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Better Edge Backup v5.2
User’s Guide
Version 5.2.7.0
September 2008
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User’s Guide Copyright Notice The use and copying of this product is subject to a license agreement. Any other use is prohibited. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form by any means without the prior written consent of us. Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor. We do not
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide Table of Contents 1 Overview................................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Benefits................................................................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 Features .......................................................................................................
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 9.1 Requirements...................................................................................................................................................... 59 9.2 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 60 9.3 How to backup an Oracle Database............................................................................
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 1 Overview 1.1 Benefits Easy Backup of 1. Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 / 2003 2. Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 / 2000 3. Lotus Domino/Notes 5.0 or above 4. Oracle 8i or above 5. MySQL 3.2.4 or above 6. Windows System State 7. Outlook and Outlook Express (i.e. *.pst, *.dbx and *.wab) 8. Important personal settings, e.g. Desktop, Favorite, My Documents and History etc 9. Other common files (e.g. *.doc, *.xls) Support backing up only changes w
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 1.3 Security 128-bit point-to-point SSL communication between server and client Support HTTP/HTTPS Proxy and Socks v4/v5 firewall Data are 128-bit encrypted when stored on the backup server Choice of different encryption algorithms, e.g. Twofish, Triple DES, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Choice of different encryption modes, e.g. Electronic Cook Book (ECB) and Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) An random initializing vector, salt and
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 2 Installing Better Edge Backup Before you can start backing up data to the Offsite Backup Server, you need to install Better Edge Backup onto your computer. 2.1 Installing Better Edge Backup for Windows 1. Download the Online Backup Manager installer (obm-win.exe) from the website. 2. Double click the icon to run the installer. 3. Follow on screen instructions. 4. After installation, Better Edge Backup will start automatically. Copyright ©
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 2.2 Installing Better Edge Backup for Mac OS X 1. Download the Online Backup Manager installer (obm-mac.zip) from the website. 2. Expand the zip file. 3. Double click the pkg file icon to run the installer. 4. Follow on screen instructions. 5. After installation, the installer will need to restart your computer. 6. After restarting your computer, click the newly added Better Edge Backup icon on your desktop. You can manually drag the icon to your
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 2.3 Installing Better Edge Backup for Linux 1. Download the Online Backup Manager tarball release (obm-linux.tar.gz) from the website. 2. Set the OBM_HOME environment variable # export OBM_HOME=/usr/local/obm 3. Expand the client software to $OBM_HOME # mkdir $OBM_HOME # tar –x –C $OBM_HOME -zvf obm-linux.tar.gz 4. Install OBM # ./$OBM_HOME/bin/install.sh 5. Start Auto Upgrade Agent # /etc/init.d/auaobm start 6. Start backup scheduler
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 2.4 Installing Better Edge Backup for Netware 1. Download the Online Backup Manager zip release (obm-netware.zip) from the website. 2. Expand the zip file to SYS:\OBM 3. Install Better Edge Backup SYS:\> SYS:\OBM\aua\bin\install-aua.ncf 4. Start Auto Upgrade Agent SYS:\> SYS:\OBM\aua\bin\startup.ncf 5. Start backup scheduler SYS:\> SYS:\OBM\bin\Scheduler.ncf 6. Run Better Edge Backup SYS:\> SYS:\OBM\bin\BackupManager.ncf Copyright
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 2.5 Installing Better Edge Backup for Sun Solaris 1. Download the Online Backup Manager tarball release (obm-solaris.tar.gz) from the website. 2. Set the OBM_HOME environment variable # export OBM_HOME=/usr/local/obm; export OBM_HOME 3. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory where J2SE Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.x has been installed # export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.x; export JAVA_HOME 4. Expand the client software
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 3 Uninstalling Better Edge Backup This section describes the steps required to uninstall Better Edge Backup from your computer. 3.1 Uninstalling Better Edge Backup for Windows 1. Open [Start] -> [Control Panel] -> [Add/Remove Programs] 2. Select [Better Edge Backup] from the list and press the [Remove] button 3.2 Uninstalling Better Edge Backup for Mac OS X 1. Remove all program files by running # cd $OBM_HOME/bin # sudo ./uninstall.sh 2.
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 3.5 Uninstalling Better Edge Backup for Solaris 1. Change user to “root” or equivalent 2. Set the OBM_HOME environment variable # export OBM_HOME=/usr/local/obm; export OBM_HOME 3. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory where J2SE Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.x has been installed # export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.x; export JAVA_HOME 4. Remove all program files by running # cd $OBM_HOME/bin # ./uninstall.sh 5. Re
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 4 Using Better Edge Backup This chapter will describe all the features available in Better Edge Backup and outline how you can use Better Edge Backup to meet various backup needs. 4.1 System Tray Launcher (Windows Only) After you have successfully installed Better Edge Backup onto your computer, an Better Edge Backup icon will be added to the system tray area (next to your system clock) automatically. This icon is the entry point to Better Edg
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide For secure communication, you can choose to communicate with Offsite Backup Server in SSL (Secure Socket Layer) by selecting the [https] option. The [Address] field shows the Offsite Backup Server to which Better Edge Backup will connect to authenticate your username and password. You can use either a resolvable host name (e.g. backup.your-domain.com) or an IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.1). If the Offsite Backup Server is not accepting connectio
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 4.4 User Profile After the backup server authenticates you successfully, the Better Edge Backup main window appears. You can then use Better Edge Backup to update your user profile. You can perform the following update to your user profile. To change your [Password], press the [Change] button next to the password field. A Change Password dialog will appear. Enter your original password and new password into the text field of this dialog and pre
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide To change your [Display Name], press the [Change] button next to the display name field. A Change Display Name dialog will appear. Enter the new display name and press [OK]. To change your [Time Zone], just select your time zone from the drop down list next to the time zone entry. To add a new contact email to this account, press the [Add] button in the [Contact] section. A [Add New Contact] dialog will appear. Enter a name and an email addr
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Better Edge Backup v5.2 User Guide 5 Setting Up Backup Sets A backup set contains all backup settings of a backup operation. This section will describe all features available within a backup set and explain how you can use each of them to achieve various tasks. Each backup account can have multiple backup sets. Each backup set is an individual and independent entity. For example, if you want one directory to be backed up during the day and another directory to be backed up during t
