ARCserveIT Help Table of Contents

Welcome to ARCserveIT for UNIX

• About this guide
• Finding information
• What is ARCserveIT?
• The ARCserveIT domain
• The ARCserveIT server
  • ARCserveIT's Authentication service

Getting Started

• Starting and stopping ARCserveIT
• Starting and stopping the Client Agent
• Logging in and out of an ARCserveIT domain
• Adding clients to the ARCserveIT database
• ARCserveIT basic concepts
  • Basic ARCserveIT manager window features
  • Selecting your default host server
  • Selecting servers, files and directories
  • Controlling ARCserveIT services via the ARCserveIT Manager
  • Saving, opening and modifying job scripts
  • Using online help
• Setting up User Profiles
  • The Profile Manager

Backing up your data

• Backup basics
• Backing up files - the basic steps
• Accessing the Backup Manager
• Selecting a backup source
• Specifying source options for backup jobs
  • Node options
  • Volume options
• Specifying global options for backup jobs
  • Global options
  • Compressing and encrypting data
• Selecting a backup destination
  • Selecting the ARCserveIT host server
  • Setting destination options
• Scheduling the job
  • Scheduling Custom (repeating) backups
• Creating and using scripts for your backup jobs

Filtering your jobs

• Applying filters to your job
  • Applying filters - the basic steps
  • File Pattern filter
  • Directory Pattern filter
  • Date filter
  • File Attributes filter
• Modifying or deleting existing filters

Media Pools and Rotation schemes

• Media Pool and Rotation Overview
• Introduction to Media Pools
  • Creating a media pool
  • Assigning media to a media pool
  • Viewing media pools
  • Modifying media pools
  • Modifying media pool data
  • Moving Media
  • Deleting media pools and their media
• Using a simple rotation scheme
  • Configuring a rotation scheme
  • Using the Calendar View to customize your rotation scheme

Using GFS Rotation

• GFS rotation scheme basics
• Selecting a Backup method
• GFS media pools
  • Retention time
  • GFS media naming conventions
  • Preserve Media
• Setting up a GFS rotation job
  • Calendar View
  • Exception View
  • Retrying missed targets
• Tips - Troubleshooting - Techniques
  • Using new media
  • If the GFS rotation job fails
  • Dealing with missed workstations
  • GFS and Holidays

Restoring your data

• Using the Restore Manager
• Restoring files - the basic steps
• Changing your restore device source
• Selecting a restore source view
• Using "Restore by File System"
• Using "Restore by Session"
• Using "Restore by Backup Media"
• Finding the files you want
• Restore source tabs
• Restore destination tabs
• Applying options to your restore job
• Creating scripts for your restore jobs

Managing Jobs and the Job Queue

• Job status basics
• Opening the Job Status Manager window
• Managing jobs on the queue
  • Adding a job to the job queue
  • Modifying a job
  • Changing a job's execution date, time, or status
  • Stopping a job
  • Deleting a Job
  • Monitoring an active job
  • Viewing the Job Log
  • Viewing Job History
  • Displaying information about a job
  • Sorting jobs displayed in the job queue
• Activating/Deactivating the queue
• Creating a Server group
  • Assigning servers to a Server group
  • Renaming a Server group
  • Deleting a Server group
• Filtering information for a Server group
  • Job filter options
  • Job Status display options

Device Management

• Device Management basics
  • How ARCserveIT assigns devices into device groups
• The Device Management window
• Selecting devices and device views
• Getting device information
• Getting information about media
• Configuring device groups
  • Adding a device group and assigning a device
  • Removing a device from a device group
  • Deleting a device group
• Media to Media copy
• Maintaining your media
  • Formatting a media
  • Erasing media
  • Retensioning a tape
• Using compression with ARCserveIT
  • Ejecting media

Managing the Database and Reporting

• Database basics
• Opening the Database Manager window
• Selecting a database view
• Summary view
• Job Records view
• Media Records view
• Clients view
  • Adding clients to the ARCserveIT database
• Updating database records
• Configuring database options
  • Setting the database options
• Report basics
• The Report Manager window
• Printing and saving reports and logs
  • Activity Log
  • Media Server Log
  • Database Log
  • Queue Scheduler Log
  • Discovery Log
  • Arcserved Log
  • Authentication Log
  • GFS Rotation/Rotation Daily Log
  • GFS Rotation/Rotation Full Log
  • User Log
  • Job Records Report
  • Media Records Report
  • Media Sessions Report
  • Media Session Detail Report
  • GFS Rotation Job Report
  • Rotation Job report

Using the Utilities

• The Merge utility
  • Merging media into the ARCserveIT database
• The Scan utility
  • Scanning media
• Merge and Scan options
• Working with merge and scan job scripts

ARCserveIT's Command Line feature

• Command line usage overview
• Configuring ARCserveIT's command line feature
• Starting and stopping individual services
• Using the command line to add Clients to the database
• Submitting jobs using the command line (as_backup)
• Restoring files via the command line (as_restore)
• Checking the job queue (as_qmgr)
• Using the as_devmgr command line

Disaster Recovery

• Maintaining your system
• Restoring your ARCserveIT host
• Recovering the ARCserveIT database
• Recovering a remote UNIX client

ARCserveIT's directory structure and configuration files

• ARCserveIT's home directory structure
  • The ARCserveIT configuration file
  • The Web Server configuration file
  • The Discovery Service configuration file
  • The Media Server configuration file
  • The Database Server configuration file
  • The Log Server configuration file

The Client Agent for UNIX files

• Client Agent for UNIX directory structure
  • The Client Agent configuration file
  • The Client for UNIX activity log file
  • Client Agent control files
  • Global configuration file

Using Device Manager with Your Tape Library Option

• Tape Library overview
  • Using device groups with a changer
• Configuring your changer for use with ARCserveIT
• Accessing the Tape Library options
• Getting changer, device, and media information
  • Getting details about a changer
  • Getting details about your changer's device(s)
  • Getting detailed information about the Changer's media
• Tape Library maintenance functions
  • Formatting media associated with a changer
  • Erasing media
  • Importing/Exporting media
  • Load/unload media
  • Mounting/Dismounting a range of slots
  • Cleaning the tape drive head
  • Turning compression on and off
  • Retension tapes
  • Ejecting media
  • Media to Media copy

Troubleshooting ARCserveIT