Prepare CommCell - Laptop Backup

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Perform the following configurations on CommServe to enable laptop backup:

  1. Create Storage Policy
  2. Create a Client Group for Laptops
  3. Configure Additional Settings Before Laptops Execute The First Backup
  4. Create a Client Group for MediaAgent
  5. Create a Schedule Policy
  6. Create a Subclient Policy

Pre-Requisites

Ensure you have the following before performing the configuration:

Create Storage Policy

The Storage Policy act as a channel for backup and restore operations. It will map data from its original location to the physical media. Follow the steps given below to create a storage policy for the laptop backup:

1.
  • From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Policies.
  • Right-click the Storage Policies node and click New Storage Policy.
2. Click Next.
3.
  • Specify the name of the storage policy and in the Storage Policy Name box.
  • Click Next.
  Note down the Storage Policy name.

This is needed later to assign storage policy to subclient during Create Subclient Policy.
4.
  • In the Library list, select the default library to which the Primary Copy should be associated.
  • Click Next.
5. Select MediaAgent and click Next.
6. Click Next.
7. Click Next.
  Make Sure that Enable Client Side Deduplication is selected.
8. Verify Name and MediaAgent Name.

Click Browse to specify location for Deduplication Store.

Click Next.
9. Review the details and click Finish to create the Storage Policy.
10. You can view the storage policy in the Storage Policies node.

Create A Client Group for Laptops

The client computer group is a logical grouping of client computers. Client Computer Group definition help to define options to the entire group instead of the individual clients. Follow the steps given below to create a client group for the laptops which you want to backup:

11. From the CommCell Browser, right-click Client Computer Groups node, and click New Group.
12.
  • In the Group Name box,  specify the name as Laptop Backup
  • Click OK.
  You can create an additional group and name it as Waiting Room. This group may be used as a staging area to configure any additional setting for the clients before performing the first backup. You can configure encryption, content indexing, client side deduplication etc for the client using command line scripts.

Configure Additional Settings Before Laptops Execute The First Backup

You can configure several additional settings for laptops before allowing them to backup for the first time. For example:

Follow the steps given below to configure any additional settings:

13.
  • Use the following steps to download the script needed for this task:
    • Click the Download Now button located on the right.
    • Select a location to save the .zip file.
    • Navigate to the location of the .zip file and unzip the file.
  • Modify the script to select the additional settings which you want to configure.
  • Schedule a task to run this script after a specific time interval. You can use Windows Task Scheduler to schedule this task.

When the user installs the Installation Package on a laptop, the laptop will be added to the Waiting Room client group. This script will configure the additional settings for the laptops in the waiting room and then move the laptop from the Waiting Room group to Laptop Backup group. After the laptop moves to the Laptop Backup group, the backups will be performed as per the schedule policy.

Create A Client Group for MediaAgent

The MediaAgent monitors the transfer of data between client computer and media. Follow the steps given below to create a client group for all the MediaAgents which will be used for the backup and restore:

14. From the CommCell Browser, right-click Client Computer Groups node, and click New Group.
15. In the Group Name box, specify the name for the MediaAgent Group.
  • Add the MediaAgents to the group by clicking Include button.
  • Click OK.
  Add the MediaAgents which are not installed on the same CommServe computer and used for backing up the clients data.

Create Schedule Policy

When multiple clients or tasks require similar operations to be scheduled you can create a schedule policy as a scheduling template and attach it to the respective client or task in the CommCell.

Use the following steps to create a schedule policy.

16.
  • From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Policies.
  • Right-click Schedule Policies node and then click Add.
17.
  • In the Name box, specify the name of the Schedule Policy.
  • Click Add button.
18. In the Schedule Name box, enter a name of the schedule pattern.

Select Automatic and Click OK.

  Automatic backup schedule does not perform synthetic full backups.
19.
  • Click Associations tab.
  • Select the Laptop Backup client group.
  • Click OK.

Create Subclient Policy

20. From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Policies right-click Subclient Policies node, and click New Subclient Policy.
21.
  • In the Name box, enter the name of the subclient policy.
  • In the iDataAgent list, select Unix File System.
  Note down the Subclient Policy Name.

This is needed later during Custom Package creation.
22. The display pane will display default subclient.
23. Assign a Storage Policy for a subclient created in step 3 during Create Storage Policy.
24. Select the subclient and then click Edit.
25.
  • Click Content tab.
  • Click Browse and expand the Unix File System node.
  • Select the required backup content location, e.g. /Documents and click Add.
  • Click Close.
  The contents (e.g. word processing documents, digital photos, music files and so on) of folders (e.g. Documents, Music, Videos, etc,.) specified in the above location will be backed up.

The Administrator must request the users to copy the files and folders to be backed up to this folder.
26. Click OK.
27. Click OK.