The default subclient contains the entire active directory database. You can create user defined subclient to manage and back up specific
Domain Components (DC), Organizational Units (OU) or Common Names (CN).
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers |
<Client> | Active Directory | Backup Set.
Right-click the Backup Set, point to All Tasks and
then click New Subclient.
In the Subclient Name box, type a name.
Click the Storage Device tab.
In the Storage Policy list, click a storage policy name.
Click the Content tab.
Click Browse.
Select the organizational unit to be backed up and click Add.
Repeat this step to include all the
organizational units to be
backed up.
When you add an organizational unit to a subclient, it is
automatically excluded from the default subclient.
The Active Directory account information is used to verify the rights to back
up and restore data from the Active Directory Server. During the deployment you
can specify the user account information. However, if the user account
information for the active directory server changes, you must update the user
account information.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers |
<Client>.
Right-click the Active Directory and click Properties.
Click Change Account.
Enter the username and password for the user account which has
rights to back up and restore data from the Active Directory Server.
You must run adLdapTool.exe on the client before your first backup to enable
restores of passwords for Users and Computers. Follow the steps given below to
run this utility:
Login to client computer using the user account, which has
administrative privileges for the domain and Active Directory Schema.
Open the Command Prompt and navigate to
the following location:
You can add and modify Pre/Post processes for a subclient. These are batch files
or shell scripts that you can run before or after certain job phases. For example, you can use an echo command to check
the level of a backup. Similarly, you can include a case
statement within a script to run specific operations based on the level of the backup
job.
A Save As Script file can also be run as a pre/post process, if
you include the absolute path of the associated input file in the script file.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>
| Active Directory | BackupSet.
Right-click the <Subclient> in the right pane, and then click Properties.
Click the Pre/Post Process tab.
Depending on the process you want to set up, click the
corresponding Browse button.
Select the batch file or shell script and then click OK.
By default, a specified post process command is executed only on successful completion
of the scan or backup operation or if the job is killed.
Use the following steps to run a post process even if the scan or backup operation
did not complete successfully. For example, this may be useful to bring a database
online or release a snapshot.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>
| Active Directory | BackupSet.
Right-click the <Subclient> in the right pane, and then click Properties.
Click the Pre/Post Process tab.
Select the Run Post Backup Process for all attempts check
box.
You must specify the user
account and password required for executing the Pre/Post commands.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>
| Active Directory | BackupSet.
Right-click the <Subclient> in the right pane, and then click Properties.
Click the Pre/Post Process tab.
Click Change.
Select one of the following user accounts:
Use Local System Account - Select this option to use the local
system account on the MediaAgent for executing the
Pre/Post Process commands.
Impersonate User - Select this option to use an
authenticated user account for executing Pre/Post commands. However, if the specified user account is not available on
the MediaAgent, backup jobs using Pre/Post commands will fail.
The following table describes the properties that can configured from the agent,
backup set and subclient levels.
Option
Description
Related topics
Create New Index on Full Backup
This option accelerates Full or On Demand backups and is enabled by default.
Subsequently, when you perform a browse and restore operation, the default browse
displays data up to the most recent full backup. To browse and restore older data
you have to use the options to browse before or between specific dates.
When disabled, Full or On Demand backups may be slower. However, the default browse
displays all data in the entire retention period; not just one full backup cycle.
Use the following steps to configure this option for all subclients. This option
can also be set for the individual backups when initiating the job.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>.
Right-click the Active Directory and click Properties.
Click the Index tab.
Select the Create new index on Full Backup check box.
Click OK.
Convert to Full Backup on Indexing Failure
Use this option to ensure that the backup does not fail if the
index is irretrievable. When disabled, the backup will fail if the index is irretrievable.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>.
Right-click the Active Directory and click Properties.
Click the Index tab.
Select the Convert to full backup on indexing failures check box.
Click OK.
Change Storage Policies
You can modify the
storage policies in any of the following situations:
To include a different media for the backup operation.
To use a storage policy with a different retention criteria.
You can change the storage policies from the subclient level.
From the CommCell Browser, right-click the subclient.
Click Properties.
Click Storage Device.
Select the Storage policy from the drop-down menu.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to
Client Computers |<Client>| Active
Directory.
Right-click the <Backup Set>, and then click
Properties.
In the Backup Set box, type a name.
Click OK.
Renaming subclient:
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to
Client Computers | <Client>| Active Directory |
<Backup Set>.
Right-click the
<user-defined Subclient>, and then click
Properties.
In the Storage Policy list, click a storage policy name.
Click OK.
Data Transfer Options
You can efficiently configure the available resources for transferring data secured
by data protection operations from the subclient level. This includes the following:
Enable or disable Data Compression either on the client or the MediaAgent.
Configure the transfer of data in the network using the options for Network
Bandwidth Throttling and Network Agents.
You can configure the data transfer options.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>
| Active Directory | BackupSet.
Right-click the <Subclient> in the right pane, and then click Properties.
Clickthe Storage Device tab.
Clickthe Data Transfer Option tab.
Choose the appropriate software compression option for this subclient.
Select the Throttle Network Bandwidth
check box, and set the required bandwidth.
You can view the data paths associated with the primary
storage policy copy of the selected storage policy or incremental storage
policy. You can also modify the data paths including their priority from
the subclient level.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>
| Active Directory | BackupSet.
Right-click the <Subclient> in the right pane, and then click Properties.
Clickthe Storage Device tab.
In the Storage Policy list, click a storage policy name.
Click Data Paths.
Configure Activity Control
You can enable backup and restore operations from the agent and subclient level.
However, you can enable restore operations only from the agent level.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to
Client Computers | <Client>
Right-click the <Client> or <Subclient> in the right pane, and then click Properties.
Click the Activity Control tab and select or clear option(s) as desired.
You can configure user security from the agent or subclient
level.
You can perform the following functions:
Identify the user groups to which this CommCell object is associated.
Associate this object with a user group.
Disassociate this object from a user group.
From the CommCell browser, right-click the subclient.
Click Properties.
Click Security.
Select the appropriate user groups to
which you want to associate to the CommCell object from the Available
Groups pane, and then move the user group to the Associated Groups
pane.
You can enable data encryption from the suclient level.Encryption must be enabled at the client level prior to configuring any
instances residing on that client.
From the CommCell browser, right-click the subclient.
The Version tab, at the Agent level displays the
software version and post-release service packs and updates installed for
the component.
From the CommCell browser, right-click the agent.
Click Properties.
Click Version.
Click OK.
CommCell Configuration Report
The CommCell Configuration Report provides the properties of the
CommServe, MediaAgents, clients, agents, SRM agents, subclients, and
storage policies within the CommCell based on the selected filter
criteria.
From the CommCell Browser, double-click Reports icon.
The following sections describe the steps involved in deleting an agent,
backupset or subclient.
When you delete an instance or backupset,
the associated data is logically deleted and you can no longer access the
corresponding data from CommCell Console for recovery purposes.
You need to uninstall or DeConfigure the agent software from the client
computer before deleting from CommCell Browser. 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. If you delete the agent, all of the agent's data is irretrievably
lost.
You cannot delete an agent while operations for that agent are
running.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>.
Right-click the <Agent>, and then click Delete.
A confirmation message is displayed with the following message:
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., or click No to
abort the deletion.