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Western Digital WD Arkeia RAx300T Installation and Configuration Guide User Manual

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WD Arkeia Physical Appliance Installation and Configuration Guide

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TAR.GZ:

tar zxvf arkeia-x.x.x.tz

cd package

./install


WINDOWS:

unzip and run setup.exe and follow setup steps

4. Adding the Client to the WD Arkeia Physical Appliance


There are two ways to register the backup client to the backup server.

OPTION #1
Use the WD Arkeia Physical Appliance Web Interface. Navigate to:

Configure Clients

a.

Click on “Add a Client” icon

b. Add the client information

c.

Click on the “Advanced" entry for more options

d.

Click “Ok” to add the client to the list of client machines
managed by the WD Arkeia Appliance

OPTION #2
Manually edit configuration files on the client machine to declare the
name of the server that will communicate with that client.

a. Start by stopping the WD Arkeia process on the client machine

LINUX & UNIX: /opt/arkeia/bin/arkboot stop

WINDOWS:

Stop Arkeia Services

b. Edit the admin.cfg file of the client to include the fully qualified

domain name (FQDN) of the Appliance.

LINUX & UNIX: vi /opt/arkeia/arkeiad/admin.cfg

Add a line with appliance fully qualified

domain name or IP address


WINDOWS: Use Notepad or another editor to edit:

c:\program files\Arkeia Software\Arkeia Network
Backup\arkeiad\admin.cfg

Add a line with appliance fully qualified

domain name or IP address

c. Start Arkeia on the client machine

LINUX & UNIX: /opt/arkeia/bin/arkboot start