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During installation of the Windows File System, UNIX File System, NetWare File System, NetWare NDS and Active Directory iDataAgents, the system automatically creates a default backup set, which contains a default subclient. After installation, you have the option of defining a User Create Backup Set, which also will contain a default subclient.
See Backup Sets for information on the different types of backup sets.
Once installed, the agent is configured and is therefore able to manage the data or volumes on the client computer. However, you can change certain aspects of the backup set configuration to manage the data in the manner that best suits your needs.
You can view or change the backup set configuration from the Backup Set Properties dialog box. The following information can be configured for all File Systems:
Agent user accounts are provided to allow the system to perform various tasks (e.g., access application databases/servers, execute specific types of commands, etc.). Generally, you can change these accounts under the proper circumstances. The dialog boxes, spaces, and buttons for some user accounts appear within or in conjunction with backup set level properties tabs (see the next section) while the same items for similar or other user accounts appear at the backup set level via an operation and/or at the subclient level either within or in conjunction with subclient properties tabs or via operations at the subclient level. With some restrictions, several user accounts in the latter category (i.e., accounts not accessed via Backup Set Properties) can be accessed by using the backup set level as a starting point, as follows:
See User Accounts and Passwords: Change Agent Accounts for an overview.
You can perform the following functions:
For more information, see User Administration and Security.
The security tab is not available at the NetWare NDS iDataAgent Backup Set level.
You can view or change the backup set configuration from the Backup Set Properties dialog box. The following information can be configured for all Windows File Systems:
From the backup set properties Job Options tab, you can choose to Use Change Journal, Use Classic File Scan for Backups, Set the Archive Bit Attribute, and Preserve the File Access Time. These options effect which files are backed up during incremental and differential backup jobs.
You can view or change the backup set configuration from the Backup Set Properties dialog box. The following information can be configured for all UNIX File Systems:
From the backup set properties Job Options tab, you can choose to Preserve the File Access Time.
You can view or change the backup set configuration from the Backup Set Properties dialog box. The following information can be configured for all NetWare File Systems:
The NetWare File System data can be in compressed format on a volume that supports compression, and data in compressed format can only be restored to a volume that supports compression. The Decompress Data before Backup option allows you to select whether to decompress data that is in compressed format on the backup media and can be restored to either a compressed or uncompressed volume. By default, data is backed up in a compressed format if the data is on a volume that supports compression.
See Enable Decompress Data before Backup for a NetWare File System Backup Set for step by step instructions.