The File Servers application in the Command Center provides a simple web-based user interface for administration tasks, providing streamlined backup and recovery for file system data on IBM i clients by using an access node.
To get started, configure clients, backup sets, and subclients.
Schedule backups, or run them as needed.
Restore to the same host or to a new host in the case of a disaster.
The Command Center provides summary information about the file system jobs.
Key Features
The table provides an overview of the file system supported features.
Feature |
Support |
---|---|
Content |
|
Files |
Yes You can use wildcards to filter the backup content. |
Folders |
Yes You can use wildcards to filter the backup content. |
Pre-process and post-process commands |
|
Pre-backup process |
Yes |
Post-backup process |
Yes |
Backup Schedules |
|
Immediate |
Yes |
Schedules |
Yes You can have more than one schedule for each subclient. |
Backup Types |
|
Full |
Yes |
Incremental |
Yes |
Synthetic Full |
|
Restore Destinations |
|
Destination client is where you performed the backup operation |
Yes |
Destination client is different from where you performed the backup operation |
Yes |
Restore to original folder |
Yes |
Restore to a new folder |
Yes |
Restore Contents |
|
All file and folders in the backup |
Yes |
File or folder subset |
Yes |
Restore Options |
|
Overwrite if it (the data) already exists |
Yes |