IBM 201 Additional administrative functions, NAS Backup Assistant, Backup Operations, Backup Logs

Chapter 6. Additional administrative functions

This chapter describes the additional administrative functions that you can do on the NAS 200.

The following functions are available:

v“NAS Backup Assistant”, accessed through IBM NAS Admin icon

v“Persistent Images” on page 36, accessed through the Windows 2000 for Network Attached Storage user interface

v“Ethernet adapter teaming” on page 44, accessed through Intel PROSet II or Alacritech SLICuser

NAS Backup Assistant

The NAS Backup Assistant is a preloaded utility that helps you create and schedule backup batch files, and maintain log files. It can be used for backing up either the NAS 200 operating system or user data.

You invoke the NAS Backup Assistant by clicking on the IBM NAS Admin desktop icon to open the IBM NAS Administration console. Select Backup and Restore to expand that tree, then select IBM NAS Backup Assistant. Once you have selected this option, a logon prompt appears. You will need to log on as a user who has backup operator privilege (that is, as an administrator or backup administrator).

Because NAS Backup Assistant only creates and launches scripts, and is not a comprehensive backup application, it does not support interactive error messages. To check status of jobs, you must either view the Backup Logs or view the Windows Event Viewer. If a logon prompt does not appear, right-click on the IBM NAS Backup Assistant link, and select refresh. Once you log on, the main panel appears.

There are four tabs on the main panel:

Backup Operations

The main window where you create and schedule backup batch jobs.

Scheduled Jobs

Displays a list of backup batch jobs that you scheduled.

Backup Logs

Displays a list of log files for each backup that has run.

Displayed Logs

Displays the text contained in the log files that you can select from the

Backup Logs tab.

All of the options on each tab are described in detail in the online help. To access the online help, click on the IBM NAS Admin icon, then expand the Backup and Restore directory, then select IBM NAS Backup Assistant Help and log in.

Restoring using the NT Backup panel

To restore backups, use the following procedure:

1.Note these two conditions:

v If you are restoring a backup that you created using the standard backup method, go to step 2 on page 36.

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