Solstice Backup 5.1 Administration Guide
    Title Page
    Proprietary Rights Notice
    Preface
    Who Should Use This Book
    About This Guide
    How This Book Is Organized
    Related Books
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    What Typographic Changes Mean
    Shell Prompts in Command Examples
    1. Introduction
    What Is Backup?
      Cross-Platform Management
      Performance
      Ease of Use
      Scalability
    Backup Product Family
      Server Products
      Client Products
      Other Products
    How Backup Works
    Backup Software License Modes
    Roadmap of Backup Configuration Tasks
    2. Getting Started
    Initial Administration Tasks
      Basic Configuration for the Backup Server
      Enabler Code Entry
      How to Enable Your Software Using the Command Line
      How to Enable Your Software Using the GUI
      How to Register and Authorize Your Software
      How to Remove an Enabler Code
      Device Configuration
      Volume Labels
    Preconfigured Resources
      Clients Resource
      Notifications Resource
      Label Template Resource
    3. Server and Storage Node Operations
    Client/Server Communication
    Permissions Management
    Storage Node Configuration
      Converting an Existing Backup Server to a Storage Node
    Scheduled Backup Configuration
      Backup Group Configuration
      How to Create a Customized Group
      Monitoring and Managing Group Backups
      Management of Open Files During a Scheduled Backup
      Savegroup Completion Message
      Bootstrap Generation and Printout
      How to Save the Bootstrap to a File
      System Console Log
      Schedule Configuration
      Backup Levels
    Index Management
      Index Size and Structure
      How to Manually Reduce the Client File Indexes
      How to Override a Retention Policy
    Backup Performance
    Event Notification
      Preconfigured Notifications
      Message Log Files
    Maintenance Tasks
      Message Log Management
      How to Set the Startup Script to Trim Log Files
      How to Use the Operating System Services to Trim Log Files
      How to Move Your Backup to a Different Machine
    4. Device and Media Management
    Device Configuration
      Storage Devices and Media Types Supported by Backup
      Standalone Device Configuration
      Autochanger Device Configuration
      Hardware Compression Versus Software Compression
    Storage Nodes, Remote Devices, and Multiple Network Interfaces
      Remote Device Configuration
      Multiple Network Interfaces
    Media Management
      Pools
      Using Storage Devices and Pool Configuration to Sort Data
      Labeling Storage Volumes
      How to Customize Label Templates
      Using Label Template Components
    Storage Management Operations (Labeling and Mounting
      Backup Criteria for Volume Selection and
      How to Label a Volume
      How to Mount or Unmount a Volume
      Timeout Settings for Remote Devices
      How to Find a Volume Name
      How Backup Selects a Storage Volume for Relabeling
      Auto Media Management
    Storage Volume Status
    Save Set Staging
    Cloning
      Clone Storage Node Affinity
      Cloning Versus Duplication of Volumes
      Cloning and Data Tracking Information
      Cloning Performance
      Cloning and Recovery
    5. Backup Client Operations
    What Is a Backup Client?
    New Backup Client Configuration
      How to Create a New Client
      Backup Clients of Different Platforms
      Storage Node Affinity
      Specifying the Kind of Backup
      Specifying When Backup Starts
      Specifying Which Data Is Backed Up
      How to Create Client/Save Set Combinations
      How to Specify How Long Backed-Up Data Is Kept
      Save Set Recover and Scanner
      How to Rebuild a Save Set Entry in the Client
      How to Recover an Entire Save Set to the
      How to Recover One File Directly from a
        Adding Processing Instructions to the Scheduled Backup
        Creating Customized Directives
      How to Create Customized Backup Commands
      How to Allow Other Clients Remote Access
    Modify or Delete an Existing Backup Client
    How Backup Enforces Client Licensing
    Backup and Recovery with Backup Software
    Manual Backup from the Backup Client
      Start a Recovery from the Backup Client
      Archive and Retrieve with Backup Client Software
      Permissions Required for the Client
      Permissions Required to Retrieve Archived Data to Another Client
    6. Backup Archive
    Overview
    Installation Requirements
      How to Evaluate Backup Archive
      Enabling, Registering, and Authorizing Backup Archive
    How to Enable Backup Archive
    Permissions for Archive and Retrieve
    Archiving Data
      How to Request an Archive from a Backup Client
      How to Schedule an Archive on the Backup Server for a UNIX Client
    How Backup Performs an Archive
    Retrieving Archived Data
    7. Autochanger Module
    Overview
    Autochanger Installation
      How to Configure an Autochanger
      Enabling and Registering the Autochanger Module
      Remote Autochanger Management
    Autochanger Configuration and Management
      Adding More Autochanger Devices
      Auto Media Management With Autochanger Devices
      Cleaning Cartridge Use and Management
      How to Use a Non-Default Slot for the Cleaning Cartridge
      Cartridge Access Port
      How to Deposit a Volume
      How to Withdraw a Volume
    Volume Management
      How to Mount a Volume in an Autochanger
      How to Label a Volume in an Autochanger
      How Backup Uses Barcode Labels with Autochangers
      How to Label an Autochanger Volume With Barcodes
      How the Inventory Process Works
      How to Inventory Volumes in an Autochanger
      Determining Which Volumes Are Used for Backup
      Checking Autochanger Notifications
      Suggestions for Operating Autochangers
      How to Move Media Inside an Autochanger
    8. Hierarchical Storage Management
    How HSM Works
      File Migration
      File Recall
      How HSM Complements Backup Operations
      Using HSM with Network Filesystem (NFS) Clients
    Enabling and Registering HSM
    Configuring a Migration Client
      Creating a Group for Migration Clients
      How to Configure a Migration Pool Resource
      How to Configure a Migration Client Resource
    File Migration Management
      Backup and Recovery Considerations With HSM
      Media Management for Migrated Files
      Manually Migrating Files
      How HSM Handles Renamed or Deleted Files
      How to Complete Manual Consistency Check Using nsrhsmck
      Migration Monitoring
    9. SNMP Module
    What Is Simple Network Management
    What the Backup SNMP Module
    SNMP Notification Configuration
      Customized Backup Notifications
    Backup SNMP Defaults
    Solstice Site Manager, Domain Manager, and Enterprise Manager
      How to Configure Site, Domain, and Enterprise Manager to Receive Backup Notifications
      How to Add the Backup Option to the Tools List
      How to Configure the Backup Server to Send Notifications
    10. Silo Support Module
    Overview
      How Backup Interacts With a Silo
    Silo Installation and Configuration
      How to Install a Silo with Backup
      How to Configure a Silo
      Silo Device-Naming Conventions
    Media Management in a Silo
      What Slot Numbers Mean in a Silo
      Using the CAP to Deposit and Withdraw Volumes in a Silo
      How to Allocate Volumes in a Silo
      Mounting and Unmounting Volumes in a Silo
      Labeling Volumes in a Silo
      Deallocating Volumes in a Silo
      How to Deallocate a Silo Volume
      Taking a Silo Inventory
    Silo Device Management
      Defining a Silo Device
      How to Define a Silo Device (jbconfig)
      How to Define a Silo Device (nsradmin -c)
      Shared Devices
      Device Cleaning
    A. Backup Functionality
    How Backup Backs Up Data
      Backup Daemons and Programs
      Events During a Scheduled Backup
    How Backup Recovers Data
      Backup Operations With Storage Nodes
    B. Command Line Reference
    Enabler Entry and Registration
    User Interface Startup
    Device and Media Management
    Data Management
    File Index and Media Database
    C. Troubleshooting
    Information to Gather Before You Call
    Backup Backup and Recover
      Checking the Backup Daemons
      Backup of Clients Fails to Stop
      No Notification of Client File Index Size Growth
      Media Position Errors Encountered When Auto Media Verify Is Enabled
      PACKET RECEIVE BUFFER and NO ECB Counters Increase
      Backup Not Found in Expected Location for Solaris Client
      The scanner Program Marks a Volume Read-Only
      Index Recovery to a Different Location Fails
      Potential Cause for Client Alias Problems
      Illegal Characters to Avoid in Configurations
      The scanner Program Requests an Entry for
      Failed Recover Operation Directly after New Installation
      Recovering Files from an Interrupted Backup
      Backup of a New Client Defaults to a Level Full
      Renamed Clients Cannot Recover Old Backups
      How To Recover Previous Backup Data Under a New Client Name
      Disk Label Errors
      Errors from Unsupported Media in HP
      Tape
      Cannot Print Bootstrap Information
      Server Index Saved
      Copy Violation
      Xview Errors
    Client-Server Communications
      How to Troubleshoot IP Errors
      How to Set Up Host Tables
      How to Disable Name Servers for
      How to Use ping to Verify Network
      How to Use rpcinfo to Verify That Sessions
      Verifying Firmware for Switches and Routers
      Naming Requirements
      Binding to Server Errors
      Saving Remote Filesystems
      Remote Recover Access Rights
    Autochanger Operations
      Testing the Device Driver Installation
      Autodetected SCSI Jukebox Option Causes Server to Hang
      Autochanger Inventory Problems
      Destination Component Full Messages
      Tapes Are Not Filled to Capacity
      Server Cannot Access Autochanger Control Port
    Backup Archive and Retrieve
      Remote Archive Request From Server Fails
      Multiple Save Sets Appear as a Single Archive Save Set
      Cloned Archives Do Not Appear in Backup Retrieve Window
      Wrong Archive Pool Is Selected
      Second Archive Request Does Not Execute
      Command Line Archive Does Not Start
      Empty Annotations in Retrieve List
    Diagnostic Tools
      Diagnostic Report
      Communications Tests
    Glossary