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BakBone Software 10145 Pacific Heights Blvd. Suite 900 San Diego, California 92121 858.450.9009 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1 Introducing NetVault .............................................................................................................3 NetVault Features ................................................................................................................. 3 NetVault Application Plugin Modules .................................................................................... 4 About This Guide ..................................................................................................................4 Using Help ............................................................................................................................ 5 About BakBone Software...................................................................................................... 6 Technical Support ................................................................................................................. 6 BakBone Software Web Site: www.bakbone.com.......................................................... 6 Helpdesk Support Lines ................................................................................................. 6 CHAPTER 2 MANAGING NETVAULT SOFTWARE............................................................................. 7 Installing NetVault Software.................................................................................................. 9 Types of Installation ....................................................................................................... 9 General Installation Requirements................................................................................. 9 Windows NT Installation............................................................................................... 10 AIX 4.2 and 4.3 (IBM RS 6000) ................................................................................... 16 Compaq TRU64 (4.0b and later).................................................................................. 17 FreeBSD 3.2................................................................................................................. 17 HP-UX 10 and 11, HP9000/700 HP9000/800 .............................................................. 17 IRIX 6.2 and 6.5 (Silicon Graphics, SGI)...................................................................... 18 LINUX (Intel x86).......................................................................................................... 18 Microsoft Windows 2000 .............................................................................................. 18 Microsoft Windows 95/98 Client................................................................................... 19 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Intel x86) .......................................................................... 19 NCR UNIX SVR 5.4 MP-RAS 03.................................................................................. 19 SCO Open Server 5 ..................................................................................................... 20 Sun Solaris 2.5 (SPARC) ............................................................................................. 20 Sun Solaris 2.6 (SPARC) ............................................................................................. 21 Sun Solaris 7 (Intel x86)............................................................................................... 21 Sun Solaris 7 (SPARC) ................................................................................................ 22 UnixWare 2.1.3............................................................................................................. 23 UnixWare 7................................................................................................................... 23 ii Contents Calculating NetVault Database (NVDB) Size Requirements ........................................24 Installing NetVault Plugins and APM’s................................................................................ 25 Installing a Plugin or APM.............................................................................................25 Removing a Plugin or APM...........................................................................................26 Licenses for NetVault Products .......................................................................................... 26 Locating Machine IDs ...................................................................................................27 Requesting your License Key .......................................................................................28 Installing a License Key ................................................................................................28 Upgrading from Earlier Versions of NetVault ...................................................................... 30 Upgrading from NetVault 6.0.1 to a Later Version ........................................................30 Upgrading from NetVault 6.0.0 to a Later Version ........................................................30 Using the NetVault Configurator ......................................................................................... 31 Starting the Configurator...............................................................................................32 Understanding the NetVault Configurator Dialog Box...................................................32 Using the Debugging (Tracing) Feature........................................................................37 Configuring NetVault 6.x..................................................................................................... 38 Configuring a SCSI LUN for a Linux kernel ..................................................................38 Setting up the kernel .....................................................................................................38 Uninstalling NetVault .......................................................................................................... 39 Uninstalling NetVault from Windows NT Machines.......................................................39 Uninstalling NetVault from Solaris or MP-RAS Machines.............................................40 Uninstalling NetVault from other UNIX or Linux Installations........................................40 CHAPTER 3 NETVAULT BASICS .................................................................................................. 41 Graphical User Interface..................................................................................................... 43 Menu Bar ......................................................................................................................43 Command Toolbar ........................................................................................................45 Status Line ....................................................................................................................46 Managing Devices and Clients ........................................................................................... 46 Device Management Window .......................................................................................47 Client Management Window .........................................................................................48 Domain Management Window......................................................................................48 Managing Media ................................................................................................................. 49 Media Management Window ........................................................................................50 Status Window ..............................................................................................................50 Backing Up Data................................................................................................................. 51 Backup Window