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NetVault Plug-in for FileSystem 11.0 - User Guide

Restarting a job

The Restart method lets you resume a Plug-in for FileSystem backup job from the point the backup was stopped. To have this ability, you must configure the job as restartable. When you restart a job, the plug-in runs an Incremental Backup job to back up the remaining files and folders.
*NOTE: The Stop and Restart methods do not work if you select multiple jobs simultaneously.

Performing Network Share Backups

Use the “soft” mount option: When backing up NFS shares, use the “soft” mount option for mount points.
With the “soft” mount option, you can set the timeo=<value> and retrans=n options:
The retrans option determines the number of times a request is retried before an error is reported. The default value for retrans is three.
The timeo option specifies the number of seconds to wait before a retransmission is sent. The default value for timeo may vary depending on the OS, but it is typically 600 seconds.
After setting these options, we recommend that you perform a test by browsing a stale mount point (use the command ls <mount point>) to verify that the request is timed out after the specified interval.
If you use the “hard” mount option and the machine exporting the NFS share is not on the network, the plug-in job accessing the “stale” mount point stops responding. When this issue occurs, kill the nvfs process using kill -9 or end the process from the Windows Task Manager. The Job Manager Process associated with the job terminates after the timeout period (usually 300 seconds). Until this timeout has elapsed, you cannot use the Run now method to run the job because the instance is considered active until the Job Manager exits.
Grant “change” privileges for Incremental Backups: When performing Incremental Backups of network shares, the user that has been configured to log on to a particular share must be given “change” permissions to the shared folder. If you do not grant this permission, the job instance repeatedly backs up the modified files because the plug-in is unable to update the file attribute to indicate that the file has been backed up.
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Start the Backup Job Wizard, and click Create New next to the Selections list.
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On the NetVault Backup Selections page, open the applicable client, and then open File System.
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Select Network Shares, and in the Actions list, click Add Network Share.
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In the Add New Network Share dialog box, specify file path for the shared drive in the following format:
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Click Add to add the network share and close the dialog box.
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On the NetVault Backup Selections page, select Network Shares, and in the Actions list, click Connect As.
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In the Connection Details dialog box, provide the following information:
Domain: Type the Windows Domain name for the system that contains the shared folders.
Username: Type a Domain Administrator user name. The network share backups must be performed using a Domain Administrator account to fully retrieve the file and directory permissions during a restore. A user belonging to the Administrators Group does not have the Domain Administrator privileges.
Password: Type the password for the user account.
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Click OK to save the connection details and close the dialog box.
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On the NetVault Backup Selections page, double-click Network Shares.
Back up all network shares: Select the Network Shares node.
Back up individual shared folders: Select the check boxes corresponding to the items that you want to back up.
Back up individual items: Open the parent node. Browse through the directory tree, and locate the items that you want to back up.
Exclude child items: To exclude a file or directory within a selected parent node, click the corresponding check box to replace the check mark with a cross.
Click Save to create a Backup Selection Set.
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On the Backup Job Wizard page, specify a name for the job.

Performing System State Backups

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In Job Name, specify a name for the job.
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Click Create New next to the Selections list, and then on the NetVault Backup Selections page, open System State.
Back up System State data: To back up only the System State data, select System State.
Back up for disaster recovery: To use the backup for disaster recovery purposes, select Fixed Drive or C Drive and System State.
*IMPORTANT: On Domain Controllers, you must always include C Drive in System State backups and restores. When you include the C Drive, all information about the Group Policy Objects (GPOs) is included during backups and restores.
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Click Start on the taskbar. Point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Information.
Alternatively, click Start on the taskbar, and select Run. In the Run window, type msinfo32, and then click OK.
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Under System Summary, click Software Environment, and then select Services.
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Examine Path on the right-hand pane.
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In the Registry Editor window, locate the invalid entries. These entries are usually located under the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services.
*NOTE: The ImagePath property stores the path to the executable program for a service. The path to the executable program can also be viewed on the General tab of the Services console which can be accessed from Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.

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