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Instructions for configuring local server backups
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As explained in the Overview, the Local Backup Server feature lets you perform backups on the computers in your network and store the resulting data on your designated central storage server. This central storage server will be running the Local Backup Server feature of our software. This is in contrast to Local Disk Backup feature, which allows you to backup data directly to a local filesystem (such as a USB disk or network share).
To setup local server backups, you first must configure the Local Backup Server feature in our software:
On the computer that you want to use for the central storage server, install Data Protection.
NOTE: You do not need to configure remote backups on this computer, even though you have installed the software and are operating a storage service on it.
NOTE: You do not need to configure remote backups on this computer, even though you have installed the software and are operating a storage service on it.
1. Start
the Local Backup Server Manager by opening the Data Protection Software, opening the Tools
menu, and choosing Local Backup Server.
On the Configure page enter the credentials for a backup account. This account needs to be the
parent of all of the accounts for the computers in this network that will be storing data on the local
backup server. The local backup server will not store data for accounts that are not related to the
backup account configure on this page.
Using the "Store Path" field, specify the path where data received from local network backups will be stored. This can either be the path of some local drive, RAID volume, or SAN, or you can configure a UNC path.
NOTE: Do not configure the storage path to be a network mapped drive. Instead, use the UNC path to the network share (e.g., \\server\sharename\folder).
NOTE: You should specify a subdirectory on the drive and not the root of the drive. For example, use something like F:\LocalBackups and not just F:\ (or \\server\sharename\folder instead of \\server\sharename).
Using the "Store Path" field, specify the path where data received from local network backups will be stored. This can either be the path of some local drive, RAID volume, or SAN, or you can configure a UNC path.
NOTE: Do not configure the storage path to be a network mapped drive. Instead, use the UNC path to the network share (e.g., \\server\sharename\folder).
NOTE: You should specify a subdirectory on the drive and not the root of the drive. For example, use something like F:\LocalBackups and not just F:\ (or \\server\sharename\folder instead of \\server\sharename).
2. When
you click Save, it will automatically start the Local Backup Server. You can monitor the status
of the local backup server on the "Server Status" page.
If there are any Firewalls on this machine, such as the Windows Firewall, you will need to configure the
firewall so that the computer can receive TCP connections on port 5470. (You may want to restrict
incoming connections so that they can only come from within the local network.)
NOTE: that the TCP port can be changed on the Options page of the Local Backup Server Manager.
NOTE: that the TCP port can be changed on the Options page of the Local Backup Server Manager.
3. If
you are backing up to a network location, then in Windows explorer, do start, run, services.msc.
Right click the Data Protection Server service and choose Properties and go to the Log On tab.
Change the credentials of the service to use a Windows account that has permission to store data
on the network share. Save changes. Right click the service and choose to restart it.
Next, for each machine in the network that has Data Protection installed you need to perform the
following steps to configure it to store data on the local backup server:
1. Start the Data Protection Software and go to the My Account page:
2. In the local server field, enter the network hostname or IP address of the computer on your
network that is running the Local Backup Server. If you need to specify a custom TCP port, use the
syntax: "hostname:port" (without the quotation marks).
NOTE: This is not a filesystem path such as F:\ or \\server\sharename.
NOTE: This is not a filesystem path such as F:\ or \\server\sharename.
3. Optionally, go to the Folders page and customize any backup policies for the local backups.
4. Go to the Schedule page:
5. Click the Local Network Backup tab, choose a time to schedule the backup to the local network
server, and click Save.
On Server 2003 (or better) or Windows Vista (or better) remote backups and local backups can run concurrently. On older operating systems the backups must run at separate times. We recommend starting the local backup first because it will complete faster. If the local backup does not finish on time the remote backup will wait until the local backup finishes before starting.
On Server 2003 (or better) or Windows Vista (or better) remote backups and local backups can run concurrently. On older operating systems the backups must run at separate times. We recommend starting the local backup first because it will complete faster. If the local backup does not finish on time the remote backup will wait until the local backup finishes before starting.
Once you have configured local server backups a new tab will appear on the System Status page that will
allow you to monitor the status of local server backups.
Notes:
· If you are backing up Microsoft Exchange, change the 'Restrict Concurrent Backups' setting on the
Backups tab of the Options page to be checked (Yes). Microsoft Exchange only supports one active
backup at one time. If this option is not checked, if one backup starts while another is running,
then open file backup will fail.