Specifications

System State data might not include all of the information required to recover a system from a failure. Barracuda Networks recommends that all

boot and system volumes be backed up in addition to System State.

VMware Host Storage

Add VMware host storage, including host configuration and virtual machine images, as data sources for backup and restoration through

Barracuda Backup. You must be running a licensed copy of ESX, ESXi, or vCenter version 4.0 or later, and the VMware license must include

access to the vSphere Data Recovery API. For details on CBT, refer to the article Understanding Changed Block Tracking on Virtual Machines.

Note that the entire VMware image is backed up each time back up is run.

Linux File Systems using the Barracuda Backup Agent (Linux)

Use the to back up Linux file systems such as Red Hat, Ubuntu, or SUSE. The Agent can backBarracudaBackup Agen (Linux) up open files,

permissions, soft and hard links, and supports multiple data streams.

Macintosh OS X, Linux/Unix, and Novelle NetWare

Mac OS X, Linux/Unix, and Novell NetWare systems are backed up using . This method refers to the mechanism that uses standard

File Share

network protocols, such as CIFS/Samba or SSHFS, to access your servers.

You can use the Barracuda Backup Agent (Linux) to back up Linux/UNIX-based file systems, such as Red Hat, Ubuntu, or

SUSE. Use the Barracuda Backup Agent (Linux) to back up the selected items and protect any open files and

permissions.

Network Addressable Storage

You can back up (NAS) data sources with CIFS and back up access control lists (ACL).network addressable storage

Continue with or go to .Step 4: Data Backup Tasks Backing Up Data Sources

Step 4: Data Backup Tasks

Before configuring the web interface, complete .Step 3: How to Configure Backups

Perform these tasks to configure your data for backup:

Identify Systems to be Backed Up

Select Type of Data to be Backed Up

Create Backup Schedules

Modify Your Backup Rate Limit

Exclude Files from a Backup

Create Data Retention Policies

Check Backup Reports

Sources Page

Replication Page

Schedules Page

Rate Limit Page

Exclusions Page

Retention Policies Page

Reports Page

Identify Systems to be Backed Up

For each local Barracuda Backup Server, identify the data sources that are to be backed up. There may be more than one data source on each

server, and each can have unique backup characteristics.

Go to the page, and click to identify the system; when you enter a set of user credentials on thisBACKUP > Sources Add Computer

page, the specified username is used for network file systems and to the data you intend to back up.must have at least read access