User Guide

Setting Up 43
Storage Management Services Administration Guide
103-000134-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Before Loading the Backup Software
Before you load the backup software on the server or on a Windows machine,
you need to configure a server to execute your backups.
Determine the following:
 The tree to which the server belongs which must be made the current tree
 The full eDirectory
TM
context of the server
Before Running the Backup Software
Before backing up software, in general you must:
 Load the controller and storage device drivers on the server. See “Loading
Controller and Storage Device Drivers on the Server” on page 44.
 Load the TSAs on a server, workstations, or both. See “Loading the
Target Service Agents” on page 45.
 Load the backup engine on the server or the workstation. See “Loading
SBCON” on page 46 or “Loading NWBACK32” on page 47.
Customizing the NetWare Server as the Backup Server
SMS allows you to configure a NetWare
®
server as a backup server while
installing NetWare 6. It also allows you to create NDS
®
Backup Queue and
SMDR Group objects.
To customize the settings while running the Install program, do the following:
1 In the Final List of Products to be Installed dialog, click Customize.
2 Select Storage Management Services from the list of NetWare Services >
click Configure.
The SMS Setup dialog box with default values for NDS Backup Queue
and SMDR Group objects displays.
3 Enter the name of the eDirectory tree where the SMS objects will be
created.
4 Enter the name of the backup server and the context.
5 Accept the default for the SMDR Group context where the SMDR Group
object is to be created, or enter a new context.