cache Cache folder keeps a local compressed and alaa Ta encrypted copy of the selected files for a specified Sanies i amount of days The selection database compares the latest backup selection with the previous backup to determine the changes Egk carce Help Note Always keep these folders and the selection database on the same drive If you move these folders and the database to a network share please ensure that the Backup Client has the correct permissions to reconnect to that share Cache When modifications are made to a file the Backup Client only transmits the changes to that file as opposed to transmitting the complete file again This is accomplished by keeping a compressed copy of the fil
18. d the entire backup Connection Retries By default the Backup Client will try to reconnect to the StorageCenter after 60 seconds should the connection be dropped This setting enables you to increase decrease the duration between the retries Socket Timeout The socket timeout is by default 60 seconds If the Backup Client is connected to the StorageCenter and there is no communications between the two this amount in seconds is the duration that the Backup Client will stay connected before dropping the connection 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 17 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 3 9 Patching Patching is the process by which only the differences in files are extracted to minimize the amount of data that has to be transferred to the StorageCenter There are two types of patching available binary patching the default and delta blocking Binary Patching Binary patching is the most effective ons and Settings form of patching It iS very C PU Account and Security Patching f f f Connects Binary Patchin intensive but will deliver the smallest scse scheduie Sa Disk Usage A Binary Patching limit can be configured and when this limit is reached patches The process is only possible if tS patching will be aborted and the complete file will be transmitted to the StorageCenter a complete copy of an older version of woe econ A Enable patching li
19. e Database Applications SWISSVAULT app Coments Resources Browse E3 SWISSVAULT the beckuo Dutier deip lt Bac Ne Cance Plugin Configuration The following plugins can be configured now or you can configure them later via th E Tools gt Piugins m nu opton Configurable Plugins Emal Noo cation Plugin v2 9 Configure SWISSVAULT the Dackuo Dutier teip Bac O Next gt gt Cancel Confirm your account settings f the settings below are correct then click Next otherwise c as Y 63 settings Summary You have entered the following information Account Name MACOSXSERVER Connection method Local Area Network Automatic backups Backup daily at 19H00 SWISSVAULT the Backuo Dutier delp Bac Ne Cance 2 2 Backup Monitor User Manual Server Edition for MAC OS X Server Step 6 of 8 If you have limited space on the drive where the Backup Client is installed you can move the Cache Logs Temporary folders and the selection database to another location Note always keep these folders and the selection database on the same drive volume Step 7 of 8 You can select any of the available plug ins in this step and click on Configure to enable and configure the plug in s Alternatively you can access and configure them later from the Tools menu Note that the plug in Email Notification is shipped with the Backup Client Click Next to continue Step 8 of 8 Confirm that the information you supplied is correct and click Next
20. e DR server and not to the actual StorageCenter Click on Ok to accept these settings e Open the Restore tab and select Previous Backups The Backup Client will connect to the DR box and retrieve a list of all the available backup dates From here the user will be able to restore large amounts of data Remember to remove the tick mark in the checkbox after the restore 3 4 4 Archive References Archive References enables you to view backups that have been archived to another storage device e g to tape These files are marked with a greyed out folder in the Restore tab You can search through the available archived backups but they cannot be restored from the Backup Client After you have found the files that you want to restore contact your backup administrator and request that the archived backup is moved back to the StorageCenter Thereafter you will be able to restore the files These archives are only available if it has been enabled by the Backup Administrator 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 23 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 4 5 Command Line Backup and Restore You can use the command line interface to remotely run the Setup Wizard enable SE Remote Management and to send a wide range of backup and restore commands to any Server Edition backup client in your organisation The CLl bat file is included with each Server Edition installation file Note that the SE
21. e in a local cache and then using a sophisticated patching technique to extract the difference between the file in the cache and the one ready to be backed up Files are only kept in the cache for a certain amount of days Files are added to the Cache folder if the file was modified within the Days to keep files in Cache window Once a file has been flushed from the cache a full copy must be backed up when any modifications are made to the file The longer files are kept in the cache the better the chance of only transmitting patches instead of full copies and thus reducing the amount of data that needs to be transmitted If you have limited disk space you may want to consider shortening the time files are kept in the cache 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 15 of 28 User Manual Server Edition for MAC OS X Server of SWISSVAULT the backup butler Note If you select 0 days patching is disabled any files in the Cache folder will be deleted and complete files are backed up to the server during each backup To delete the current cache use the Clear Cache button If you delete the cache full copies of your selected files will be re sent to the server during the next backup You may notice that the Backup Client will log the message Doing monthly cache cleanup once a month This maintenance task is to ensure that the cache folder is up to date by deleting any files that fall outside the Days to keep files in Cache window 3 3 5
22. ect Folder from the selection list To exclude a file or folder If an entire folder is included but you want to exclude a particular file or subfolder Ctrl click on the file or folder and select Exclude Excluded items are displayed with red icons or amp red folders Folders that have been selected but have some files or subfolders excluded are green with a red I tint To verify the size of your backup select Calculate Size from the File menu or click on the Size button in the toolbar If your backup set is larger than your allocated limit you have to reduce the size of your selection To remove files Ctrl click on a file that you want to exclude and click on Deselect Alternatively you can ask your backup administrator to upgrade your account limit If you do not want to wait for the next automated backup you can select Backup Now from the File menu to manually start the backup process Note The Backup Client compares your backup account size with the size of your backup selection at the beginning of the backup process The backup process will stop and an error message will be displayed if the selection size is over your account limit 3 1 2 Filters You can use a filter to automate the file selection of particular file types from a specific folder and its subfolders For example a doc filter will include all existing Word documents as well as any new Word documents that may be added later To add a filter to a specific folder Ctr
23. es as some files may already be compressed or cannot be compressed at all The Backup Client could spend some time and processing usage to try and compress these files This filter enables you to specify a list of file extensions that must not be compressed during the backup process The list of file types already specified are types known for not compressing well E Ok 9 Cancel Help 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 16 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 3 7 Global Exclusions SWISSVAULT SE enables you to specify File and Folder Exclusions These files and folders are excluded from the backup selection no matter where they are located on the available drives or volumes Note these entries are case sensitive you have to ensure that you specify exact matches To add an exclusion click on Add folder or Add file specify the name and click OK Folders are displayed with and files with 7 To modify any of the exclusions select the entry and click on Edit or double click on the exclusion name To remove an entry select the file and click Remove Click on Ok at the bottom of the Exclusions section to save your changes Excluded files are displayed with and folders with 2 in the Backup Client 3 3 8 Advanced Options Options and Retries The Backup Client can be configured to Always connect to the StorageCenter during each backup to update its last backup date stamp
24. es a variable length key from 32 bits to 448 bits SWISSVAULT uses the maximum strength 448 bit key SSL Communication The Secure Sockets Layer SSL is a commonly used protocol for managing the security of data transmission SWISSVAULT SE makes use of the SSL protocol 2048 bit RSA key exchange 128 bit RC4 stream cipher and SHA 1 integrity checking for secure communication between the Backup Clients and the StorageCenter including data transmission 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 27 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 5 SWISSVAULT Support Please do not hesitate to contact us in case of any questions Note You ideally reach us by email support swissvault ch where we will reply instantly SWISSVAULT AG Haldenstrasse 5 CH 6340 Baar Switzerland Email support swissvault ch Hotline 41 0 900 782 858 CHF 2 from the 3 minute Fax 41 0 41 726 03 27 Homepage www swissvault ch 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 28 of 28
25. evious backups available on the StorageCenter for this particular account Initiate a backup by clicking on the Backup button in the toolbar or Backup Now from the File menu The backup account is automatically disabled after a Snapshot backup to ensure that the data can be moved to the StorageCenter before the next backup is initiated Your backup administrator will move the local snapshot folder to the StorageCenter and your account will be enabled again Snapshot to a Snapshot server A few steps are necessary to ensure that everything is in place to backup to the Snapshot server e Connect the Snapshot server to the LAN where the Backup Client is located e Ping the Snapshot server from the Backup Client computer to establish whether you can communicate with the Snapshot server Make a note of the IP address Hostname The following settings must be configured in the Backup Client Create an account for the specific Backup Client but do not backup any files to the account e In the Backup Client select Snapshot from the Tools menu and click on Backup In the Snapshot backup settings window supply the Snapshot backup server address as well as the server port The default port is 8443 Click in the checkbox next to Do next backup to snapshot backup server to enable the Backup Client to send the next backup to the Snapshot server and not to the actual StorageCenter If the Backup Client is configured to connect through a Proxy server you will
26. f 28 SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 Backup Client SWISSVAULT Server Edition keeps your most valued data secure It allows you to select files and initiate backups and to restore lost or corrupted files You can also find and restore files from previous backups and schedule automatic backups SWISSVAULT V5 0 2 ala DI Qle ole SWISSVAULT mars Beg Seay ag pee Bool fas sag Go back to Main Menu Backup Size Restore Find Options Scheduling Help ATTIX the backup butler L Backup Selection S Restore Logs Selecti electing LF ig cS uN L My Computer files for SWISSVAULT fseventsd bash_history 7 KB 02 04 2008 04 the backup butler HFS Private Directory Da CFUserTextEncoding 1 KB 31 03 2006 04 backup BB t Spotlight V100 DS_Store 12 KB 26 02 2008 08 l gt L Temporaryitems Bild 2 png 989 KB 04 10 2006 02 S Sen Hen nat you would ise Daa L Trashes click on the gt Backup Selection tab The gt 17 vol folder structure of your computer is displayed in K Applications the left hand pane If you click on a folder its contents will be displayed in the right hand gt L automount pane Subfolders are only shown in the left hand t bin pane Once a file or folder is selected for backup i cores any changes additions or deletions to that file or gt to dev folder are automatically backed up I Groups z gt ED Library To select an Individu
27. he backup butler H 3 2 2 Finding Files The Find files in Backups option enables you to search through your previous backups to find a specific file You have the option to do a local search from your last backup or you can connect to the StorageCenter to search through your previous backups To search for a file from your latest backup select Find files in backups from the File menu or click User Manual Server Edition for MAC OS X Server on the Find button in the toolbar Enter the filename in the textbox and click on Find Example If you enter help in the textbox the Backup Client will display a list of all backed up files from your last backup that contain help in either the filename or the folder Note You can use the and wildcards for advanced search queries to find the files that you are looking for ao lt Find Files in Backups Find GIF Find v Search through previous backups on StorageCenter Search backup dates Limit number of results to 10 Applications DVD Player app Contents Resources Dutch proj DVD Player num2 gif 1 KB 25 10 2 06 04 Liprary Printers Canon B Printer Utilities B PrinterUtility app Contents Res 15bk gif 1 KB 14 O 2 O6 04 Liprary Printers Canon B Printer Resources Help CanonBJ230 help Conte 5_title gif 1 KB 14 05 2 06 04 2 Volumes System 10 4 5 Applications iChat app Contents Resources ko lp
28. ion The Dial up Settings button is enabled if you select the Dial up option Click on this button to select an existing dial up connection configured on the computer and supply the username and password for that Internet connection Proxy Server Enable the Use a proxy server for you network or dial up connection checkbox if you connect to the Internet via a proxy server and supply the necessary information 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 14 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 3 3 Backup Schedule The Backup Client can be scheduled to Account and Security Backup Schedule Connections a backup your selected files and folders aily Automatic Backups S A renra T automatically Note that if you configure Performance and Limits Backup automatically everyday the Backup Client to backup at night the System Filters s srera Spe Ef 791098 S server must be powered but you do not a Advanced Schedule have to be logged in The backup x gat Roga No Advanced Schedule x pom P D Backup at the following specified times schedule can be changed by selecting Week Day Additional Schedule Automatic Backups from the Tools ce menu or by clicking on the Scheduling Tuesday vaca button in the toolbar Friday Saturday Sunday Use the Daily Automatic Backups Backup time H 12 H00 639 section to configure a once off daily backup The Advanced Schedule can be used to spe
29. ion to change this setting From the View Menu go to Languages and select one of the available options 3 4 8 Look amp Feel You have the option to change the look and feel of the Backup Client From the View Menu go to Look amp Feel and select one of the available options 3 4 9 Advanced Settings in the properties files Please note that this section should only be used if you are familiar with the SWISSVAULT Server Edition software These settings can cause your backup client to stop working if not configured correctly Server Edition default port The Server Edition default port is used to communicate via TCP IP It is possible that a different application also uses the same port In this case the default port has to be changed To change the SE service default port close the SWISSVAULT SE program and the Backup Monitor program Browse to the folder where SWISSVAULT SE is installed the default folder is Applications SWISSVAULT Contents Resources and open the adbackup properties file Add the entry service port 10001 and replace 10001 with the port number that you want to use Start the SWISSVAULT SE program again and confirm that you can initiate a backup and transfer data to the StorageCenter 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 25 of 28 User Manual Server Edition for MAC OS X Server of SWISSVAULT the backup butler 3 5 Email Notification The Email Notification enables you to receive email notification on backu
30. l click on the folder select Filters and choose one of the available filters from the list A few filters have been provided for you to start with You can create modify and delete any of the filters To modify a filter Ctrl click on any folder select Filters and click on Edit filters Select one of the filters and Add or Remove any of the file types The New filter option allows you to add additional filters Supply a name that describes the filter and then enter the file type s Example AutoCAD users may want to only select their drawing files as the rest are generated by AutoCAD and do not need to be backed up The filter could be called Drawings and the filter type would be dwg 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 10 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server Files that are included by applying a filter are displayed with the green selection icons with a blue checkbox for files and L lt for folders Filtered files or folders cannot be deselected but you can exclude particular filtered files or folders by Ctrl clicking on the file or folder and then selecting Exclude A filtered folder with exclusions is displayed with a red tint More than one filter can be applied to a specific folder To remove filters from a folder Ctrl click on the folder select Filters and clear the checkbox next to the specific filter s that you want to remove 3 1 3 Profiled Selections You may n
31. mits the file is available in the cache vs Options sel gal when a consecutive non matching 2MB blocks Furthermore the patch must be applied Mandatory Patching pala sacking to the file in the local cache which will piai Delta Blocking is faster than Binary Patching and does not needa S S S complete copy of the file in the cache It will however create larger require additional processing x Note that patches and therefore use more disk space on the StorageCenter old copies are periodically flushed from Brite Sita Rocking to v Files larger than 1000 MB the cache refer to the Disk Usage section for more information _ Files with these extensions Binary Patching is enabled by default and nothing needs to be configured in this tab for normal use GOED Cancel _ Help Enable patching limits It is possible that a file is modified in such a way that it becomes unfeasible to patch it An example would be a database that is re indexed In such a case the patching can take extremely long it may exceed your backup window and will eventually create a patch that is the same size as the complete file It is better to abort the patching and rather just compress the new file and transfer it to the StorageCenter The patching limit allows you to specify when the backup client will decide to rather abort the patch and send a full copy of the file To specify patching limits enable the checkbox next to Enable patching limits and specify the a
32. modify the email subject Note that the account name is automatically included in the subject e g Backup Completed User One If Notify me after a successful backup is enabled you can choose whether Warnings and or Errors must be highlighted in the email subject by enabling the checkbox next to Append the subject line with the following options and message An example of the message is displayed below the text box Supply the To and From email addresses and the SMTP server address and authentication settings if needed You can specify whether the backup log must be included in the email Choose between the Summary warnings and errors or the Entire log file as specified in the Advance Options Log level setting Click on Test to verify that the settings are correct A message will confirm if the email was sent successfully Click on OK to remove the message and OK again to close the Notification settings window The Email Notification is now activated and will start emailing reports during the next backup 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 26 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 4 Security SWISSVAULT SE uses a combination of Blowfish encryption and SSL secure data transmission to ensure the safety of your data When the Backup Client has to transfer data to the StorageCenter it connects using a secure SSL 2048 bit RSA key exchange 128 bit RC4 stream cipher and
33. mount of consecutive blocks When this amount is reached patching will be aborted and the complete file will be compressed and resent to the StorageCenter Patching Limits should only be enabled if you have serious patching issues with large files 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 18 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server Delta Blocking An alternative solution to determine the change between two versions of a file is Delta Blocking Note It is vital that you read through this section before enabling this option in your Backup Client The Delta Blocking process is significantly faster than Binary Patching and it does not require a complete copy of a file in the cache to calculate the patch only a footprint file The footprint files require very little free disk space as a single footprint file is only 0 0006 of the original file The patches are however much bigger than Binary patches so Delta Blocking should only be used if you backup to a local StorageCenter or if you have a very good Internet connection The StorageCenter also requires additional free hard disk space because of the larger patches Delta blocking patches are created by comparing blocks of data for any change since the last backup Enable the checkbox next to Enable Delta Blocking You can set the Delta Blocking file selection criteria in two ways either by file size or by file type Select the applicable c
34. n OK to close the window 3 4 2 Health Check The Backup Client Health Check provides information to pre emptively highlight possible issues for example free disk space problems or SE service access rights to files and folders It can also provide the estimated line speed to the StorageCenter Five sections are available e Memory Memory utilisation statistics from the last backup as well as overall memory usage to date Data Protected Information includes the number of files and directories selected for backup Disk Usage Free space availability for all local drives Line Speed Line Speed estimate to the File Server by transmitting data for 10 seconds Service Rights Information about the service account name and access rights to the working folders You can decide which checks you want to run by enabling disabling the checkboxes next to the entries Use the Show Last Health Check button to see the last report You have the option either Print or Export the Health Check reports 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 21 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 4 3 SnapShot Backup and Restore SnapShot Backup and Restore enables you to create a backup of your selected files on a local SnapShot server within your Local Area Network LAN This SnapShot server will then be physically moved to the server running the StorageCenter where the data will be transferred The S
35. n of critical data in a distributed environment If you experience any difficulty during the installation of SWISSVAULT please contact your software provider SWISSVAULT Server Edition SE is a remote storage solution that utilises client server architecture to securely replicate data from the client device to a central data server Data is compressed to minimise bandwidth utilisation and transferred using a secure SSL connection to the server The data is stored in an encrypted format using an encryption key known only to you SWISSVAULT minimises risk maximises productivity and allows businesses to regain control of their most valuable asset their data 1 1 Overview SWISSVAULT Server Edition manages the backup and retrieval of files and or folders on your server Selected files are backed up to the StorageCenter that is installed on a remote server This is shown in the following diagram ee ee m m wee ee eee ee ae ee re PAREA E a SWISSVAULT rr Administrator wib ps ti ti i its S SWISSYVAINT j 834 E SWISSVAULT StorageCenter StorageCenter 9 with optional Master Console WebAccess DP IPP LHH naar m i ieot pevar ee n SWISSVAULT TwinCenter Cae Firewall gt Laptop Servers Desktops and Laptops vith WebAccass _ with Backup Clients with Backup Clients Your Backup Client connects to
36. nd of the installation process SWISSVAULT SE and Backup Monitor Double click on the SWISSVAULT SE icon to start the Backup Client If you need to uninstall the Backup Client move these two shortcuts to the Trash folder When you open the Backup Client for the first time the Setup Wizard will start automatically You need to create an account for the Client on the StorageCenter before you can initiate any backups 2 1 The Setup Wizard Enter the SorageCenter connection settings Contact your SWISSVAULT Operator if you do not have the required information Step 1 of 8 Supply the correct StorageCenter and group settings anus talon lags The StorageCenter address is the IP address or DNS aine name of the Name Server that authenticates you me before you can backup or retrieve data The Group name specifies which group you will join and the Group create key is needed in order for the client to create an account in the specific group Click Next D Note Ensure that you enter the correct settings Contact your backup administrator if you are not sure about the settings Aba the backup Cutier Se nN ew sn g dlep2ofs If you are installing the backup software for the first ne eek time select I want to create a new backup ee ee account If you have an existing account that you want to reconnect to select the I want to reconnect to an existing backup account option Click Next to continue Note You cannot connect f
37. nt to resume the failed backup with a 30 second countdown If you select Yes the Backup Client will try to continue from where the process failed during the previous backup Select No to initiate a new backup or Cancel to return to the Backup Client Note A new backup will be initiated after the countdown has elapsed 3 1 6 Multiple Thread Backups SWISSVAULT Server Edition supports multiple thread backups Files are transferred to the StorageCenter using a second thread as soon as they are compressed or patched while the backup process continues to compress patch files using the first thread in the background This improves the total backup speed significantly Note this functionality is enabled by default To disable this feature please refer to the Advanced Options section later in the user manual 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 11 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 2 How to Restore The next section describes how to select the files that you want to restore how to search for specific backed up files and finally how to restore files from the StorageCenter 3 2 1 How to restore files and folders Open the Restore tab From this tab you can gain access to your backed up files Your latest backup is shown in the Last Backup folder If you expand the Previous Backups folder the Backup Client will connect to the StorageCenter and retrieve a list of all previous b
38. ondition s and supply the necessary information Both conditions can also be enabled by selecting both conditions and the and option Any recently changed files not matching these criteria will be patched using binary patching Note that some database files may not be suitable for binary patching since data is shifted at the beginning of the file When this happens it will result in a patch as large as the complete file It is advisable to closely monitor the sizes of the patches when Delta Blocking is enabled and rather disable it if it turns out to be ineffective 3 3 10 Mandatory Patching Mandatory files are scanned for changes regardless of whether it appears that they have changed since the last backup This is useful in situations where files are held open by an application internally the file changed but the change is not reflected in the last modified date on the file system or in the size of the file itself VSS enables the backup of these files without impacting the running application or corrupting the indicated file 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 19 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 3 11 Logging and senings _ The Logs tab in the backup client Account and Security Logging provides detailed information about each Connections Log File Content x l e n s You can specify the amount of detail and the content that should appear in the backup and
39. otice another group of icons in the Backup Client Dynamic Profiling selections which can be specified by the Backup Administrator are displayed with the following images for file inclusions for filtered inclusions and for excluded files On folder level the images are L for included folders for filtered folders and for excluded folders 3 1 4 Manual Backups After you have selected the files and folders for backup you can manually initiate the backup process by selecting Backup Now from the File menu or by clicking on the Backup button in the toolbar You may close the Backup Client after you have started the backup process by clicking Hide This will not cancel the backup process and you can at any stage open the Backup Client to view the progress of the backup Backup log information can be viewed in the Logs tab Backup entries are displayed in blue Note The backup selection list is automatically saved every 30 seconds Clicking on the Backup Monitor and selecting Backup Now will not backup any files selected within the last 30 seconds You have to close the Backup Client or wait a few seconds before these files will be saved 3 1 5 Backup Resume The Backup Client can try to resume a backup if the previous request failed for whatever reason If you select Backup Now from the File menu or you click on the Backup button in the toolbar and the previous backup was not successful the Backup Client will prompt Do you wa
40. ou must recreate the folder structure or they will overwrite each other Restore empty folders You can choose whether empty folders must be recreated if the Recreate directory structure option is enabled Overwrite files Enable this option if you do not want the Backup Client to prompt you before overwriting an existing file Use compression Tick the Use compression option to enable compression With this faster over the setting enabled the StorageCenter will compress the files before Internet transferring them to the Backup Client Note You are advised to always enable this setting if you have a slow connection to the Internet as the files are smaller with this option enabled Restore file and folder Disable this option if you do not want to restore the file and folder permissions permissions typically used after a complete server failure to restore files before users accounts are re created Restore directly to Enable this option to write the files directly to the specified folder without target location using a temporary working folder The restore process is faster with this option but file level resume is not possible and a complete file will be resent should there be a communications error between the StorageCenter and the Backup Client during the file transfer Restore log information can be viewed in the Logs tab Restore entries are displayed in green 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 12 of 28 SWISSVAULT t
41. p activity You can configure the plug in to notify you on a specified email address when a backup has been successful when it failed or both 3 5 1 Installing the Email Notification Plug in This plug in is included in the Server Edition installer as of v4 2 If it is not installed create a plug ins folder in the Backup Client install folder and save the supplied files to this folder After the extraction open the Backup Client interface 3 5 2 Configuration and Use ail Notincation setting To configure the Email Notification open vi Use email notification vi Notify me when a backup fails Messages Subject Backup Failed wi Notify me after a successful backup Messages Subject Backup Completed vi Append the subject line with the following options and message vi Warnings C4 Errors e g Backup Completed Warnings Errors encountered Please check Log encountered Please check Log Mail settings To admini yourdamain cam From backup yourdamain cam SMTP server smtp yourdomain com My SMTP server requires authentication Test v Attach log file Attachment settings fe Summary Warnings and errors Entire log file as per Advanced Options log level setting Ok Cancel the Tools menu select Plug ins and click on Email Notification Enable the checkbox next to Use Email notification to enable the plug in Select whether you would like to receive notification for successful and or failed backups You can
42. restore Th IS section Performance and Limits backup and restore log files enables you to modify the structure of System Filters Level of Detail All information B th fil Y ill ti Global Exclusions rere loa fil ese Og Hes OU WI notice an sali ETERA additional toolbar button when you open EEEE Pe You can a that old log files be deleted after a certain amount of days the Logs l tab the Su m mary button can S Delete log files older than days 40 Delete Older Logs Now filter the information to only display the last 14 lines Log File Content You can specify the level of information that must be included in the log files Choose between e Log all messages OK Lancet Help e Suppress detail messages e Only log errors and warnings Enable the Include date in log file time stamp checkbox to add the date to the backup and restore log files Automatic Log File Deletion A log file retention period can be enabled to delete files older than e g 30 days by enabling the checkbox and specifying the duration in days 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 20 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 3 4 Additional Settings The Tools menu provides you with various options and settings that you can modify to enhance and streamline your Backup Client You can also modify your account settings from this menu 3 4 1 Remote Management Remote Management enables you to remotely a
43. rom different servers to the same backup account Each server must have a separate account ao SWISSVAULT the Gactuo Dutier 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 5 of 28 SWISSVAULT the backup butler H Enter the new account details Choose and enter your preferred account name password and cme pign key Encryption Key Confirm key oh SWISSVAULT the Gackuo Dutier Help lt Back What kind of connection do you have lt atiect the type of connection that you use to conmect to the internet ofr SWISSVAULT the Dactuo Dutier Do you want to schedule automated backups Specify the backup schedule You are recommended to enable automatic backups Dally Automatic Backups No daily automatic backups TO dackup automatically everyday Backup time 19 HOO Ww Advanced Schedule Te No Advanced Schedule Backup at the following specified times Week Day Monday sd Sunday Backup time 12 HOO Gy SWISSVAULT the backuo Dutier 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Next gt Additional Schedule Next gt Pe Cancel o Cancel Pe Cance Version 5 User Manual Server Edition for MAC OS X Server Step 3 of 8 Choose and enter your backup username password and encryption key The backup username and password can consist of any keyboard combination between 4 and 20 characters The encryption key can be any keyboard combination between 8 and 55 characters Click Next No
44. ssion on a 10GB database you are recommended to have 15GB 10GB for the dump and 5GB for the cache free space available Minimum Video Settings e 800 x 600 Resolution 256 colours Other Hardware e Network interface card or a virtual network adapter card e CD ROM drive or Internet access to download and install the software Server Edition is also available for the following operating systems e Microsoft Windows Server 2000 and 2003 e Linux 2008 by SWISSVAULT AG Version 5 Page 4 of 28 of SWISSVAULT User Manual the backup butler Server Edition for MAC OS X Server 2 Installation To install SWISSVAULT Server Edition copy the SWISSVAULT Server Edition installation file to a local disk and then double click on the file Note ensure that you use the correct installer as there are separate installers for the Mac PowerPC and Intel Core processors A file SWISSVAULT pkg will be extracted Double click on this installation file to start the installation wizard Run through the installation steps and provide the necessary information e g the destination volume etc Note Please ensure that the drive where you install the Backup Client has enough free hard drive space to store a copy of the selected files For example if you want to backup 1GB of data there must be at least 1GB of free space available on the drive where you install the Backup Client Two shortcuts are automatically created in the Applications menu at the e
45. t backups This setting can only be enabled if a backup size restriction has been specified 3 3 6 System Filters System Exclusion Filter Account and Security Connections Backup Schedule Disk Usage Performance and Limits System Filters Global Exclusions Advanced Options Patching Mandatory Patching Logging System Filters System Exclusions Filter You can specify file extensions that must be excluded from the selection list at all times Files can also be excluded according to their modified date Note System exclusion filters are marked with a different icon in the Backup Client and cannot be selected for backup mp3 avi 01 04 2008 v Exclusions Filter v Do not back up files older than L dd mm yyyy No Compression Filter You can specify file extensions for which no compression will be used This is a global setting v Do not compress these file types zip cab gz bz2 rpm jpg The System Exclusions Filter enables you to specify any file types that you want to exclude from the backup selection list For example to exclude all MP3 and AVI files specify mp3 avi in the text box Separate entries with a semicolon You can also exclude files by enabling the Do not back up files older than checkbox and specifying a date Note that the Date Exclusions Filter uses the file modify date as reference and not the file create date No Compression Filter Compression is not effective on all file typ
46. te Do not forget your encryption key as you will not be able to retrieve your data without this encryption key Step 4 of 8 Select the connection type that you want to use to connect to the StorageCenter Use the Configure Proxy button to specify any Proxy settings needed for communications to the Internet Click Next to continue If you select the modem dialup connection the next step will prompt you to supply the connection that you want to use Step 5 of 8 In this step you can configure the daily and hourly automatic backup schedule The default backup time is 19h00 It is advised to backup at night when the server is not in use The server must be powered at the time of scheduled backups but you do not have to be logged in Note If you do not schedule any backups you will have to manually backup your data We strongly recommend that you run automated backups Page 6 of 28 SWISSVAULT the backup butler H Do you want to modify the default working folders You can move the Cache Log Temporary folders and the Selection Database to anothe 63 ocation if there is limeted space avaelable on the drive where the backup client is installed L wW ng Fold Note Always keep these folders on the same drive volume Temo plications SWISSVAULT app Contents Resources tolackup Brows Cache Applications SWISSVAULT app Contents Resources cache Browse Loas Apolications SWISSVAULT appi Contents Resources logs Brows
47. torageCenter is usually hosted at an off site Data Centre and this feature enables the backup administrator to reduce the initial backup window if there is a large amount of data that must be backed up typically across a slow internet network connection A similar procedure can be followed when restoring a large amount of data for example during a Disaster Recovery SnapShot Backups Note Only the backup administrator should configure or change these settings Two options are available in the Backup Client Snapshot to disk and Snapshot to Snapshot server Using the second option you must add a Snapshot server to your LAN initiate the backup and then connect the Snapshot server to the StorageCenter and transfer the data with the SnapShot Tool With the Snapshot to disk option you do not need any additional software simply create the Snapshot backup on disk and then transfer the data to the StorageCenter using e g an external drive Snapshot to Disk Open the Backup Client and select the files that must be backed up Select Snapshot from the Tools menu and click on Backup Enable the checkbox next to The next backup must be a Snapshot backup Send Snapshot to disk is selected by default Specify the location where you would like to create the Snapshot backup Enable the checkbox next to Update index from StorageCenter before Snapshot if you want to update the index file before initiating the Snapshot process typically if there are already pr
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