Legato NetWorker ClientPak and Storage Node Installation Guide

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New Features
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Clients
To add a client to the NetWorker server’s list of systems to back up, follow these steps:
1. Install the NetWorker client software.
2. Configure a client resource for that system on the NetWorker server.
Note that the NetWorker server only provides backup and recovery services to clients
with a configured resource on the server. Refer to the nsr man page for a
comprehensive description of the access control policies employed by the NetWorker
server.
Storage Nodes
With NetWorker, you can designate a system with storage devices to act as storage
nodes of the NetWorker server.
To affiliate NetWorker clients to a storage node for backup and recovery requests, use
the NetWorker Administrator program. Distributing media management tasks to
other systems on the network reduces the load placed on the controlling NetWorker
server and allows you to manage remote storage management tasks across a
distributed enterprise network from a central location.
Supported Devices
NetWorker supports a variety of media types, either standalone or in an autochanger.
Devices can be attached to a NetWorker server or a designated storage node.
Supported media types include:
• 4 mm and 8 mm tape
• Optical disk
• Digital linear tape (DLT)
• Disk file
To obtain the latest list of supported devices, visit the Legato web site at www.legato.com
for document 1905, the Legato Compatibility Guide.
To use NetWorker for MPE/iX permanently, you must purchase an enabler code. See
“How to Enable and Register NetWorker” on page 53 for details.
New Features
In addition to the storage node, the following system variables have been added to this
release of NetWorker for MPE/iX:
• Specifying a notification at the start or end of an online backup.
• Controlling the TurboSTORE 7x24 True-Online Backup.
• Specifying a periodic message to report on the progress of backups.
• Changing the name of the creator of a file when recovering them.
• Relocating files from one group or account to another during recovery.