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Novastor NovaBACKUP User Manual

Summary of NovaBACKUP

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    © 2013 novastor, all rights reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Features and specifications are subject to change without notice. The information provided herein is provided for informational and planning purposes only. Novastor / april 2013 novabackup ® storage ser...

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    Iii table of contents novabackup storage server ...................................................................................................................................... 1 installation .........................................................................................................

  • Page 5: Novabackup Storage Server

    1 novabackup storage server installation to start installation, click or run the setup executable to begin the installer wizard. After a few seconds, the novabackup storage server wizard will open. Click next, and the license agreement screen opens. The novabackup storage server installer and config...

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    Novabackup storage server 2 if you accept the terms of the license, click inside the box next to i accept the terms in the license agreement. Click next to move to the next installation step. The custom setup screen opens: in this screen, the default location for the data files is shown. You can als...

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    Novabackup storage server 3 click ok to return to the setup screen..

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    Novabackup storage server 4 novastor recommends that you use the c: drive for the sql databases associated with the novabackup storage server. Once you have selected the target drive, or if you choose to go with the defaults, press next, and you will advance to the service account screen. If you are...

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    Novabackup storage server 5 select the sql server provider, and click next. Coming to the next screen, you choose the correct instance of sql, and use either windows or sql authentication. If you are not familiar at all with sql please use windows authentication. When you choose sql server and it as...

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    Novabackup storage server 6 if you are browsing for sql instances and cannot see anything listed, the sql browser service will need to be turned on for you to be able to have the instances automatically detected in the wizard. The sql server names available on the network are retrieved by the novaba...

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    Novabackup storage server 7 click next..

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    Novabackup storage server 8 if this is a new installation, as opposed to an upgrade, then you will be prompted for the name and password for the backup administrator account. Enter the required information and click next..

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    Novabackup storage server 9 if you are updating the backup server, and a database already exits, then you will be prompted to enable database backup. Setup will automatically create a backup copy of the database if this option is enabled. If you have taken steps to backup the database manually prior...

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    Novabackup storage server 10 enter your contact information which will be needed in the event you require technical support. All fields are required to activate the software. The license key is not needed if you are choosing to evaluate the software. Evaluation software may be activated later using ...

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    Novabackup storage server 11 a new installation should complete within a few minutes, whereas the time needed to perform an upgrade will depend on the size of the existing database. For large databases the installation could take hours. Once the software is installed you will be presented with the s...

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    Novabackup storage server 12 the final screen shows start the backup server service and launch the backup server configuration utility. These items are checked by default, and will run, if checked, once you click finish. A good practice is to go to windows services and set the service to run with yo...

  • Page 17: Configuration Manager

    13 configuration manager getting started the novabackup storage server configuration manager is your primary access point for managing novabackup storage server. The storage server configuration manager provides you with access to all the main configuration menus required to manage your storage serv...

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    Novabackup storage server 14 the novabackup storage server configuration manager is compatible with windows server 2012 core. Simply run the backupserverutil.Exe program from the command prompt. It is installed in the \program filesovabackup storage server folder on your system drive. For addition...

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    Configuration manager 15 accounts tab accounts this is the tab that is opened by default, as shown below. The primary function of this tab is to enable you to add, remove, or view the properties of your client accounts that use this storage server for their backups. Accounts management screen: you c...

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    Novabackup storage server 16 deleting an account in addition to adding and modifying accounts, you can remove an account from the system by selecting the account in the list, then pressing the remove button. A confirmation dialog will prompt you for additional instructions, as shown below. The defau...

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    Configuration manager 17 select ”preserve account” to keep the account active in the database. Preserving the account, while removing all the associated data, has the effect of resetting the account back to its initial state. Select ”hide account” to keep the account in the database but mark it as d...

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    Novabackup storage server 18 properties please be aware that you are only able to manage passwords in this screen if you have used sql authentication during the installation. If active directory is handling authentication, these fields will not appear. If you want to change authentication methods af...

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    Configuration manager 19 the general tab pictured above is the general tab, which is used to set the general settings for a new or existing account. It specifies where the user’s data will be stored, assigns the account to a group, and sets the length of time that restorable data will be held. Group...

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    Novabackup storage server 20 you can set up quotas on individual accounts or set a quota on a group. By default when you create an account, there are no quotas or limitations in place. Also note that your storage server can send quota related warning reports, pop-up warning windows inside the client...

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    Configuration manager 21 this screen enables you to add a new setting, edit the value of a setting, or delete a setting from this account. To obtain the list of available settings, please visit http://www.Novastor.Com/en/documents and download the "remote settings" document. Returning to the account...

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    Novabackup storage server 22 data restore wizard the data restore wizard copies an account’s backed up files to a designated output folder. If desired, the output folder can be transferred to other media, such as optical disk, by whatever means you have available. After moving this output media so i...

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    Configuration manager 23 press next, and you will be asked to select a media root directory to which the restore files will be written. The option to ask to delete all files and folders in the destination directory if any are present appears as a check box. This should be checked if a single directo...

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    Novabackup storage server 24 you may browse for a target directory or enter the name of a target directory. The default directory is c:\data restore wizard\. The next screen provides information about the data restore process that you’ve configured. Press prepare account data now! - and the process ...

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    Configuration manager 25 group policy settings opens a list of groups, as shown below. This screen lists the groups that are already defined, and also enables you to add, remove, or edit the properties of a group. Click the add button to add a new group, or click properties to modify an existing gro...

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    Novabackup storage server 26 the quota and settings tabs serve the same function as already described in the section on account properties, except that they apply to all accounts in the group. The redundant files tab is used in conjunction with the redundant file manager to apply a redundant file li...

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    Configuration manager 27.

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    Novabackup storage server 28 general tab the general tab has some powerful features that enable you to control certain global settings. The default storage server port is 308. Unless you have a reason to change the port, it should remain at 308. If you want to change the port number, you may do so b...

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    Configuration manager 29 the limit bandwidth and connections section of the general tab allows you to create bandwidth limits for backup users. If you are running other processes on your computer besides functioning as a storage server, you may choose to create bandwidth limits..

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    Novabackup storage server 30 security tab the security tab defines the authentication method you have chosen during the install. A word about the master decryption key: the master decryption key is a key that can be used to decrypt user backups. This little feature is often overlooked but it can be ...

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    Configuration manager 31 if the master decryption key feature is enabled, and the account has been configured to use the feature, then a small key appears to the left of the account name in the accounts list, as shown below for the "adam" account. In addition, "keys" tab will appear on the account’s...

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    Novabackup storage server 32 directories tab the directories tab specifies the location for the work directory used to store temporary files during the file rollup and restore process. The amount of work space needed will depend on the number of concurrent jobs and the size of the account’s files. S...

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    Configuration manager 33 storage tab this tab provides a way to define multiple storage locations for backed up files. Each time the server gets a request to store a file it looks at the accounts primary storage location (see accounts tab) and checks if the free space is greater than the reserve spe...

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    Novabackup storage server 34 use the add button to define a new storage location. Use the properties button to view or modify a location’s settings. Use the remove button to delete a storage location. You cannot remove a storage location if any accounts are using it. Use the move up and move down bu...

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    Configuration manager 35 logging the logging tab provides the administrator with control of storage server logging through the screen shown below. The master log contains information describing the overall operation of the storage server. The name of the file is masterlog.Txt. By default it is creat...

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    Novabackup storage server 36 unless instructed to do otherwise, the storage server maintains a log of account requested in the sql database, in a table named requests. The information in this table can be used for billing purposed and to monitor account activity. The administrator can disable this f...

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    Configuration manager 37 notifications tab the notifications tab is used for the following purposes: enable or disable email notifications. Enable or disable event logging in the windows event viewer. Set the thresholds that determine when license notifications are sent. Specifying what e-mail attac...

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    Novabackup storage server 38 the e-mail configuration menu requires the smtp server address, from: to: and also allows you to send multiple copies. You may also use secure socket layer (ssl) to send your messages. The e-mail configuration screen looks like this: additionally, you can select the erro...

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    Configuration manager 39 you may also send e-mail to inform you when a user account reaches certain quota thresholds. The three thresholds are: account reaches ”near quota % threshold” account reaches ”at quota % threshold” account reaches ”over quota % threshold”. The mail system can be set to atta...

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    Novabackup storage server 40 the errors that you select will be written to the event log when they occur. When you have put a check mark in the box next to each system error you want added to the log, clicking the set default button will save these conditions. You can also set quota issues that can ...

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    Configuration manager 41 licensing tab the licensing tab is used to get information about the storage server and to register or renew a license. It also contains the registration information required in order to obtain technical support. Entering a license or updating to a new license: clicking on t...

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    Novabackup storage server 42 the activation process should complete after a few seconds. There may a short delay if on-line activation is not available, in which case you will be presented with instructions for performing an off-line activation..

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    Configuration manager 43 active users tab the active users tab is primarily an informational tab that provides information about backups and current connections to the novabackup storage server. Keep in mind that this screen will only display the accounts that were connected to the server when you s...

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    Novabackup storage server 44 configuration manager and then open the active users tab, and you will be able to see what processes were running at the time the user reported the issue. In this screen, you can determine the account name and ip address of the users who were using the storage server bef...

  • Page 49: Command Line Reference

    45 command line reference command line reference this section describes the command line options for the programs installed by novabackup storage server. Bold text represents an executable file name. Italic text in angle brackets represents values supplied by the user. Non-italic text is entered exa...

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    Novabackup storage server 46 calculates the amount of server disk space used by a specified user account and updates the total recorded in the sql database. Updates the disk usage for all users if ”r;*” is given as the account name. Older versions of the software used a floating point number to repr...

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    Command line reference 47 this is the gui backup import utility for importing staged backup data. It is a wrapper for the backup server’s stageddatamigration command and is provided for convenience. This program has no command line options. Redundant file manager.Exe this is the gui redundant file l...