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Chapter 1 - Introduction

Terminology

Intended Audience

EBR Overview

Who Has Administer Rights to the EBR Service?

Setting EBR Administrator Options

Using the Menu Bar

Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

Menu Bar Choices

Getting Help

Using the Speedbar

Chapter 2 - Getting Started

Creating the EBR Service

EBR Components

EBR Service Optional Parameters

Backing up the EBR Server

Adding a Client

Chapter 3 - EBR Daily Operations

Monitoring the EBR Service

Changing EBR Servers

Listing Clients and Servers

Managing Backup Volumes

Labeling a Backup Volume

Labeling an Archive Volume

Mounting Volumes

Unmounting Volumes

Verifying a Volume Name

Displaying Media Set Information

Starting a Network-wide Backup

Monitoring Backup Groups

Select Clients for Backup

Handling Open Files

Checking Backup Volumes

Monitoring Indexes

Changing the Options

Polling Interval

Changing Fonts

Recovering Backup Data

BR Console Operations

Workstation Directed Recover

Chapter 4 - Configuring the EBR Server

Configuring Backup Groups

Adding a Group

Changing the Backup Time for a Group

Deleting a Group

Setting up the Backup Schedules

Logic Behind the Scheduling Schemes

Understanding Backup Levels

Using the Default Schedule

Creating a New Backup Schedule

Example 1: A Weekly Schedule

Example 2: A Monthly Schedule

Summary of Schedules

Viewing Backup Devices

Changing Server Parallelism

Adding or Changing Administrators

Automatic Index Management Policies

Selecting Policies for a Client

Using Global Backup Directives

Using Notifications

Configuring the Server' s Clients

Using StreetTalk Attributes to Change Workstation Client Defaults

Deleting a Client

Scheduling Large Server File Systems

Using Volume Pools

Using Pre-configured Pools

Creating a New Pool

Pool Examples

Chapter 5 - Managing On-line Indexes

On-line Indexes

Save Sets

Index Actions

Managing the Indexes Manually

Viewing Save Sets

Removing the Oldest Cycle

Reclaiming Index Space

Managing Backup Volumes

Viewing Backup Volumes

Viewing the Save Sets

Setting the Location for Your Backup Volumes

Changing the Mode of a Backup Volume

Removing a Backup Volume

Chapter 6 - Managing Jukeboxes

Adding and Configuring a Jukebox

To Add and Configure a Jukebox at the VINES Server

To Configure a Jukebox from the Workstation

To Change the Available Slots

Operating the Jukebox

Starting a Labeling Session

To label backup volumes in the Jukebox

Jukebox Status Message

To Mount Jukebox Backup Volumes Manually

Suggestions and Tips

Recycling versus Adding More Backup Volumes

Taking Inventory of the Jukebox Contents

To Take an Inventory

Cleaning the Devices

Calibrating the Devices

Chapter 7 - EBR and System Maintenance

Using EBR from the Server Console Menus

EBR Service Layout

Preparing for a Disaster

Recovering Services on the Boot Disk

To Restore VINES Services

Recovering Services on a Secondary Disk

Recovering an EBR Service's On-Line Indexes

To Recover an EBR Service's On-Line Indexes

Using EBR from a UNIX Shell

EBR Service Layout

Using the UNIX Recover Browser

Using EBR to Recover from Server Disk Failures

Preparing for a Disaster

File the Bootstrap Information

File the Disk Information

Recovering a Secondary Disk

Recovering /disk1

Recovering an EBR Service's On-Line Indexes

Replacing EBR Configuration Data

Finding the Bootstrap Save Set ID

Summary