Linux Server Backup Advanced Getting Started Guide

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Linux Server Backup Advanced Getting

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Linux Server Backup Advanced Getting

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READ ME FIRST

Welcome to the Linux Server Backup Advanced - Getting Started Guide

The purpose of this manual is to provide you with complete instructions on how to install and set up Idera Server Backup Advanced on Linux.

This PDF manual was created on the basis of the product documentation. You can find the full version of the documentation on http://wiki.r1soft.com.

Note

This Guide contains links to the online documentation. Follow them to read more information on a particular topic.

You can use the Table of Contents to find a specific topic. To access the topic click on its name in the Table of Contents.

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Server Backup comes in three (3) Editions: Free, Advanced and Enterprise. This Guide describes the installation and set up of the Advanced Edition.

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About Server Backup Advanced

Server Backup Advanced for Windows and Linux is an affordable, high-performance, disk-to-disk backup software.

Server Backup Advanced has all the features of Server Backup Free, plus:

Databases protection for Windows and Linux Bare-Metal Restore function

Archiving function

Hosting Control Panels integration

You can install Server Backup Advanced directly on the server you would like to back up. A dedicated Backup Manager is not required.

Server Backup Advanced allows you to store your Disk Safes on:

Primary hard disks - The Disk Safes are automatically excluded from the replication Secondary (backup) hard disks

USB drives

Network Attached Storages (NAS), e.g., NFS, CIFS/Windows share, etc.

With Server Backup Advanced, you can:

Select Devices on a Server for replication

Define which files/folders on a Device will be replicated; by default, all files and folders on the selected Device are backed up (you can exclude file(s)/folder(s) and define complex exclude rules)

Create a one-time or scheduled replication Define disk space (soft and hard) quotas

Assign one or several Data Protection Policies to a Host Define Recovery Point Retention for each Policy

Browse files on Disk Safes

Track Disk Safes with built-in, on-disk journaling Merge (delete) Recovery Points

Restore all or selected files/folders from any Recovery Point

Export the selected files/folders from any Recovery Point and save the extracted files/folders to an off-site server or local hard disk

Copy Disk Safes between Backup Manager installations; Disk Safes can be moved and copied like regular folders

Server Backup Advanced includes:

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MS SQL Server support MS Exchange support Bare-Metal Restore function Reports via email

Windows NTFS DACLs and SACLs Restore (allows you to restore Discretionary and System Access Control Lists)

Advanced Archiving Rules with flexible Data Protection Policies Multiple language support

Recovery Point Archiving

Hosting Control Panel Integration Hosting Control Panel Restore:

cPanel (Linux) Plesk (Linux)

Virtuozzo containers (Linux)

cPanel or Plesk in Virtuozzo containers Others

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How to get it

Obtaining Server Backup Advanced for Linux

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Installing the Server Backup Advanced on Linux

System Requirements - Server Backup Advanced for Linux

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Installing Server Backup Advanced on CentOS, RHE, and Fedora

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Installing Server Backup Advanced on Debian and Ubuntu

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Configuring a Replication

Creating Disk Safes

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Creating Policies

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Protecting Databases

Installing MySQL Connector JDBC into Server Backup

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Adding a MySQL Instance to a Policy

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Multi-tenant How To

Server Backup Advanced Common Questions

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Restoring Data

Restoring Files

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Restoring MySQL Database to Original Location

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Restoring MySQL Database to Alternate Location

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Restoring VHDs

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Bare-Metal Restore

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Options For Performing Bare-Metal Restore

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Launching Bare-Metal Restore

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Getting Started with the API

API Documentation

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Accessing API Documentation

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Accessing Example API Functions