Open File Manager (OFM)

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Overview

• Configuring OFM for Use with NetWare File System iDataAgent
• Configuring OFM for Use with the Windows File System iDataAgent

Configuring OFM Backup Inactivity

Overview

The software supports the use of St. Bernard’s Open File Manager™ (OFM) to work with the Windows File System iDataAgent and the NetWare File System iDataAgents. The following sections describe how to configure the software in such a setup.

Configuring OFM for use with NetWare File System iDataAgent

The OFM.NLM must be dated June 28, 1999 or later. You can get the latest version from the St. Bernard website at http: //www.stbernard.com. (See the St. Bernard’s documentation for the most complete and up-to-date information on OFM.)

To configure:

1. In the Open File Manager, configure OFM to ignore the entire <software install> directory, the MediaAgent Index Cache Directory (if the NetWare MediaAgent is installed) or the Jobs Results Directory if it is located outside the main software install directory as follows:
   • In OFM, open the Properties dialog box for the NetWare server in which NetWare File System iDataAgent is installed by right-clicking the server name.
   • Click the Files tab, click Add and then click Browse.
   • Select the NetWare Install Directory, i.e., SYS:\<Software Installation Path> and check Include Subdirectories and then click OK.
   • If a message is displayed indicating that information will be saved when the backup is complete, you can either wait for OFM synchronization to time-out (default is 120 minutes) or unload the NetWare Server iDataAgents and reload it. You can do this by typing Unload Galaxy and Load Galaxy from the NetWare server console.
   • Repeat this procedure for an alternate directory, if one was selected, for either the Jobs Results Directory or the MediaAgent Index Cache Directory.
2. Using the Subclient Properties (Filters) tab, exclude the OFM Cache directories from being backed up. NetWare NSS Volumes do not have OFM Cache Directories, however, every NetWare Legacy Volume has an OFM Cache Directory located at <volume name>:SYSTEM\OFM\CACHE. Each NetWare Legacy Volume’s OFM Cache Directory requires a unique filter.
   • From the CommCell Browser select the default Backup Set of the NetWare File System iDataAgent.
   • Right-click the subclient that contains the SYS volume and then click Properties.
   • Click the Filters tab.
   • Click Browse, and navigate to the SYS:\SYSTEM\OFM\CACHE directory and select it.
   • Click OK.
   • Repeat this process for each volume.

   A <volume name>\SYSTEM\OFM\CACHE directory and path is created for each NetWare Legacy Volume that resides on the server. A subclient filter must be created for each one.

Configuring OFM for Use with the Windows File System iDataAgent

The Windows File System iDataAgents does not have any specific requirements for the OFM version.

To configure:

1. In the Open File Manager, configure OFM to ignore the entire <software install> directory, the MediaAgent Index Cache Directory (if the Windows MediaAgent is installed) or the Jobs Results Directory if it is located outside the main software install directory as follows:
   • In OFM, open the Properties dialog box for the computer in which Windows File System iDataAgent is installed by right-clicking the server name.
   • Click the Files tab, click Add and then click Browse.

     Select the Install Directory and check Include Subdirectories and then click OK.

     If a message is displayed indicating that information will be saved when the backup is complete, you can either wait for OFM synchronization to time-out (default is 120 minutes) or restart the Services.

   • Repeat this procedure for an alternate directory, if one was selected, for either the Jobs Results Directory or the MediaAgent Index Cache Directory.

Configuring OFM Backup Inactivity

If you are going to run more than one backup per day, the time between the end of one backup and the start of the next backup should exceed the OFM Backup Inactivity Timeout (BIT) period. Otherwise, any open files that have been synchronized by OFM will be backed up in the same state as the first backup. 

By allowing OFM to unsynchronize between backups, you will be able to back up the changes that have occurred in the open file since the previous backup. To set the OFM Backup Inactivity Timeout:

1. In the OFM, open the Properties dialog box for the NetWare server in which the NetWare File System iDataAgent is installed by right-clicking the server name.

2. Click the General tab.

   The default Backup Inactivity Timeout value is 120 minutes.

3. Change the Backup Inactivity Timeout (BIT) value to a value that is less than the backup interval (time between backups) and click OK. For example, if the backup interval is two hours, the Backup Inactivity Timeout value must be less than two hours, or it will interfere with the next backup.

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