User Guide
Overview 9
Storage Management Services Administration Guide
103-000134-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
1 Overview
Backup services is an essential piece of the Novell
®
Storage Management
Services
TM
(SMS
TM
) software, a collection of services that provides backup,
restore, and data migration. These services are performed by various
components and are independent of operating systems and hardware.
This chapter discusses the following:
“Backup Services” on page 9
“SMS Components” on page 10
“Restore Services” on page 31
“Session Files” on page 37
Backup Services
Storage Management Services (SMS) allows you to back up SMS targets such
as eDirectory
TM
, the file system, cluster-enabled pools, or hard disks on
individual workstations to media such as a tape drive for off-site storage, and
gives you a periodic view (daily, weekly, monthly) of your data. Then in case
of hardware failure, natural catastrophe, corrupted data, or incorrectly deleted
or changed data, you can retrieve a previous version of the data.
Backup services provides information on supported devices, the SMS
architecture, memory requirements, types of backup offered, customizable
options, schedules, how to back up eDirectory, how to back up the file system
(both traditional NetWare
®
file system and Novell Storage Services
TM
), how
to back up cluster-enabled pools, and how to use Target Service Agents (TSA).