The backup administrator user interface, The main screen – Storix Software SBAdmin User Guide User Manual
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3. The Backup Administrator User
Interface
The
Backup Administrator User Interface
is used for all configuration options, including servers, clients, devices,
jobs, profiles, etc. It is also used for the monitoring of job queues, displaying job status, backup output
messages, generating reports and backup history.
Scheduled backup jobs will continue to run even if the SBAdmin interface is not running. Backup jobs may also
be manually started, monitored or controlled from the command line when the interface is not running, and can
be monitored or controlled after the administrator is restarted.
Ordinarily, messages regarding the status of the backup jobs are reported on the screen. If, however, the
SBAdmin interface is not running when a job is run, the status messages will be reported using an
method, which may be defined by the user.
This document provides examples using the graphical user interface (GUI). Also, the
Network Edition is illustrated since many features do not appear when using the
Workstation Edition.
Also, the options which appear on the screen will differ depending on the user level
of the user running the application. To illustrate all features and options, the
examples here assume System Admin authority. Refer to
for more
information.
The Main Screen
The following is a sample of the
Main Screen
, which appears when the application is first started. The options
at the top-left of the screen (File, Configure, etc) are contained in the
menu bar
. Click on any of the menu bar
options to display a pull-down menu of options in each category. When selecting an option from the menu bar, a
new screen, or
window
, will appear with additional optional options that apply to the menu selection.
At the top-right of the screen is the
status bar
. This contains indicators that will show green, yellow or red,
indicating if there is backup job in the queue that is either running, pending (waiting) or failed, respectively. It
also contains a button to view the log of backup status messages not already displayed.
The remainder of the screen will vary depending on the "
Display
" tab chosen:
•
The Clients, Servers & Devices display tab (shown below) is available only if the Network Edition or
TSM Edition license is installed. In this example, several clients, servers and devices have already
been configured. The application continually checks the availability of the systems, and displays an
icon that represents both the client system type (
A
=AIX,
L
=Linux,
S
=Solaris) and whether or not the
system is available (
Green
=available,
Red
=not available). Devices (tape and directory) are also
shown. Tape devices will appear red if the device is unavailable on the server.