| The following information is intended to give a more technical oversight to the Attix5 Backup Professional Server Edition. For further operational and installation details please consult the A5BPSE User Guide. |
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| Installation |
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Server Edition (SE) is a JAVA client that is installed as an OS service on the server to be
backed up. The installation file is approximately 20MB and includes the Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) from Sun Microsystems. Installation and configuration should take no longer than 15 minutes and does not require an OS reboot. While idle the service uses about 3 MB of memory, and increases this to approximately 25 MB during the backup or recovery process,depending on the amount of data selected. These processes are typically scheduled but can also be initiated manually via a runner in the system tray (Windows version) and via the GUI (Windows. Novell. UNIX versions). Server Edition Remote Management from any Internet Browser and the Command Line Interface enable you to remotely manage any Server Edition in your organisation. Full installation and operating procedures are available in the SE User Guide. |
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| Data Selection |
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A JAVA GUI is loaded in order to select data for backup. Single files, folders, or entire directory structures can be selected for backup either manually or by using customisable inclusion and exclusion filters. These can be based on file types (e.g. .doc) or file modification dates (e.g. no files older than 1/1/02). Each backup initiates a new data scan to update the backupset with any additions or deletions. There is no software limit on individual or collective file sizes. The nature of the backup process does require disk workspace equivalent to roughly 50% of the backupset size. See details of this process under BACKUP PROCESS below.
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| Application Plug-Ins |
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SE uses Application Program Interface (API) based plug-ins to backup data from common
server applications. These can be installed together with SE or at a later date. More than one plug-in can be installed on a single server. Once configured the plug-in makes an API call to the application to do a full data backup to a specific folder on the server. SE then backs up this folder as part of its normal backup procedure. This is done without shutting down the application or interfering with user access.
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| Open File Managment |
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Files locked by the OS or an application are typically skipped during standard backup
processes. Open File Manager from St Bernard Software is bundled with SE and ensures that locked files are correctly handled during the backup process. Further details on OFM from St Bernard can be found at www.stbernard.com.
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| Communications |
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| SE makes use of the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol standard for secure data transmission (1024 bit RSA key exchange, 128 bit RCA stream cipher and SHA-1 integrity checking). All communications use SSL on port 443/8443. |
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