Adaptec 5325301638 Administration Guide - Page 129

Backup and Restore Operations with a Legato NetWorker Client, Recover and Retrieve Operations

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Installing Third-Party Agent Software Backup and Restore Operations with a Legato NetWorker Client This section describes special procedures Legato NetWorker users must use in order to perform backup and restore operations on the Snap Server. To Add the Snap Server as a Root User For backup operations, NetWorker requires that the Snap Server be configured as a root user. To add the Snap Server root user as one of the administrators, use the following procedure. 1 Open the NetWorker Administrator application. 2 Click the Set Up Server icon. 3 In the Administrator field, enter root@hostname, where hostname is the host name of the Snap Server. 4 Click OK. Recover and Retrieve Operations The Legato NetWorker administrative interface does not support data recovery operations from a remote client for a Linux-based operating system such as the GuardianOS. To recover data, you must execute one of the following CLI commands from an SSH client. • Recover - The recover command restores data from a normal backup job. • Nsrretrieve - The retrieve command restores data from an archive. Use either the recover or the retrieve command exactly as described below. For more details on these commands, see the Legato Networker Command Reference. To Recover Data from a Normal Backup Operation 1 Using an SSH client, connect to the Snap Server and login using the admin user name and password. 2 To change to superuser, enter the following command and press Enter: su 3 At the prompt, enter the admin user password, and press Enter. 115

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Installing Third-Party Agent Software
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Backup and Restore Operations with a Legato NetWorker Client
This section describes special procedures Legato NetWorker users must use in
order to perform backup and restore operations on the Snap Server.
To Add the Snap Server as a Root User
For backup operations, NetWorker requires that the Snap Server be configured as a
root user. To add the Snap Server root user as one of the administrators, use the
following procedure.
1
Open the NetWorker Administrator application.
2
Click the
Set Up Server
icon.
3
In the Administrator field, enter
root@
hostname
,
where
hostname
is the host name of the Snap Server.
4
Click
OK
.
Recover and Retrieve Operations
The Legato NetWorker administrative interface does not support data recovery
operations from a remote client for a Linux-based operating system such as the
GuardianOS. To recover data, you must execute one of the following CLI
commands from an SSH client.
Recover —
The
recover
command restores data from a normal backup job.
Nsrretrieve —
The
retrieve
command restores data from an archive.
Use either the
recover
or the
retrieve
command exactly as described below. For
more details on these commands, see the
Legato Networker Command Reference
.
To Recover Data from a Normal Backup Operation
1
Using an SSH client, connect to the Snap Server and login using the admin user
name and password.
2
To change to superuser, enter the following command and press
Enter
:
su -
3
At the prompt, enter the admin user password, and press
Enter
.