Brightstor Arcserve Backup for Linux Administrator Guide
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Contents Chapter 1: Introducing BrightStor ARCserve Backup 13 BrightStor ARCserve Backup Main Components ....................................................................... 13 BrightStor ARCserve Backup Manager Functionality ............................................................ 13 BrightStor ARCserve Backup Server Functionality ............................................................... 14 BrightStor ARCserve Backup Core Services........................................................................ 15 BrightStor ARCserve Backup Domain Functionality.............................................................. 16 bab Command .................................................................................................................... 17 BrightStor ARCserve Backup Functionality .............................................................................. 17 BrightStor ARCserve Backup Managers ............................................................................. 18 Back-End Services Access ............................................................................................... 19 caroot User Profile ......................................................................................................... 20 caroot Equivalences List ................................................................................................. 20 User Profile Manager Toolbar........................................................................................... 21 The ca_auth Command................................................................................................... 21 Disk Staging Option.............................................................................................................22 Disk Staging Option Overview ......................................................................................... 23 Disk Staging Option Features .......................................................................................... 24 BrightStor Portal Integration................................................................................................. 26 Unicenter NSM Integration ................................................................................................... 26 Unicenter Console.......................................................................................................... 27 Logger Email Alert Messages ........................................................................................... 28 Workload Management Integration................................................................................... 29 Chapter 2: Planning Your Storage Environment 31 Enterprise Storage Requirements .......................................................................................... 31 Budget Considerations.................................................................................................... 32 Network and Computer Infrastructure Requirements........................................................... 32 Data Transfer Requirements ................................................................................................. 33 Backup Schedule Requirements ....................................................................................... 33 Data Backup Window Considerations ................................................................................ 34 Hardware Data Transfer Rates ......................................................................................... 34 Network Bandwidth Considerations .................................................................................. 36 Data Transfer Requirements and Resources Calculations ..................................................... 36 Data Path Considerations................................................................................................ 37 Alternate Data Path Considerations .................................................................................. 38 Parallel Storage Operations (Multiple Streaming)................................................................ 41 Storage Capacity Requirements............................................................................................. 41 Contents iii Online Recovery Data Storage Requirements ..................................................................... 41 Backup Data Storage Requirements ................................................................................. 42 Storage Capacities and Resources .................................................................................... 42 Testing Plans and Assumptions ........................................................................................ 43 Catastrophic Events.............................................................................................................44 Risk Assessment............................................................................................................ 44 Off-Site Repository Considerations ................................................................................... 45 Disaster Recovery Archive Considerations ......................................................................... 46 Disaster Recovery Testing............................................................................................... 46 Sample Calculations ............................................................................................................ 46 Transfer Rate for Clients and Servers on a 100Base-T Ethernet LAN With No Subnets .............. 47 Transfer Rate for Clients and Servers on Two 100Base-T Ethernet Subnets ............................ 48 Transfer Rate for Clients and Servers on a Gigabit Ethernet Network..................................... 48 Transfer Rate For a Server With No Clients ........................................................................ 49 Transfer Rate For Server With SAN Option......................................................................... 49 Storage Capacity For Two Sets of Recovery Data, One Full and One Incremental Backup.......... 50 Chapter 3: Backing Up Data 53 Backup Manager ................................................................................................................. 53 Backup Manager Source Tab................................................................................................. 54 Multiple Code Pages Support ........................................................................................... 56 Node Level Options ........................................................................................................ 57 Volume Backup Options .................................................................................................. 61 Object Information Tab for Volumes, Directories, and Files .................................................. 61 Filter Tab at the Volume Level ......................................................................................... 61 Session Password at the Volume Level.............................................................................. 62 Access Tab at