Backup - NetWare Server

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Overview

Supported Backup Types

Backup Considerations for This Agent

Advanced Backup Options

Overview

Plan your backup jobs for this agent by reviewing the following information:

• For an overview of backup jobs, see Backup Data.
• For a list of supported data types for this agent, see Supported Data Types.
• For information on subclients, see Subclients
  • For information on configuring subclients for this agent, see Subclients - NetWare/NDS/GroupWise.
  • For information on excluding data via subclients, see Excluding Data from Data Protection Operations.
  • For more information on excluding data with these agents, see Excluding Data from Being Backed Up - NetWare iDataAgents.

Supported Backup Types

This NetWare File System iDataAgent supports the following backup types:

• Full Backups
• Differential Backups
• Incremental Backups
• Synthetic Full Backups

The NetWare NDS iDataAgent supports the following backup types:

• Full Backups

The GroupWise iDataAgent supports the following backup types:

• Full Backups
• Incremental Backups
• Differential Backups

Backing Up Open Files When OFM Is Not Available

The Galaxy.ini file can be configured to allow open files to be backed up when OFM or COW is not supported or is not available. This feature should only be used in this scenario and not as an alternative for OFM, which is the recommended solution for backing up open files.

To utilize this feature, perform the following:

1. Locate the Galaxy.ini file in the root of the installation directory (i.e., <Installation Directory>\GALAXY.INI).
2. Add the following section to the Galaxy.ini file:

   [CVSMS]

   BackupOpenFilesWithoutProtection = TRUE

3. Save changes to the file.
4. Close the file.

Optimize Backups Using Novell's Storage Management Services (SMS)

The NetWare File System, OES File System and Novell Directory Services iDataAgents provide the capability to utilize Novell's Storage Management Services (SMS) when backing up data.

When the Optimize for Novell SMS option is selected from the Data tab of the Advanced Backup Options dialog box (for Novell Directory Services iDataAgent, see Configuring Novell Directory Services iDataAgent for Backup Optimization), Novell's SMS will query the configured subclient content to determine what data will be backed up. Once the data has been queried, SMS then determines the order and conduct of backing up the data. This negates the need for the iDataAgents to generate a collect file during the scan phase, which significantly reduces the amount of time taken for the scan phase to complete.

Note the following before optimizing backups using Novell's Storage Management Services (SMS):

• Backup optimization can only be used for full backups.
• Backup optimization cannot be used in conjunction with any filter exceptions/exclusions, wild card content, or wild card filters.
• Full backups running with backup optimization enabled cannot be suspended.

Backup Considerations for This Agent

Before performing any backup procedures for this agent, review the following information:

• To back up File System data you must have Read/File Scan rights to the container object which holds the content to be backed up.
• To back up NDS data you must have Admin rights to the container object which holds the content to be backed up.
• The NetWare server is powered on and galaxy.nlm is loaded.

• If you have a File Archiver Agent on the same client as your File System iDataAgent, and you want to include DataArchiver stubs in the file system incremental backups, see Protecting Stubs in Backups for more information.

• Filters can be used in conjunction with the "Items That Failed" list on the data protection Job History Report to eliminate backup or archive failures by excluding items which consistently fail that are not integral to the operation of the system or applications. Some items fail because they are locked by the operating system or application and cannot be opened at the time of the data protection operation. This often occurs with certain system-related files and database application files.

Also, keep in mind that you will need to run a full backup after adding failed files to the filter in order to remove them.

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