Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite

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Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite

V7

Quick Start Guide

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited V7.3.0

Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite

Quick Start Guide

Copyright Notice

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This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited V7.3.0

Revision History

Date Description Type of modification

31 Aug 2015 First revision for AhsayCBS Quick Start

Guide New

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Overview

1.1 Conventions

A list of notations that are used throughout this document.

Convention Descriptions Example

Bold Important Information WARNING: You must check the timestamp of obrA.jar before proceeding to step2.

Italic Folder Path or File Path /usr/local/obs/conf

[] Graphical Interface Elements [Manage Log]

%% Filepath in Windows format %CBS_HOME%

$ Filepath in Linux/Unix/BSD

format $CBS_HOME

italic _Command mkdir /usr/local/cbs

Notation that are used specificially for API section:

Convention Descriptions

<Text Inside angle

brackets> Placeholder for which you must supply a value. [Text inside square

brackets] Optional items.

{Text insides braces} Set of required items; choose one.

Vertical bar (|) Separator for mutually exclusive items; choose one.

Ellipsis (…) Items that can be repeated.

1.2 Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviation

Term/Abbreviation Definition

AhsayCBS Ahsay™ Cloud Backup Suite AhsayOBM Ahsay™ Online Backup Manager AhsayACB Ahsay™ A-Click Backup

CBS_HOME The install location of AhsayCBS. Windows

C:\Program Files\AhsayCBS

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 2 USER_HOMES The directories where AhsayCBS store the AhsayOBM

& AhsayACB users accounts. The default location is:

%CBS_HOME%\users

JAVA_HOME The location where JAVA is installed

1.3 System Requirements

Please refer to the FAQ: Ahsay Software Compatibility List (SCL) for version 7.3 or above (5001) for system requirements of AhsayCBS.

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Quick Start

2.1 Basic setup requirement

Prepare a machine for the Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite (AhsayCBS) with the following specifications:

- Intel® CoreTM_{i3 or above, Xeon grade CPU preferred}

- A 64-bit server grade operating system is preferred, 32-bit operating system could decrease the performance which is not recommended. For example:

o Windows 2008 R2 SP1 or above o CentOS 6 or above

o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or above - 4GB of RAM or above

- Disk with redundant setup such as RAID 5 with sufficient hard disk for your local backup storage. (For cloud storage setup, please refer to Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite Administrator’s guide.)

- The AhsayCBS server is required to access internet and connect our license server lic.ahsay.com using the https protocol. Please ensure the firewall outbound connection settings are enabled and the TLSv1 setting is allowed.

2.2 Install AhsayCBS

2.2.1 Windows

1. Download the cbs-win.exe from our website. 2. Run the downloaded installer.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 4 4. Click [Next] to continue.

5. Read the license agreement. Select “I agree the agreement” if you agree, then click on [Next] to continue the installation.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 6 9. Click [Install] to start the installation.

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2.2.2 Linux

Assumption: ifconfig is already configured on the Linux server. 1. Download the installation file (cbs-nix.tar.gz) from our website. 2. Logon as root user in the Linux machine.

3. Define the directory you would like to install the software by setting CBS_HOME environment variable. For example, to install AhsayCBS to /usr/local/cbs , please do the followings:

# CBS_HOME=/usr/local/cbs;export CBS_HOME

4. Copy the installation file (cbs-nix.tar.gz) to %CBS_HOME% and untar it.

# mkdir $CBS_HOME

# cp cbs-nix-tar.gz $CBS_HOME # cd $CBS_HOME

# gunzip cbs-nix.tar.gz # tar -xf cbs-nix.tar

Once the untar process has completed, please check that the directory listing is similar to the image below.

5. Install and startup the AhsayCBS service by the following command:

# /usr/local/cbs/bin/install.sh

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 8 Note: It has been found on some systems, the installation may appear to pause after displaying “Starting AhsayCBS service”. If this occurs, please press the space bar to complete the installation.

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2.3 Basic setup and configuration

2.3.1 Activate License

1. Open the AhsayCBS from your browser eg: http://<your-backup-server>

2. Login the AhsayCBS with the default password, i.e. “system” 3. To activate the license, click on the “Backup Server” tab.

4. Click on the License tab.

5. If you are evaluating the AhsayCBS, you can use the evaluation license provided in the page. Go to step 7.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 10 7. Click on [Update] button.

8. Click [Save] to save the settings on the AhsayCBS.

Note:

If you are using the evaluation license, you will be able to evaluate the AhsayCBS for 60 days. If you need to purchase the license CAL, you can

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2.3.2 Setup User Home

Setup a user home in your AhsayCBS to store the user’s information and backup files in your local location.

1. Click on the “Backup Server” tab on the right hand side.

2. In the “Basic” tab, locate the “User Homes” section.

3. Click on the [+] button.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 12 Note: It is not suggested to store your user home in your system partition, eg: C:\

5. Click on the [Add] button.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 13 7. Click on the [Trash] icon to remove the user home.

8. Click [OK] to confirm the deletion.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 14 Note:

For cloud setup, please refer to Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite Administrator’s guide.

2.3.3 Setup SMTP

Configure the SMTP so that you can receive reports from the AhsayCBS. 1. Click on the “System Panel” tab on the right hand side.

2. In the “Email Server” tab, locate the “SMTP Server” section.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 15 4. Type in the SMTP mail server settings in the “Host Name” and “Port”.

5. If authenitication is required, check the checkbox next to the “Enable SMTP Authentication” and type in the “Login Name” and “Password”.

6. Option: Check the checkbox “Use secure connection” if required. Select the type of “Protocol” from the drop down box.

7. Type in the report sender’s name and email address.

8. Click on the [Save] button to save the SMTP settings.

9. Click on the [Save] button to save the settings.

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2.3.4 Create user account

Create a user account for the backup machine.

1. Click on the “User & User Group” under the “User Management” on the right hand side.

2. Click on the [+] button to create a new user account.

3. Type in “Login Name” and “Password” in the relavent field.

4. Option: Click on the check box in front of the user group if you need to assign a user group for this user. (You can assign this user to the user group later.)

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 17 6. Option: Enter the “Host Name”

7. Option: Enter the “Alias”

8. If you need to assign a dedicated storage location for the backup account. select the radio button “Manually assigned” and choose the storage location under the “Home Directory”. If you use “Auto assigned” you can skip this step.

9. Select “Subscription Type”. Select the radio button next to the “Paid User” if you are settings a user with no expiration period. If you select the user type as “Trial User” which means this user will be suspended at the suspension date listed in the “Suspend At” box.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 18 11. By default the “Upload Encryption Key” option is enabled. If you have this option turned on, a hashed encrypted will be uploaded to the Backup Server. When your users lost the encryption key, Ahsay can unhash the hashed encryption key and send the unhashed encryption to your user’s registered email account.

12. Select the language for this user account. (This is the language setup for this user, eg: the language of the backup report)

13. Select the correct timezone for this user in the drop down selection box.

14. Option: Enter your notes in the “Notes” field if any.

15. Click [Next] to continue.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 19 17. Click on the check box(es) to select the “Add-on Modules” for this user.

18. Enter the backup quota value, and select the unit of this value from the drop down box.

20. Click [+] to add user’s contact information.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 20 22. Click [Add] to continue.

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2.4 Install AhsayOBM/AhsayACB

2.4.1 Install AhsayOBM

General requirements: - Windows 7 or above. - CentOS 6 or above.

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or above. - Mac OSX 10.7.3 or above

- 2GB of RAM or above

2.4.1.1 Windows

1. Download the AhsayOBM installer (obm-win.exe) from the AhsayOBS web interface.

2. Run the downloaded installer.

3. Choose the language, then click [OK] to continue.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 22 5. Read the license agreement. Select “I agree the agreement” if you

agree, then click on [Next] to continue the installation.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 23 7. Select the option “Anyone who uses this computer” or “Me Only”, then

click [Next] to continue.

8. Click [Install] to continue.

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2.4.2.1 Linux

1. Download the AhsayOBM installer linux-x86_64.rpm” or “obm-linux-x86_64.tar.gz” from the AhsayOBS web interface. For 32-bit machines, please download i386.rpm” or “obm-linux-i386.tar.gz”.

2. Login as root user on the machine. 3. Install the downloaded package.

For the rpm package:

i. Install the package by the following command. For 64-bit machines:

rpm -i obm-linux-x86_64.rpm

For 32-bit machines:

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2.4.3.1 Mac

1. Download the AhsayOBM installer (obm.dmg) from the AhsayCBS web interface.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 26 3. After you opened the disk image, run the obm.pkg .

4. Click [Continue] to the next screen.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 27 6. Click [Continue] and then click [Agree] to accept the license agreement.

7. Option: Click on the “Change Install Location” to change the instatllation path.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 28 9. Enter the password to allow the installer to make changes on the

machine. Click [Install Software] to continue.

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2.4.2 Install AhsayACB

General requirements:

- Windows Windows 7 or above. - Mac OSX 10.7.3 or above - 2GB of RAM or above

2.4.1.2 Windows

1. Download the AhsayACB installer (acb-win.exe) from the AhsayCBS web interface.

2. Run the downloaded installer.

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5. Read the license agreement. Select “I agree the agreement” if you agree, then click on [Next] to continue the installation.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 31 7. Select the option “Anyone who uses this computer” or “Me Only”, then

click [Next] to continue.

8. Click <Install> to continue.

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2.4.2.2 Mac

1. Download the AhsayACB installer (acb.dmg) from the AhsayOBS web interface.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 33 3. After you opened the disk image, run the acb.pkg .

4. Click [Continue] to the next screen.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 34 6. Click [Continue] and then click [Agree] to accept the license agreement.

7. Option: Click on the “Change Install Location” to change the instatllation path.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 35 9. Enter the password to allow the installer to make changes on the

machine.

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2.5 Create your first backup set

2.5.1 Login your AhsayOBM/AhsayACB

As the login interface on both AhsayOBM and AhsayACB are the same on different OS platform, except on the colour of the interface. The following screens are captured from a Windows version of AhsayOBM.

1. Open your AhsayOBM/AhsayACB from the desktop icon or

Windows:

 Start menu

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 37 Mac OSX:

 Applications folder

Linux (for some dististribution):  Application menu

Note:

Please refer to the next section if you need to run AhsayOBM from a Linux console.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 38 3. Enter the login name and password.

4. Option: If you don’t want the application to prompt the password every time when you enter the application interface, check on the “Save password” check box.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 39 6. Select the connection protocol “http” or “https” from the drop down box.

7. Select the backup server from the drop down list or type in the backup server IP/DNS entry.

8. Option: Slide the “Use proxy to access the Internet” switch from left to right to turn on the proxy setting.

i. Enter the “IP address” of your proxy server. ii. Enter the connecting “Port” of your proxy server. iii. Enter the “Login ID” to your proxy server.

iv. Enter the login “Password” of your proxy login account.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 40 9. Click [OK] to continue.

2.5.2 Create backup set with AhsayOBM

The backup set creation is similar on Windows, Linux with GUI and Mac OSX. The following steps will guide you to finish the setup of a file backup set, and backup files to the AhsayCBS storage.

1. Click the [Backup Sets] button.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 41 3. Enter a meaningful name for the backup set in the “Name” field, and select the “File Backup” from the drop down box and click [Next] to continue.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 42 5. Option: Slide the backup filter switch from left to right if you need to

apply backup filter for your backup set.

6. Option: Click on the “I would like to choose the files to backup” if you want to select other drives or folders in your computer.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 43 9. Click on the [+] button.

10. Enter the backup schedule details.

i. Enter a meaningful name for the backup schedule in the “Name” field.

ii. Select the type of the schedule from the drop down box, eg: “Daily”. iii. Select the backup start time from the drop down box, eg: 14:00 . iv. Select the criteria of the stop backup from the drop down box , eg:

“until full backup completed”.

v. Option: Check the box next to “Run Retention Policy after backup” if you need to remove retention data after the backup.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 44 12. Select the mode of the backup in the drop down box, eg: “Sequential”.

13. Click on the [+] to add a new storage destination on the AhsayCBS.

14. Select the radio button next to the storage type, eg: “Single storage destination”, and select the “Destination storage” from the drop down box, eg: “CBS”.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 45 16. Click on the [Next] button if you select the default encryption key, the

following settings will be used.

 Encryption Key: A randomly generated key of 44 alpha numeric characters

 Encryption Key length: 256 bits  Encryption Algorithm: AES  Encryption Method: CBC

17. Option: Select “Custom” from the drop down box if you want to modify the encryption setting.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 46 19. Enter the password for this Windows account so that AhsayOBM can

access to the files that you selected.

20. Click [Backup Now] to start the backup.

Important:

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2.5.3 Create backup with AhsayOBM installed on Linux console.

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2.5.4 Create backup set with AhsayACB

The backup set creation is similar on Windows and Mac OSX. The following steps will guide you to finish the setup of a file backup set, and backup files to the AhsayCBS storage.

1. Click the [Backup Sets] button.

2. Click the [+] button to add a new backup set.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 49 4. Click on the check box next to the default backup folder that you want

to backup.

5. Option: Click on the “I would like to choose the files to backup” if you want to select other drives or folders in your computer.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 50 8. Click on the [+] button.

9. Enter the backup schedule details.

i. Enter a meaningful name for the backup schedule in the “Name” field.

ii. Select the type of the schedule from the drop down box, eg: “Daily”. iii. Select the backup start time from the drop down box, eg: 14:00 . iv. Select the criteria of the stop backup from the drop down box , eg:

“until full backup completed”.

v. Option: Check the box next to “Run Retention Policy after backup” if you need to remove retention data after the backup.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 51 11. Select the mode of the backup in the drop down box, eg: “Sequential”.

12. Click on the [+] to add a new storage destination on the AhsayCBS.

13. Select the radio button next to the storage type, eg: “Single storage destination”, and select the “Destination storage” from the drop down box, eg: “CBS”.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 52 15. Click on the [Next] button if you select the default encryption key, the

following settings will be used.

 Encryption Key: A randomly generated key of 44 alpha numeric characters

 Encryption Key length: 256 bits  Encryption Algorithm: AES  Encryption Method: CBC

16. Option: Select “Custom” from the drop down box if you want to modify the encryption setting.

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Ahsay Systems Corporation Limited 53 18. Enter the password for this Windows account so that AhsayACB can

access to the files that you selected.

19. Click [Backup Now] to start the backup.

Important:

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Further Information

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Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite

Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite

Quick Start Guide

Ahsay Cloud Backup Suite

Quick Start Guide

Copyright Notice

Trademarks

Disclaimer

Revision History

Table of Contents

1

Overview ... 1

1.1

Conventions ... 1

1.2

Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviation ... 1

1.3

System Requirements... 2

2

Quick Start ... 3

2.1

Basic setup requirement ... 3

2.2

Install AhsayCBS ... 3

2.2.1

Windows ... 3

2.2.2

Linux ... 7

2.3

Basic setup and configuration ... 9

2.3.1

Activate License... 9

2.3.2

Setup User Home ... 11

2.3.3

Setup SMTP ... 14

2.3.4

Create user account ... 16

2.4

Install AhsayOBM/AhsayACB ... 21

2.4.1

Install AhsayOBM ... 21

2.4.2

Install AhsayACB ... 29

2.5

Create your first backup set ... 36

2.5.1

Login your AhsayOBM/AhsayACB ... 36

2.5.2

Create backup set with AhsayOBM ... 40

2.5.3

Create backup with AhsayOBM installed on Linux console. ... 47

2.5.4

Create backup set with AhsayACB... 48

3

Further Information ... 54

Appendix ... 55

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Overview

1.1 Conventions

1.2 Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviation

1.3 System Requirements

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Quick Start

2.1 Basic setup requirement

2.2 Install AhsayCBS

2.2.1 Windows

2.2.2 Linux

2.3 Basic setup and configuration

2.3.1 Activate License

2.3.2 Setup User Home

2.3.3 Setup SMTP

2.3.4 Create user account

2.4 Install AhsayOBM/AhsayACB

2.4.1 Install AhsayOBM

2.4.1.1 Windows

2.4.2.1 Linux

2.4.3.1 Mac

2.4.2 Install AhsayACB

2.4.1.2 Windows