Agents - Workstation Backup Agent - How To

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Configure Network Bandwidth Throttling

Configure Workstation Backup Agent to Backup Application Data

View Job History Details

Deconfigure a Client, MediaAgent, Agent, or Enabler

Delete the Agent

View the Software Version

Configure Network Bandwidth Throttling

Related Topics:

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure throttling for replication activities:

1. In the CommCell Browser, right-click the agent icon of the source computer, and select Properties.
2. In the Operational Parameters tab of the Properties screen, specify any of the following:
   • Throttling Amount - maximum network transfer rate in megabits per second (Mbps). The Utilization Percentage specified in the Edit Throttling Rule dialog will be a percentage of the number entered here.
   • Bandwidth Throttling Rules - click Add to configure the following in the Edit Throttling Rule dialog:
     • Days of Week
     • Start time
     • End time
     • Utilization Percentage -- based on the specified Throttling Amount (see previous item)
3. Click OK to save your changes.

Configure Workstation Backup Agent to Backup Application Data

Related Topics:

• Application Integration

Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To configure Workstation Backup Agent to backup application data:

1. In the CommCell Browser, right-click the Workstation Backup Agent icon of the source machine, and select Properties.
2. Select the Authentication tab of the Agent Properties screen, and select one of the following:
   • Exchange/SQL tab - select either Microsoft Exchange Server or Microsoft SQL Server, click Edit, then supply the necessary credentials for the server. For more information, see specify the Account for Accessing Application Servers/Filers.
   • Oracle tab - click Add Instance and supply the necessary credentials and information for Oracle. Supply a user account with administrator privileges to access the Oracle application.
     • You can click the Change button and use the Impersonate User option to verify the rights to perform all data protection and recovery operations for the associated Oracle instance.
3. Click OK to save your changes.

NOTES

• To create a Replication Pair for application data, see Add or Edit a Replication Pair.

View Job History Details

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To view the details of a job history:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the entity (e.g., subclient, client computer, etc.) whose job history you want to view, click View, and then click job history.
2. From the Job History Filter dialog box, select the filter options that you want to apply and click OK.
3. From the Data Management Job History window, right-click the job whose job details you want to view, and then click View Job Details.
4. The Job Details dialog box appears, displaying detailed job history in General, Details, Phase Details and Attempts tabs for the selected job.
5. Click OK.

If viewing the details of a job with a pending or failed status, the Reason for Job Delay field will contain an Error Code, which, if clicked, will launch the customer support website displaying troubleshooting article(s) related to the specific issue.

Deconfigure a Client, MediaAgent, Agent, or Enabler

Required Capabilities: Capabilities and Permitted Actions

Before you Begin:

• For MediaAgent Deconfiguration, ensure that all the storage policies or copies associated with the configured libraries (or drive pools) in the MediaAgent are deleted or re-associated to another MediaAgent.

To deconfigure a client, MediaAgent, agent, or enabler:

1. In the CommCell Browser, right-click the name of the client, MediaAgent, agent, or enabler you want to deconfigure, click All Tasks (if displayed), and select Deconfigure.
2. A popup warning message appears.

   Click OK to continue.

3. Another popup message then appears.

   Click Yes to continue with the deconfiguration or No to abort.

4. If the deconfigure is unsuccessful, a number of popup messages appears. In some cases, the message requests that you take some corrective action. For example, the message might advise you to ensure that there are no jobs running on the agent. In such a case, click OK and take the appropriate action. Then repeat the deconfigure process.

If the deconfigure is successful, the tree element is dimmed and available for deletion.

Delete the Agent

Before You Begin

You can perform agent operations as long as the agent is installed and appears enabled in the CommCell Browser. However, if you have no need to run jobs on the agent data of a client computer, you may want to delete the agent that resides on that computer. Once you have uninstalled or DeConfigured the agent, the corresponding icon in the CommCell Browser is grayed out. While this icon exists, you can recover data from the agent to another client. If you delete this icon, all of the agent's data is irretrievably lost.

NOTES

• You cannot delete an agent while operations for that agent are running.
• NAS clients do not use this procedure; for NAS, see the Uninstall section of Deployment - NetApp NAS NDMP iDataAgent.

Deleting the agent is a two-phase process.

• You need to uninstall or DeConfigure the agent software from the client computer. Doing so frees an agent license, thereby allowing you to install it on some other computer whose data you do want to secure.
• After you delete the client software, you can either leave the corresponding data intact for appropriate action, or you can remove the data immediately. If you choose to remove the data immediately, you must delete the agent from the CommCell Browser.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To delete an agent:

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the icon of the agent that you want to delete, and then click Delete. (The agent software must first have been uninstalled/DeConfigured or the delete option on the shortcut menu will not appear.)
2. A warning message prompts you with the following: This operation will permanently delete the data backed up from this level and it cannot be restored. Click Ok to continue with the deletion operation. (Clicking No will abort the operation.)
3. From the Confirmation Text dialog box, enter the confirmation text string, erase and reuse media. Click Ok. The agent icon and the data that corresponds to the selected agent will be deleted. Consequently, you will not be able to browse or recover this data.

View the Software Version

To view the Software Version:

1. From the CommCell Browser, click the CommServe, Client, Agent, MediaAgent, or Enabler for which you wish to view the version, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Version tab.

   The component version and post release service pack, additional updates and missing updates are displayed.

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