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Creating a local system backup, Changing a backup job – Storix Software SBAdmin User Guide User Manual

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Creating a Local System Backup

Using Network Edition, it is possible to setup a backup job to perform a System Backup of a client to its
own locally-attached backup media (Local System Backup Device). You must have previously configured a

Tape for Local System Backup

(Network Edition and TSM Editioni),

Local System Backup Disks

(Network

Edition and Workstation Edition), or

NFS Mount Local System Backup Device

(Workstation Edition) before

configuring a local System Backup

To create a Local System Backup, select

Configure->Backup Job

s. Enter a name in the Job ID field, then

choose “local (tape/disk/nfs)” from the Server Name field.


After choosing “local (disk/tape/nfs)” you will

Configure the Backup Job

as usual, with the following

exceptions:

1. Only

System Backup profiles will be available for selection.

2. You may select only one client since the backup will be sent from the client to its own local media.

3. Only the devices named SBDIR (backup to local directory/disk), SBTAPE (backup to local tape),

SBNFS (backup to local NFS mount) will be available, and only if previously configured the device
for the client or workstation.

Refer to

Local System Backup Devices

for more details.

Changing a Backup Job

To change information for an existing backup job, either:

Storix System Backup Administrator

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