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You can always find the latest version at our website at http://www.tolisgroup.com/documentation.html ArGest® Backup User’s Guide Table of Contents - 3 Email Settings ...............................................................................32 Table Of Contents Advanced Preferences ......................................................33 Backup Preferences ......................................................................33 Restore Preferences .....................................................................33 1 What is ArGest® Backup?!...............................................7 Device Preferences .......................................................................34 General Notes .................................................................................7 Email Preferences .........................................................................34 Device Compatibility .......................................................................7 General Query Preferences ...........................................................35 Performance ...................................................................................7 Platform and Version Compatibility .................................................8 4 Wizard or Advanced View!..............................................41 A Word About Capacity and Compression ......................................8 Fast Recovery .................................................................................9 Recover to an Alternate Location ...................................................9 5 Using Wizard View!.........................................................43 The BRU Tape Format ..................................................................10 Overview ...........................................................................43 Verify Capabilities ..........................................................................10 Adding File Selections ...................................................................43 Special Files ..................................................................................10 File Comparisons ..........................................................................10 Wizard Operating Modes ..................................................44 File Restore Overwrite Protection .................................................10 Standard Wizard Mode .................................................................44 Catalogs - What Are They? ...........................................................10 Split Session Archive Mode ..........................................................45 Estimate Media .............................................................................46 Archival Versus Backup .....................................................11 Tape Doubler Archive Mode ..........................................................46 Definitions and Concepts ..............................................................12 Important Backup Data Selection Concepts ..................................13 6 Using Advanced View!....................................................49 2 Installation, Licensing, and QuickStart!.......................15 Overview ...........................................................................49 Selecting Files ...............................................................................50 Installation .........................................................................15 Saving Job Definitions ...................................................................51 Licenses ............................................................................15 Library Destinations .......................................................................52 Licensing ArGest® Backup ...............................................17 Starting a Backup ..........................................................................53 Demo Mode ..................................................................................17 Additional Advanced Options ........................................................55 Entering Your License ...................................................................17 Estimate Media .............................................................................55 QuickStart ..........................................................................18 Complete Final Cut Pro X Environment Support ..........................57 ArGest® Backup QuickStart ..............................................21 Selecting data for archival ............................................................21 7 Restore Operations!........................................................59 Performing the Restore .................................................................24 Restoring to an alternate location .................................................60 Important note for restoring to an external USB, Firewire, or non- Recover while trimming original path ............................................60 system internal disks .....................................................................26 Recover using full original path .....................................................60 Special Considerations for Library Use .........................................27 Restoring from LTFS Volumes .......................................................61 3 Configuration and Preferences!....................................29 8 Verify Operations!...........................................................63 QuickConfig .......................................................................29 Standalone Tape Drive ..................................................................29 10 The Tools Panel!............................................................67 Buffer Size Limitations ...................................................................30 The Environment Panel .....................................................67 Library Destination ........................................................................30 The Device Manager Panel ...............................................67 Disk-based Archives ......................................................................31 Controlling a Tape Drive ................................................................68 4 - Table of Contents ArGest® Backup User’s Guide Controlling a Library ......................................................................68 Data Compression: -Z ...................................................................98 The Diagnostics Panel ......................................................69 Command Line Options: File Selection .............................99 Using Wildcard Filename Expansion ............................................99 11 Sharing ArGest® Backup Tapes!.................................71 Using Pathnames ........................................................................100 Selecting Files from stdin: - .........................................................100 Exporting Archive Catalogs ...........................................................71 Selecting Files by Date: -n date ..................................................101 Printing Catalog Info .....................................................................72 Date Formats for Use with -n ......................................................102 Recommended Workflow ..............................................................73 Resetting Access Time: -a ..........................................................102 Inverse Date Specification ..........................................................103 12 Advanced Command Line Operation!.........................75 Selecting Files by User: -o ..........................................................103 Overview ...........................................................................75 Selecting Files by User Name: -o login_name ............................103 Selecting Files by File Owner: -o pathname ...............................103 Tape under OS X ..........................................................................75 Selecting Files by User ID: -o decimal_value .............................103 Further Descriptions ......................................................................76