Storix Software SBAdmin User Guide - Manual (Page 54)

When you have finished your selections, press the Save button at the bottom of the screen. The messages
indicating the progress of this configuration process will be displayed.
If you wish to physically remove the disk from the system, use the Eject button at the bottom of the screen. This
will make the disk safe for removal. Ejecting will retain all information on the disk, and allow you to configure a
second disk to be used in rotation.
If you have previously configured a Local System Backup Disk on another Client or system running Workstation
Edition, you may import the configuration by physically attaching the disk and using the
Find/Import button.
The previously configured settings will populate the screen and backups may be run to the device.
If you no longer wish to use a disk as a Local System Backup Disk, expire all backups from the disk and use the
Unconfigure button to remove all configurations. This process will remove all data from the device.
System Install Boot Disk
Upon creating a System backup disk , the disk will be made bootable and can be booted to the System
Installation process. This will allow you to perform a full system recovery from a system backup written to
the local disk without the need of other boot media. By selecting to boot from this disk in your system
firmware/BIOS/UEFI, the System Installation process will appear, from which you can select to restore from
a local System Backup on a locally attached disk. You will also be able to select a local tape device or
remote tape or disk backup (if using Network Edition) to restore from if you do not want to use a backup on
this disk.
Although this process will allow you to configure any disk to boot to the System
Installation process, not all system firmware (built into your hardware) will recognize
the disks as bootable. After successfully performing this option, you should always
test the boot disk by selecting to boot from it within the firmware. Note that the
System Installation menus will appear on the screen, but no information on the
system will be changed without selecting the backup media and selecting to
continue the system installation.
Updating a bootable disk is relatively the same as creating any other boot media within SBAdmin.
Therefore, refer to the
SBAdmin System Recovery Guide for details on Creating System Installation
Boot Media for further details.
NFS Local System Backup Device
This option is available for the Workstation Edition license type only, and allows you to use a mounted NFS
share as suitable media for a full system backup. The device will be referred to as SBNFS throughout the
application. You may also perform system recovery from a NFS share.
Network Edition license supports using locally mounted NFS shares on a
client as backup media with Shared NFS Servers.
To configure the NFS Local System Backup Device, the workstation must be able to NFS mount (read-write) a
remote NFS share. At the time of configuring the device the NFS share may already be mounted. If not, the
process will mount the share.
Only a single NFS Local System Backup Device may be configured. If you need to change or re-configure the
device, you must first unconfigure it. This may be done by selecting the
Unconfigure button.
NFS versions 2, 3, and 4 are supported.
To configure and manage the SBNFS device select Configure !Backup Devices!System Backup Disk/NFS
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