TSM Edition User Guide Version 8.
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*Encryption Software System Backup Administrator Backup Data Encryption Feature has a cryptographic component, using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) "Rijndael" encryption algorithm in Cipher Block Feedback (stream) mode (CFB-128), supporting 128, 192 and 256-bit keys. It is not for export or redistribution to any of what are called the "T-10 Terrorist States" as determined by the U.S. Department of State. System Backup Administrator Backup Data Encryption Feature has been registered with U.S.
Table of Contents 1. Getting Started .................................................................................................... 8 Supported Operating Systems & Hardware ................................................................................................. 8 Software and License Requirements ........................................................................................................... 8 Evaluation License Key ..................................................................
PASSWORDAccess ............................................................................................................................. COMMMethod...................................................................................................................................... COMPRESSion .................................................................................................................................... Changing a Server ...............................................................
The Backup Status Screen................................................................................................................... The Backup Output Display.................................................................................................................. The Job Message Screen..................................................................................................................... Manipulating Backup Jobs ...................................................................
Concurrent Backups............................................................................................................................. Auto-Terminate Stalled Backups .......................................................................................................... Backup Retention Policy ........................................................................................................................... Tape Backups .....................................................................
1. Getting Started Supported Operating Systems & Hardware As of the time of this publication, the TSM Edition software is supported on all AIX, Solaris, and Linux systems on which the TSM Backup/API Client software is supported. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following systems: AIX: All IBM RS/6000, System p, System i, OpenPower and JS/20 systems running AIX Version 5.1 and later (currently 7.1).
TSM Client Must be installed on each system which will be a client or backup media server. A Client license for the local (administrator) system is included with the TSM Edition license. This client must be managed by a TSM Admin system. No license key is required on the client since the number of supported clients and backup servers are defined by the TSM Edition license. Backup management features, such as scheduling and history reporting are provided only by the TSM Edition.
Installing from CDROM 1. 2. Mount the cdrom by typing: a. On AIX systems: mount -v cdrfs -r /dev/cd0 /mnt b. On Linux systems: mount –t iso9660 –r /dev/cdrom /mnt c. On Solaris systems: Normally, a CDROM will automatically be mounted to the /cdrom/cdrom directory when inserted. If this is the case, replace /mnt with /cdrom/cdrom in the following commands. If the cdrom is not auto-mounted, type: mount -F hsfs –o ro /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 /mnt (where c1t1d0s0 is an example of your cdrom drive name).
Starting the Software There are three user-interfaces available for performing SBAdmin operations: 1. Graphical-User (Xwindows) interface (GUI) - This is the interface described in this user guide. To access the graphical user interface, also referred as the “backup administrator”, type: sbadmin from within an xterm window.
Next, you must turn off file versioning in the BACKUP copygroup of the management class.
2. Introduction System Backup Administrator (SBAdmin) is designed to simplify the administration of backups on the local system as well as client backups in a networked environment. TSM Edition provides the ability to perform a Full System Backup of an AIX, Linux or Solaris TSM client to any TSM server.
removing a client. The clients and servers, as well as the client node information may be displayed on the main screen of the application. The application will constantly monitor the status of the clients and servers, and the icons on the screen will represent whether or not the system or device is available.
SBAdmin utilizes the TSM Client API (application program interface), also referred to as an application client within some TSM documentation. Backups performed within TSM use the TSM Backup/Archive client. These backups differ from those performed with SBAdmin using the API client. Backups performed by TSM are not visible within SBAdmin, and SBAdmin backups to the TSM server are not viewable within TSM.
Additional Notes 1. TSM exclude list processing does not affect SBAdmin backups. You must define your exclude lists (files, directories, filesystems or devices to exclude) within SBAdmin. 2. The compression option in the TSM server options will be ignored if you have set a SBAdmin backup job to use compression. To use TSM compression, turn off SBAdmin compression and turn on the compression option in the server options. 3. LAN-free backups are not supported. 4.
3. The SBAdmin User Interface The SBAdmin User Interface is used for all configuration options, including servers, clients, jobs, profiles, etc. It is also used for the monitoring of job queues, displaying job status, backup output messages, and backup history. After all backup jobs are configured and scheduled; they will continue to run even if the SBAdmin interface is not running.
bar. If you want to display the backup labels for all backups stored on the server, you must select a server and a client (original owner of backups to display), then press the “Read Label” button. • The Job Information display tab provides a quick glance at the jobs that are configured. By clicking on a job icon, the job information and schedule information are displayed in the right two display areas and the job name is highlighted. The represents a job that is not scheduled. The job that is scheduled.
functions and a list of any possible icons or status messages are described in detail in the Job Queues section. Closing Windows A common icon which appears at the bottom of each window is: Cancel button After making changes to information on any screen, use the cancel button to cancel the changes and close the window. Avoid using the window-manager button (usually at the top-left of the window) to close windows as this does not always perform the entire cleanup needed.
4. Users When you first installed SBAdmin, an “admin” user was created and you were prompted to provide a password for this user. The admin user is given authority to all (System Admin) functions within the SBAdmin application, including configuring other users. If there is only one user configured, and you are logged onto the system as “root”, you are logged into the application under this user by default, and you will not need to provide a username or password at the command-line.
From this screen, type the user name in the User name: entry field. When adding a new user you must also specify the Default Group, User Password, and Select the access level for this user section. Press the Save button to add the newly configured user. When finished, press the Cancel button at the bottom. • User name – This field indicates the username within the SBAdmin program. This does not need to be a user defined on the Unix/Linux system.
Changing a User Click Configure!Users from the menu bar. Select the name of the user to change from the list. Here you may enter a new password into the User Password: and Re-enter Password fields and or Select the access level for this user. To change the user press the Save button. Users with access lower than Group Admin will only have the ability to change their password. All other fields will be disabled. When finished, press the Cancel button at the bottom.
5. Groups To configure Groups you must be logged into SBAdmin as a User with “System Admin” privilege. When SBAdmin was first installed the group “main” was created. “main” will function as the default group and no further group configuration is necessary. You may choose to configure groups to assist with organization or security in your backup environment.
Changing a Group Click Configure!Groups. Select the name of the group you wish to change from the Group name: drop down arrow to the right. You may now edit the Description and New group name fields or select/deselect users from the Users who can access this group box. Once you have made the appropriate changes press the Save button to update the group. The “Group ID” field will never change. Once a group has been configured this value will always be used to identify the group.
6. Configuring Clients (Nodes) A client is defined as any TSM node that will be backed up using SBAdmin. Any number of clients may be added to the administrator as long as the total number of clients does not exceed the number of clients licensed to SBAdmin. Note that the administrator itself also includes a client license, so it may be configured as a client or server without using one of your additional client licenses.
To add a new client, enter the hostname of the client in the entry field at the top. Note that the hostname you enter may be a simple hostname (i.e. ariel), a full domain name (goofy.storix.com) or IP Address and must be known to the admin system. Then select any optional features that apply to this client. When you’ve made your selections, select Save to save.
Since the tape drive names may differ for each client, you will select in this field the name of the tape drive to configure. Only tape drives that are configured and available on the client will be shown. Although multiple tape drives may exist, you may only select one drive per client for system backups. Note that this option will create a special tape device with the name “SBTAPE”. This device will then be available when you configure a backup job and indicate the backup is to a local tape device.
7. Configuring TSM Servers Any TSM server, and any number of TSM servers may be configured for use by SBAdmin TSM Edition. This is not limited by the number of client licenses installed. In addition, a single physical TSM server may be accessed using different TSM server configurations. For example, one server (tsmserver-comp) may be configured to backup data using TSM compression, while the same server (tsmserver-nocomp) may be configured to backup without using data compression.
TSM Admin User ID/Password You must enter the name and password of a TSM administrative user already configured on the TSM server. This administrative must have been configured with either System or Policy authority. The administrative user ID entered will be used only by this SBAdmin application to perform management tasks on behalf of the clients. This information is never sent to or saved on the TSM client systems.
Removing a Server Removing a server, in this case, removes the configuration from the SBAdmin interface, but has no affect on the TSM server itself. A server may be removed only if there are no jobs currently assigned to it. If there are jobs assigned, you will be informed so, and you must remove or change the job to use a different server before the server may be removed.
8. Configuring Boot Media Servers A boot media server is a system used to store client CDROM ISO and network boot images created by SBAdmin. When creating boot media, you will be given the option to store the images on a boot media server. When the images are successfully created, they will be copied to the specified directory on the boot media server. You will then burn the ISO to a CD/DVD and use the disc to boot a client into the system recovery process.
9. Backup Profile A backup profile is used to set default backup selections commonly used when performing backups. Assigning a backup profile to a backup job alleviates the need to repeatedly answer the same questions every time a new job is added. At least one profile must be created. When the software is first installed, a predefined FULL_SYSTEM backup profile is automatically installed. This profiles is not required if you create others, and may be removed if desired.
Note that after assigning a profile to a backup job, you may customize the profile further for the specific job. Therefore, it is required that only one backup profile exists. Refer to Configure a Backup Job for more information. Use QuickHelp at any time to display a description or instructions for a particular option. Most options are described in detail in the help information and are therefore not shown here.
this field, and do not indicate to use compression within your backup profile (default). Different compression schemes work best on different types of data and sizes of files. You should therefore experiment with using both TSM and SBAdmin compression options to determine which provides the best compression with the least impact on the client system performance.
For details on the use of the Retain backups field, refer to Backup Retention Policy set in the Preferences section. After making all selections, save the profile by pressing the Save button at the bottom. The information will be saved and the window will be closed. Pre-backup and Post-backup Programs Within the backup profile, you may configure a program to run on the client, before and/or after the backup command runs.
Pre & Post Backup Programs When a backup job using a profile containing client pre-backup or post-backup programs is run, the system will attempt to execute the specified program on each client before or after that client backup is performed. If the program does not exist on any client or is not executable, it will be ignored.
Creating Pre & Post Backup Programs A customized program may perform any function on the system since it is run under root user authority. Any arguments or flags may be provided to the command. The same script may be called with arguments that tell the script how to proceed. For example: mypreprogram –kill may be used to log off users and mypreprogram –warn may warn users of the backup only, or mypreprogram –kill 60 may warn users, then log them off after 20 seconds, etc.
Wednesday Thursday Friday 2. Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 a. On Monday, the entire system will be backed up. Note, however, that only the volume groups indicated in the backup profile will be included, if applicable. b. On Tuesday, only the files that have changed since Monday’s backup will be included in the incremental level 1 backup. c. On Wednesday, only files backed up since the last prior-level backup (level 1) will be included in this backup. d. Likewise on Thursday and Friday. e.
incremental level (1-9) to restore from. Only after the system has been reinstalled and rebooted will you be able to restore additional incremental levels using the SBAdmin interface. From a full-system backup, you can restore files, directories, filesystems or specific volume groups onto a running system.
10. Exclude Lists Exclude lists are used to exclude certain files, directories, or devices (such as partitions or logical volumes) from backup jobs. You may create any number of different exclude lists, and assign one or more exclude lists to a particular backup job. You may also select which clients the exclude list will apply to. This allows you to use an exclude list for a job, but still have it only apply to certain clients if multiple clients are backed up by the same job.
You may enter a new Exclude List name in the entry field at the top of the screen, or select an existing exclude list name using the arrow button to the left of the entry field. When doing so, the current settings for the selected exclude list, if any, are displayed. In the first (Clients) listbox, you may select “all” to apply this exclude list to all clients (when assigned to a backup job), or select individual clients the exclude list should apply to.
11. Backup Jobs A backup job must be created before any backup may be performed by the admin system. The job information will identify the TSM server and one or more clients to backup and the backup profile. If the backup is to be scheduled to run either at a later time or on a regular basis, the dates and times are also added to the backup job information. Temporary backup jobs which are run only once may also be set to be automatically deleted once the job has completed.
More details on the various entries which follow are described below. Remember, you may use QuickHelp anywhere on this screen for specific instructions or information on a specific option. When all selections are complete, press the Save button at the bottom of the screen to save the profile and clear the current selections. Selecting the Server or Device Using the arrow button to the right of the Server Name field, you will get a pop-up list of all TSM servers and one addition entry “local (client tape)”.
Refer to Snapshot Backups for details on the configuring filesystems and logical volumes to be backed up using offline mirror copies. • Encrypt data: This option is only available if a Backup Data Encryption Feature license is installed and encryption support is enabled for all of the clients selected above. Refer to Enabling Encryption Support in the client configuration to add encryption support for a client. After selecting this button, the entry field to the right will become available.
Days of Week field and the Days of Month field is not set to "all", then the job will be run on the specified days of the month only if they occur on the specified days of the week. Creating a Local System Backup It’s possible to setup a backup job to perform a System Backup of a client to its own locally-attached tape drive. You must have previously configured a Tape for Local System Backup for the client before configuring a local System Backup Job.
2. If the Job Information is displayed on the Main Screen, select the icon for the job to change and press the Change button at the bottom of the screen. The current job settings for the selected job will appear. Make all desired changes to the information on the screen, then press the Save button to save the changes clear the selections. Copying a Backup Job To copy a configured backup job to a new job id, either: 1.
1. Select Configure!Backup Jobs or Actions!Run a Backup Job from the menu bar, then select the Job ID at the top o the screen and press the Run Now button. 2. If the Job Information is displayed on the Main Screen, select the icon for the job to run and press the Run button at the bottom of the screen. 3.
12. Holidays There may be days of the year, even days of the month, that you don’t want any of your backup jobs to run. For instance, on holidays there may have been no activity on the system, and there may not be anyone available to insert new backup cartridges in the tape drive. You may schedule Backup Exceptions or “Holidays” from performing backups. There are actually two ways to do this, on a job-by-job basis, or for all backup jobs.
When using the SBAdmin Web Interface the screen presented will look slightly different. To add a holiday, simply click on the date from the calendar. The date will be added to the list on the right. Any dates appearing on the right are automatically saved. To remove a holiday, simply click the X next to the date. In the Backup Schedule Exceptions (by job) window, the following options may also be selected: 1.
13. Snapshot Backups Snapshot feature is available only for AIX systems running AIX 6.1 and later, for Linux data contained in LVM logical volumes, and Solaris data contained in ZFS datasets. SBAdmin provides an option of creating a “point-in-time” backup of data contained in logical volumes and filesytems. This is typically referred to as a snapshot backup.
First, select the client for which to configure snapshots by pressing the arrow next to the Client name field. After doing so, a list of logical volumes/ZFS datasets on that system will be displayed in the second listbox. You must either select the individual device for which snapshots may be created, or select “all”. If “all” is selected, snapshots will be permitted for all applicable devices.
a. One at a time (sequentially). Select this option if a snapshot should be created individually when the data in that logical volume (or filesystem) is to be backed up. When the backup of this LV completes, the snapshot is removed (resyncd). This option is recommended if there is no relational data between different logical volumes and filesystems that must be backed up at the same point-in-time. Less disk space is required since only one snapshot LV is created at a time. For AIX 6.
14. Job Queues When jobs are run, they are actually placed in a job queue. A job queue will exist for each TSM Server. A queue will also appear for any client backups performed to local tape. Jobs sent to a TSM server will run concurrently. However, the number of concurrent backups to a server may be limited by the maximum number of Concurrent Backups setting. If exceeded, remaining jobs will be placed in a “pending” state until other backup jobs complete.
Icons on the Job Queue Display The icons for the queues and jobs display a symbol representing the status of the queue or job.
the remaining time and data to be written. Note that these values apply to each corresponding client. If a client backup has not yet started, its progress values will not be shown. The progress bar is seen below the client information and shows a graphical representation of the percent of the backup that has completed. Again, this applies only to the selected client backup. To view the status bar for a different client backup, press the desired client button.
Scrollbars are provided to the right of each display panel in case the output exceeds the size of the panel. The Job ID, Server and Client are shown at the top of the screen. To view the backup output for a different client, select the desired client button on the status report screen. You may press the cancel button at the bottom to close this window. It may be redisplayed at any time, even after the backup has completed.
The Job Message Screen Since many jobs run automatically after being scheduled to run at a certain date and time, there may not always be a person watching the screen when a job is started. Therefore, as jobs are run, the queuing system keeps an updated list of messages on the screen, showing which jobs have run, which have completed, and which jobs have failed (and why). The Job Message screen will only appear if the SBAdmin user interface is running.
A scrollbar is provided to the right to scroll up and down the messages. This screen may only be displayed if the Backup Administrator application is running. When you Close this window, the messages will be removed from the log and cannot be displayed again. If a job completes successfully, or if it fails after having begun the backup, a Label button will appear within the text of the message.
Restart a Job A job which is either on hold, had previously failed, or had been killed, may be started, or restarted, by pressing the Restart button from the Main Screen when the Job Queues are displayed. Jobs that are restarted after they have failed or had been killed will restart from the beginning of the job, even if one or more of the client backups had completed.
15. Backup Labels A backup label is generated for each backup that is started at the beginning of a tape as well as for any backups stored to TSM servers. These labels are used to keep track of the contents of the backup for use when verifying or restoring data at a later time. The backup label contains a summary of the contents of the backup media, which may include multiple client backups within each job.
Automatically Printing Backup Labels After a backup job completes, the backup label created or associated with that job may be automatically sent to any printer queue configured on the admin system. This may be accomplished by setting an option in the Backup Profile configuration for the profile assigned to the job. Note that you must have configured the printer queue before using this option. To print backup labels upon completion of a backup job, follow these steps: 1.
This list could become very lengthy if there are a lot of labels on file. To display the detailed label information, click on the button to the left of the desired Backup ID. View by Tape Label ID To display the backup label in which a physical tape was used, select View!Backup Labels!By Tape Label ID from the menu bar. A list of tape labels currently associated with backup labels is displayed. Only tape labels for which the tape ID was written to the tape prior to its use within a backup will be shown.
View by Job ID Select View!Backup Labels!By Job ID from the main menu bar if you want to select the label to display from a list of Job IDs. The following screen will be displayed: Select the desired job. An additional list will display, showing the dates the job has been run: Note that the color of the button represents whether the backup was successful (green) or failed (red). The Job ID, date and time, and a list of clients on the media are displayed for each label in the list.
Select the button next to the client and volume group you wish to display. An additional list of specific backup dates for the selected client and backup data (i.e., volume groups, zpools) will be shown: Note that the color of the button represents whether the backup was successful (green) or failed (red). The Job ID, date and time, and a list of clients on the media are displayed for each label in the list. To display a label, select a specific run date from the list.
2. Use the arrow button to select a Server name. If you want to read a backup label from a backup performed to a client’s local tape drive, select the “local (client tape)” option at the top of the list. In this case, the Original Client (owner) field will change to Client Name, and a new field, Device Name will appear. 3. If you selected a TSM Server, use the arrow button to select the Original Client (owner).
Manually Expiring a Backup To manually expire a backup, first perform any one of the various methods to view the backup label. Then select the Expire/Remove button at the bottom of the screen. Automatic Expiration of Backups The Backup Retention Policies determines if and when an old backup may be overwritten by a new backup. Any time an old backup is overwritten by a new one, the previous backup label must be expired as the data the label points to will no longer exist.
16. Backup Job Status & Output History The job status and backup output, which may be displayed while a backup is running, is kept on file as long as the backup label for the job exists. Therefore, it is possible to view this information long after the backup has completed.
The desired job status for completed (or failed) jobs may be obtained in each of the following ways: View by Server Select View!Backup Status/Output!By Server from the menu bar. A list of servers is displayed as with the same screen which appears when selecting to View Backup Labels by Server. Select the server from the list by clicking on the button to the left. Once you do so, a list of backups performed to the selected server is displayed, as in the example View Backup labels by Server.
the Backup Status Report, select a specific run date from the list. If you want to return to the job display screen to select a different job, press the Go Back button. Otherwise press the cancel button to close this window. To show the Backup Output Display, select the Show Output button on the status report screen. View by Client Select View!Job Stauts/Output!By Client from the main menu bar if you want to select the job to display from a list of backups performed by client.
17. Verify a Backup After a backup job has complete, it is often a good precaution to verify the backup to ensure the data on the backup media is complete and readable. The verify process reads all of the data on the backups and verifies it is in the correct format. The backup job may have included multiple clients.
Select the specific backup job to verify by clicking on the button to the left of the desired job. 5. Next, if there are multiple backups (clients) in the job, another screen will appear with a list of backups to select from. The information about the backup will be preceded by the backup sequence number, starting with 1 and ending with the last backup (client) on the media.
Note that this screen may not be closed as long as the verify is running. It will remain on the screen after the verify completes until it is closed by the user. Once the screen is closed, the verify status and output messages may not be redisplayed. To view the output of the verification of a particular backup, first select the Client button, then press the Show Output button at the bottom of the screen.
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18. Recreate Volume Groups, Logical Volumes or Filesystems The options described in this chapter are supported for AIX systems only. Due to the complexity of Linux and Solaris configurations, allowing creation of devices onto other devices (i.e. meta-disks on logical volumes or ZFS volumes on slices, etc), this features is not available for Linux or Solaris at this time.
2. Use the arrow button to select a Server name. If you want to use a backup performed to a client’s local tape drive, select the “local (client tape)” option at the top of the list. In this case, the Original Client (owner) field will change to Client Name, and a new field, Device Name will appear. 3. If you selected a TSM Server, use the arrow button to select the Original Client (owner).
You may select the backup from which to recreate the VG by clicking on the button to the left of the desired selection and a checkmark will appear in the button. Only one selection may be made. If you select a different option, the checkmark will be removed from the previous selection. After making your selection, click the Continue button at the bottom of the screen. 6.
system configuration. This may include changing the volume group or logical volume names, selecting different disks on which to build the volume group, etc. This editing process is identical to that which is available during a system installation, and is described in detail in the section Change the Volume Group, Logical Volume and Filesystem Information in the SBAdmin AIX System Recovery Guide.
2. Use the arrow button to select a Server name. If you want to use a backup performed to a client’s local tape drive, select the “local (client tape)” option at the top of the list. In this case, the Original Client (owner) field will change to Client Name, and a new field, Device Name will appear. 3. If you selected a TSM Server, use the arrow button to select the Original Client (owner).
made. If you select a different option, the checkmark will be removed from the previous selection. After making your selection, click the Continue button at the bottom of the screen. 7. You will be returned to the previous window, where you must select each of the following: Client on which to create - This field will show the original client from which the backup was made.
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19. Restore Data from a Backup Data may be restored from a TSM server to any client using the SBAdmin Interface. A backup taken from one client may also be restored to another client, unless, for security reasons, you chose (in the backup profile) not to allow only the Original Client (owner) to read the backup in the TSM Backup Read Permission field. Any type of data contained on a backup may be restored.
Select the specific backup job to restore from by clicking on the button to the left of the desired job. 6. Next, if there are multiple backup on the media, another screen will appear with a list of backups to select from. For TSM backups, this list will contain all of the backups within the selected job. The information about the backup will be preceded by the backup sequence number, starting with 1 and ending with the last backup on the media. The following is a sample of this screen: 7.
2. Type of data to restore: By default, the type of data to restore will be Volume Groups/ZFS Pools. However, it is possible to restore different types of data, including logical volumes, filesystems, directories or regular files. To restore a different type of data than that shown, select the arrow button to display a list of restore data types allowed for this type of backup and select from the list. 3. [Data] to restore: This label will indicate the restore data type selected in the previous field.
From this window, you may: 1. Click a specific entry to highlight and select that entry to restore. 2. Click and drag the mouse over a number of entries to highlight and select all those entries. 3. Click any highlighted entry to de-select that item to restore. 4. Enter a search pattern in the box at the lower-left corner of the window and press the Search button to find the next occurrence of that pattern. The next entry found that matches the search pattern will be highlighted in red.
From this popup window you may select one or more files to restore. After selecting the Submit button you will be returned to the main screen and can begin the restore. Select Using File Tree Also, when selecting to restore regular files or directories, you can press this button to view a drop-down file-tree list of files or directories, and select from the list.
From this window, you may: 1. Click on any folder or file icon to select that directory or file. Note that when selecting a directory, all files and directories beneath become un-selected as they will be restored automatically as part of their parent directory. Click a selected folder or file to de-select. Note that the full path of selected files or directories will appear in the box below the file tree. 2.
because these files are not in a single sub-directory of /home as indicated by the wildcard filename (/home/*/*.gif). To restore these files you would need to also include “/home/*.gif” and “/home/*/*/*.gif” in the list of files to restore. To understand the use of wildcards in the restore, you need only understand how to list files on the system. Any files that are listed on the system when you type: ls /home/*/*.gif would be restored when using this same notation in the list of files to restore.
If restoring filesystem data, the files will be listed on the screen as they are restored. This screen may be closed and redisplayed at any time, even after the restore completes, as long as the Restore Status Report screen has not been closed. In addition to the restore output, summary information for the selected backup may be displayed by selecting the Backup Info button. A screen similar to the following example will appear. Simply press the Dismiss button to close this window.
20. Preferences In this section, options that affect the overall operation or appearance of the application are discussed. To change the user preferences, select File"Preferences on the menu bar. Software License This option may be used to display a screen used to reconfigure your Administrator license or add or change Optional Features. To view or change the license information, select File"Preferences"Software License from the menu bar.
3. You purchased a TSM Edition for 10 clients (nodes), and now want to add support for another 6 clients. 4. You wish to install a new optional feature. For the TSM Edition, only the Backup Encryption optional feature is available. Administrator License When the software is initially installed, you indicated the type of administrator you would be installing. This was either Workstation, Network or TSM Edition.
The Interface Options define the features and appearance of the SBAdmin GUI interface: Operating Systems Support By default, when the SBAdmin software is first installed, only support for the operating system running on the Administrator system is enabled. For instance, if the Administrator is running AIX, the only options that appear in the application will be applicable to AIX systems.
This screen will always be displayed using the Storix color theme, even when another theme has been applied to other screens. To display a different color theme in the Sample section of the display, select one of the following from the Theme drop-down list: Aquamarine Carnival MardiGras PowderPuff Winter Classic (Version 5) GolfCourse SantaFe Storix (default) To change the Font Name, Size or Style, click the arrow button next to the desired selection, then select an option from the list.
To change the 3D Effect and the Width/Size of Borders, select the option or adjust the values to the desired settings. The sample box will be changed to show your selections. Once you’re satisfied with your selections, press the Save button to save the changes. If, after having previously saved difference sections, you want to return the screen to the default (Classic) font and colors, press the Default button or select Classic from the Theme drop-down, then Save the settings again.
To define a new printer, enter the name of your printer in the box at the top of the screen. To change an existing printer definition, either type its name, or select it using the arrow button to the right of the entry field. If configuring a new printer, the name you enter may be any name you choose, not necessarily the name of the printer queue as defined to Linux or Solaris. The name you choose will be presented when you select a printer from any of the other SBAdmin printer list options.
The network adapter selected will be used to pass information between the admin system and clients, such as backup status messages, command output, and for polling the system availability. It is NOT used to pass the actual backup data, which is sent directly from the clients to the TSM servers. Important! After setting this value, some or all of the clients servers may show as unavailable when the Clients, Servers and Devices are displayed on the Main Screen.
the CPU could run slower. In this case, you might consider a setting of 7 to give priority to the backup without bringing all other applications to a halt. Setting this option to any value other than 5 will apply to all backup jobs unless you change the backup job process priority within the job settings. Concurrent Backups SBAdmin has no control over where the backup data is actually stored on the TSM server.
Tape Backups Before any backup is performed to tape, the backup label is read. If a prior backup exists, a check is made to see if the backup label is still on file. If so, the setting applied here will determine the action that will be taken: 1. Never automatically expire or overwrite a backup tape. User must manually expire all tape backups. Select this option if no data will be written to the tape and the backup will fail with an error message.
user must take the steps to expire the older backups; else they will remain on the server indefinitely, using storage space which may be needed by newer backups. Refer to Expiring a Backup for the steps to manually expire a backup. 2. Automatically expire and REMOVE prior backups of the same job that are ___ days or older. By selecting this option, older backups of the same job that is being run will be automatically expired and removed from the server if they are over the specified number of days.
Primary Notification One of the options in this section must be selected to determine where backup status messages should be reported: 1. Show on Screen if Administrator is running, else send to alternate notification. If this option is used, messages will be reported on the screen if the "sbadmin" program is running. If not, the messages will be reported using the alternate notification method indicated in the next section. 2.
corresponding entry box. The user ID entered may be a local user (i.e. "mary") or a user on another host (i.e. "scooter@adminsys"). You may want to limit the types of messages that are emailed to the user. To do so, select the arrow-button next to the Messages to mail field, and select either All messages, Warnings and errors or Errors only. A description of which messages fall under each category is shown below. 2.
The message types indicated above (i.e. "JOBERR") will also appear in the subject line of mail messages if mail is used as the alternate notification method. Storix System Backup Administrator 101 Version 8.
21. Reports When you select Reports from the menu bar, you may further select from a list of reports that may be viewed and/or printed. Refer to Report Preferences for information on configuring printers, files and email addresses for reporting. Each time a report option is selected, a screen similar to the following will be presented: The above example is used when printing a “Backup Job History” report.
Backup Profiles Select Reports!Backup Profiles to print a list of the profiles configured on the system. Refer to the main Reports section above for details on the Print and Preview options. When selecting this option, an additional option is provided: • Include customized job profiles: Check this box if you want to print a list of the profiles that have been customized for particular jobs. If not checked, only the original job profiles will be included.
Running the report by Job ID: Select Reports!Restore History!By Job ID. You may select one or more Job IDs for which to print the report or, by not specifying any job IDs, the report will be reported for all job IDs. Running the report by Backup ID: Select Reports!Restore History!By Backup ID. You may select one or more Backup IDs for which to print the report or, by not specifying any backup IDs, the report will be reported for all backup IDs. You may also select starting and ending dates for this report.
22. Utilities This section provides instruction on the use of the utilities that are not typically used on a day-to-day basis but provide useful features or the ability to tailor the behavior of the application. Create/Manage Boot Media System Installation media is bootable media which may be used to boot the system to the SBAdmin System Installation process.
Only a user on a remote system (including this admin system) using a compatible ssh client program and the previously configured password can access the client’s installation process. Once the client has enabled access, select the menu option Utilities!Start Remote Installation Manager. You will be asked for the client IP address and password. A new window will be displayed with the System Installation Menus. You may then change the settings or perform the installation for the client.
Perform Tape Operations This option provides a number of useful features for performing tape operations, such as rewinding, ejecting, checking and reading information from a tape. To use these options, select Utilities!Perform a Tape Operation from the main menu bar. When doing so, a screen similar to the following will display: You must press the arrow keys next to each entry field to list and select the Client Name and the Device Name in which the tape is inserted.
block size was set to any other value by another application or when the drive was reconfigured, you will need to set the block size to 0 again before you can read an SBAdmin backup. Rebuild (unexpire) a Backup Label Normally, when a TSM backup is expired within SBAdmin, the backup is actually removed from the TSM server. In this case, the backup is no longer accessible.
23. Network Security SBAdmin was created with safeguards in place to prevent breaches in security without disrupting the security and integrity of the remaining network. This section outlines the flow of network traffic, the security measures that have been implemented, and what steps need to be taken by security personnel to insure that your software will function properly between network firewalls.
In the following, $STXPATH designates your SBAdmin data directory chosen when installing the software (default is /storix), and $STXINSTPATH is the SBAdmin application directory (/opt/storix for Linux & Solaris or /usr/lpp/storix for AIX). 1. The IP address of the sender is checked to see if it is a valid admin system. Valid admin systems are specified in the $STXPATH/config/admin_servers file when SBAdmin is installed onto a client system.
Encryption Keys This section is applicable only if the Backup Encryption Optional Feature is installed. Encryption keys are entered on the client system using the stkeys command. This prevents the encryption keys from being passed across the network in any form. The encryption keys are stored in a file on the client system, unreadable by any user other than “root”, and neither the file nor the information therein is ever sent over the network. Storix System Backup Administrator 111 Version 8.
24. Getting Help QuickHelp If you are uncertain of the use of a particular button, listbox or entry field, you may at any time move the cursor over the object in question and press the right mouse button. A popup message will appear on top of the object with information on its use and any options, warnings or special instructions that might apply. Information is provided for every selectable object in the application.
Index scheduling, 44 scheduling and running, 42 status and output history, 67 view by client, 69 by job ID, 68 by server, 68 status screen, 54 verify, 70 backup label, 60 backup ID, 60 backup retention policy, 96 expire, 60 expiring, 65, 66 print, 60 view, 61 by backup ID, 61 by client, 63 by job ID, 63 by server, 62 by tape label ID, 62 read from media, 64 backup profile, 32 adding, 32 changing, 39 customizing by job, 43 definition, 14 pre and post backup programs, 35 removing, 31, 39 report, 103 backup re
exclude list, 41 icons, 27 license, 9 pre- and post-backup programs, 36 pre- and post-snapshot programs, 36 remove, 27 client options file, 15 color themes, 91 commands remote execution, 109 sbadmin, 11 stqueue, 47 strunjob, 47 COMMMethod, 29 compression SBAdmin, 33 TSM server, 16, 28, 29 TSM server, 43 configure backup job, 43 backup profile, 32 backup retention policy, 96 exclude lists, 40 job error handling, 101 menu, 17 pre- and post-backup programs, 35 report preferences, 93 snapshot backups, 50 TSM cl
removing a job, 59 jobs, 42 setting Linux default, 93 printer AIX default, 93 printer queue report option, 102 printers (Linux), 93 profile. See backup profile L label. See backup label or tape label licensing.
job options, 43, 45 schedule backup jobs, 17, 44 jobs from the command line, 47 security. See network security server adding, 28 changing, 29 server.
W write a tape label, 106 wildcards in exclude lists, 40 restoring files or directories, 86 V verify auto-verifying backup job, 44 backup, 70 volume group AIX rootvg, 14 backup labels by, 63 exclude list, 40 recreate, 74 restoring, 83 restoring incremental, 39 volume group, 38, 42, 43, 81 Storix System Backup Administrator Z ZFS operating system support option, 91 volume exclude list, 41 117 Version 8.
