DataHarbor™ Network Backup Appliance User Manual • Ease of Use – Fast setup, easy rotation, fast recovery. When it’s time to swap drives, simply pull the drive and insert another. • Scheduled Backup – Create the backup schedule that works for you and your networked PCs with the easy-to-use Microsoft Storage Server Essentials software. • Remote Administration – Administrators can update or change the DataHarbor configuration over the network. Email and/or text message notifications.
1. Pre-Installation Steps Table of Contents 1. Pre-Installation Steps 1.1 Check the Accessories with Your DataHarbor 1.1 Accessories 2 1.2 Identifying Parts of Your DataHarbor 2 1.3 Warnings and Notices 3 1.4 Additional Online Help 3 Please contact CRU-DataPort if any items are missing or damaged. The box should contain the following items: Accessories 2. Installation Steps 2.1 Mounting Options 3 2.2 Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials Setup Procedure 4 2.
1.3 Warnings and Notices Please read the following before beginning installation. General Care • The main circuit board of the HDD carrier is susceptible to static electricity. Proper grounding is strongly recommended to prevent electrical damage to the enclosure or other connected devices, including the computer host. Avoid all dramatic movement, tapping on the unit, and vibration. • Avoid placing the HDD carrier close to magnetic devices, high voltage devices, or near a heat source.
Next, use the provided long screws to attach the large S-brackets to middle of the ear mount brackets. Ensure the threaded screw hole is attached to the DataHarbor. Finally, use the provided short screws to attach the small S-brackets to the dual holes on the rearward sides of the DataHarbor. Ensure the threaded screw holes are attached to the DataHarbor. Your DataHarbor is now ready to be used with the CRU-DataPort slide rail kit. 2.1.
f. Select the Use the following IP address radio button and enter in the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway addresses appropriate to your server configuration. g. Select the Use the following DNS server addresses radio button and enter in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server addresses. h. Click OK and close the Network Connections window. 2.4 Joining a Domain a. Open the Dashboard program and select Server Settings from the toolbar on the right side of the window. b.
e. Choose whether or not you would like to wake the computer when the server attempts to back it up and then click Next. a. On the client computer, open a web browser and type the following into the URL field and press Enter: http:/// connect. The is the name you assigned your server during the setup process. b. The browser will open a page with a button on it asking you to download software. Click on the button, download and open the software setup program. c.
f. Add a description for the client computer and click Continue. Task Name Deactivate the user account/ Activate the user account g. The program will now show that the computer is now connected to the server. You can optionally choose to open Launchpad automatically at startup before clicking on the Close button. If you do so, Launchpad will open and will ask you for a username and password. Usernames must be assigned by the server Administrator from the Dashboard (see Section 3.1).
3.2.2 Hard Drives Task Name On the Dashboard, click the Server Folders and Hard Drives icon and click on the Hard Drives tab. The following table describes the various hard drive tasks that are available in the task pane to the right. Some of the tasks are hard drive specific, and are only visible when you select a drive in the list.
Hit Enter. If you typed it in right, no extra text aside from another prompt should print in the window. This will enable Time Machine to view the Mac backups folder you just created on your DataHarbor, provided you do not reboot the machine before finishing this process. If you do, simply repeat this step to re-enable support for unsupported network volumes. c. Obtain the Mac’s computer name for use in Step E. Open the Apple menu and select System Preferences… Click on the Sharing icon.
Preferences… Click on the Time Machine icon. If this is your first time using Time Machine, click the Select Backup Disk… button. If you have a previous Time Machine setup, click the Select Disk button. Your Mac backups folder should appear in the list. Select it and click Use for Backup. The Mac will ask you to enter the DataHarbor user name and password assigned to the Mac. Enter the information and click Connect. d.
b. Select the alert you want to enable, and then select Enable the alert from the Tasks section. This will enable the alert. 3.5.5 Set up E-mail Alert Notifications on the right. It will open a web page. b. Search for your add-in from the site and download it. a. Open the Dashboard and select any of the displayed alerts icons on the toolbar, next to the Server Settings button. c. Open the .wssx file. You will be prompted to enter the DataHarbor’s administrator account password.
b. Open the Dashboard and click on the Computers and Backup icon. c. Navigate to the files or folders you wish to restore. Highlight them and click the Restore button in the bottom right corner. c. Click on Additional client computer backup tasks in the tasks pane to the right. 5 Restore a DataHarbor Server d. Click on the Tools tab and select the Create key… button. There are three methods for restoring a DataHarbor server. Choose the method appropriate to your situation. e.
h. After the DataHarbor boots up, plug in the SATA power cable into the replacement primary hard drive. i. Once the drive spins up, the LCD screen will ask you if you would like to add a new drive. Press the Enter button. The RAID will now automatically begin rebuilding* from the DataPort 10 to the primary drive. j. Once the rebuilding process is finished, restart the server so that it will boot from the primary drive. You have successfully replaced the primary drive and restored your server.
d. Insert your backup Security Key from your original DataHarbor configuration into the SecureDock’s Security Key port. 5.5 M igrate Data to a Newer Version of DataHarbor e. Turn the SecureDock on. Windows Storage Server should detect the disk after a few seconds and mount the drive. • You are replacing your old DataHarbor server with a DataHarbor that is newer or different from your original configuration. f. Open Server Manager from the Task Bar.
o. Click the Recover button to begin the recovery process. This will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. Be sure to reconnect the SATA data cables to their correct positions on the PCA board before using the DataHarbor p. When the recovery is complete, you must move the client backups to the new DataHarbor. Click on the Start menu and select Computer. Navigate to the following folder on the external drive: :/Server Folders/ 6.2 Customizable Options q.
RAID Warning Buzzer This buzzer will sound when the DataHarbor is in degraded RAID mode (a drive has failed and is in need of rebuild or the RAID is rebuilding). This buzzer is disabled by default. The Mirror Status LED will glow amber if this occurs, regardless of whether the buzzer is enabled or not. RAID Alarm Buzzer This buzzer will sound when the RAID has failed or is invalid. The Mirror Status LED will glow red if this occurs, regardless of whether the buzzer is enabled or not.
9 Technical Specifications Product Name DataHarbor Interface Types & Speeds • • • • • Drive Types Supported 3.5” SATA* Hard Drives Connectors Two (2) Gigabit Ethernet connectors Two (2) eSATA connectors Two (2) USB 3.0 connectors Four (4) USB 2.0 connectors (3 rear, 1 front) One (1) Serial connector One (1) PS/2 connector One (1) VGA connector One (1) Speaker connector One (1) Line In connector One (1) Microphone connector Gigabit Ethernet: up to 1 Gbps eSATA: up to 3 Gbps USB 3.
