Server Backup Free Admin Guide

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Server Backup Free Admin Guide

Version 5.0

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README FIRST

Welcome to the Server Backup Free - Admin Guide

The purpose of this manual is to provide you with complete instructions on how to administrate Idera Server Backup Free.

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

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.

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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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About Server Backup Free

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

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

Server Backup allows you to store your Disk Safes on the following:

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

USB drives

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

With Server Backup Free, you can:

Select Devices on Host 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 Safe 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 the Server Backup installations; Disk Safes can be moved and copied like regular folders.

Server Backup Free includes:

New, improved Linux Server Backup Device Driver Easy-to-use .rpm and .deb package installer for Linux

Support of multiple Windows versions (Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, Windows 2008 Server, 32-bit and 64-bit)

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Configuring Backup Manager

About Linux Backup Manager Configuration

You, as an Administrator, must define the server-wide settings that are important for the Backup Manager to work.

To configure your Linux Backup Manager, you can use:

Configuration section in the Backup Manager CLI commands

You can configure the following:

Backup Manager ports (HTTP, HTTPS) Backup Manager credentials

Backup Manager memory

About Windows Backup Manager Configuration Utility

The Backup Manager Configuration Utility is a separate application installed together with the Free, Advanced, or Enterprise Backup Manager.

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Note

The Server Backup Free and Advanced goes with the Backup Agent that is already built-in. Use [Windows Backup Manager Configuration Utility] to configure both the Backup Manager and the Backup Agent. As for Enterprise Edition, the Backup Manager Configuration Utility is available on the machine with the Backup Manager installed. On the machine where the Backup Agent is installed, use Windows Backup

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Agent Configuration Utility

The Backup Manager Configuration Utility allows you to complete the tasks described in the following documents:

Restart Backup Manager - The page Restarting Backup Manager does not exist.

Set up users - The page Setting up Backup Manager Users does not exist.

Configure "Run Service As" account - The page Configuring Backup Manager "Run Service As" Account does not exist.

Configure Backup Manager ports - The page Configuring Backup Manager Ports does not exist.

Configure heap memory - The page Configuring Heap Memory does not exist.

In the Free and Advanced Backup Manager, the Configuration Utility also allows you to configure the Backup Agent as it is installed on the same machine as the Backup Manager. See more in the following documents:

Change Windows Backup Agent configuration - The page Changing Windows Backup Agent Configuration does not exist.

Configure Backup Agent port - The page Configuring Backup Agent Port does not exist.

Restart Backup Agent - The page Restarting Backup Agent does not exist.

About Windows Backup Manager Configuration

To configure your Backup Manager, you can use:

Backup Manager Configuration Utility Configuration section in Backup Manager You can configure the following:

Credentials (Free Edition)

Windows "Run Service As" account Web Server options (HTTP, HTTPS) Disk Usage Limits

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API Server Options Public Key

License

Accessing Backup Manager Configuration Utility

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Accessing Configuration in Backup Manager

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Accessing Task Scheduler

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Configuring "Run Service As" Account

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Configuring Backup Manager Ports

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Configuring Heap Memory

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Configuring Language Settings

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Configuring Web Server Options

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Configuring Manager Options

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Installing MySQL Connector JDBC into Server Backup

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Setting up Users

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Viewing License Information

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Task History

In Server Backup, the Task History is used to:

View running and finished tasks and their details. Cancel running tasks.

View finished tasks. View alerts.

View log messages. Download task details Rerun most tasks.

Accessing Task History

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Customizing the Task History List

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Canceling Tasks

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Viewing Task Summary

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Viewing Alerts

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Viewing Log Messages

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Downloading Task Details

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Rerunning Tasks

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Administrating Server Backup

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Restarting Backup Manager

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Restarting Backup Agent

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Accessing Log Files

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Downloading Data for Technical Support

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Configuring Network Ports

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Reactivating the License

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Returning Unused License

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Running Backup Manager over SSL (HTTPS)

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Migrating Enterprise Backup Manager

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Uninstalling Server Backup Free

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Uninstalling Server Backup Free on Linux

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Uninstalling Server Backup Free on Windows